Here's how sure Slate's Mark Joseph Stern was that President Biden was about to nominate

Judge Kintanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. He only prepared a single article

to go out when this nomination got formally announced. And it was a profile

of Judge Jackson. It always felt to me like it was going to be Katanji from day one.

Good afternoon. You could feel that inevitability as Biden introduced Judge Jackson to the press

last week. The president listed off the kinds of sterling credentials we've all come to expect at the court,

an Ivy League education, a list of prestigious clerkships.

Biden almost made it seem like it was an afterthought that Judge Jackson would be the first black woman to serve as a justice.

And it's my honor to introduce to the country, a daughter of former public school teachers,

a proven consensus builder, an accomplished lawyer, a distinguished jurist, one of the nation's

most...

The main thing that struck me when I watched was how different this nomination announcement was from what we saw last time with Amy Coney-Barrant.

Because with that announcement, her whole family came out with her, little kids, and they just kept talking about how she was a mom.

It was just so different what the president wanted us to focus on when it came to

Katanchi Brown Jackson.

There was a real study in contrasts between this announcement and all three under Trump.

Thank you very much, Mr. President.

I am truly humbled by the...

She talked a lot about faith.

I must begin these very brief remarks by thanking God for delivering me to this point

in my professional journey.

My life has been blessed beyond measure,

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