Daily Southtown columnist Ted Slowik writes: 'Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic appointment (to the Supreme Court) tapped into feelings about hope, promise and opportunity.'
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, from left, state Sen. Michael Hastings, Silver Cross Hospital President/CEO Ruth Colby and Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant talk during a news conference Wednesday at the New Lenox hospital.
Durbin, 77, is an East St. Louis native who was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He has served in the Senate since 1997.His first chairmanship was a colossal responsibility.Jackson, 51, graduated from Harvard Law School and has a distinguished record as an attorney and judge.
Just as Barack Obama inspired many from the south suburbs and elsewhere by being elected the nation’s first Black president, Jackson’s historic appointment tapped into feelings about hope, promise and opportunity. But in an era of extreme partisanship, Durbin said he knew Jackson’s confirmation would not be easy.
Many conservatives felt as if Democrats tarnished Kavanaugh’s reputation. Some Republican senators seemed to see a chance to even the score during Jackson’s hearings. “One of the Republican senators referred to the activity of his colleagues on the committee as flamboyant jackassery,” Durbin said. “I never heard that term before, but it certainly applied.”
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