Her job application gets out of the Senate Judicary Committee to the full Senate with ‘Aye’s from 3 Republicans’ after a first round 11/11 tie on advancement in the committee ...
This is going to be a historic confirmation for the United State3s Supreme Court’as first Black Women Justice….
All 50 members of the Democratic caucus also backed Jackson in a 53-to-47 procedural vote Monday evening, but the late-breaking support of the two GOP senators represented a minor triumph for President Biden and congressional Democrats who were eager to put a bipartisan stamp of approval on a nominee whom many Republicans had eagerly painted as a soft-on-crime leftist radical.
In a statement, Murkowski praised Jackson’s qualifications and temperament, as well as her “demonstrated judicial independence” and “the important perspective she would bring to the court” as a former Supreme Court law clerk, federal public defender, trial judge and now appeals court judge….
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If Jackson is confirmed as expected, her ascent to the Supreme Court is likely to be a key element of Biden’s legacy, in no small part because he would be installing the first Black woman in the court’s more than two centuries of existence.
The confirmation battle shows how much more partisan Supreme Court nominations have become in recent decades. The late Justice Antonin Scalia, nominated by President Ronald Reagan, was confirmed 98 to 0 in 1986. The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, nominated by President Bill Clinton, was confirmed 96 to 3 in 1993….
In a sign of how thoroughly the Supreme Court confirmation process has devolved into outright partisanship, a still-angry Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Ketanji Brown Jackson would not have gotten a hearing if Republicans controlled the chamber, Politico reports.
Graham said Biden would have had to name a more moderate pick: “We’re supposed to be like trained seals over here clapping when you appoint a liberal. That’s not going to work.”
Sam Stein: “We are moving quickly towards a situation where if the Senate is in control of the opposite party of the president there will simply never be a SCOTUS confirmation. We may be there already.”
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Manu Raju
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Tim Scott, lone Black GOP senator and one of just three African-American senators, says of Jackson: “The historic nature of Judge Jackson’s nomination reinforces the progress our country has made. However, ideology must be the determining factor—not identity” on SCOTUS. He’s a NO
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1/ #RepublicanSexualPredators
@RealDonaldTrump
is accused of sexual assault by multiple women. He is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl and bragged of walking in on underage girls at pageant.
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4/ #RepublicanSexualPredators Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert convicted of sex abuse
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
@RepMTG
Murkowski, Collins, and Romney are pro-pedophile.
They just voted for #KBJ.
IN ANSWER TO GREENE…PLEASE READ THE BELOW TWEETS….
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13/ #RepublicanSexualPredators Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child. https://thenation.com/article/was-strom-rapist/
Another GOPer….
Photos Show Eric Greitens’ Abuse of Child
“Sheena Greitens, the ex-wife of U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens (R), says in a new court filing that she has documentation of the former governor’s alleged abuse, including photos of injuries to their child in 2019,” the Kansas City Star reports.
“The former Missouri first lady also said allegations of the former governor’s abusive behavior have been reported to multiple lawyers, therapists and their mediator, contradicting assertions by Eric Greitens that they weren’t disclosed in the past.”
The Brown Jackson conformation vote is just about done….
They are just waiting for Rand Paul…..
The final vote will be 53-47 to CONFIRM…..
Collins, Murkowski and Romney vote with the Democratic Senator’s….
The judge will be actually get the spot on the court in June when Breyer retires…
VP Harris confirms the Jackson ascension vote to applause’s….
Republicans leave the chamber.after Harris signs off on the vote …
Rand Paul stretched it out…..and entered to boo’s from fellow Senator’s…..
President Biden is with the judge and watched the confirmation with Brown Jackson….
Of curse KBJ would not have gotten a hearing if the GOP controlled the Senate! Look how the G,GOP derailed the Garland nomination!
It looks like there will be 3yes votes from the GOP: Collins, Romney and Murkowski. The rest of the GOP will vote no.
Graham has the ability to say this because 3 of his fellow GOPer’a WILL vote to confirm….
The only pressure now is to look tough
PoliticIans are NOT known for having much ‘balls’
We the media starts throwing around the words’historic ‘ watch Graham and others change their words