McConnell Says He Won’t Support Ketanji Brown Jackson For Supreme Court

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he will not vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, as Republicans largely voice opposition to President Joe Biden’s nominee.
 

• McConnell said on the Senate floor he went into the process “with an open mind,” but decided after watching Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week that he wouldn’t support her confirmation.
• The senator cited Jackson’s refusal to state a position on whether she supports expanding the size of the Supreme Court as reason to oppose her nomination.
• Jackson said at a hearing Tuesday that speaking on the issue would not be within “the proper role of a judge,” while noting that Trump-nominated Justice Amy Coney Barrett also didn’t state a position during a confirmation hearing in 2020.
• McConnell voted against Jackson’s nomination last year to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. 

“After studying the nominee’s record and watching her performance this week, I cannot and will not support Judge Jackson for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court,” McConnell said.