Posted on 03/26/2022 3:13:27 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Senate Judiciary Committee member Ben Sasse (R-NE) announced Friday night he will vote “no” on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination, threatening the committee’s approval of the judge.
If a majority of Judiciary Committee members do not vote to approve Jackson’s nomination, the vote may result in an 11-11 tie between Republicans and Democrats, forwarding her nomination to the Senate floor with additional procedural steps, meaning the nomination does not have the committee’s recommendation, which under other circumstances is often fatal.
A full Senate vote could then mean moderate Democrats may oppose Jackson’s nomination because of her record of soft sentencing on child pornography cases.
In his statement, Sasse said he opposes Jackson’s nomination because of a lack of any judicial philosophy, which she should have made “clear and understandable” for the committee.
“Judge Jackson is an extraordinary person with an extraordinary American story. We both love this country, but we disagree on judicial philosophy and I am sadly unable to vote for this confirmation,” Sasse said.
“Judge Jackson has impeccable credentials and a deep knowledge of the law, but at every turn this week she not only refused to claim originalism as her judicial philosophy, she refused to claim any judicial philosophy at all,” he continued.
“Senators should have made fewer speeches, and Judge Jackson should have made her judicial philosophy clear and understandable to the American people,” Sasse added. “Unfortunately, neither of those things happened.”
Jackson’s nomination faces challenges. Breitbart reported that Wesley Hawkins, one of Jackson’s sentenced registered sex offenders, who was only given three months in prison by Jackson, seemingly thanked her for the lenient sentence in his case. Hawkins also acknowledged he received from Jackson considerably less prison time than many other sex offenders convicted for child pornography possession:
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Sasse holding out for more $$$ is my guess.
I know we shouldn’t just go by sound bites, but, this individual can’t define what a woman is, because she’s not a biologist. Yet by all accounts, she is considered to be a woman. Yet she has no idea why anyone would think she is a woman. It gets confusing.
Sasse has some things he would like in return. scumbag.
“Judge Jackson is an extraordinary
a person with an extraordinary American story
what a load of sh## we are expected to swallow
she doesn’t deserve this position, let them put up a moderate.
Isn’t that every Republican on the committee?
Manchin will vote with the other DemocRATS on this nomination. She’ll get a few Republican votes. Kamala is in no danger of having to cast a tie breaking vote.
she gets the seat no matter any vote
There are only two moderate Dem Senators, Manchin has already said he is a yes, where does Sinema stand?
Marsha should have followed up with another question. Judge you have used the word woman many times today. Are you telling me you use words and do not know their meaning? She did. She used woman in her answers to questions. Or women.
Is it raining? My clothes are getting wet!
“How should I know? I’m not a meteorologist!”
Stop this nonsense.
Romney is already a "yes". She will get 15 GOP votes, maybe 30 once confirmation is a done deal.
You people who keep spinning the yarn that the GOP is in opposition to the Democrats need to get with the program.
Not me, I’m with you in trying to get people to stop voting for Assistant Democrats.
Remember the “Pizza-Gate” story? Judge K Johnson was the judge in that crazy mess.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a51268/what-is-pizzagate/
If Jackson is willing under oath to lie her radical leftist ass off to avoid offending sex perverts, one shudders to think about what she will do when she gets onto the SCOTUS.
Now you know why MSM is going full out on the narrative the GOP hates black women. It’s not the lock they thought it would be. Her ridiculous inability to answer the what is a woman question went viral and they know it.
Wrong link in 15.
Here’s the correct link:
“Is that rain?” “I’m not a weatherperson!”
Don’t forget folks that Mitch the Bitch agreed to Senate rules with Schmuck Schumer that allows nominees to proceed out of committee with a tie vote instead of needing a majority! And now we get this racist, communist, pedo-loving freak on the Supreme Court thanks to deep state Mitch!
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