Watch Live: Judge Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing: Day 4

We have made it to the fourth and final day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

As mentioned on Sunday, Thursday’s hearing: the committee will hear from the American Bar Association, which evaluates the qualifications of nominees to the federal bench, and outside witnesses. Witnesses and senators will have five minutes each for statements and questions, respectively.

The tweet was posted on March 18th, 2022, so not exactly “breaking news.”

BREAKING NEWS: The American Bar Association has rated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson unanimously “Well Qualified” to serve on the United States Supreme Court—ABA’s highest possible rating.

— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) March 18, 2022

The Senate Judiciary Committee posted a list of today’s witnesses:

Panel II

Panel III Majority

• The Honorable Joyce Beatty United States House of Representatives State of Ohio – 3rd District
• Ms. Risa Goluboff Dean, Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law, and Professor of History University of Virginia
• Mr. Wade Henderson President & CEO The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Mr. Richard B. Rosenthal
• Captain Frederick Thomas National President National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)

Panel III Minority

• The Honorable Steve Marshall Attorney General State of Alabama
• Ms. Jennifer Mascott Assistant Professor of Law & Co-Executive Director The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• Ms. Eleanor McCullen
• Ms. Keisha Russell First Liberty
• Ms. Alessandra Serano Operation Underground Railroad

Day 3 recap:

Much like Wednesday’s recap this one, will also contain nothing more than my awe that Judge Jackson didn’t crack and tell Senator Ted Cruz to go fuck himself with a rusty rake sideways.

This whole week, I’m reminded why Congress is so broken. They don’t as a whole respect the process it is as Senator Ben Sasse said in Wednesday’s hearing:

Ben Sasse moments after Ted Cruz throws a performative tantrum that was tailormade for Hannity: "I think we should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities." pic.twitter.com/3YqBgrrXNR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 23, 2022

Now, he probably totally meant both sides, but he’s not wrong. We saw a bunch of Jackassery in the last 3 days from men and a “woman” already planning on voting “no” to confirm Judge Jackson.

Never mind they already did vote last year to confirm her; they don’t care and they know their base isn’t going to care either.

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