On Wednesday, prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz slammed his former student, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and described the lawmaker's questioning of a Supreme Court nominee as absurd.
During a live stream on the website, he expressed his views on the questions posed by senators to Jackson during her confirmation hearings.
The affirmative action case at Harvard University was brought to the attention of Cruz and Jackson on Wednesday.
Cruz asked Jackson if she thought the same principle could apply to other protected characteristics, such as race.
Cruz said that he could decide if he was an Asian man and challenge Harvard's discrimination.
Jackson replied to Cruz that she couldn't respond to questions based on Hypotheticals.
Slamming the senator for his "series of absurd questions", he said: "You can't change into someone who's Asian." You can parody someone who is Asian and live an Asian life, but you cannot do that.
If someone wanted to serve as a federal judge, they would have to answer for changing genders.
As one of Cruz's former law professors at Harvard, he hoped the senator didn't learn his style of questioning from the former.
Jackson was questioned on the issue of trans rights by other senators. Jackson was asked about her stance on female athletes who are biologically male stealing opportunities from women in sports.
We used to think that gender was one of the things that could be changed. It turns out it is not. It turns out you can change genders and live happily ever after.
During the confirmation hearings, Cruz pressed Jackson on hot-button issues. Lindsey Graham was allowed to exceed his time by 10 minutes.
It was a surprise to hear of the criticism of Cruz by Dershowitz. Cruz was called one of the best students by Dershowitz, who noted that he made brilliant arguments.
Cruz called him a friend and a great teacher, and he made the best arguments they could.
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