First Republican Senator Announces Support for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation to Supreme Court

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On Wednesday, Maine Senator Susan Collins shocked colleagues when she released an official statement of support for Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

“After reviewing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s extensive record, watching much of her hearing testimony, and meeting with her twice in person, I have concluded that she possesses the experience, qualifications, and integrity to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court.  I will, therefore, vote to confirm her to this position.” Sen Collins said in a statement.

Sen. Collins’ support means that Vice President Kamala Harris will not be forced to cast a tie-breaking vote. Democrats had noted that though they did not require support from any Republicans to confirm Jackson to the bench they still sought to receive at least one Republican vote.

In Collins’s statement, she touches on Jackson’s past judicial record which some Republicans have raised concerns over.

per The Hill:

In my meetings with Judge Jackson, we discussed in depth several issues that were raised in her hearing.  Sometimes I agreed with her; sometimes I did not.  And just as I have disagreed with some of her decisions to date, I have no doubt that, if Judge Jackson is confirmed, I will not agree with every vote that she casts as a Justice.  

That alone, however, is not disqualifying.  Indeed, that statement applies to all six Justices, nominated by both Republican and Democratic Presidents, whom I have voted to confirm. 

No matter where you fall on the ideological spectrum, anyone who has watched several of the last Supreme Court confirmation hearings would reach the conclusion that the process is broken.  Part of the reason is that, in recent years, the process has increasingly moved away from what I believe to be appropriate for evaluating a Supreme Court nominee.

In my view, the role the Constitution clearly assigns to the Senate is to examine the experience, qualifications, and integrity of the nominee.  It is not to assess whether a nominee reflects the ideology of an individual Senator or would rule exactly as an individual Senator would want.

So far, Collins remains the only Republican to reveal their plan to vote in favor of Jackson’s confirmation. However, there has been speculation Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski could also vote in her favor.


  1. No surprise here. Just another Rino, that has continually been a fence rider, blows with the wind. How these people get elected is beyond me. A disgrace to the Republican party.

    1. You took the words right out of my mouth.
      She’s from Maine. It’s liberal. I think she gets elected on name and the fact that she’s not a conservative. I believe she’s the only one who didn’t vote for ACB?

  2. Senator Collins must be removed from office. It is clear she doesn’t have a clue regarding the character or lack thereof regardless Judge Ketangi Brown Jackson.

  3. Yep those two females will vote for her along with good old rino romney…..and sad to say our so called senator manchin all ready said he would.

  4. No surprise that this would be chief RINO Collins. Apparently, she doesn’t care who serves on the Supreme Court. Biden could appoint just any radical leftist, and DID.

  5. A CORRUPT REPUBLICAN RINO BACK’S A CORRUPT COMMUNIST JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE SUPREME COURT’S! IT’S TIME FOR THIS RINO TO BE ARRESTED FOR TREASON!!!!!

  6. S. Collins: “I have concluded that she possesses the experience, qualifications, and integrity to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court.”

    Might Collins claim those accolades as categorically applicable to herself– especially the one about “integrity?  

  7. It’s no wonder the US is falling apart. Republicans, even when in control of Congress, never seem to be able to vote as a bloc.JUDGE jACKSON IS THE WORST CANDIDATE IN SOME TIME TO BE NOMINATED FOR SCOTUS. Collins must be voted out of the Senate. She is one of the top Rino’s in Congress.

  8. Susan Collins, Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney and all the other RINO’s need to be voted out ASAP, they’re part of the problem and not the solution and they’re helping to destroy our country. And for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and anyone else who cannot say what a woman is, this is for you.

    Typically, women have two X chromosomes and are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva.

    A trangender man is not a woman.

  9. RINO’:Susan Collins Must Be Osted And Removed From The Republican Party In The November Midterms Election’s Now’.

  10. She sat through the disgraceful actions by Democrats for republican nominees. Now sitting through the mockery of not vetting her like they did to Kavanaugh and Amy and others. Allowing democrat sickness to prevail.

  11. Is that any wonder, keep voting for this RINO, PEOPLE OF MAINE, and one day this vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to a seat on the Supreme Court will come back to bite you in the _ _ _, fill-in the blanks!

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