Ketanji Brown Jackson: Supreme Court pick back for 3rd day of confirmation hearings
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson returned to the Senate for a third day of hearings Wednesday as Republicans try to paint her as soft on crime and Democrats herald the historic nature of her nomination to become the first Black woman on the high court."America is ready for the Supreme Court glass ceiling to shatter," Sen.
Dick Durbin, the Judiciary Committee chairman, said as Jackson's second and last day answering senators questions began.In Tuesday's marathon hearing, Republicans aggressively questioned her on the sentences she has handed down to sex offenders in her nine years as a federal judge, her advocacy on behalf of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, her thoughts on critical race theory and even her religious views.
At one point, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas read from children's books that he said are taught at her teenage daughter's school.Several GOP senators grilled Jackson on her child pornography sentences, arguing they were lighter than federal guidelines recommend.
She said she based the sentences on many factors, not just the guidelines, and said some of the cases had given her nightmares.Could her rulings have endangered children? "As a mother and a judge," she said, "nothing could be further from the truth."U.S.
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