Supreme Court

WATCH: Asked about compassion, Jackson says public safety and rehabilitation were her goals

By Laura Santhanam

Sen. Thom Tillis suggested that Ketanji Brown Jackson’s compassion “could lead to bad results” when it comes to recidivism. A former trial judge, Jackson responded her “attempts to communicate directly with defendants is about public safety.”…

WATCH: Sen. Coons praises Jackson during Supreme Court nomination hearing

By Associated Press

Senator Chris Coons of Delaware praised Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her day of questioning in the Senate Judiciary Committee, reinforcing her impartiality, as a judge who rules based on law and not a political agenda.

WATCH: Sen. Cotton asks Jackson questions about policing during the confirmation hearing

By Associated Press

Republican Senators questioning Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sought to characterize the Supreme Court nominee's judicial views as extremist and soft on crime, using her confirmation hearings to air a line of conservative grievances.

WATCH: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings — Day 3

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Jackson faced a barrage of Republican questioning Wednesday about her sentencing of criminal defendants, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.