Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Monday delayed for one week the consideration of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court, slightly slowing the pace for President Joe Biden's pick to be confirmed.
In order to move forward without delays, Jackson needed majority approval in the evenly divided committee of 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans. With that lacking, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, bowed to Senate rules in allowing Republicans a single delay of one week.
Monday's vote follows the conclusion of Jackson's confirmation hearings on Thursday. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle extensively interviewed Biden's nominee to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring later this year. But GOP criticism over her sentencing record was largely disputed by Democrats, who made broader comparisons to conservative-appointed judges who issued similar sentencing terms, and members of the American Bar Association also pushed back on concerns over Jackson's record when asked by committee members on Thursday.
In response to McConnell's remarks last week saying he"will not" support the nominee, Durbin argued Monday that Republicans should"keep in mind" that they have supported"many of President Trump's nominees who also declined labels when it came to judicial philosophies."
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