WATCH: Sen. Grassley's opening statement in Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Published Date: 3/21/2022
Source: PBS NewsHour
As the Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 21, Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, pushed back against accusations from Democrats that Republicans have been “vilifying nominees who have represented criminal defendants." "That’s just not the case, and I think that’s a very unfair accusation,” he said. Grassley argued that previous Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, have represented criminal defendants on appeals. Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden in February to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman on the high court. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe