US Senator Roger Marshall, R-Kan. Announced on Friday that it opposes Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the US Supreme Court.
In a statement, Marshall listened to a two-day confirmation hearing and said, “A thorough and thoughtful review of her qualifications and judicial records,” before reaching the conclusion that “I can’t support her confirmation.” “I said that I did.
He specifically noted the treatment of past criminal cases as a lawyer, arguing that Jackson had no experience of being a judge in the state’s Supreme Court. Jackson was a federal legal scholar in 2013, but he has been sitting in the US Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia for a year.
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“I believe she will put a rubber stamp on Biden’s far-left agenda instead of protecting the Constitution and our Kansas values,” Marshall said. “There is no way I can sincerely support her to be a quasi-judge in the United States Supreme Court.”
For Jackson to be confirmed, a simple majority of 51 out of 100 senators must vote in favor. The Senate will be evenly divided among 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans, and Vice President Kamala Harris will break the same number of votes, giving Democrats a majority.
No Republican has announced support for Jackson yet, and some have already shown opposition to her.
Republican leader Mitch McConnell said in the Senate Thursday, “This week, after examining the candidate’s records and seeing her performance, supporting Judge Jackson for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court I can’t, and I don’t support it. “
McConnell’s opposition is not surprising and is likely to presage the position of the majority of Republican caucuses.
Republicans put pressure on the judge on the sometimes bitter grill at this week’s confirmation hearing Record the judgment defendant in the child pornography case, Court packing and her view as a federal lawyer representing the inmates of Guantanamo Bay. She was investigated on other topics such as critical race theory, court packing, and gender.
Some Republican moderates, especially Maine Senator Susan Collins or Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, may decide to support Jackson. Like South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, they both voted in favor of her appointment to her current role.
West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin On Friday, he said he would vote in favor of Jackson’s nomination, effectively guaranteeing her confirmation.
Andrew Bahl is a Senior State Assembly member of Topeka Capital-Journal. He can be contacted at [email protected] or by phone 443-979-6100.
This article was originally published in Topeka Capital-Journal: Roger Marshall opposes Ketanji Brown Jackson in US Supreme Court