![]() When this image was shared with the false claim that it showed Blackburn during Jackson's hearing, some social media users may have been primed to believe that Blackburn was acting out of some sort of racial malice. Blackburn voted against Jackson's nomination along with all but three of her Republican colleagues. She has been asked about critical race theory and the history of America’s slaveholding past and whether she has been too lenient in her sentencing as a trial judge - issues that are cultural flash points in today’s caustic political debate but the first two of which have little to do with the actual work of the Supreme Court.ĭuring Jackson's hearing, Blackburn asked the judge to define the word " woman" and accused Jackson of being an advocate for judges to consider critical race theory when considering sentencing. ![]() She has been subjected to questioning from some Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee that has been explicitly or implicitly all about race. The Washington Post reported:īut as the first Black woman nominated to the high court, Jackson also bears certain burdens that have become evident during her confirmation hearings. ![]() As Jackson would be the first Black female Supreme Court justice in history, the hearings were fraught with racial undertones. The notion that Blackburn was making a white power gesture appears to have been based largely on the false captioning of the photo by social media users who claimed it showed Blackburn gesturing during a hearing (or vote) on the confirmation of Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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