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- Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she threw a welcome party for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
- Barrett told a judicial conference that she arranged for someone to sing "Hamilton" tunes at the bash, CNN reported.
- Jackson made history last year when she became the first Black woman Supreme Court justice.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett revealed this week that she threw a welcome party for the court's newest member, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and arranged for someone to sing songs from the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" at the bash, according to a report.
In June 2022, Jackson made history when she became the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court following her nomination by President Joe Biden and her Senate confirmation process.
Barrett told a judicial conference in Wisconsin on Monday that in keeping in line with traditions on the high court, she organized a party for Jackson, who replaced Barrett as the most junior member of the court, CNN reported.
In addition to getting a singer to belt out "Hamilton" show tunes, Barrett said she researched Jackson's favorite food to have at the party that was attended by the other justices on the conservative-majority court, according to CNN.
During the conference, Barrett — who succeeded the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority — told attendees that she welcomed "public scrutiny" of the court, the Associated Press reported.
"Justices and all judges are public figures and public criticism comes with the job," Barrett said, explaining that she was "still kind of new at this."
"But I've been at it for a couple of years now and I've acquired a thick skin, and I think that's what public figures have to do; I think that's what all judges have to do," she added.
Barrett served on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 2017 and teaches at the University of Notre Dame Law School. If nominated and confirmed, she would become the youngest justice on the Supreme Court.
Barrett was a circuit court judge in the 7th Circuit from 2017 to 2020 until she was appointed to the Supreme Court. She graduated from Notre Dame Law School, in northern Indiana, and taught law there from 2002 until her appointment to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.