The story goes on under the ad Collins said she was concerned about the increasingly partisan nature of the Supreme Court’s confirmation hearings and that “the process is broken”. In an interview with the New York Times, Collins said a second meeting with Jackson on Tuesday assured her that Jackson would not “bend the law to meet a personal preference.” “In my view, the role that the Constitution clearly assigns to the Senate is to examine the candidate’s experience, qualifications and integrity,” Collins said Wednesday. “It is not up to us to assess whether a candidate reflects the ideology of an individual senator or would govern exactly as an individual senator would like.” Even without Republican votes, Jackson’s confirmation remains on track for early April, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Sumer (DN.Y.) said last week – especially after Sen. Joe Manchin III (DW). .Va.), A center whose vote is crucial in the 50-50 Senate, announced that it intended to vote to confirm Jackson. As all 50 Democrats and independents are expected to back Jackson, effectively securing her confirmation, most of the remaining suspense surrounds the number of Republican votes she will garner. Democrats have expressed hope that Jackson will receive at least some bipartisan support, saying it would be important for the integrity of the Supreme Court for Republicans to support someone with Jackson qualifications. The story goes on under the ad White House Chief of Staff Ron Klein on Wednesday thanked Collins “for his fair, thoughtful attention to Judge Jackson – and to all [president’s] judicial applications “, he wrote on Twitter. Three GOP senators – Collins – Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (SC) – voted last year in favor of Jackson on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Murkowski and Graham have not yet announced their final decision this time, although Graham is widely expected to vote against it in the Supreme Court following Jackson’s aggressive interrogation at last week’s hearing. Another possible Republican vote is Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who has challenged Jackson in the district court but has said for weeks that he has an open mind when it comes to appearing in the Supreme Court. Romney also met with Jackson on Tuesday and later said they “had a wide-ranging discussion about her experience and qualifications.” However, he told reporters that he would probably not announce his decision until the day of the Jackson confirmation vote. The story goes on under the ad The Senate Judiciary Committee formally scheduled a vote Monday for Jackson’s candidacy for April 4, activating a timetable that would put the judge on a confirmation trajectory as the court’s 116th judge by the end of next week. As the committee met to consider Jackson’s candidacy, Republican senators called for a one-week delay in the vote, which has become a standard parliamentary practice. This will begin a series of procedural ballots in the Senate next week, culminating in a confirmation vote on Thursday or Friday, as long as several Democratic senators are healthy and present.
