Washington – Democrat Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the whip of the House majority, called on both Republicans and Democrats to support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Sunday in the Supreme Court, saying it would show that the United States is still looking for a more perfect union.
“This is beyond politics,” Clyburn said in an interview with Face the Nation. “This is about the country, our search for a more perfect union, and this is a demonstration of one more step in this search, and I hope all my Republican friends look at it that way. Let’s debate, let’s talk. their decisions and their philosophy. But ultimately, we have strong, bipartisan support to show that both sides are still looking for perfection. “
- Transcript: Congressman Jim Clyburn on “Face the Nation”
On Friday, President Biden announced that he had selected Jackson, a judge of the federal court of appeals, as a candidate to replace him. retired Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. Jackson has served on the Federal Bank for nearly nine years, serving as a judge in both the U.S. District Court and the U.S. District Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia. She has also served as a federal public defender and was vice president of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
With his selection of Jackson, Mr. Biden fulfilled the promise he made during the campaign two years ago to appoint the first black woman to the Supreme Court, a promise that Clyburn assured. The South Carolina Congressman publicly urged the president a select U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs by the Supreme Court, citing it training in public universitiesbut he said Jackson will also bring a new perspective to the nation’s highest court with his experience representing criminal defendants.
“We all have our personal preferences. We all have our reasonable biases. But ultimately, I think this is a good choice,” he said. “It was an option that gives the track a background and experiences that no one else on the track will have. And I think when you look at not only her background in family, life, but also her profession, she was public. This adds a new perspective to the track.
Jackson, a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, has the most “traditional” training of Supreme Court candidates, Clyburn said, with eight of the current members of the court who have gone to law schools. Harvard or Yale.
“This means that we will continue with this tradition, and I am, as you can see, this is not so much for the tradition. I want to see us open as many new paths as possible,” he said.
Jackson could begin meeting with senators next week, starting the confirmation battle in the equally divided Senate. With Democrats and Republicans controlling 50 seats each, and Vice President Kamala Harris giving tie-breaking votes, Jackson does not need Republican support to confirm whether the 50 Democrats support his nomination.
Jackson is expected to receive broad support from Senate Democrats and it is unclear if any Republicans will vote to confirm Jackson. Three GOP senators – Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – supported Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. and it is not yet known whether this support extends to his candidacy for the Supreme Court. .
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