by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 28, 2022 The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee reopened partisan disagreements Monday as members scheduled a vote for April 4 on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Republicans’ criticisms of Jackson’s record and responses were either untrue or …
Read More »Senate Wraps Up Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 24, 2022 WASHINGTON – Representatives of the American Bar Association reiterated their finding that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is well qualified to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, and law enforcement groups rebutted GOP accusations Jackson is soft on child pornographers during the final …
Read More »Day 3 Of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 24, 2022 WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee picked up Wednesday morning where they left off Tuesday evening in questioning Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about her judicial philosophy, sentencing practices and personal background. Two senators, Democrat Jon Ossoff …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson Defends Her Record On Day 2 Of SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 22, 2022 WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sharpened their criticisms of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, probing her work as a public defender on behalf of terrorism suspects, the judicial sentences she has handed down for child …
Read More »Watch: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing Opening Statement
Read text of the opening remarks by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to the Supreme Court, on the first day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as delivered March 21, 2022. Watch the remarks here or below. Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Grassley, and Distinguished Members of the …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson Vows To Decide Supreme Court Cases From A ‘Neutral Posture’
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent March 21, 2022 WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began her four-day confirmation process to become the nation’s first Black female associate justice on Monday, listening to hours of opening statements from Senate Judiciary Committee members before giving her own. In her first …
Read More »What To Know About Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
Candice Norwood, Terri Rupar Originally published by The 19th Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings began Monday, less than a month after President Joe Biden announced her history-making nomination. The Senate is charged with confirming nominees to federal courts, and it’s Jackson’s fourth Senate confirmation hearing but the first time …
Read More »How to Watch Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearings
The confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, are expected to begin on Monday. The event is scheduled to start on Monday, March 21, at 11 a.m. ET. Watch the hearing in the player below. They are scheduled …
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