An Update On Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation

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Millionaires in Congress are vying for reelection via their treatment of the most decorated nominee for Supreme Court justice in the last 30 years. Judge Jackson is probably gonna be confirmed by the end of the week, but we have to play the game until then. Let’s get to this Twitter round-up, shall we?

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The support is growing more bipartisan by the minute:

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#SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson secured the support of two more Senate Republicans on April 4, as she cleared a procedural hurdle toward becoming the first Black woman to serve on the nation's top judicial body https://t.co/nt1VpuoEXN pic.twitter.com/4aCcb4hzxK

— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) April 5, 2022

Some of the votes are breaking familial expectations too:

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When she votes to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson this week, Lisa Murkowski will be the first United States Senator whose father (Frank Murkowski) voted against confirming the predecessor of the incoming justice pic.twitter.com/gsO8T5kVsM

— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) April 5, 2022

Mitt Romney has also voiced support for the soon-to-be Justice:

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I intend to vote in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. My statement: pic.twitter.com/uGaxx8sJn5

— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) April 4, 2022

Not without consequence, of course. A new fear, namely, that Judge Jackson will rule on the side of diverging in lines from a common center:

@MittRomney aren't you supposed to represent the people of Utah? They do not want Kentaji Brown Jackson confirmed. She is a radial activist. Stop playing global elitist..

— Mark Lance (@MarkLance9) April 5, 2022

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This new worry is complemented by the worry that she will be soft on crime. Because folks care about enforcing laws now.

#kentajibrownjackson pic.twitter.com/8K7yGFHszQ

— ann marie (@annmarie309) April 3, 2022

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The hope is that the process moves on smoothly and swiftly. The whole process has had enough grandstanding from Ted Cruz and Lindsay Graham as is. When we look back at this moment in Civics classes, let’s hope that things aren’t made worse by some far less qualified politician trying to throw dirt on a good name.

My latest for @MSNBCDaily: Opposing a #SCOTUS nominee for no real reason other than that a President of a different party nominated her is a depressing sign of the times — and an alarming precedent for the future of the Court and the nation going forward:https://t.co/fU3qubwrgD

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 4, 2022

If this is the type of thing discussed in Civics classes of the future, that is. Republicans are trying to cancel retelling history accurately, after all.

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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Courts, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Supreme Court