Sen. HawleyMO is earning high praise on the Right, and headshaking scorn on the Left, after playing a key role in Republican efforts to block the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
From his perch on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hawley used confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s high court pick to raise questions about her fitness — by delving into sentences she handed down in child pornography convictions as a U.S. district judge. Democrats accused Hawley of character assassination, arguing he essentially accused Jackson of coddling pedophiles in an overtly political attempt to block the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee with a sterling resume.
The White House, as expected, has pilloried Hawley for his treatment of Jackson. In a series of tweets, spokesman Andrew Bates pointed to what Democrats and some media fact-checkers believe are inconsistent standards for confirming Jackson versus his support for judges appointed by former President Donald Trump.
Rather, say Republicans familiar with Hawley, his tough questions for Jackson were framed by his constitutional philosophy and belief that lifetime appointees to the nation’s most powerful court should not be approved absent intense scrutiny. As with all Supreme Court nominations, Hawley spent weeks leading up to Jackson’s hearing voraciously reading everything he could get his hands on regarding her judicial record, working with his staff to mine her background for all relevant information.
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