Ketanji Brown Jackson Couldn’t Arrive at a More Pressing Time

In the hundreds of pages of patient, carefully worded responses to senators’ lingering questions, or grievances, about her judicial record or fitness, Ketanji Brown Jackson showed she would have the final word in what was a grueling and often absurd confirmation process. With her dignified written response to Senator Josh Hawley’s undignified query about whether she believed “that men may become pregnant or give birth,” she put him in his place, one hopes. “Respectfully, I am not aware that any prior Supreme Court nominee has been asked to explain whether men can become pregnant or answer related questions, for example,… Read Full Article