Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Roe and Casey are the settled law of the Supreme Court concerning the right to terminate a woman’s pregnancy. They have established a framework that the court has reaffirmed.” LIVE UPDATES:
Judge Jackson’s family members showed their support again on the second day of her confirmation hearings with their steady presence inside the hearing room as she fielded, at times, contentious questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
In an emotional moment on Monday, Jackson's daughters looked to their father as he wiped away tears while Jackson read her opening statement.Share to TwitterRaising gender balance in the judiciary and the fact that, if confirmed, there would be four women on the Supreme Court, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., gave Judge Jackson an opportunity to speak to what it would mean to her personally to see more women represented on the nation's highest court in its history.
"And we want, I think, as a country, for everyone to believe they can do things like sit on the Supreme Court. So, having meaningful numbers of women and people of color, I think, matters," she said."I also think that it supports public confidence in the judiciary when you have different people, because we have such a diverse society."Email this article
Feinstein then asked,"Does Roe v. Wade have the status of being a case that is a super precedent, and what other Supreme Court cases do you believe have that status?"
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