Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared more comfortable behind the witness table Wednesday as she started a second day of questioning in her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who did not get a chance to ask questions on the first day that lasted 13 hours and ended after 10 p.m., told Jackson he hoped she got some rest last night. “Very little, senator, but that’s all right,” Jackson said, ahead of what will be another long day as senators get a second, more abbreviated, round of questions.
When Tillis suggested Jackson showed a level of empathy in her treatment of defendants that could be viewed as “beyond what some of us would be comfortable with in administering justice,” Jackson’s response took on a tone that was among the most insistent of the week.
