• News Wrap: Senate moves to debate Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to Supreme Court

    News Wrap: Senate moves to debate Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to Supreme Court

    Apr 05, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. Senate moved ahead with debating the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, China's COVID lockdown in Shanghai has been extended indefinitely in the face of a spreading outbreak, Peru's president imposed a day-long curfew amid violent protests, and a trial opened at the International Criminal...

  • WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee moves toward vote on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

    WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee moves toward vote on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

    Apr 04, 2022 01:42 PM EDT

    ... with other judges in her decisions. And on Monday they criticized their GOP counterparts for their aggressive questioning. NEWS WRAP: Republican Sen. Susan Collins backs Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court “You could try and create a straw man here but it does not hold,” said New Jersey Sen ...

  • News Wrap: Republican Sen. Susan Collins backs Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court

    News Wrap: Republican Sen. Susan Collins backs Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court

    Mar 30, 2022 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picked up the support of Republican Sen. Susan Collins, President Biden is officially boosted for a second time, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate negotiate on a pandemic funding bill, and heavy storms in Australia touch off major flooding forcing thousands to...

  • Sen. Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

    Sen. Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

    Mar 30, 2022 01:50 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. WATCH: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends her judicial ...

  • News Wrap: Senate committee delays vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

    News Wrap: Senate committee delays vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

    Mar 28, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson until next week, a federal judge found former President Trump "more likely than not" committed crimes in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot, President Biden laid out his proposed spending blueprint, and Shanghai went in a...

  • News Wrap: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picks up Sen. Joe Manchin's support

    News Wrap: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picks up Sen. Joe Manchin's support

    Mar 25, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... 34861. The Nasdaq fell 22 points. The S&P 500 added 23. Still to come on the "NewsHour": David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings; a Ukrainian-American realigns her business to raise money for emergency aid; plus much more.

  • AP fact check: Senators misrepresent Ketanji Brown Jackson on abortion

    AP fact check: Senators misrepresent Ketanji Brown Jackson on abortion

    Mar 24, 2022 12:47 AM EDT

    ... world is in the room today, my mother." More on Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings from our coverage: Few public defenders become federal judges. Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the Supreme Court’s first Key moments from Day 1 of the hearingsFact check: Republicans skew Ketanji Brown Jackson’s ...

  • WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 4

    WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 4

    Mar 23, 2022 11:56 PM EDT

    ... Morrison in New York contributed to this report. More on Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings from our coverage: Few public defenders become federal judges. Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the Supreme Court’s first Key moments from Day 1 of the hearings Fact check: Republicans skew Ketanji Brown Jackson ...

  • Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson 'on track for confirmation'

    Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson 'on track for confirmation'

    Mar 23, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    Federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged Wednesday during a Senate nomination hearing that she would have no agendas if she becomes the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans again painted her as soft on crime as Democrats defended her. John Yang reports, and Lisa Desjardins and ...

  • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faces aggressive questioning on third day of Senate hearings

    Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faces aggressive questioning on third day of Senate hearings

    Mar 23, 2022 10:30 PM EDT

    Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faced a second day of questioning Wednesday by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Saikrishna Prakash, a University of Virginia law professor and former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, and Melody Barnes, executive director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.