The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court today

I wanted to put this out there, just in case some of you out there still have faith that the US Supreme Court is going to save us. Yes, it is an NPR article, but a simple web search will show the same article plastered all over the web.

Focus on local offices, not a federal court that is likely about to have it’s newest justice confirmed- one who “does not have a position” on whether we have natural rights.

Via NPR:

“The Senate is expected to vote today to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s high court.

All 50 Senate Democrats, including the two independents who caucus with them, are expected to vote for Jackson’s confirmation. They will be joined by at least three Republicans: Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee reached an 11-11 tie along party lines on the question of whether to advance Jackson’s nomination to a vote before the full Senate. Democrats, expecting the deadlock, immediately moved ahead with a procedural step to discharge the nomination to a vote before the full Senate.”

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