Kennedy to vote against Biden SCOTUS nominee

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today announced his intent to vote against confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court.

"I found Judge Jackson to be smart, well-versed in the law, and . . . extraordinarily deft and artful in her ability to speak at length without saying anything of substance on critical questions--especially the limits of judicial power and the importance of judicial restraint," said Kennedy.

"For that reason, I spent a lot of time reading Judge Jackson's opinions. . . . I would encourage you to read Make the Road New York case, which was her case on immigration. Well written, but I think her true feelings about the limits of judicial power are expressed in that opinion. She was reversed by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals," he explained.

"I don't agree with the judge on where, based on her opinions, she draws the limits of judicial power, and I don't think she places as great an importance as I do on judicial restraint in a Madisonian system of checks and balances and separation of powers, and, for that reason, I will be voting no."

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