Jun 30, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court 6/30/22 Transcript
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on Supreme Court 6/30/22. Read the transcript here.
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (02:06)
Welcome to the Supreme Court. We’re here today to administer the oaths of office to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. But before we do so, I would like to recognize Dr. Patrick Jackson, who is here, her husband, and her daughter is Talia and Leila. The administration of the oath is required both by the Constitution and by the Judiciary Act, and so we’ll be delivering two oaths. I’ll deliver the constitutional oath and Justice Breyer will administer the statutory oath. There will be a formal investiture in the fall, but the oaths will allow Judge Jackson to undertake her duties and she’s been anxious to get to them without any further delay. Are you prepared to take the oath?
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (03:04)
I am.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (03:10)
Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Ketanji Brown Jackson, do solemnly swear…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (03:18)
I, Ketanji Brown Jackson, do solemnly swear…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (03:21)
That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (03:28)
That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (03:34)
That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (03:37)
That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (03:40)
That I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (03:46)
That I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (03:51)
And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I’m about to enter…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (03:57)
And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (04:03)
So help me, God.
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:04)
So help me, God.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (04:05)
Thank you very much. And now I’ll turn things over to Justice Breyer.
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:11)
The judicial oath. Will you raise your right hand, please? Thank you. I, Ketanji Brown Jackson…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:18)
I, Ketanji Brown Jackson…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:20)
Do solemnly swear…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:21)
Do solemnly swear…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:22)
That I will administer justice…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:25)
That I will administer justice…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:27)
Without respect to persons…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:28)
Without respect to persons…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:30)
And do equal right…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:32)
And do equal right…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:33)
To the poor and to the rich…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:35)
To the poor and to the rich…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:37)
And that I will faithfully and impartially…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:40)
And that I will faithfully and impartially…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:42)
Discharge and perform…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:44)
Discharge and perform…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:46)
All the duties…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:47)
All the duties…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:48)
Incumbent upon me…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:49)
Incumbent upon me…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:55)
As an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (04:59)
As an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (04:59)
Under the Constitution…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (05:01)
Under the Constitution…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (05:04)
And laws of the United States…
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (05:05)
And laws of the United States…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer: (05:05)
So help me, God.
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: (05:07)
So help me, God.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: (05:09)
Now, on behalf of all of the members of the Court, I am pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the Court and to our common calling.
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