Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, fielded over a dozen hours of questions during three days of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Here are some of the key takeaways from those hearings: Jackson Backs Off From Committed Judicial Philosophy On various…
Republicans Received Judge Jackson Records Hours Later Than Democrats
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee received Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson’s court records hours after Democrats received them, Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) admitted. Since before Jackson’s hearings began, Republicans have said that they were having trouble receiving the full documents of Jackson’s record with the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a group created in 1984 for the…
Sen. Cruz Spars With Supreme Court Nominee Over Child Porn Sentencing Decisions
During the second day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to replace outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jackson herself heatedly debated her record in sentencing those accused of child porn possession. Republicans have said that Jackson has been too lenient in sentencing people…
Judge Jackson Denies GOP Charges of Being Soft on Child Porn Possession
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her second day of confirmation hearings in the Senate denied charges that she was too lenient on child porn offenders. The charge was first leveled against Jackson by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in a March 16 Twitter thread. “I’ve been researching the record of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, reading her…
Judge Jackson Denies GOP Claim of Being Soft on Child Porn Possession
During her second day of confirmation hearings in the Senate, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson denied claims that she has been too lenient on child porn offenders. The issue was first brought up against Jackson by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in a March 16 Twitter thread. “I’ve been researching the record of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson,…
Georgia Senate Kills School-Choice Bill
The Georgia Senate has killed a bill that would have allowed Georgians to put taxpayer money toward the cost of private school tuition. Senate Bill 601, the Georgia Educational Freedom Act, would have created state-funded Promise Scholarships of up to $6,000 a year. Families of the roughly 1.7 million K-12 students in Georgia could use…
Biden SCOTUS Pick Has ‘Alarming Pattern’ Of Leniency Toward Child Sex Offenders: Hawley
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, has “an alarming pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes,” according to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). In a March 16 Twitter thread, Hawley said, “I’ve been researching the record of Judge Ketanji Brown…
Dr. Oz Says He Would Renounce Turkish Citizenship If Elected to Senate
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running to replace Pat Toomey as a Pennsylvania senator, said that he would renounce his Turkish citizenship to gain security clearance if elected to the U.S. Senate. On March 16, Pennsylvania news outlet PoliticsPA reported that Oz had said he would forego security clearance in order to keep his citizenship….
Pandemic Left Capitol Hill Aides Isolated, so David Tennent Did Something About It
David Tennent was unfamiliar with the ins and outs of Congress when he left his hometown of Pittsburgh to start working on Capitol Hill in May 2017 as an intern in the office of Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), but he quickly proved to be a fast learner. “I didn’t even know what ‘a coffee’ was…
Pandemic Left Capitol Hill Aides Isolated, so Former Intern Did Something About It
David Tennent was unfamiliar with the ins and outs of Congress when he left his hometown of Pittsburgh to start working on Capitol Hill in March 2019 as an intern in the office of a Republican House member, but he quickly proved to be a fast learner. “I didn’t even know what ‘a coffee’ was…
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