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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her
Senate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her but still won't commit to voting for herAll the "productive conversations" Senate Republicans said they've had with "impressive" and "well-qualified" Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in recent days have yielded plenty of photo ops but no commitments to support her historic nomination to the Supreme Court.
Jackson, who currently serves on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and could become the first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court, has met privately with over a dozen Republican lawmakers since President Joe Biden named her as his pick to replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.
The exhaustive interview process has included lengthy visits with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee which is scheduled to launch hearings about her latest nomination on March 21 as well as leaders from both parties.
The sticking points Republicans have cited about Jackson include her efforts to reduce mandatory minimum guidelines during her time at the US Sentencing Commission, the arguments she made on behalf of Guantanamo Bay detainees during her time as a public defender, and whether she views the US Constitution as the final word on jurisprudence or a jumping-off point to advance ideological goals.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-scotus-nominee-republican-confirmation-grassley-graham-hawley-2022-3
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Senate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her (Original Post)
AZProgressive
Mar 2022
OP
If Manchin and Sinema vote for her it doesn't matter if Republicans don't. n/t
PoliticAverse
Mar 2022
#2
True but it would be nice - and good for the country as a whole - to have the yes column
zeusdogmom
Mar 2022
#5
captain queeg
(10,092 posts)1. ??? Let's see how they vote. Nt
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)3. They won't commit to voting for her
I couldnt fit the whole title in the subject line.
a kennedy
(29,615 posts)6. Exactly......
JohnSJ
(92,061 posts)7. Exactly
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. If Manchin and Sinema vote for her it doesn't matter if Republicans don't. n/t
zeusdogmom
(987 posts)5. True but it would be nice - and good for the country as a whole - to have the yes column
Contain at least a few republican names
jimfields33
(15,692 posts)10. Everyone should vote after the senate Supreme Court nominee hearing.
I never understood the need to give out votes before the hearings. Again we have no patience.
albacore
(2,398 posts)4. This just in! Repubs lie. They can say anything now, but when they vote... nt
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)8. Yep mandatory minimums have worked so well
Wait what about the cop who got to rape a teenage girl for years and not serve any time.
God forbid people we lock up might actually have some rights even internationally recognized human rights.
Every Trump judge a check mark from the Heritage Foundation who lives to advance ideological goals.
Consistency in hypocrisy.
Poiuyt
(18,114 posts)9. I believe Amy Coney Barrett was the only SC Justice confirmed without bipartisan support
I would be surprised if that changed in the near future.