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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s SCOTUS nominee, was confirmed by the Senate. The judge received 53 votes in favor, including 3 GOP votes, and 47 votes opposing her nomination. So, what happens now?
For the DNC, the bipartisan victory for President Biden is likely to be exploited ahead of the midterm elections this upcoming November.
For the GOP, the Biden victory is likely to be used in talking points reminding conservatives of the importance of taking back the Senate and voting in November. If the Senate is taken back, we could expect any potential vacancy to be left empty until a conservative president is elected, not happening until November 2024.
The progressive left will celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson (the first Black woman to be on the Supreme Court) and idolize her as a form of an identity-politics savior.
In the Supreme Court, future cases are unlikely to be impacted by Brown Jackson’s place on the bench as she is replacing another liberal justice in a conservative-led Court. Opinions and potentially “woke” dissents could inspire social justice warriors through social media.
This article originally appeared in El American’s newsletter on April 8, 2022. Subscribe for free here!
Luis Cornelio is the English Editor-in-Chief at El American. After graduating cum laude from the Colin Powell School for Civil and Global Leadership, he went on to intern at the Heritage Foundation. Most recently he served on President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, writing research articles on topics including law and order, immigration, and the Supreme Court. He also currently works as the Director of Communications for Got Freedom and researcher for the election integrity watchdog Amistad Project. A Dominican-American, he was granted U.S. citizenship in February 2020.
// Luis Cornelio es el English Editor-in-Chief de El American. Después de graduarse cum laude de la Escuela Colin Powell de Liderazgo Civil y Global, pasó a ser pasante de la Heritage Foundation. Recientemente, participó en la campaña de reelección del presidente Donald Trump escribiendo artículos de investigación sobre temas como la ley y el orden, la inmigración y la Corte Suprema. Actualmente trabaja como director de Comunicaciones de Got Freedom y es investigador para el grupo de integridad electoral, el Amistad Project. Un dominicano-americano, se le otorgó la ciudadanía americana en febrero de 2020.