Photos of the week: Supreme Court confirmation edition - Roll Call Photos of the week: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson endured three days of a public job interview conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Roll Call · Mar 25, 2022
Jackie Calmes: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s critics won’t be the ones making history Ketanji Brown Jackson had me at “Whoa!” Los Angeles Times · Mar 25, 2022
Ted Cruz and the ‘racist baby’: sometimes reality threatens my political maturity Try as I might to rise above US tribalism, I felt a visceral dislike for the men grilling Biden’s supreme court nominee, says the Guardian columnist Emma Brockes The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022
8 can’t-miss moments from the Jackson Supreme Court hearing WASHINGTON — Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees are long and often contentious. The hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson featured marked highs, lows and viral moments from senators on both sides of the political aisle. Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022
What happens next for Supreme Court nominee Jackson after contentious hearings? WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson remains on a straight path to the nation’s high court, but her nomination could face a few hurdles as it approaches the finish line. Miami Herald · Mar 24, 2022
Five key moments from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing – and what they say about her confirmation From Josh Hawley’s questioning of her sentencing to Cory Booker’s stirring defence The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022
Republicans ready to roll back SCOTUS During Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearing, the GOP winked at plans to overturn Supreme Court precedents on marriage Salon · Mar 24, 2022
Editorial: Make her Justice Jackson: The Senate should approve Ketanji Brown Jackson on a bipartisan basis Give Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee credit for playing a clever double game. First, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn and others looked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the eyes and said that, unlike the way nasty Democrats (including former Sen. Joe Biden) savagely vilified… Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022
Editorial: Jackson is solid on the law, so Republicans resort to religious litmus tests The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is clear about forbidding Congress from passing laws that mix the business of the state with matters of religion. Yet Republican lawmakers, many of whom are lawyers and constitutional scholars, seem intent on delving into matters of religion anyway from their Capitol Hill… St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Mar 24, 2022
Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing into a political circus Solemn proceedings of confirmation hearing took a nosedive into farce with bizarre moments in Jackson’s epic inquisition The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2022
Supreme Court hearing gets heated, as the end is in sight WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson navigated cleanly through a second day of questioning at her confirmation hearing, despite several Republicans who ratcheted up their confrontations with the Supreme Court nominee. Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022
Republicans ignore Ketanji Brown Jackson’s answers as they badger her about child sex abuse image sentences ‘At some point, you have to follow the rules’ chairman Dick Durbin warns his GOP colleague The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022
Supreme Court hearing gets heated, as the end is in sight - Roll Call The Supreme Court hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson got heated on Wednesday, but the overall political dynamics did not. Roll Call · Mar 23, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson faces renewed Republican attacks in Senate grilling Hearings on Biden’s supreme court nominee resume with chair chiding Republicans for ‘showcasing election talking points’ The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2022
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Lindsey Graham rebuked for trying to blame Ketanji Brown Jackson for Kavanaugh hearing ‘Senator, I don't have any comment on what procedures took place in this body’
The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2022 Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies at 84 – as it happened Albright served as the senior US diplomat in the administration of Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 – follow the latest
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics The latest nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has stressed the importance of religious faith in her life and career
Los Angeles Times · Mar 23, 2022 Judge Jackson's sentencing record looms large in Supreme Court confirmation hearing WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s historic Supreme Court nominee, weathered a long day before a Senate committee on Tuesday, fending off charges by Republicans that she was too lenient in her sentencing of defendants.
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 23, 2022 6 takeaways from Day 2 of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., turned into a one-man rapid response squad, using the power of his gavel to debunk, in real time, GOP misleading or scurrilous claims.
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022 Hearing for court nominee Jackson veers into hot-button topics WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday rolled unscathed through a marathon day of questioning for her nomination to the Supreme Court, as some of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spent time on outside issues peripheral to her qualifications.
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022 AOC mocks Lindsey Graham over Ketanji Brown Jackson questions ‘On a scale of one to 10, how faithful would you say you are, in terms of religion?’
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022 Judge Jackson grilled on Guantanamo detainee representation Four men once held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were central to some of the questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing
Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2022 Sen. Graham storms out of Supreme Court hearing for Jackson After a stormy dispute over terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Sen. Lindsey Graham stormed out of the Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Reason · Mar 22, 2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson Explains to Lawmakers How Being a Lawyer Works As expected, Tuesday's hearing was primarily made up of political theater.
Mic · Mar 22, 2022 Lindsey Graham just threw a tantrum at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing Cute.