In case you missed it, Chuck Schumer recently spoke–on Easter Sunday–at A.R. Bernard’s Christian Cultural Center, a megachurch in Brooklyn. Some of you may remember A.R. Bernard. He was one of the original Trump court evangelicals, but quickly left the...
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Evangelicals respond to the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Jackson. Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AL), and Mitt Romney (UT) voted to confirm. Today...
What does the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing tell us about the state of the Republican Party?
Here is a taste of Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson recent column: Jacksonās main Republican questioners areĀ not focusedĀ on qualifications, temperament or even judicial theory. TheirĀ clear objectiveĀ has been to trip up the nominee by asking about the latest Republican culture-war debates....
Ted Cruz sends his daughters to an antiracist school that seems to promote ideas that he defines as critical race theory
The Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings have been an utter embarrassment for the GOP members of the judicial committee. Take Ted Cruz, for example. His hypocrisy knows no bounds. Earlier this week I wrote about Ted Cruz’s attempt to demonize...
Republicans on the judiciary committee are still very upset at how Amy Coney Barrett’s faith was handled during her confirmation hearings.
Earlier today I wrote about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s faith and her previous connection to an evangelical church and Christian school. In that piece I noted that Texas senator Ted Cruz had used his written questions to Jackson...
Is Ketanji Brown Jackson an evangelical Christian?
As Adelle Banks notes in her recent article at Religion News Service, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court has said virtually nothing about her religious background. Here is a taste: When she spoke at the first day...