Sen. Collins Supports Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation
- 2 years ago
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced she will be supporting Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation, in a break with the majority of her party. Collins’ yes vote ensures KBJ will head to the nation’s top court with at least some semblance of bipartisan support, as has been the case with the overwhelming majority of SCOTUS nominees in U.S. history. It also spares Vice President Kamala Harris from having to be the one to cast the deciding tiebreaker vote in Jackson’s favor.
‘I have decided to support the confirmation of Judge Jackson to be a member of the Supreme Court,’ Ms. Collins said, via the NY Times. ‘In recent years, senators on both sides of the aisle have gotten away from what I perceive to be the appropriate process for evaluating judicial nominees,' she said. ’In my view, the role under the Constitution assigned to the Senate is to look at the credentials, experience, and qualifications of the nominee. It is not to assess whether a nominee reflects the individual ideology of a senator or would vote exactly as an individual senator would want.’
This is not the first time Collins has zagged away from the GOP’s party line on a SCOTUS nominee; she previously declined to support conservative nominee Amy Coney Barrett in 2020, saying Barrett’s confirmation process was occurring too close to the November 2020 presidential election. Barrett was ultimately confirmed anyway.
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‘I have decided to support the confirmation of Judge Jackson to be a member of the Supreme Court,’ Ms. Collins said, via the NY Times. ‘In recent years, senators on both sides of the aisle have gotten away from what I perceive to be the appropriate process for evaluating judicial nominees,' she said. ’In my view, the role under the Constitution assigned to the Senate is to look at the credentials, experience, and qualifications of the nominee. It is not to assess whether a nominee reflects the individual ideology of a senator or would vote exactly as an individual senator would want.’
This is not the first time Collins has zagged away from the GOP’s party line on a SCOTUS nominee; she previously declined to support conservative nominee Amy Coney Barrett in 2020, saying Barrett’s confirmation process was occurring too close to the November 2020 presidential election. Barrett was ultimately confirmed anyway.
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