Several GOP Senators confirm unpopularity at the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

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This is a column by John A. Tures, a professor of political science at LaGrange College.

As Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson answers questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee, she has actually increased her support for being confirmed to the highest court. Several of her Republican Senators grilling her are the ones confirming how unelectable they are when they pursue the Presidency in 2024 or attempt to take the Senate in 2022.

Normally, I assume that only political scientists like me and those interested in the legal realm would listen to Supreme Court confirmation hearings. But my students surprised me by begging me to start class with a discussion of the questions. Given the media attention the live hearings have received, they’re not the only ones.

Members of the GOP Senate leadership warned their party members that going after Biden’s nominee would not be a wise decision. The Democrats had the votes to confirm her. She had a moderate record and had already been through the confirmation process for other courts, so she had experience and a track record. She would be merely replacing another Center-Left Justice, Stephen Breyer, so the ideological balance of the court would not shift at all. Little would be gained from smearing her. It was best to move on to other, more winnable issues.

Several Republican Senators clearly didn’t get the memo.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tures-several-gop-senators-confirm-090141295.html

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