Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Ted Cruz presses Ketanji Jackson Brown on critical race theory By Associated Press Displaying a stack of books on racism from the reading list at Georgetown Day School, a prestigious private campus where Jackson serves on the board, Cruz grilled the nominee for her views on the topic. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends work as an attorney for Guantanamo Bay prisoners By Jessica Gresko, Mark Sherman, Associated Press Four men once held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center — men Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson never met — were central to some of the questions she fielded Tuesday during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Abortion rulings Roe and Casey are ‘settled law,’ Jackson says By Associated Press During the Senate Judiciary Committee's Supreme Court confirmation hearings Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about abortion and gender equality in the judicial system. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Dianne Feinstein questions Jackson on abortion during confirmation hearing By Hannah Grabenstein Feinstein, who was the first female senator on the committee to question Jackson and one of just four women on the 22-person committee, asked Jackson about achieving near gender equity on the high court. Continue reading
Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Patrick Leahy questions Jackson in Supreme Court confirmation hearings By Hannah Grabenstein Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 22 as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Continue reading
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 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