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Ben Sasse to Vote ‘No’ on Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination, Threatening Judiciary Committee’s Approval
breitbart ^ | 26 Mar 2022 | WENDELL HUSEBØ

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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On Friday, several Republican members on the Judiciary Committee issued a letter demanding Jackson divulge further information about the Hawkins case. Those members include Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Kennedy (R-LA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
1 posted on 03/26/2022 3:13:27 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Sasse holding out for more $$$ is my guess.


2 posted on 03/26/2022 3:19:38 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: MarvinStinson

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.


3 posted on 03/26/2022 3:29:50 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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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


4 posted on 03/26/2022 3:34:31 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: MarvinStinson

she doesn’t deserve this position, let them put up a moderate.


5 posted on 03/26/2022 3:36:44 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Isn’t that every Republican on the committee?


6 posted on 03/26/2022 3:41:19 PM PDT by truthkeeper
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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.


7 posted on 03/26/2022 3:44:36 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative ( )
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she gets the seat no matter any vote


8 posted on 03/26/2022 3:45:14 PM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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There are only two moderate Dem Senators, Manchin has already said he is a yes, where does Sinema stand?


9 posted on 03/26/2022 3:46:08 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

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.


11 posted on 03/26/2022 3:52:40 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Is it raining? My clothes are getting wet!

“How should I know? I’m not a meteorologist!”


12 posted on 03/26/2022 3:52:45 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Who saves the nation breaks no law)
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There are only two moderate Dem Senators, Manchin has already said he is a yes, where does Sinema stand?

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.

13 posted on 03/26/2022 3:54:55 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Who saves the nation breaks no law)
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Not me, I’m with you in trying to get people to stop voting for Assistant Democrats.


14 posted on 03/26/2022 3:56:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: MarvinStinson

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/


15 posted on 03/26/2022 4:02:23 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

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.


16 posted on 03/26/2022 4:03:51 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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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.


17 posted on 03/26/2022 4:09:33 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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Wrong link in 15.

Here’s the correct link:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/pizzagate-shooter-sentenced-years-prison-judge-describes-breathtaking/story?id=48213928


18 posted on 03/26/2022 4:12:07 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Is that rain?” “I’m not a weatherperson!”


19 posted on 03/26/2022 4:15:57 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: MarvinStinson

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!


20 posted on 03/26/2022 4:41:21 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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