Judicial Confirmation Hearing Has ‘You’re No Justice Jackson’ Moment
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on whether to confirm former Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers to a vacancy on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals notably mentioned Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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During Wednesday’s hearing, Republican and Democrat members brought up the justice’s viewpoint on commenting on the 2020 election.
In one of the more dramatic exchanges, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked Flowers who won the 2020 election.
“It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to comment on the outcomes of any election, except to say, legally speaking, Joe Biden was certified,” Flowers replied, echoing the response Jackson gave when she was a federal judge.
When Blumenthal kept pressing him for an answer, Flowers called Jackson’s argument persuasive and said it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to answer.
Blumenthal, clearly irritated at the exchange, replied, “Frankly, I know Justice Jackson. You’re no Justice Jackson.”
During opening statements, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, accused his Democrat colleagues of committing “political theater” with their questions about certifying the 2020 election.
Grassley stressed that when Jackson was asked if she ever commented on the 2016 or 2020 election results, the justice replied that “it would be inappropriate … to publicly weigh into any subject of political debate.”
“Justice Jackson, like every nominee to come before this committee, didn’t think it was appropriate for a judicial nominee to weigh into a political debate concerning the results of the 2020 election,” Grassley said, adding that his Democrat colleagues were not “outraged” at her response.
“Her answer then, like the answers of the judicial nominees recently, was entirely prudent and unremarkable,” he also added.
Flowers referenced Grassley’s opening statement in his own responses throughout the hearing.
The exchange grabbed the attention of many Ohio conservatives, including State Reps. Brian Stewart and Adam Mathews, Turning Point USA’s Gabe Guidarini, and Center for Christian Virtue President Aaron Baer, who all chimed in on X.
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