The Senate Judiciary Committee works into the night the second day of confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Follow Newsweek for the latest.
Senate Judicial Committee Chair Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, shut down Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz after he suggested that the White House withheld information regarding Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson from Republicans.
Cruz asked whether"the White House is providing differential material on this nominee's background to Democratic members than Republican members," contending that it was unclear where"Senator Hirono would get access to them other than from the White House." Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson responded to allegations from Republican Senator Josh Hawley that she is too"lenient" in sentencing child pornography cases.
"And there's a statue that tells judges what they're supposed to do. Congress has decided what it is that a judge has to do in this and any other case when they sentence and that statue says... calculate the guidelines but also look at various aspects of this offense and impose a sentence that is"sufficient," but not greater than necessary to promote the purposes of punishment.
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