McConnell sees 'hallmarks of judicial activism' in Jackson's record but says GOP won't call her 'illegitimate'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says that despite "judicial activism" concerns, Republicans won't try to undermine Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's legitimacy when she is sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.

"We've seen over and over that when judicial activism triumphs over fidelity to the rule of law, our courts mutate, mutate into clumsy proxy battlefields for arguments that belong in this chamber and out in 50 state legislatures," McConnell said. "This is unfair to the American people. It damages our institutions, not the least the courts themselves."