Fairfax rattled down her impeccable accomplishments but beamed a bright smile when she mentioned Jackson’s name and how they met at Harvard University as roommates.

“There’s so much more to Ketanji beyond her brilliant mind. There’s her wonderful sense of humor, her gift of storytelling, her heart of gold that always shows up, from the first call you make for advice about your career to the first knock you hear on the door after learning you’re diagnosed with cancer,” Fairfax said, according to a clip shared on Facebook.

“You never have to ask; she is always there. Above all, Ketanji is humble enough not to pretend she knows how to have it all, but she does know how to give it her all. And what she gives to her family, her friends, she also gives to the law and to this country,” she added.

Fairfax said watching President Joe Biden introduce Jackson as the Supreme Court nominee was “emotional,” according to Good Morning America.

“I remember years ago when we were in our college room, our college dorm, saying to Ketanji, ‘You are going to be the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court. You are going to be it,'” Jackson’s friend Antoinette Coakley said, Good Morning America reports. “It was that clear back then.”

Biden nominated Jackson in February after Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement from the bench.

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