After hearings, experts debate how Ketanji Brown Jackson would interpret the Constitution
WASHINGTON – After four days of heated and at times emotional hearings to consider Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, a fundamental question remained notably open to debate: What kind of justice would she be?
Simmering just under the surface of headline-grabbing exchanges about abortion, child pornography sentencing and court-packing, some details about her approach to interpreting the Constitution became clear – though conservatives argue the way Jackson defined her approach to deciding cases during the hearings left lots of room to wiggle.