Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Monday to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, bringing President Biden’s nominee a step closer to a confirmation vote before the full Senate.
No Republicans on the committee are expected to vote to advance Jackson’s nomination, writing in a statement during her confirmation hearings that Jackson’s record “shows regular misuse of judicial authority to impose liberal preferences instead of what the law demands.”
The committee is made up of 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans but Jackson’s confirmation would advance to the full House even with an 11-11 deadlock.
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