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Confirmation hearings to spotlight rightward trajectory of America's highest court
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| Contributor | WA Indy |
| Last Edited | WA Indy Mar 20, 2022 04:10pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Joan Biskupic |
| News Date | Sunday, March 20, 2022 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CNN)Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a groundbreaking nominee, appears before senators Monday for a seat on a Supreme Court that itself has been moving in reverse.
The court has allowed Texas to ban abortions since September and appears on the cusp of obliterating a half-century of reproductive rights nationwide. It has retrenched on voting rights protection and racial remedies. And it has increasingly sided with conservative believers in disputes over the separation of church and state.
Jackson's hearings will showcase her status as the first Black woman nominated to the high court. Yet the televised sessions will also bring into national focus the trajectory of America's highest court, now controlled by a conservative supermajority. |
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