Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial record is facing increasing scrutiny as the Senate confirmation hearings for President Biden’s nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer draw closer, and one subset of the cases she handled has Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) demanding answers.
In a thread posted on Wednesday evening, Hawley pointed out that during his review of Judge Jackson’s past decisions, speeches, and writings he “noticed an alarming pattern when it comes to Judge Jackson’s treatment of sex offenders, especially those preying on children.”
According to Hawley’s review, “Judge Jackson has a pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes, both as a judge and as a policymaker,” and that pattern is one for which “[s]he’s been advocating…since law school.” As Hawley points out before listing several examples, Judge Jackson’s position “goes beyond ‘soft on crime'” and shows “a record that endangers our children.”
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