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Lindsey Graham will not support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court despite her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit Court last year.
The Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on March 22.
Graham said on the Senate floor that he was opposing Jackson because of her record of judicial activism and her belief that Jackson will not be deterred by the rule of law when it comes to liberal causes.
The senator said he was opposing Jackson in part for her sentences for child pornography offenders, a view that has been widely opposed by legal experts.
Legal experts have defended Jackson's history of representing Gitmo Bay prisoners, and she was accused of being too soft on immigrants in a ruling against the Trump administration's immigration policies.
Graham believes Jackson to be a person of good character, respected by her peers, and someone who has worked hard to achieve her current position, but said he could not support her due to her record.
Graham was one of only three GOP senators to back Jackson's confirmation to the D.C. Circuit Court last year.
The Senate Judiciary Committee chair objected to Graham's speech on the Senate floor because he mischaracterized Jackson's record.
"What you have heard on the floor here is a mischaracterization of her record."
Graham told CNN that the president's decision not to include him in his decision to oppose Jackson was the reason he pushed for Childs to be nominated.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Jackson's confirmation on Monday, with a full Senate vote expected soon after. Democrats and Collins are expected to vote for Jackson.
How many potential GOP swing votes will vote on Jackson. Collins is the only Republican who has come out in favor of Jackson, but both Murkowski and Romney are still undecided.
If she is confirmed, Jackson will be the first black woman on the court. Republicans hadn't been expected to contest Jackson's confirmation, but they did. In the hearing, GOP senators went after her, including her views on critical race theory.
A Morning Consult/Politico poll taken after Jackson's confirmation found that voters still supported her by a nearly two-to-one margin, even though more Republicans opposed her than before the hearings.
Lindsey Graham told the Supreme Court nominee they were doing it wrong.
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