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Photos of the week ending March 18, 2022 - Roll Call

This week our lenses focused on SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a soggy St. Patrick’s Day.

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How to get on the Supreme Court? Smile a lot, speak a little

When presidents nominate a candidate to serve on the Supreme Court, they often ask an experienced Washington hand to help shepherd that candidate through the Senate confirmation process

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White House defends Jackson against GOP attacks on sex offense sentencing, Guantanamo work

WASHINGTON — The White House sought Thursday to combat a sharp attack against President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee by the same Republican senator who led the unsuccessful effort in the Senate to overturn Biden’s election.

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Bad blood, hypocrisy and hard feelings: The Supreme Court confirmation process - Roll Call

The Supreme Court confirmation process is an increasingly ugly one, and it’s unclear how the bad blood can run its course.

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Democrat Tim Kaine pans GOP’s ‘wild’ attack on Biden’s Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson

Virginia Democrat points to judge’s support from notoriously right-leaning police union

The Independent UK

Josh Hawley goes after Biden Supreme Court pick for record on sex offenders

Comments suggest tough path ahead for bipartisan confirmation of first Black woman to the Court

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its first day of confirmation hearings for United States Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 21, 2022. Hearings typically involve a statement from the nominee, interviews with witnesses testifying for or against the nomination, and questions from Senators regarding the nominee’s experience,…

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‘I don’t think there’s much to be gained’: Most Republicans back off SCOTUS fight

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump spent an hour channeling the mood of conservative voters last week when, during a free-wheeling rally in South Carolina, he riffed on favorite subjects ranging from Ukraine to Mark Zuckerberg.

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Top Obama officials defend Ketanji Brown Jackson for representing Guantanamo detainees

"[T]he American system of justice depends upon strong advocacy on both sides of the courtroom."

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Court nominee's meeting with GOP senator wraps up quickly

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Supreme Court nominee's meeting with key GOP senator wraps up quickly

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s meeting with Sen. Lindsey Graham concluded after roughly 15 minutes, a strikingly brief sit-down with a key Republican a week before her confirmation hearings begin.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Editorial: Ketanji Brown Jackson deserves a respectful Supreme Court confirmation

In the course of any presidency, few nominations are as consequential as the selection of a Supreme Court justice. Members of the Supreme Court are appointed for life, and with such tenure comes enormous generational influence over how laws are interpreted.

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In coming battle over Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Republicans seek other targets

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell openly acknowledges Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is qualified to sit on the Supreme Court.

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Commentary: Nominate the ‘most qualified’ woman? Reagan certainly didn’t

During his 1980 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan promised that “one of the first Supreme Court vacancies in my administration will be filled by the most qualified woman I can possibly find.” In 1981, after he entered the White House, he said he “identified such a person” in Sandra Day O’Connor.

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All smiles, Jackson tries for Senate reset on Supreme Court

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson may not get any Republican votes

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Should Ketanji Brown Jackson Recuse in Harvard Admissions Case?

Does her position on Harvard University's Board of Overseers require or counsel her recusal once she is confirmed?

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Former Sen. Dan Coats dishes on Supreme Court, Ukraine, Trump

WASHINGTON — Dan Coats took on many different roles in his four decades in national and international politics, and all of them seem to be colliding at once as Russia invades Ukraine, as Europe and former President Donald Trump respond, and the Senate starts a historic Supreme Court confirmation process.

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US conducting ‘legal review’ of possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine – as it happened

White House clarifies there is a ‘legal review process’ after Harris says ‘absolutely there should be an investigation’

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Former Sen. Dan Coats dishes on Supreme Court, Ukraine, Donald Trump - Roll Call

Former Sen. Dan Coats has had a front seat to some intersecting issues: Supreme Court nominations and Russian aggression.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Biden's push to change makeup of federal courts

If Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, as seems likely, the high court will come closer to reflecting the country’s racial and gender balance than at any time in the nation’s history.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Honoring the likely first Black female Supreme Court justice means respecting her full name

I am not going to discuss Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s professional history, her husband or President Joe Biden’s choice to nominate her for the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Sen. Collins, key vote on court, gives Jackson warm review

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is winning praise from a key Senate Republican

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Another thing that makes Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination special

Over the years, many former prosecutors have become justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Earl Warren, for instance, served as Alameda County's district attorney and California's attorney general. Sonia Sotomayor worked at the Manhattan district attorney's office. Samuel A. Alito Jr. worked for the U.S. attorney in New Jersey.

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