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April 7, 2022

On April 7, 2022, ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice. The year's #1 song was "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals.

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2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.

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On April 7, 2022

  1. 2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.

    US Supreme Court justice since 2022

    Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn into office that same year. She is the first Black woman, the first former federal public defender, and the sixth woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

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