The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday opened the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated for the nation's highest court.
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Democrats sought to preemptively rebut Republican criticism of her record on criminal matters as a judge and before that, as a federal public defender and a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
"Judge Jackson is not anti-law enforcement. She's not soft on crime," Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., said, noting that members of Jackson's family have worked in law enforcement.
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