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Experts weigh in on Biden Supreme Court pick at final hearing

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court took a step closer to being confirmed Thursday after a bruising week of hearings in which Republicans attempted to discredit her record in criminal sentencing.

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Parties close arguments over Supreme Court pick Jackson

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee put Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on the path to confirmation to the Supreme Court after closing her nomination hearings Thursday with character witnesses and outside experts.

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Final day of hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in bid to join Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee will wrap up its fourth and final day of hearings on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearings

U.S. Sen. James Eastland posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during his August 1967 confirmation hearings.

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Editorial: Make her Justice Jackson: The Senate should approve Ketanji Brown Jackson on a bipartisan basis

Give Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee credit for playing a clever double game. First, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn and others looked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the eyes and said that, unlike the way nasty Democrats (including former Sen. Joe Biden) savagely vilified…

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Supreme Court’s ideological split silently shapes debate at Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing

WASHINGTON — For more than 20 hours over three days, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has faced two rounds of questioning before the 22 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, with inquiries ranging from her views on the separation of powers to substantive due process. But so far, no one has…

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Supreme Court: Republicans grill Ketanji Brown Jackson as Trump Jr attacks on Twitter

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Republicans ignore Ketanji Brown Jackson’s answers as they badger her about child sex abuse image sentences

‘At some point, you have to follow the rules’ chairman Dick Durbin warns his GOP colleague

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Trailblazing Chicago Judge Ann Williams to testify at Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court hearing

Williams’ storied career as a federal judge speaks volumes as the Senate considers Jackson, who, if confirmed, will be the first Black female on the Supreme Court.

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Progressives speak up for Judge Jackson

Advocacy groups and other progressives call for a quick Supreme Court confirmation of the nominated judge

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Supreme Court - live: Republicans grill Ketanji Brown Jackson as Trump Jr attacks on Twitter

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Biden Supreme Court pick Jackson fends off Republican barbs on second day of hearings

US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record of sentencing in child pornography cases and advocacy for terror suspects as she was grilled Tuesday in her bid to be the first Black woman on the country’s highest judicial bench.

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Hearing for court nominee Jackson veers into hot-button topics

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday rolled unscathed through a marathon day of questioning for her nomination to the Supreme Court, as some of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spent time on outside issues peripheral to her qualifications.

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Grilled by Republicans, Biden's Supreme Court pick defends record

Washington (AFP) - US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record of sentencing in child pornography cases and advocacy for terror suspects as she was grilled Tuesday in her bid to be the first Black woman on the country's highest judicial bench.

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Supreme Court - live: White House slams Hawley for ‘QAnon-signaling smear’ in Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing

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Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s public defence history matters

She represented some of the most vulnerable people in the criminal justice system. Her perspective is vital for safeguarding constitutional rights under threat, advocates tell Alex Woodward

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Question and answer phase begins for Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing - Roll Call

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began answering questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Day 2 of her confirmation hearing.

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Supreme Court hearings – live: Ketanji Brown Jackson to face Senate questioning

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Ketanji Brown Jackson has already made Supreme Court history. Here's what to expect from her confirmation hearing

If confirmed, the Harvard graduate would bring a unique perspective to the Supreme Court, dominated by white men for more than 200 years. As the Senate Judiciary Committee chair points out, "it's not easy being the first".

Chicago Sun-Times

8 takeaways from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Jackson, the first Black female Supreme Court nominee, is “a living witness to the fact that, in America, all is possible.”

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‘We have never had this moment before’: Kentanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent more than four hours Monday with her hands folded in front of her at the witness table, often smiling broadly as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke in turn about the coming days of the confirmation hearing.

The Independent UK

Text of Supreme Court nominee Jackson's opening remarks

Text of the opening remarks by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to the Supreme Court, on the first day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as delivered March 21, 2022:

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Ketanji Brown Jackson vows neutral stance on US top court

Republicans threaten ‘tough questions’ as Democrats hail Jackson as first Black woman nominated to US Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faces confirmation hearings: 7 questions answered

Confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be the first Black female justice on the Supreme Court, began on March 21, 2022. The dayslong process will see President Joe Biden’s pick for the bench grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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