Monday, April 18, 2022

Ilya Somin: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed by Senate despite (some) reasonable GOP opposition

Ilya Somin: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed by Senate despite (some) reasonable GOP opposition

On Thursday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, was confirmed by a 53-47 vote in the Senate. Only three Republican senators joined all 50 Democrats in supporting her. Many of the specific objections that Republicans raised during Jackson’s confirmation hearings were ridiculous and off-base. But another line of objection to her nomination was eminently reasonable, even if still disputable: her judicial philosophy.

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