Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin opened the confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court expressing his hopes that the Republicans would be respectful over the next three days, but they were more concerned about complaining about how Democrats treated GOP nominees over the past three years.
“I … ask the members of this committee as we begin this landmark confirmation process to consider how history will judge each senator as we face our constitutional responsibility to advise and consent,” the Illinois Democrat said.
Republicans groused about the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s picks, especially attacks on Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s character after he was accused of sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford when both were in high school.
