The Critique: “Jackson’s confirmation doesn’t transform everything,” Robin Givhan writes. “But it reminds us of what is possible.”
When the final vote was tallied, Jackson’s historic elevation had just a wisp of bipartisanship at 53 to 47. Yet in these deeply divided times, that tiny flicker of commonality was momentous. When the voting began, it looked like senators were going to make quick work of the task at hand, one that has been more than 200 years in the making. One after another, the Democrats and independents rose to announce their formal “Aye,” with the particular exception of Sen.
The vote moved along briskly. It seemed that this monumental feat would be concluded in a mere eight minutes and the country — at least some corners of the country — could finally exhale and release all the pent-up hope and frustration and expectation that it has fed off and tamped down over generations. But the vote didn’t wrap up quickly, because rocky paths hardly ever suddenly turn smooth.Sen. Rand Paul was not there.
Before the vote began, Sen. Richard J. Durbin , who chairs the Judiciary Committee, talked about the slow slog toward this moment, not just during the hearings when Republican colleagues such as Cruz and Lindsey O. Graham used much of their time to shout aspersions at Jackson and overtalk her with their sanctimony, but through centuries of oppression and discrimination.
Jackson won’t take her place on the court until after Justice Stephen G. Breyer retires in June. The country will have to wait before it sees that resounding image of her being sworn in. No matter. But Jackson’sto the court has been slow and methodical. She gathered decades of experience in law and on the bench. She endured hours of questions during her confirmation hearing and she listened to hours of grandstanding.
As her supporters have noted, her career path has long been leading to this place. That she arrived is a testament to: this democracy, our better angels, stubborn optimism, dogged determination and work. But she also benefited from the prayers of millions of women who held their breath and dared not even whisper their deepest hopes.
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