Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will get their first chance to directly question Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday — the second day of a four-day confirmation hearing.
It will come a day after committee members and Jackson herself provided opening statements in a session that lasted more than four hours Monday.
"I evaluate the facts, and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me, without fear or favor, consistent with my judicial oath," Jackson said. "Unlike the many barriers had had to face growing up, my path was clearer, such that if I worked hard and believed in myself, in America I could do anything or be anything I wanted to be," Jackson said.Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he was in favor of having the court"look more like America," and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy said that Jackson's nomination marked"a new page in the history of America — a good page.
In questioning on Tuesday and Wednesday, lawmakers are expected to address Jackson's time defending Guantanamo Bay detainees and her past sentences for some sex offenders, which some conservatives say were too lenient.
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