Democracy Dies in Darkness
The second day of the confirmation proceedings alternated between celebratory bouquets from Democratic senators and suggestions from Republicans that Ketanji Brown Jackson was soft on crime and focused on leftist theories of racial recrimination.
The nominee spoke of the graphic images that a judge would have to consider when meting out a punishment and of the emotional toll that abuse victims suffer.
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