Senate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her

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Senate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her but still won't commit to voting for her

All the "productive conversations" Senate Republicans said they've had with "impressive" and "well-qualified" Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in recent days have yielded plenty of photo ops but no commitments to support her historic nomination to the Supreme Court.

Jackson, who currently serves on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and could become the first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court, has met privately with over a dozen Republican lawmakers since President Joe Biden named her as his pick to replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.

The exhaustive interview process has included lengthy visits with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee — which is scheduled to launch hearings about her latest nomination on March 21 — as well as leaders from both parties.

The sticking points Republicans have cited about Jackson include her efforts to reduce mandatory minimum guidelines during her time at the US Sentencing Commission, the arguments she made on behalf of Guantanamo Bay detainees during her time as a public defender, and whether she views the US Constitution as the final word on jurisprudence or a jumping-off point to advance ideological goals.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-scotus-nominee-republican-confirmation-grassley-graham-hawley-2022-3