[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1158]
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                  Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson

  Mr. President, now on SCOTUS, what do retired conservative judges, a 
group of 80 current and retired State attorneys general, the U.S. Black 
Chambers, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police all 
share in common? You might ask yourself that question. Well, they are 
just a few--just a few--of the many, many groups and individuals who 
have endorsed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court.
  When I met with Judge Jackson a few weeks ago, it was immediately 
clear why so many different groups have sung her praises. On top of her 
brilliance, on top of her experience, she is unusually gifted at seeing 
and appreciating both sides of an argument. It is little surprise, 
then, that in the course of rendering nearly 550 decisions as a Federal 
district judge, she was rarely reversed by higher courts. In fact, she 
has been reversed perhaps around a dozen times out of 550 decisions. 
That is about 2 percent--2 percent--of the time.
  This week, Members from both sides of the aisle will continue meeting 
with the judge. I believe, under Senator Durbin's leadership, every 
member of the Judiciary Committee has had the chance to meet with her. 
I am confident that any new conclusions my colleagues make about her 
will keep pointing in one direction: Judge Jackson is brilliant. She is 
beloved. She belongs on the Supreme Court. It is worth repeating the 
three b's over and over again--brilliant, beloved, belongs--because 
those three words are undoubtedly true as applied to Judge Jackson.
  I yield the floor.