Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, attended Harvard Law School at the same time as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and the two had, he said, a “very friendly and cordial” relationship despite their conflicting views. “You and I had a very positive and productive meeting in my office,” Cruz also noted at the outset of what became one of the most intense question-and-answer sessions on the second day of Jackson’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judicial Committee. At issue was Jackson’s understanding of and apparent enthusiasm for Critical Race Theory (CRT), the view that America is an inherently and irredeemably racist society, and the New York Times’ controversial “1619 Project” that is based on CRT. The Times project claims the American colonists declared independence primarily to protect the institution of slavery. Cruz asked Jackson what she meant when during a lecture in 2020 at the University …