Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey drew tears from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court hearing with the words, “You are worthy,” and others likes them.
on Wednesday with a speech on racial progress that drew tears from the nominee and held the rapt attention of colleagues.
"Nobody’s taking this away from me," Booker continued, choking up as he spoke. Republicans are "gonna accuse you of this and that. But don’t worry, my sister. Don’t worry. God has got you. And how do I know that? Because you’re here, and I know what it’s taken for you to sit in that seat." But Booker used his remarks to ground Jackson's elevation to the Supreme Court in a significance beyond simple diversity. In order for Jackson to sit before the panel, he said, she had to overcome systemic barriers and overachieve at every level. Only then could she have the chance to break through one of the last remaining racial ceilings in American democracy.
FILE - Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, in Washington, D.C., U.SDuring the recess, a line of people, including Jackson's father, approached Booker and hugged him, several wiping away tears.
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