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Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the nomination of Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

GOP Sen. Steve Daines says White House nixed meeting with Supreme Court pick Judge Jackson

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's answers in confirmation testimony by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

20 more questions Ketanji ‘not a biologist’ Brown Jackson probably can’t answer

By Peter Parisi

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks after President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Cross Hall of the White House, Feb. 25, 2022, in Washington. Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing starts March 21. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Black female justice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Biden’s transformation of federal judiciary in full swing

By Thomas Jipping

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives to meet with Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, in his office on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

52% of Americans want to see Judge Jackson confirmed to Supreme Court: Quinnipiac poll

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles during a meeting with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two-thirds of public supports Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court: poll

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 16, 2021, file photo U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AOC calls for Justice Thomas to resign or risk impeachment

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Lisa Cook, nominee to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, speaks during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Washington. The Senate on Tuesday, March 29, agreed to consider the nomination of Cook for a position on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors on a 50-49 party-line vote. The result suggests that there is sufficient support in the Senate to approve Cook, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s powerful board in its 108-year history. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)

Senate advances controversial Fed nominee on party-line vote

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

In this photo from Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Kansas state Sen. John Doll, R-Garden City, watches a debate in the Senate, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Doll considers himself a Republican in the mold of Kansas political icons Bob Dole and Dwight Eisenhower but is at odds with conservative colleagues on some key issues. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP defections thwart some of conservatives’ plans in Kansas

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., listens as Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sen. Cory Booker says Senate Republican grilling of Judge Jackson ‘not about racism’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives to speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Senate Republicans blame the Republican National Committee. The Republican National Committee blames two Republican House members. They blame former President Donald Trump. And Trump blames McConnell. In the midst of the GOP’s first major election year blowup, each group believes it represents the real Republican Party and its best interests in 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McConnell announces opposition to Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Americans deserve answers about Biden’s SCOTUS Pick

By Ronna McDaniel

Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., speaks with reporters hours after former President Donald Trump rescinded his endorsement of Brooks in Alabama's Republican primary for Senate, dealing a major blow to the congressman's campaign, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in Hueytown, Ala. (AP Photo/Kimberly Chandler)

Brooks: Trump within last six months sought lawmaker’s support for ‘immediate’ removal of Biden

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the proposed Employee Rights Act workers' protection bill by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The newly reintroduced Employee Rights Act puts workers first

By Richard Berman

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during the second day of her confirmation hearing, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ketanji Brown Jackson defends sentences for child porn felons

By Alex Swoyer and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

China competition bill set to advance to final negotiations in Congress after months of delays

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson departs with her husband Dr. Patrick Jackson, left, and former Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., right, after the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Judge Jackson makes early overtures to Republicans during confirmation hearing

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is helped into her seat by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as she arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, March 21, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Accusations of leniency in child porn cases preface Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams qualifies for the 2022 election on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Atlanta. Abrams has no announced opposition for governor for the Democratic nomination. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Stacey Abrams seeks access now to unlimited fundraising

Associated Press

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks after President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Cross Hall of the White House, Feb. 25, 2022, in Washington. Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing starts March 21. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Black female justice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Republicans to question Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial philosophy

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times