An Update On Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation
Can we wrap this up already? I need to finish reading Love at Deep Dusk.
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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?
The support is growing more bipartisan by the minute:
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Some of the votes are breaking familial expectations too:
Mitt Romney has also voiced support for the soon-to-be Justice:
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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:
This new worry is complemented by the worry that she will be soft on crime. Because folks care about enforcing laws now.
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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.
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 cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
