Tag: Ketanji Brown Jackson

Exclusive: Obama’s Anti-Child Porn Czar Slams Judge Jackson’s Lax Sentencing

News analysis Editor’s Note: The following article contains descriptions of graphic material that readers may find disturbing. In 2010, former Attorney General Eric Holder established the Justice Department’s National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction to help crack down on child porn offenders, which he called a top priority. He put tough federal sex-crimes…


Child Porn Case White House Tried to Hide Reveals Jackson Went Easier Than Other Democrat DC Judges on Such Offenders

Commentary Editor’s Note: The following article contains descriptions of graphic material that readers may find disturbing. With three Republican senators breaking ranks to commit to voting to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the controversial judge appears to be on a glide path to becoming the first black woman seated on the high bench. But…


Child Porn Case White House Tried to Hide Reveals Jackson Went Easier Than Other Democrat D.C. Judges on Such Offenders

Commentary Editor’s Note: The following article contains descriptions of graphic material that readers may find disturbing. With three Republican senators breaking ranks to commit to voting to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the controversial judge appears to be on a glide path to becoming the first black woman seated on the high bench. But…


Capitol Report (April 4): Did Media Cover Up Hunter Biden Story?

If you’re thinking about getting a commercial driver’s license, now might be the right time. The White House is trying to boost more trucking jobs amid the supply chain bottleneck. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a step closer to a lifelong appointment to the nation’s highest court. Senators on Capitol Hill held votes to move…


LIVE: Senate Panel to Vote on Biden’s SCOTUS Nominee Jackson

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday is expected to vote on advancing Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to the full Senate for confirmation.


In Depth: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Soft Spot for Drug Dealers, Pedophiles and Terrorists

“Justice demands this result.” That’s what Ketanji Brown Jackson said in 2011 after the U.S. Sentencing Commission knocked as much as three years off the prison terms of crack-cocaine convicts. As vice chair of the commission, Jackson believed the nation’s drug laws were overly harsh and especially “unfair” to blacks. A month earlier, Jackson had…


Capitol Report (March 30): US Could See Unprecedented Border Crossings

Border Patrol agents and the Biden administration are expecting a surge of illegal border crossings—up to 18,000 migrants every day. And this could start in hours or in days. Border state Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has just penned a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. President Joe Biden got his second booster on camera, while…


Judiciary Republicans Withhold Jackson Vote for One Week, Citing Gaps in Record

Senate Republicans in the Judiciary Committee placed a weeklong hold on the vote to move Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to a floor vote on Monday, citing gaps in Jackson’s record and incomplete documents from the White House. After four days of close scrutiny by the equally divided Judiciary Committee, the committee vote…


Josh Hammer: Reject Ketanji Brown Jackson

Commentary The issue with Ketanji Brown Jackson, the 51-year-old federal appellate judge who is our senile president’s Supreme Court nominee, is not necessarily her on-paper qualifications. By most traditional metrics, she is “qualified”: She has served as both a district court and appellate court judge, served as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, formerly…


‘Wrong Direction’ to Choose a Supreme Court Justice Based on Skin Color: Ben Carson

It’s a wrong direction to choose a Supreme Court Justice candidate based on race and gender instead of merit and qualifications, said Ben Carson, the Housing and Urban Developing Secretary under the Trump administration. “So many people fought for such a long time to make sure that we had equality of opportunity. And a lot…