{"id":1400325,"date":"2022-03-25T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400325"},"modified":"2022-03-25T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:00:44","slug":"senator-manchin-backs-biden-scotus-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-manchin-backs-biden-scotus-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Manchin Backs Biden SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenator-manchin-backs-biden-scotus-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400325&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Sen. Joe Manchin Friday said that he will support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge<\/a> Ketanji Brown Jackson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>, as the nominee inches closer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;After meeting with her, considering her record, and closely monitoring her testimony and questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, I have determined I intend to vote for her nomination to serve on the Supreme Court,&#8221; Manchin, D-W.Va., said in a Friday statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her wide array of experiences in varying sectors of our judicial system have provided Judge Jackson a unique perspective that will serve her well on our nation\u2019s highest court,&#8221; Manchin also said. &#8220;During our meeting, she was warm and gracious. On top of her impressive resume, she has the temperament to make an exceptional jurist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmation-timetable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHEN WILL JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON BE CONFIRMED TO THE SUPREME COURT? NEXT STEPS IN SENATE PROCESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats were expected to remain united behind Jackson, who President Biden chose to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer in February. But Manchin was key to blocking multiple Biden nominees to key posts since last year and therefore was not considered as much of a given to support Jackson as other rank-and-file Democrat senators. Manchin most recently blocked the confirmation of former Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other Senate Democrats who either have a moderate streak or are up for reelection this year have yet to officially back Jackson. They include Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., but there&#8217;s been no real indication GOP attacks on the nominee are having any effect on those Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jackson is currently on track to be confirmed some time in early April.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ketanji-brown-jackson-judicial-philosophy-judiciary-committee-republicans-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SUPREME COURT NOMINEE JACKSON&#8217;S JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY STILL MYSTERIOUS AFTER MARATHON HEARINGS, REPUBLICANS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/ketanji-brown-jackson-44.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced the committee will meet to consider Jackson&#8217;s nomination on Monday, March 28. Committee Republicans are expected to hold over Jackson&#8217;s nomination for a week after that, leading to a committee vote on the nominee as early as April 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are expected to move as quickly as possible to confirm Jackson given the number of variables in the 50-50 Senate, including the possibility a senator could be sidelined with a health issue, including COVID-19. The Senate does not allow remote voting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jackson-recuse-harvard-discrimination-asian-american\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JACKSON SAYS SHE&#8217;D RECUSE FROM ASIAN-AMERICAN DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST HARVARD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the case united GOP opposition to Jackson in committee \u2013 which is split 11-11 in the evenly divided chamber \u2013 Senate Democrats can still bring her nomination to the floor through a process called a discharge motion. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., can make that motion as early as the day after the tied committee vote, and immediately after the Senate could move onto the nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With a GOP filibuster expected, final confirmation could happen as early as Thursday, April 7 or Friday, April 8, although that timetable could slip into the following weekend or the next week for a variety of reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-Supreme-Court-Confirmation-Hearing-3.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And it could be delayed further if\u00a0a Democrat has COVID-19 or is forced to be absent from the Senate for another reason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Assuming all 50 Democrats in the Senate back Jackson, they can confirm the nominee even in the face of united GOP opposition with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Harris.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans raised several concerns about Jackson during her confirmation hearings, including allegedly soft sentences she handed out to child porn offenders during her time on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. They also attacked Jackson over allegedly lenient treatment of a fentanyl dealer, and for not outlining her judicial philosophy in sufficient detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats, however, universally lauded Jackson for her performance in two days of marathon hearings and slammed Republicans for their treatment of the nominee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She is an inspiration to all of us, to our families, those of us that have daughters, and \u00a0granddaughters both White and Black,&#8221; Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said of Jackson Wednesday. &#8220;She will be confirmed. She&#8217;ll be a star of the Supreme Court, and I, for one, will proudly cast my vote for her.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., accused Republicans of &#8220;truly poisonous, cynical behavior that trolled through the absolute bottom of what the Senate has done in dark times past.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. 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