The Confirmation

After four days of Senate hearings, Judge (now Justice) Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, replacing Justice Stephen Breyer on Thursday, April 7th.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is currently the most qualified person to serve on the Supreme Court, and her confirmation will bring many great things to this country.

The final vote was 53-47.

Questions Asked During the Hearings

The hearings were greuling, and many of them resulted in questions from many senators that were not in reference to any of her work, but instead insults to her character.

Some questions asked to the nominee:

“What faith are you, by the way?” Asked by Lindsey Graham after he promised to not ask her any questions related to her faith, where she goes to church, or how she believes in God.

Lindsey Graham didn’t stop there when he spoke about Brett Kavanaugh’s hearings.  When the senator ignored the fact that his time has ended, he told Jackson, “If I had a letter from somebody accusing you of something, a crime or misconduct for weeks, and I give it to Senator Richard Durbin just before this hearing is over and not allow you to comment on the accusation.” Jackson did not understand the context of this.

“Does the United States need more police or fewer police?” Asked by Tom Cotton who followed up with “Do you think we should catch and imprison more murderers or fewer murderers?” Jackson responded by saying that people should be help accountable for their crimes.

“So, what personal hidden agendas do you harbor or do you think other judges harbor?” Asked by Senator Marsha Blackburn. However, she wasn’t done; she also asked Jackson, “Do you agree that schools should teach children that they can choose their gender?” As well as, “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?” These questions were an obvious reference to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Senator Ted Cruz spoke about Georgetown Day School’s curriculum (the private school in which Jackson is on the Board of Trustees) by mentioning that it is overflowing with critical race theory. He held up a children’s book titled “Antiracist Baby” by Ibram X. Kendi and asked Jackson, “Do you agree with this book that is being taught to kids that babies are racist?” Here, he is clearly missing the mark on what the book is actually about.

History Was Made

Regardless of the unfortunate hearings that Ketanji Brown Jackson went through, she became the first Black woman to be confirmed as an associate justice for the Supreme Court and that is a huge milestone for American history.