Bitterness Erupts at Senate Judicial Hearings Over Brett Kavanaugh and Janice Rogers Brown

Bitterness Erupts at Senate Judicial Hearings Over Brett Kavanaugh and Janice Rogers Brown
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing to become a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, in Washington, on March 23, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Patrick Butler
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Bitterness and contentious interruptions erupted at the Senate confirmation hearings on March 23, as remembrances of the Brett Kavanaugh and Janice Rogers Brown hearings surfaced in the questioning of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Kavanaugh was the Republican choice for the Supreme Court in 2018 and was plagued by charges of sexual misconduct that colored his nomination.