Democrats defend Supreme Court nominee Jackson from Republican attacks

By Reuters Posted on March 23, 2022

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson takes her seat as she arrives prior to start of the third day of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on Judge Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

By Moira Warburton, Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung

Senate Democrats on Wednesday defended Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, as Republicans resumed attacks on her judicial record and sought to paint her as a liberal activist.