Biden’s Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Is a Political Opportunity for Republicans

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as she accepts President Joe Biden’s nomination to be a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 25, 2022. (Leah Millis/Reuters)

They should show the nation that it is possible to oppose a nominee without trying to destroy her character.

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resident Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. She would replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring at the end of the current term, 28 years after being appointed by President Clinton. A hard-core progressive, Judge Jackson is not the best pick Biden could have made. And that is not solely from the point of view of conservatives, who would prefer a bench full of constitutionalists — textualists who will apply the law as written — but who obviously knew that Biden, who has governed from the left, would never nominate such a jurist.

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