
In the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing, judicial philosophy and methodology are treated the same
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Conflating judicial philosophy and judicial methodology robs both of important meaning and context.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during the second day of her confirmation hearing, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)) It is akin to a potential client of an investment banker asking what her investment philosophy would be if hired and the banker responding "my philosophy is not to steal the money of clients and use it for my own enjoyment."
Likewise, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, who opposed Barrett as an unacceptable "originalist," now dismisses originalism and judicial philosophy questions for Jackson because "I do not find labels particularly useful."