Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

New: GOP senator predicts Jackson will be confirmed to SCOTUS https://t.co/nFk1ZIi5WM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NBCPolitics: NEW: Former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton announces she has tested positive for Covid-19 and has mild symptoms. https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @thenewsoncnbc: On Day 2 of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings, nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson vowed to be an impartial justice whil… — PolitiTweet.org

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Josh Hawley jumps in re: Pitlyk, arguing that she followed the prosecutor's recommendation in that case. — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin takes the mic after Hawley's questioning, pointing out that Hawley-backed Trump appointed judge Sarah Pitlyk faced similar challenges and sentenced a person convicted of possession of child pornography to a punishment "well below" the rec'd guidelines. — PolitiTweet.org

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White House spokesman @AndrewJBates46: “Judge Jackson is not a close contact with Jen Psaki, nor are any of the administration staffers who are working with her on the Hill. Judge Jackson is also fully vaccinated and boosted.” https://t.co/iZEjAXb549 — PolitiTweet.org

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White House spokesman on Hawley: "QAnon-signaling smear" — PolitiTweet.org

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Josh Hawley is up. He goes right to questioning KBJ on child pornography sentencing practices. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HeartlandSignal: REPORTER: "You would be okay with the Supreme Court leaving the issue of interracial marriage to the states?" SEN. MI… — PolitiTweet.org

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KBJ observes that the Supreme Court has essentially embraced "the originalist perspective," citing Antonin Scalia as a major proponent of this, as its prevailing approach to jurisprudence. — PolitiTweet.org

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One thing this hearing captures is how much more effective the right is with language re: courts. The last GOP nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, openly embraced “originalism” and “textualism.” What’s the liberal equivalent? There doesn’t seem to be one. KBJ is resisting all labels. — PolitiTweet.org

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"I believe the constitution is fixed in its meaning. I believe it's appropriate to look at the original intent, original public meaning of the words." But she says "there are times" that's not enough and judges must look at history, structure and existing circumstances. — PolitiTweet.org

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KBJ: "I'm reluctant to establish or adopt a particular label... I'm looking at the facts in a case and my experience as a trial judge helps me to assess the facts... That's a part of judging responsibility that isn't really captured by originalism or living Constitution." — PolitiTweet.org

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(Previous tweet is redone to fix an earlier typo: can/can’t. Apologies!) — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenSchumer, asked if he believes KBJ has been treated fairly & respectfully so far: “Some Republicans have treated her respectfully but not everybody. When they can’t lay a glove on her, they come up with these outlandish accusations which the American public just doesn't buy.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenSchumer, asked if he believes KBJ has been treated fairly and respectfully so far: “Some Republicans have treated her respectfully but not everybody. When they can lay a glove on her, they come up with these outlandish accusations which the American public just doesn't buy.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The look on KBJ’s face when Ted Cruz’s time for questioning ran out. https://t.co/6CxnsVeIvM — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell’s views on campaign finance and the First Amendment go back many, many years. More recent is (1) Democrats’ increased use of anonymous/dark money, (2) criticisms from the Senate GOP leader and other conservatives about the left’s use of dark money. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ketanji Brown Jackson, answering Cruz's questions about critical race theory: "I do not believe any child should be made to feel that they're racist, or they're not valued, or that they're less than, that they're victims or they're oppressors. I don't believe in any of that." — PolitiTweet.org

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Ted Cruz challenges KBJ's claim that critical race theory isn't relevant to her work as a judge. He refers to her past remarks involving the sentencing commission and on social justice. He maintains her position that CRT is outside her judicial purview. — PolitiTweet.org

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Cruz brings up the 1619 Project and critical race theory, asks KBJ what CRT means in her understanding. "It doesn't come up in my work as a judge. It's never something that I've studied or relied on. And it wouldn't be something that I rely on if I were on the Supreme Court." — PolitiTweet.org

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.@metzgov follows to ask him why GOP criticisms of dark money should be taken seriously. McConnell says 501(c)(4) lefty groups are "enthusiastic about this nominee" and he wonders why. He says it "bothers me the most" that Jackson won't denounce court-packing, contra RBG/Breyer. — PolitiTweet.org

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As McConnell and other Republicans rail against left-wing dark money, I asked if he'd favor new laws to require disclosure. Answer: No "I'm in favor of the way campaigns and issues are currently funded... There are rational reasons for not having disclosure for those entities." — PolitiTweet.org

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When he was running for president, @TedCruz told me in 2015 the Bushes should’ve picked judges like Mike Luttig instead of Souter/Roberts for the Supreme Court. https://t.co/oea33r1UEM — PolitiTweet.org

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No. 3 GOP Sen. John Barrasso tells me Eric Greitens should reconsider his candidacy for the Missouri Senate race: “He's gonna have to make his own decision. It does seem the information that I saw in the paper today and the report — it does seem that would be disqualifying.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PressSec: Today, in preparation for travel to Europe, I took a PCR test this morning. That test came back positive, which means I will… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenWhitehouse mocks @judicialnetwork: "A dark money group using dark money to accuse Biden's Supreme Court nominee — at that point a player to be named later, Judge Jackson had not been — of being a tool or a stooge of liberal activist dark money." https://t.co/YEoTqSCPha — PolitiTweet.org

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Sheldon Whitehouse is using his time to give a long set of remarks, complete with posters, bashing right wing dark money with a specific mention of @judicialnetwork. https://t.co/jXheXxt3II — PolitiTweet.org

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Sheldon Whitehouse: "I'll be the first to concede that there is dark money on both sides, and I hope very much we can get rid of it on both sides, shortly, by legislation." He has introduced a bill called the DISCLOSE Act to require disclosures, which Republicans don't support. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gregorykorte: Dred Scott wasn't overturned by the Supreme Court. It was overturned by the Thirteenth Amendment. https://t.co/AOdyqkOPEA — PolitiTweet.org