Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Chuck Grassley questions Jackson on racial justice during confirmation hearings By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Jackson reflected on the significant social changes that have occurred since her parents were required to attend racially segregated schools in Florida, noting that she instead went to racially diverse schools in the state during her own childhood. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Dick Durbin questions Jackson on child pornography cases in confirmation hearings By Hannah Grabenstein Kicking off a long day of questioning, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about her judicial philosophy as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings on March 22. Continue reading
Mar 22 Official found guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A federal judge has convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: White House says Biden will announce new Russia sanctions while in Brussels By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Biden is traveling to Brussels and Poland — which has received more than 2 million Ukrainian refugees — looking to press for continued unity among Western allies as Russia presses on with its brutal invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 22 AP fact check: Republicans skew Ketanji Brown Jackson’s record on crime By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Ben Fox, Associated Press Republican senators characterized Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial views as extremist and soft on crime, using her confirmation hearings to air a line of conservative grievances that relied at times on distortions of her record. Continue reading
Mar 22 Ketanji Brown Jackson faces pointed questions on Day 2 of Senate hearing By Mark Sherman, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back on Republican assertions that she would be soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 10:20 Senate confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson By Lisa Desjardins, Dorothy Hastings U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson opened her Senate confirmation hearings with a pledge to act without fear or favor. The federal appeals judge would be the first Black woman on the high court. Democrats praised her and Republicans… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 8:02 Tamara Keith and Laura Barrón-López on Biden’s strategy in Ukraine, Supreme Court hearings NPR’s Tamara Keith and Laura Barrón-López of POLITICO join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including confirmation hearings for Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court and President Biden’s focus on uniting allies on a strategy… Continue watching
Mar 21 Russia court bans Facebook, Instagram over ‘extremism’ charges By Associated Press Prosecutors have accused the social media platforms of ignoring government requests to remove what they described as fake news about the military action in Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 21 Read the full text of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s opening remarks By Associated Press Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged on Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination as the first Black woman on the high court. Continue reading