Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning over two days about her sentencing of criminal defendants, her bid to join the Supreme Court veering from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations on the bench.On Thursday, the last day of hearings, interest groups including the American Bar Association and civil rights organizations will testify about Jackson's suitability for the court. Witnesses chosen by Republican senators will also speak.
The GOP criticism at her confirmation hearing was punctuated with effusive praise from Democrats, and by reflections on the historic nature of her nomination - none more riveting in the room than from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who used his time not to ask questions but to tearfully speak and draw tears from Jackson as well.
In more than 22 hours of hearings, GOP senators aggressively questioned Jackson on the sentences she has handed down to child pornography offenders in her nine years as a federal judge, her legal advocacy on behalf of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, her thoughts on critical race theory and even her religious views.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told Jackson she seemed like"a very kind person" - but"there's at least a level of empathy that enters into your treatment of a defendant that some could view as maybe beyond what some of us would be comfortable with, with respect to administering justice." She said she bases sentences on many factors, not just federal guidelines. Sentencing is not a"numbers game," she said, noting that there are no mandatory sentences for sex offenders and that there has been significant debate on the subject.She reminded the committee that her brother and two uncles served as police officers, and that"crime and the effect on the community, and the need for law enforcement - those are not abstract concepts or political slogans to me.
She is a racially motivated person. Nominated because her skin color not because her qualifications. Disgrace and embarrassment for entire County.
Everyone know why exactly she was appointed. Definitely not because her qualifications. Embarrassment for entire county..
Why is it you always say the republicans are falsely accusing her of her record. Yet when GOP candidates are questioned you always take the left side of things. Fact: no all of your viewers are liberals.
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