Jackson Has Small Pool of Potential Republican Supporters (2)

A trio of Republican senators who previously voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the appeals court known as the “second-highest court in the land” have voted for two-thirds or more of Joe Biden’s judicial nominees.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are part of a dwindling number of senators in either party willing to give deference to the opposing party when it comes to judicial nominees.

Senate Democrats could confirm Jackson, who Biden has selected as the first Black woman for the high court, with support from only their members and a tie-breaking ...