Sen. Blunt, a No Vote for Judge Brown Jackson to SCOTUS
April 4, 2022 | Missouri
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., has become the latest Republican to come out against President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the New York Post reports.
“My sense is,” Blunt said during his ABC’s “This Week” appearance, “that the president certainly had every good intention and every, every right in the campaign to talk about putting the first Black woman on the court. I think it’s time for that to happen. I was hoping that I could be a part of that.”
However, speaking to conversations he held with Brown Jackson on Capitol Hill last week, the Missouri senator said that while she is “certainly qualified” and has a “great personality,” her judicial views give him pause… (Excerpt from Newsmax)