Ketanji Brown Jackson appointed as the first black woman Judge of the United States Supreme Court

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Ketanji Brown Jackson has been appointed as the first Black woman judge of the United States Supreme Court. Jackson is the sixth woman to become the Judge of the United States of America’s Supreme Court.

About the United States of America Supreme Court

• In the United States of America there are two Supreme Courts. Every state in the US has its own Supreme Court which interprets the constitution of the respective state.
• There is a Federal Supreme Court also known as the US Supreme Court which interprets the constitution of the United States of America.
• In the United States all the 50 states have a constitution of their own and the Federal government (United States Government) has a constitution of its own.
• It was set up in 1789.
• It has one Chief Justice and eight other judges.
• The Judges of the Supreme Court are for life. It means they have no retiring age  (In India the Supreme Court Judge retires after reaching the age of 65 years)
• The Supreme Court of the United State has a police of its own which enforce its decision (In India supreme Court has no separate police force)
• It is located in Washington D.C