"I thought about her and how she looked up," he told Jackson, who was seated just a few feet in front of him.
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The sky was full of stars, but she found one that was a harbinger of hope for better days, not just for her and those people that were enslaved, but a harbinger of hope for this country."īooker said he has thought about Tubman as Jackson's nomination is considered before the committee. "She faced starvation, she was chased by dogs, and when she got to freedom what did she do? Rest? No, she went back again, and again, and again. "She was viciously beaten," Booker said of Tubman. He also invoked Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist who was instrumental in the Underground Railroad. The senator recounted that Motley, a civil rights icon, encountered charges that she was a communist during her confirmation process.
You are a great American."īooker, who ran for president in 2020, brought up Jackson's stated hero, Judge Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve on the federal bench. "I see my ancestors and yours," he added. Jackson has also received several endorsements from top law-enforcement officials and organizations across the country. Jackson, a mother of two daughters, defended her record and repeatedly emphasized how serious she considers the crimes and takes her job as a judge. Legal experts have rejected the accusations, saying they lack key context that Jackson's conduct was within the mainstream and that the guidelines are overly severe and outdated. Many claimed she's been soft on child pornography because she imposed shorter sentences than the federal guidelines recommended. Jackson reached for tissues multiple times to wipe her tears during Booker's emotional tribute, which included lots of praise for the judge's record and how she's inspired countless Black women.īooker's comments came after several Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee spent the day tearing into Jackson's record. "You got here how every Black woman in America who's gotten anywhere has done, by being, like Ginger Rogers said, 'I did everything Fred Astaire did but backwards in heels.'" You didn't get here because of some 'dark money' groups," the New Jersey Democrat told Jackson, referencing some of the Republican attacks on Jackson. "You did not get there because of some left-wing agenda. Cory Booker on Wednesday moved Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson to tears while he spoke about the historic nature of her being the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court, shifting the focus during an otherwise contentious day of confirmation hearings. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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