Democrats are hoping to finish Jackson's confirmation process before Congress leaves for Easter recess April 11.
It was, as presiding Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., put it"in a way ... the easiest day," as it consisted of opening statements from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Jackson herself.Here are some highlights from Monday's hearing:was not lost among the bipartisan panel. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J, said Jackson's nomination"breaks an artificially confining mold of our past and opens up a more promising, potential-filled future for us all as Americans.
of Jackson's daughter, who wrote to former President Barack Obama to recommend her mother for a job: Supreme Court justice.Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., delivers remarks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.they'll lodge at Jackson in the next two days of questioning. Sens.
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