New Pushback Mounts Against Biden’s SCOTUS Pick as Josh Hawley Details Apparent Past Leniency for ‘Sex Offenders and Child Porn’

Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation process is set to enter its next phase on Monday when she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Jackson will publicly make her case for why she should win approval to sit on the nation’s highest court as Democratic leaders aim to confirm her before the Senate leaves Washington D.C. for a two-week recess on April 8.

There has not been much in the way of dissenting views as to why she potentially shouldn’t be confirmed or in coverage at all as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has dominated the headlines.

U.S. Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) seeks to change that however, as he recently tweeted out that Jackson “has a pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes, both as a judge and as a policymaker.”

Hawley then makes the case in an 18-part thread where he shares excerpts of her past statements and calls for “access to all relevant records.”

In addition to that, Hawley also shared cases where Jackson deviated from the federal guidelines to give offenders lesser sentences.

Not only that but “As a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Judge Jackson advocated for drastic change in how the law treats sex offenders by eliminating the existing mandatory minimum sentences for child porn,” Hawley explained.

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