Jackson Promises ‘Neutral Posture’ as Approach to Deciding Cases
- She would be the first Black woman to serve on Supreme Court
- Republicans question judicial philosophy, fume over Kavanaugh
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson told a divided Senate panel she was an independent thinker who decides cases “from a neutral posture,” as she began testifying at a hearing on her nomination to be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Saying that federal judges have a limited constitutional role and are constrained by precedent, Jackson said she would seek to carry on the legacy of the retiring justice she would succeed, liberal consensus-builder Stephen Breyer.