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UNITED STATES – The hearings are long and the attacks particularly heavy on the Republican side, but Ketanji Brown Jackson is not letting his guard down. The one who is on track to become the first African-American woman to sit on the Supreme Court has been vigorously defending herself once morest the various and varied accusations in the Senate chamber since Monday.
This Wednesday, March 23, on the third of the four days of this trying process, the intervention of one of the senators, however, deeply affected the magistrate chosen by Joe Biden.
After spending hours taking the hits and responding to his most virulent critics, such as Senator Ted Cruz going so far as to accuse him of having “advocated for sexual predators”, Ketanji Brown Jackson might not hold back her tears at the very moving words of Democratic Senator Cori Booker, as you can see in the video below.
“Nobody is going to steal that joy. You have earned this spot. You are worthy. You are a great American.”
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wipes away tears as she listens to an emotional Sen. Cory Booker invoke their ancestors. https://t.co/fMw8RAlC6npic.twitter.com/wMs3HAoQZN
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“I tell you right now, I will not let anyone in this Senate rob me of the joy that I feel (…). You have worked to get there, you deserve your place, you are a great American”, began the senator who explained that the magistrate was not limited to her skin color or her gender.
“You and me, and all of us here, we are here because previous generations wanted to show that they might live freely here and have this country love them as much as they love this country. Chinese Americans enslaved to build our rail network, determined to settle here and tell this country ‘you may not love me yet, but we’re going to make sure you realize its potential’ , the LGBTQ Americans of Stonewall, the women of Seneca, the shadow figures who were not recognized before Hollywood devoted a film to them when they were essential to our exploration of space… all these people loved America”, continued the senator, denouncing the “shocking insults” uttered by the Republican camp since Monday.
“You are here today because of this love (for your country), and no one will take that away from me,” Booker finished as Ketanji Brown Jackson visibly repeatedly tried to hold back tears or rush to dry those that ended up rolling down her cheeks.
Appointed by President Joe Biden to the Supreme Court, this brilliant 51-year-old jurist should, unless surprised, get the green light from the Senate in early April and become the first black woman to sit on the high court.
Beyond the symbol, his arrival, to replace resigning judge Stephen Breyer, will not change the balance within the temple of American law, where the conservatives will keep a solid majority of six seats out of nine.
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