Its. Lindsey Graham Ketanji Brown describes Jackson as an ‘activist’ as he explains why he won’t support his nomination Supreme courtDespite having voted in his favor for the role of the Court of Appeals only last year.
She said she would be in a position to make laws in the Supreme Court, unlike the lower courts.
And she said her radical stance meant she would never keep it managing committee If Republican Maintained balance of power.
“If we get the Senate back, and we’re in charge of this body, and there’s a judicial opening, we’ll talk to our allies on the other side, but if we were in charge of that committee, she wouldn’t have met before,” she said.
‘You would have had someone more generous than you.
So I want you to know now that the process by which you started going for simple majority is going to take its head here very soon. Where we are in charge, we will talk about judges differently.
Democrats called her comments about the first black woman nominated to the Supreme Court “shameful.”
Senator Lindsey Graham opposes the nomination of Kentaji Brown Jackson, as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins its debate on Monday
Democrats believe they will secure the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson by the end of the week, making her the first African American woman to sit on the Supreme Court.
He expects Jackson to be confirmed by the end of the week, as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debating his qualifications on Monday.
Graham said he is happy to support Jackson at the circuit court level, even if he doesn’t agree with his stance.
He said, ‘If you win, I expect you to pick someone I won’t support on the court – that comes with victory.’
So I didn’t think twice about not voting for him.
“But now that you are talking of the Supreme Court, you are not bound by it, you are making a policy.
‘And on the other hand a lot of my friends have done this, voted for a person at the district court level… only to not vote at the Supreme Court level.’
Biden, he said, could choose from a range of highly qualified people to fulfill his campaign promise to nominate the first African-American woman to the Supreme Court.
He said, ‘It didn’t bother me that much. ‘It was trying to make the court like America.’
But she said her appearance before the committee underscores that she came from the more radical wing of the Left.
“So there are people whom President Biden could choose who would be in the liberal camp if he voted on the Supreme Court,” he said.
‘And he could have got 60 to 65 votes.
‘The White House didn’t go down that path because it thinks they should pick someone who is more attractive to hard leftists.’
His nomination must first pass to the committee before it can be voted on by the full Senate.
It requires only a simple majority to pass, and Democrats believe they have the necessary votes.
That means she would be only the third black woman and the sixth woman in the court’s 200-year history.
Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spokeswoman Nora Keefe condemned Graham’s comments.
“The shameful and relentless attack on the deserving candidate of Republican Judge Jackson strengthens the stakes for this year’s election and will remind voters that we must have the right to confirm Supreme Court justices with the power to make our Democratic Senate a majority.” should,” he said. , Why should it be defended and expanded?
President Joe Biden sent a tweet in support of Jackson as the senators began their meeting.
“Judge Jackson will bring extraordinary merit, profound experience and intelligence, and a stern judicial record to the Supreme Court,” he said.
‘He is worthy of confirmation as the next justice.’