Thursday, March 28, 2024

Hill Happenings: SCOTUS Special

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The House is out this week, so all eyes were on the Senate as the first of four days of nomination hearings to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the kicked off on Monday.

Here is what Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee – including Josh Hawley, John Kennedy, Ben Sasse, Chuck Grassley, and Marsha Blackburn had to say on the first day of hearings – both in the chamber and on national .

A number of Senators, including Missouri Senator Josh Hawley – have been leading voices in questioning Judge Jackson's previous sentencing record, specifically her “leniency” in sentencing child porn offenders.

Other Senators used their airtime to rail against court-packing and to voice their concerns on recent trends of judicial activism.

Josh Hawley, Missouri

John Kennedy, Louisiana 

Ben Sasse, Nebraska

Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Ranking Member

Marsha Blackburn, Tennesee

Thom Tillis, North Carolina

Ted Cruz, Texas

John Cornyn, Texas

Mike Lee, Utah

Tom Cotton, Arkansas

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.

Victoria Snitsar Churchill
Victoria Snitsar Churchill
Victoria Snitsar Churchill is a proud immigrant and naturalized U.S. citizen with a decade of experience in grassroots politics and community organizing. Her writing has been featured in many online publications, including Campus Reform, The Daily Torch and The Daily Signal. As an undergraduate at the University of Kansas, Victoria appeared in media outlets such as CBS News, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The Blaze and NRATV. Victoria is also a former NCAA D1 student-athlete and Kansas College Republicans State Chair. After moving eleven times in six years, Victoria resides in Arlington, Virginia and enjoys overpriced brunch on Sundays with her husband.

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