Ketanji Brown Jackson spars with GOP in defense of record

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record against an orchestrated Republican effort to brand it as “soft on crime” and liberal activism.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson took questions for nearly 13 hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, defending her record against an orchestrated Republican effort to brand it as "soft on crime" and liberal activism. She returns Wednesday morning for another round of all-day questioning.

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Pushback on child porn sentencing claims

Jackson mounted her first public rebuttal to charges by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley that she has a "long record" of letting child pornography offenders "off the hook" in sentences to the endangerment of children.