(Update) Senate Committee Moves Forward With Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination After Procedural Vote

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on track to make history as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

After receiving an 11-11 vote on Monday that obstructed the procedure, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer broke the tie and sent Jackson’s nomination to the floor in a procedural vote. .

According to CNN, every Democrat supported the 51-year-old’s nomination, and three Republicans – Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – voted in favor of Jackson.

“Justice Jackson will bring to the Supreme Court the highest degree of skill, integrity, courtesy, and grace,” said Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. know on Monday. “The actions of this committee today are nothing short of making history. I am honored to be a part of it,” CNN reported.

Although the D.C. judge is considered one of the most qualified candidates, almost every Republican is opposed to her nomination. It is said that many have “concerned with her judicial philosophy, or lack of it, her sentencing in several criminal cases and her advocacy for certain clients.” certain goods,” CNN also reported.

“My support depends on the qualifications of Judge Jackson, which no one questions; her judicial independence was demonstrated; her demeanor and temperament; and the key point she will make in court as a surrogate for Justice Breyer,” Murkowski said Monday. “It’s also based on my rejection of the politicization that eats away at the process of considering Supreme Court candidates, which, on both sides of the aisle, is getting worse and more deviating from reality year by year. “.

If confirmed, Jackson will replace Justice Stephen Breyer. The full Senate is expected to vote later this week.