Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he cannot support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. McConnell made the statement on the Senate floor after the Senate Judiciary Committee completed the fourth and final day of hearings for the federal appellate judge. “I went into the Senate’s consideration of Judge Jackson’s nomination with an open mind. But after studying the nominee’s record and watching her performance this week, I cannot and will not support Judge Jackson for a lifetime appointment to our highest Court,” McConnell said. The senator in the day prior had said he wasn’t sure whether to confirm Jackson to the high court. In his remarks on Thursday, McConnell disapproved that Jackson didn’t take a stance on court-packing, which refers to adding more Justices to the Supreme Court, which currently has nine members. “Judge Jackson refuses to reject the fringe position that Democrats should try …
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