Sahil Kapur

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Here's the transcript of Amy Coney Barrett punting on Supreme Court expansion in her October 2020 hearing, which Ketanji Brown Jackson just alluded to under questioning from @SenatorDurbin 👇 (emphasis mine) https://t.co/RcBRPz9nsB — PolitiTweet.org

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Judge Jackson, asked by Durbin about Hawley's accusations, cont'd: "We're talking about graphic descriptions that judges have to read and consider when they decide how to sentence in these cases and there's a statute that tells judges what they're supposed to do." — PolitiTweet.org

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Jackson on Hawley's claims: "As a mother and a judge who has had to deal with these cases, I was thinking that nothing could be further from the truth. These are some of the most difficult cases that a judge has to deal with... talking about pictures of sex abuse of children." — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin preempts Republican questions about court-packing. Jackson says she agrees with Amy Coney Barrett, who dodged. "I agree with Justice Barrett in her response to that question when she was asked before this committee... Judges should not be speaking into political issues." — PolitiTweet.org

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JACKSON on her method of judging cases: “I am not importing my personal views or policy preferences. The entire exercise is about trying to understand what those who created this policy or this law intended.” https://t.co/nccx3gC2dS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChrisJansing: Coverage of the historic SCOTUS hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson with @sahilkapur @AriMelber @neal_katyal @SymoneDSander… — PolitiTweet.org

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@KDbyProxy I remember a day in 2017 when Sen. Orrin Hatch casually used the phrase “Republicans shot their wad” and his spokesman @mattdizwhitlock had to spend the day patiently explaining to the nation that it was a civil war-era battlefield metaphor and not what they thought. Yep. Veep — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @washingtonpost: Ten million people have fled their homes in Ukraine to other parts of the country or across its borders in just under a… — PolitiTweet.org

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Lol at people who think 24 is realistic when Jack Bauer can drive all over Los Angeles and never get stuck in traffic for an hour 🤣 — PolitiTweet.org

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VEEP is by far the most realistic. — PolitiTweet.org

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While the Judiciary Committee considers KBJ’s Supreme Court nomination, the full Senate is moving forward with the US-China competition bill that is a high Biden priority and very bipartisan. — PolitiTweet.org

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Susan Collins flipped as well, but that was largely about Republicans confirming Barrett the week before the 2020 election in violation of what they construed to be the Garland precedent set by Mitch McConnell in 2016. — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans vent about judicial wars 2024 auditioning A historic moment Evoking Ukraine and democracy …and more highlights from day 1 of the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearing. https://t.co/REiBPWIX3H — PolitiTweet.org

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Ketanji Brown Jackson finishes her opening remarks and the first day wraps. Senators will questioned her on Tuesday and Wednesday. https://t.co/gejrQL7BmH — PolitiTweet.org

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Judge Jackson is sworn in. Her opening statement has begun. “I am humbled and honored to be here” and “very thankful for the confidence that President Biden has placed in me,” she says, noting that it’s the fourth time she’s come before the Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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Now: Retired judge Thomas Griffith, a George W. Bush appointee, is introducing Ketanji Brown Jackson. https://t.co/ymWqrtmCoj — PolitiTweet.org

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New —> Venting, dark money and a historic moment: Highlights from day 1 of Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation We’ll be updating as this Supreme Court hearing continues. https://t.co/REiBPX0ysh — PolitiTweet.org

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“We cannot take the survival of our republic for granted,” Sen. Jon Ossoff says at the KBJ confirmation hearing. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ted Cruz speaks as Ketanji Brown Jackson sits and listens patiently. https://t.co/3crMcfkkLW — PolitiTweet.org

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And the Judiciary Committee breaks for lunch until 2:05pm eastern time. — PolitiTweet.org

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Multiple references to Robert Bork, Janice Rogers Brown and Miguel Estrada at this Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing. — PolitiTweet.org

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FWIW, @Jack resigned from Twitter last year. — PolitiTweet.org

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Liberal group Demand Justice responds: “Senate Republicans’ obsession with talking about Demand Justice at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings is the ultimate tell that they have thrown in the towel on putting up a meaningful fight against Jackson’s nomination.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): “We’ve already seen dark money groups use dark money to run ads charging that dark money swayed this selection. We’re hearing that again today. Ironic when hundreds of millions of dollars in right-wing dark money built the current Court majority.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Lindsey Graham tells Ketanji Brown Jackson he’s upset about “the attacks from the left on Judge Childs” (who did not get chosen for this position). — PolitiTweet.org

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Grassley offers more criticism of KBJ’s supporters (liberal groups, Democratic senators, White House re: Sentencing records, judicial philosophy of the party that nominated her) than criticism of KBJ herself. — PolitiTweet.org

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Grassley uses his opening remarks at the KBJ hearing to do a bit of score-settling, criticizing Democrats for inaccurate predictions on how Amy Coney Barrett would rule on the ACA. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GingerGibson: We've got the up-to-the-minute coverage from @NBCNews of Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing today, with coverag… — PolitiTweet.org

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Grassley repeatedly bashes liberal “dark money group” Demand Justice and its role in supporting Jackson. — PolitiTweet.org

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Grassley bashes the philosophy of “living constitutionalism” and says judges shouldn’t “impose their own policy preferences from the bench.” — PolitiTweet.org