In response to the bipartisan Senate affirmation of soon-to-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, MoveOn Government Director Rahna Epting issued the next assertion:
“Ketanji Brown Jackson is an eminently certified jurist with a exceptional document who was phenomenal throughout her affirmation listening to, and I’m so excited to quickly be referring to her as ‘Justice Jackson.’
“President Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Courtroom was a historic second for our nation and the continued battle to make sure that justice is equal below the regulation. We have now gone greater than 230 years and not using a Black lady on the Supreme Courtroom, a obvious omission that has lastly been righted with in the present day’s bipartisan Senate vote.
“Sadly, however not surprisingly, her listening to was additionally an unpleasant cesspool of assaults rooted in MAGA conspiracy theories from the suitable. This is likely one of the many explanation why it would require a couple of nominee to rebalance the Supreme Courtroom, which has been hijacked by right-wing energy grabs making a conservative majority poised to concern sweeping rulings in opposition to our rights and liberties as People.”
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