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WASHINGTON — Race. Terrorist detainees and the still-raw wounds of 9/11. Sexual predators. Child pornography. Mandatory minimum sentences.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began answering questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Day 2 of her confirmation hearing.

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Republicans risk alienating key voter groups by harshly attacking Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face senators’ questions for the first time as Democrats push to quickly confirm the only Black female justice in the court’s history

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged on Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination as the first Black woman on the high court.

WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s historic nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, promised Monday that if confirmed, she would seek to make the words “equal justice under law” a reality for all Americans.

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent more than four hours Monday with her hands folded in front of her at the witness table, often smiling broadly as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke in turn about the coming days of the confirmation hearing.

The Supreme Court nominee raised serious constitutional concerns about laws that punish sex offenders after they complete their sentences.

WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s historic nominee to the Supreme Court, promised Monday that if confirmed to the Supreme Court, she would "defend the Constitution and the grand experiment of American democracy that has endured over these past 246 years."

History was made the instant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee