Hon. Brown Jackson Wins 2 Key Republican Yes Votes, Guaranteeing Supreme Court Seat.
Judge Jackson is headed to the Supreme Court after 2 Republicans agreed to confirm in a full Senate vote. (Washington Post)
“While Jackson won new Republican support in the Senate on Monday, she also drew criticism from the only Black Republican senator, Tim Scott of South Carolina. “The historic nature of Judge Jackson’s nomination reinforces the progress our country has made. However, ideology must be the determining factor — not identity — when considering such an important lifetime appointment,” Scott said in a statement explaining his opposition. “It is clear that Judge Jackson’s judicial philosophy and positions on the defining issues of our time make her the wrong choice for the Supreme Court.”
Democrats, determined to win some bipartisan backing for Jackson, took pains to hail the pathbreaking nature of her nomination as they pressed for her confirmation Monday. Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) called the panel’s vote a “historic moment” and said Jackson would bring “the highest level of skill, integrity, civility and grace” to the court.”
Justice Brown Jackson will be headed to the Supreme Court after a grueling Confirmation hearing that exposed a deeply divided Senate and nation as a whole. Her Confirmation hearings were difficult to watch in the face of grueling attacks from some Senate Republicans who were vying for video clips to use in reelection commercials. If Biden gets another chance to fill a vacancy and the Republicans retake the Senate majority then these Confirmation hearings will seem tame in comparison.
