The organizations accused GOP senators of 'inappropriate and knowingly misleading attacks' on Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The right to counsel is one of our nation’s most bedrock principles, helping to fulfill the constitutional promise of a fair trial and the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel. The Supreme Court has reinforced the right to counsel, considering it a ‘fundamental right essential to a fair trial.’
The letter also addressed the Republican committee members’ incessant grilling of Jackson over her sentencing record in child pornography cases. “It is within Congress’ authority, not the courts’, to update sentencing guidelines,” the letter stressed.
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