Graham to Oppose Jackson for Court, Reversing 2021 Support (1)

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he won’t support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a decision that won’t block her confirmation but underscores how divided judicial nominations have become.

The South Carolina Republican had voted in 2021 to confirm Jackson for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, widely considered the second-highest court in the country. But Graham grilled Jackson about her judicial record during her confirmation hearings before the Judiciary Committee last week.

Lindsey Graham

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“My decision is based upon her record of judicial activism, flawed sentencing methodology regarding child pornography cases, ...