Takeaways: Spotlight on senators, too, at high court hearing
quiz the federal judge about her views on issues of race and crime, amplifying election year grievances and a backlash over changing culture.before the Senate Judiciary Committee for grueling confirmation hearings that are providing a vivid portrait of the nation's promise, but also its enduring racial challenges.
Under questions from Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, she explained that prior to the court's 1963 ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, people who were accused of crimes but couldn't afford lawyers were not guaranteed the right to legal representation. Democrats counter that Jackson, who comes from a family with police officers, is backed by the Fraternal Order of Police, the large law enforcement organization.was probed for representing criminal defendants a half a century ago.Jackson has presented herself a judge who relies on method, not judicial philosophy, to remain neutral as she works to “stay in my lane” as a judge rather than a policy-making legislator.
“It’s important as consistent with my judicial methodology for each branch to operate within their own sphere,” she told the senators. “That means for me that judges can’t make law; judges shouldn’t be policy makers.”
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