Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings March 23.
In his remarks, Graham criticized Democrats for rejecting Judge Janice Rodgers Brown, a judicial nominee named by then-President George W. Bush in 2003 for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He finally conceded that Jackson “had nothing to do with that.”
Graham then launched into a series of questions, including whether or not undocumented immigrants should be allowed to vote, if an unborn fetus can or cannot feel pain at 20-weeks gestation and her insights about an immigration nonprofit’s funding sources. He also asked her how she interpreted the statutes governing expedited removal of immigrants from the U.S.
It was senators’ final day to question Jackson, who was nominated by President Joe Biden in February to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman on the high court. On the final day of the hearings March 24, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear from friends and colleagues of Jackson about her temperament and approach to the law.
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