{"id":1417053,"date":"2022-04-03T17:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T21:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417053"},"modified":"2022-04-03T17:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T21:14:41","slug":"gop-senator-calls-ketanji-brown-jacksons-scotus-nomination-a-high-point-for-the-country-but-stops-short-of-voting-to-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-calls-ketanji-brown-jacksons-scotus-nomination-a-high-point-for-the-country-but-stops-short-of-voting-to-confirm\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Calls Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s SCOTUS Nomination A \u2018High Point\u2019 For The Country, But Stops Short Of Voting To Confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/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%2Fgop-senator-calls-ketanji-brown-jacksons-scotus-nomination-a-high-point-for-the-country-but-stops-short-of-voting-to-confirm%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=1417053&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/60713C38-DD5C-464E-B641-577E9AB82783-scaled.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt said that the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court was an important moment in the history of the United States, but added he would not vote to confirm her.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on ABC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/roy-blunt-ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmed-support\/story?id=83831571\">This Week<\/a>\u201d Sunday, Blunt said that while Jackson\u2019s anticipated confirmation was a \u201chigh point\u201d for the country, and he understands the \u201cimportance of this moment,\u201d he would not vote to confirm her due to concerns about her judicial philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>After welcoming him onto the program, host George Stephanopoulos asked Blunt whether he had made up his mind on his vote for Judge Jackson\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I have, George,\u201d Blunt responded. \u201c[Initially], my sense is that the president certainly had every good intention and every right in the campaign to talk about putting the first black woman on the court. I think it\u2019s time for that to happen. I was hoping that I could be part of that. I had a great conversation with her. Really, there are two [criteria] I set immediately. One is, is the person qualified for the job? And two is, what\u2019s her judicial philosophy? She\u2019s certainly qualified. I think she\u2019s got a great personality, I think will be a good colleague on the court. But the judicial philosophy seems to be not the philosophy of looking at what the law says and the Constitution says and applying that, but going through some method that allows you to try to look at the Constitution as a more flexible document, and even the law. And there are cases that show that that\u2019s her view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she\u2019s certainly going to be confirmed,\u201d Blunt added. \u201cI think it will be a high point for the country to see her go on the Court and take her unique perspective to the Court, but I don\u2019t think she\u2019s the kind of judge that will really do the kind of work that I think needs to be done by the Court. And I won\u2019t be supporting her, but I\u2019ll be joining others in understanding the importance of this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s a high point for the country, why not support her?\u201d Stephanopoulos asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think lifetime appointments have a different criteria than other appointments,\u201d Blunt responded, adding that he previously supported Joe Biden\u2019s temporary appointees. Blunt also said that he has not yet supported any of Biden\u2019s nominations for lower court judges because he believes judiciary appointments should be judged on more than just their broad qualifications. He said that Jackson \u201cjust doesn\u2019t meet the criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] advise and consent part of the Constitution gives the Senate more responsibility than just saying she\u2019s qualified, you appointed her, we\u2019re going to approve her,\u201d Blunt continued. \u201cAnd that, clearly, has not been the role of the Senate for a couple of decades now. And it certainly wasn\u2019t the role that Democrats saw as their role in the last Congress when three qualified judges had the same kind of view that I think we have now, that you need to also agree with whether you think that judge is going to be a judge that thinks it\u2019s their job to rule on what they think the law and the Constitution <em>should<\/em> say, or is it their job to rule on what the law and the Constitution <em>does<\/em> say? And I come down strongly on [the latter] side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson drew severe criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/these-are-pivotal-questions-mcconnell-blasts-biden-scotus-nominee-for-lack-of-candor-evading-questions\">Republican leadership<\/a> for a lack of candor during her confirmation hearings while answering questions about her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/what-gives-them-the-right-to-do-that-cornyn-grills-jackson-on-unenumerated-rights-judicial-policy-making\">judicial philosophy<\/a>. To date, only one Republican in the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-maine-senator-who-opposed-barrett-confirmation-says-she-supports-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson\">Susan Collins<\/a> of Maine, has announced that she will support Judge Jackson\u2019s confirmation to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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