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Texas Senators Line Up Against Democratic Nominee for the Supreme Court

Texas Senators Line Up Against Democratic Nominee for the Supreme Court
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson (L) meets with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in his office on Capitol Hill March 10, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Texas senators on March 22, turned an otherwise normal confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court of the United States into an aggressive grilling of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for her record on crime and terrorism.

Senator John Cornyn, at the opening of confirmation hearings on March 21, said he was “troubled” by Jackson’s zealous defense of terrorists.