Far more Americans still support (42%) than oppose (27%) Judge Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. Nearly one-third of Americans (31%) say they’re not sure whether they support or oppose Jackson.
Jackson’s nomination took a major step forward Monday when Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced it to a floor vote scheduled for later this week.— Jackson is widely expected to be confirmed to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
when shown a summary of her attributes and experiences. But after two months of GOP attacks culminating in last week’s contentious Senate confirmation hearings, that number has plummeted to just 31% — meaning that nearly half of Republicans who considered Jackson qualified in February no longer do so today.
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a member of the committee who voted last year to confirm Jackson to her current position on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, went so far as to say Republicans would have refused to even consider Biden’s nominee if they controlled the Senate.
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