Jackson, who has sworn to act without fear or favor if confirmed for life, will face her fourth and final day of hearings Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, an evenly split bipartisan panel that includes 11 Republicans and an equal number of Republicans.Democrats.
Testimony will be heard later in the day from the American Bar Association, the bar association that reviews Jackson’s qualifications for the job and sent a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin on Friday confirming his credentials.
According to press reports, they could also call another external witness to testify.
Upon completion of that process, the committee will take a vote that will be sent to the Senate, and all indications are that Jackson will win in this situation without requiring a single Republican vote if Democrats remain united.
The judge needs a simple majority (51) to confirm her, as the Reds pushed a rule change in 2017 when they endorsed thenPresident Donald Trump’s first nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil M. Gorsuch.
Overall, it would be the fourth time Jackson has submitted to such a Senate review.
You recall press reports that she was previously nominated for the United States Sentencing Commission (2009), for the Federal Court for the District of Washington (2012), and finally for the Court of Appeals for the Circuit of the District of Columbia (2021). became. where currently works.
At 51, the judge would replace Judge Stephen G. Breyer, who announced his retirement in January, and with her arrival she would keep the balance of power on the court unchanged in favor of the Conservatives (63).
In this week’s hearings, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham raised the controversy that sparked the 2018 confirmation of current Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in what was then seen as a political victory for Trump.
Now the Blues are trying to win ahead of November’s midterm elections, in which Democrats will battle for control in both houses of Congress.
Durbin understood they intend to confirm Biden’s nominee ahead of the Easter holidays, which are set to begin on April 8.
This would make Jackson the third African American judge in this instance, after Thurgood Marshall and his successor Clarence Thomas.
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