GOP Threatens to Block Future Biden Supreme Court Picks as Jackson Advances – By Susan Milligan (US News) / April 4, 2022
Republicans made it clear that advancing Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination on an 11-11 vote might be Joe Biden’s last chance to pick who he wants for the Supreme Court.
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, united in their opposition to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, could not stop the federal circuit court judge from moving a step closer Monday to becoming the first Black female member and President Joe Biden’s first successful nominee to the high court.
But they also made it clear that this might well be Biden’s last chance to pick who he wants for the Supreme Court, should another opening occur during his term.
“If we get back the Senate and we’re in charge of this body … if we were in charge, she would not have been before this committee,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said before the panel split along party lines, 11-11, on Jackson’s nomination. Later, the Senate voted – with three GOP ayes – to move onto debate for full Senate confirmation.
