Wapo Editors Slam Senate Judiciary Republicans For Hypocrisy
On Monday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gets her first vote en route to what is expected to be confirmation to the Supreme Court later in the week. But this first vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee will likely end in an 11-11 tie, with none of the Republicans on the committee willing to vote to advance the nomination to the full Senate despite what most of them admit are her impeccable credentials.
A Judiciary Committee tie will force an additional vote to get her nomination to the full Senate, but there is precedent for that. In fact, in 1987, Robert Bork’s nomination got to the Senate floor after the Judiciary Committee voted against him.