Last week, we tuned in to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. OctoberZinelle danielleholley steve_vladeck and Syovata Edari join michelebgoodwin on the latest OnTheIssuesPod to debrief:
I mean, let’s be clear, right? Not Amy Coney Barrett. Again, like, this is…Right. Not Amy…yeah, not Amy Coney Barrett or anybody else, right? This separation of church and state, you know, gone out the window, and it also strikes me, too, as this badgering about and even a flogging as someone is mentioned about her work at as public defender. You’d think that the constitution made no room for protecting the rights of individuals who must defend themselves against the state.
Able to talk about what her life is, what the sort of…what’s important for her as a jurist. What was important for her as a lawyer, her thinking about things, whether you call it a methodology, a philosophy, or a bit of both, and this was anything but that, but that was what the nation deserved, something along at least those lines, and instead, what we got was something like Bloody Sunday prior to, you know, passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
So, this week, we saw something that was historic in the confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Historic, in that she’s the first Black woman in the United States to have a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, and we heard all of the distinction that she would bring to the office. She has been…as you’ve said previously on this show, Dean Danielle Holly Walker, she’s clerked at every level, federal district court, appellate court, the Supreme Court.
And mind you, on the first day, 12 hours with only three breaks. It was really remarkable to watch, and if you didn’t know anything about Ketanji Brown Jackson before these hearings, I can’t imagine anyone stepping away with anything other than incredible admiration for this woman. Her intellect, her professionalism, her commitment to the Constitution and the rule of law. I was blown away by her ability to withstand and elevate a process that was not particularly kind to her this week.
And I’ll say, she did shine out of this despite all of that. She rose above it all and showed you could bring it on. I have seen everything in my lifetime. I’ve shared with you what I’ve seen. My parents are here with me. They’ve seen a lot. My daughter will see a lot. My husband. It was impressive to see how she just continued on, and I would say, Senator Cory Booker came at exactly the right time, when not only Judge Jackson needed, but all of us to calm things down, bring in the humanity.
And where one really got the chance to learn from her, and so, Zinelle, to your point…and I’m going to turn this to Dean Holley-Walker, this kind of opportunity to be rigorous and to learn. It seems to me that the Senate Judiciary Committee failed in that regard because there was a concentration on just a handful of cases, and we didn’t get the chance to learn about the breadth of what she has experienced then as a district court judge and appellate court judge.
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