The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted along party lines to advance the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Senate floor after weeks of tough scrutiny. The vote came later than expected for Democrats after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was held up by a delayed flight, forcing Democrats to push the vote later into the afternoon to guarantee its success in the equally-divided Judiciary Committee. All 11 Republicans on the committee voted against the nomination and all 11 Democrats voted in favor of the nominee, depriving Democrats of a majority vote for Jackson. Still, due to rules worked out at the beginning of the 117th Congress by Senate leadership, Jackson’s confirmation was able to pass through the committee without achieving a majority. Jackson, who was nominated by President Joe Biden to replace outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, has been accused of a “soft-on-crime” attitude by …