{"id":1418948,"date":"2022-04-04T22:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T02:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418948"},"modified":"2022-04-04T22:44:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T02:44:51","slug":"sens-lisa-murkowski-and-mitt-romney-will-vote-to-confirm-ketanji-brown-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sens-lisa-murkowski-and-mitt-romney-will-vote-to-confirm-ketanji-brown-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney Will Vote to Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fsens-lisa-murkowski-and-mitt-romney-will-vote-to-confirm-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=1418948&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced on Monday that they will vote to confirm President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>The senators\u2019 announcements came just hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee tied by partisan lines, 11-11, to advance Jackson\u2019s nomination. Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) moved to\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmation-vote-senate-committee\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discharge<\/a>\u00a0Jackson\u2019s nomination to the full Senate after the deadlock vote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Murkowski cited Jackson\u2019s \u201cdemeanor and temperament\u201d as reasons why she would vote to confirm her. \u201cAfter multiple in-depth conversations with Judge Jackson and deliberative review of her record and recent hearings, I will support her historic nomination to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court,\u201d Murkowski\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1511105823308759043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/10\/06\/donald-trump-alaska-will-never-forgive-lisa-murkowski-for-opposing-brett-kavanaugh\/\">voted<\/a>\u00a0against Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation to the Supreme Court in 2018.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16733678\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/06\/AP_21138691481751.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing for presidential appointees, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full Lisa Murkowski statement on why she&#8217;ll vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson. She&#8217;s now the second Republican to back her for SCOTUS, joining Susan Collins. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1e2qQGn62Z\">pic.twitter.com\/1e2qQGn62Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1511105823308759043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy support rests on Judge Jackson\u2019s qualifications, which no one questions; her demonstrated judicial independence; her demeanor and temperament; and the important perspective she would bring to the court as a replacement for Justice Breyer,\u201d she\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1511105823308759043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski also called out the \u201ccorrosive politicization of the review process for Supreme Court nominees\u201d in her statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also rests on my rejection of the corrosive politicization of the review process for Supreme Court nominees, which, on both sides of the aisle, is growing worse and more detached from reality by the year,\u201d Murkowski\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1511105823308759043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A large portion of Jackson\u2019s confirmation hearings were\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/22\/josh-hawley-grills-ketanji-brown-jackson-on-alleged-leniency-on-child-pornographers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devoted<\/a>\u00a0to her lenient sentencing record of child sex offenders after Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) exposed multiple occasions where Jackson gave severely lower sentences than what federal guidelines and federal prosecutors called for.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski noted she does \u201cnot agree with all of Judge Jackson\u2019s decisions and opinions,\u201d but called her approach to cases \u201ccarefully considered\u201d and \u201cgenerally well-reasoned.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI will support the motion to discharge Judge Jackson\u2019s nomination later tonight, and her confirmation later this week,\u201d Murkowski\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1511105823308759043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Romney called Jackson a \u201cwell-qualified jurist and a person of honor\u201d in a statement confirming his support for Biden\u2019s nominee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18170218\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1235604995.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18170218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1235604995.png\" alt=\"Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) asks questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 30, 2021. (Greg Nash\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) asks questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 30, 2021. (Greg Nash\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I intend to vote in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s confirmation to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. My statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uGaxx8sJn5\">pic.twitter.com\/uGaxx8sJn5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRomney\/status\/1511106814175330305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter reviewing Judge Jackson\u2019s record and testimony, I have concluded that she is a well-qualified jurist and a person of honor,\u201d Romney\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRomney\/status\/1511106814175330305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWhile I do not expect to agree with every decision she may make on the Court, I believe that she more than meets the standard of excellence and integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate Judge Jackson on her expected confirmation and look forward to her continued service to our nation,\u201d he\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRomney\/status\/1511106814175330305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Sens. Romney and Murkowski, Republican Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/susan-collins-will-vote-to-confirm-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0she would vote to confirm Jackson last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced on Monday that they will vote to confirm President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. 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