Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as First Black Woman on Supreme Court; Murkowski, Collins and Romney Confirm Radical Judge; Do New Alaska Voting Rules Explain Murkowski ‘Yes’ Vote?

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By New York Post. The Senate officially confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday, making her the first black woman and first former federal public defender to be elevated to the nation’s highest court.

Three Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah — voted with all 50 Democrats to confirm President Biden’s nomination of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals judge. Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the vote, which was held up for several minutes to allow Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to cast a “no” vote.

Sen. Lindsey Graham announced his “no” vote from the cloakroom of the chamber, according to multiple reports, as he did not wear a tie and was not allowed on the Senate floor.

“On this vote, the ‘yeas’ are 53, the ‘nays’ are 47, and this nomination is confirmed,” Harris announced with a large smile after the final vote was cast.

Democrats on the Senate floor greeted the veep’s announcement with a standing ovation, which was joined on the GOP side only by Romney. (Read more from “Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as First Black Woman on Supreme Court” HERE)

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New Alaska Voting Rules Explain Murkowski ‘Yes’ Vote for Biden Supreme Court Pick

By Washington Examiner. Up for reelection this year in a red state and facing formidable competition for renomination by a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has no business voting to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

But that is what Alaska has wrought with a new system for electing candidates to state and federal office that eliminated closed-party primaries and head-to-head general elections featuring Democratic nominees in favor of all-party primaries and four-candidate general elections decided by ranked-choice voting.

So, rather than Murkowski having to guard her Right flank against Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka, in a state that delivered 53% of its vote to Trump in 2020, she can prosecute a general election strategy from the outset to capitalize on strong bipartisan support cultivated in Alaska over 20 years.

In announcing support for President Joe Biden’s nominee to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Murkowski conceded she has not “and will not agree with all of Judge Jackson’s decisions and opinions.” But tellingly, the senator framed her confirmation vote as “my rejection of the corrosive politicization of the review process for Supreme Court nominees, which … on both sides of the aisle, is growing worse and more detached from reality by the year.”

(Read more from “New Alaska Voting Rules Explain Murkowski ‘Yes’ Vote for Biden Supreme Court Pick” HERE)

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