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On Monday in the Senate Judiciary Committee, I voted against the
nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.















Why I Voted Against Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson


Dear John,

On Monday in the Senate Judiciary Committee, I voted against the
nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

I will vote against her again on the floor of the United States
Senate this week.

Because voting on a Supreme Court nominee is one of the most
important duties of a senator, I wanted you to hear directly from
me about my decision to oppose Judge Jackson.

My NO vote is based on multiple factors, including her:

Record of judicial activism.
Flawed sentencing methodology regarding child pornography cases.
Belief she will not be deterred by the plain meaning of a law
when it comes to liberal causes.

I found Judge Jackson to be a person of good character, respected
by her peers, and someone who has worked hard to achieve her
current position.

Unfortunately, her record is overwhelming in its lack of a steady
judicial philosophy and includes a tendency to achieve outcomes
in spite of what the law requires or common sense would dictate.

After a thorough review of Judge Jackson's record and information
gained at the hearing from an evasive witness, I now know why
Judge Jackson was the favorite of the Radical Left.

For these reasons, I am voting NO on her nomination.

Sincerely,



Lindsey Graham
United States Senator


P.S. Here are some areas of concern with Judge Jackson's record.

Sentencing in Child Pornography Cases:
Judge Jackson has taken off the table two sentencing enhancement
factors that I think are vital to deter the explosion of child
pornography on the internet. Judge Jackson will not enhance the
sentence of a child pornographer based on the volume of material
possessed. She will not enhance a sentence based on the
perpetrator's use of a computer. These decisions destroy
deterrence in this area and show a lack of appreciation for how
the internet has become the venue of choice for child
pornographers.

Guantanamo Bay and the Law of War:
My problem with Judge Jackson is not that she represented
Guantanamo detainees but that she exhibited an activist zeal in
how she characterized the detainees and called the Bush
Administration "war criminals" in legal briefs. This is the
language of the Left.

Judge Jackson also advocated for ending Law of War indefinite
detention of enemy combatants. Without this tool, many enemy
combatants captured on the battlefield would be released from
custody and return to the fight.

Double Standards on Conservative Judicial Nominees:
My Democratic colleagues often note the historic nature of Judge
Jackson's nomination as she would be the first Black female to
serve on the Supreme Court.

I support the idea of making the Court more like America.
However, the people celebrating this nomination are the same
people who filibustered and blocked President George W. Bush's
nominee Janice Rogers Brown, a Black member of the California
Supreme Court, to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for
two years.

It speaks volumes about their true desire. The true goal of
Democrats is to make the Court liberal, not diverse.

Finally, when I hear Judge Jackson's hearing compared to Justice
Kavanaugh's hearing, it reminds me how in-the-tank the media is
for the liberal cause.

In the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Jackson was asked
probative questions. However, no one withheld allegations from
Judge Jackson or the committee, as was the case in Justice
Kavanaugh's hearings. Many Senate Democrats were willing to push
false allegations against Justice Kavanaugh as if they were true.
They were willing to push unsubstantiated allegations that defied
scrutiny to keep Justice Kavanaugh off the Court. They wanted the
nomination to be made by a Democrat President. Nothing was off
limits or out of bounds.



































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