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Last month, the Supreme Court filed an execution order that was split 6-3 along party lines. The Republican-appointed majority approved what Justice Sonia Sotomayor referred to as an “experiment with human life.” The majority rejected a stay for Alabama plaintiff James Barber, who was sentenced to execution by lethal injection and argued that the decision violated the Eighth Amendment, which bans cruel and unusual punishment. Barber offered multiple examples of botched attempts at the procedure in Alabama, where prison officials “spent multiple hours digging for prisoners’ veins in an attempt ...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first black woman Supreme Court justice on Thursday afternoon minutes after Justice Stephen Breyer‘s retirement became official at the end of the court’s term. “It is an honor of a lifetime to have this chance to join the court, to promote the rule of law at the highest level, and to do my part to carry out shared project of democracy and equal justice under law forward, into the future,” Jackson said. Chief Justice John Roberts and Breyer lead Jackson in the constitutional and judicial oaths and finally welcomed her to the nation’s highest court. Jack...
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The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jacksonto the Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon, making her the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. The vote was 53-47 with three Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Mitt Romney (Utah) joining all 50 Democrats to support Jackson’s confirmation. She will replace Justice Stephen Breyer after he officially retires at the end of the Supreme Court’s term, which is expected between late June and late July. “This is a wonderful day, a joyous day and an inspiring day, for the Senate, for the Supreme Court and ...
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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined Sen. Susan Collins(R-Maine) in announcing support for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, crossing party lines and breaking the tie in the evenly split Senate. “After reviewing Judge Jackson’s record and testimony, I have concluded that she is a well-qualified jurist and a person of honor,” Romney said in a statement posted on Twitter. “While I do not expect to agree with every decision she may make on the Court, I believe that she more than meets the standard of excellence and integrity. I congratulate Judge...
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We’ve come a long way from the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to those held last month for Ketanji Brown Jackson. As fate would have it, the sole Supreme Court Justice still serving since 1990 is Thomas, who had been accused by his long-time assistant, Anita Hill, of serial sexual harassment. Q4 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Supreme Court's Greatest HitsThe Republicans on the committee questioned Hill as if she were just another overly ambitious slut who had turned on her benefactor, while the committee’s Democratic Chairman, Joe Bi...
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) confirmed Wednesday that she would vote in favor of Kentanji Brown Jackson‘s confirmation to the Supreme Court, making her the first Republican to put her support behind President Joe Biden‘s first nominee. “After reviewing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s extensive record, watching much of her hearing testimony, and meeting with her twice in person, I have concluded that she possesses the experience, qualifications, and integrity to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court,” Collins said in a statement. “I will, therefore, vote to confirm her to this positi...
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On Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) questioned Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on her faith during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. Graham said he made it a point to ask because Republicans disapproved of how Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett was treated based on her religious beliefs during her hearings. During the confirmation hearing, Graham asks a series of questions about Jackson’s personal background and faith. Graham started his interrogation by saying, “What faith are you, by the way?” Jackson started to respond that she identifies as a ...
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On Tuesday, Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson made it through a marathon second day of her confirmation hearing. Senators questioned her on everything from child pornography to judicial activism. Each Judiciary Committee member received the opportunity to question Jackson for 30 minutes. During the hearing, Jackson made it clear that she did not adopt any labels to describe her judicial philosophy. Multiple senators urged her to answer whether her philosophy leaned more toward “originalism,” in the mold of late Justice Antonin Scalia, who believed that the Constitution should be inte...
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Demand Justice, a left-leaning advocacy group, is supporting Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s nomination to the Supreme Court by launching a million dollar ad to support her confirmation. Demand Justice wants to restore what they say is “ideological balance” to American courts by supporting liberal judicial nominees. The message of their ad says “when you have one of the most qualified Supreme Court nominees ever, there’s only one thing to do: confirm her.” The ad shows GOP senators who voted for Jackson’s previous nomination – Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and ...
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