Republicans are trying their ‘soft on crime’ thing’ throwdown at the prospective US Supreme Court judge…
The Judicary Committee is bound to approve her for the whole Senate to vote on ….
“I hope at the end of the day, people say ‘that was a good positive hearing,’ it went into the issues that people care about,” said Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). “Fingers crossed, we end up with bipartisan support.”
At the moment, Jackson is expected to lock in the full support of the 50-member Democratic caucus. But her performance in the Judiciary committee this week will have a huge sway over how many Republicans, if any, end up supporting her nomination. Jackson, 51, is currently a judge on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a position the Senate confirmed her to last year with three GOP votes.
Senate Republicans have vowed that they will treat the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court respectfully and won’t lob personal attacks, a reference to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s acrimonious 2018 confirmation hearings. But that doesn’t mean the hearing won’t get contentious….