Judge Ketanjii Brown Jackson plays politics and pleads ignorance when questioned about judicial philosophy
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Judge Ketanjii Brown Jackson tried to sound like an originalist or textualist at her Supreme Court confirmation hearings because that is what Americans want in their judges. They do not want judges who are going to be politicians in robes, rubber-stamping radical left-wing policies.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP) Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, wipes away tears during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. ( ) MARCH 22: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) listens as U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, departs a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. ( )
This time, she gave an array of varying answers to the judicial philosophy questions. Interestingly, she included all the right buzzwords for mainstream appeal. She spoke about how judges have limited power and need to stay in their lane. She rejected the notion of "a living Constitution in the sense that it’s changing and it’s infused with my own policy perspective" and endorsed looking at the original public meaning of text—all while denying she is an originalist.