Jackson Hearings Should Have Come With A Trigger Warning For Black Women

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — “Senator,” she said, letting out an audible sigh. From questioning of Jackson’s view of books on critical race theory that drew her exasperated sigh — “They don’t come up in my work as a judge,” she said — to the loaded suggestion that the sentences she imposed on child pornography defendants were too lenient, the questions from the Republicans tapped into long-standing American grievances over race, class and public safety. While being questioned by Sen. Ted Cruz, Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. “The Democratic senators should have used their authority and positioning to show the requisite outrage necessary for that moment.” Patrick Jackson, the husband of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and their daughter Leila Jackson listen as Sen. Marsha Blackburn speaks at the confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. No one case can stand in for a judge’s entire record.” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions witnesses on the fourth day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's nominee for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, in Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, March 24, 2022.