Ketanji Brown Jackson clears major hurdle in historic Supreme Court bid
ABC News
The first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, cleared 19-hours of questioning in the Senate, appearing headed toward confirmation.
The nation's first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, cleared 19-hours of grueling questioning at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, appearing headed toward confirmation as a justice with support from all Democrats and a small number of Republicans.
"In my capacity as a justice, I would do what I've done for the past decade," Jackson told the committee on her third day of testimony, "which is to rule from a position of neutrality, to look carefully at the facts and… to render rulings that I believe and that I hope that people would have confidence in."
The three days of hearings reached an emotional climax during a dramatic soliloquy by Sen. Cory Booker who, reflecting on the historic nature of the moment, moved Jackson to tears.
"You did not get there because of some left wing agenda. You didn't get here because of some dark money groups. You got here how every Black woman in America who has gotten anywhere has done," Booker said. "You are worthy. You are a great American."
