Alabama Attorney General Of The United States Steven T. Marshall affirmed Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee versus the election of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, arguing she wanted a “essential redesign” of the criminal justice system.
Marshall said he was gravely concerned about the direction the country is headed in when it concerns public safety and order, telling senators, “You are most likely well-acquainted with the wave of lawlessness that has swept across our nation these past few years, causing a rise in criminality and criminal offense– consisting of, most banefully, a remarkable spike in homicides– hidden given that the 1990s.”
He added:
While the lawmaking branches of our State and Federal governments are accountable for setting the policies that will reduce or intensify this grim truth, today provides an essential chance to talk about the role that the judiciary plays in the criminal-justice system and the result judges’ choices have on public security.
Not just does Judge Jackson’s nomination come at a time when crime and penalty is ranked as a leading concern– if not the leading concern– by Americans from both political parties, but she has actually received the strident assistance of activist groups with views about our criminal-justice system that are far outside the mainstream. This is a cause for concern.
Possibly I am mistaken, however I do not remember the last three Democratic nominees to the United States Supreme Court– namely, Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and now-Attorney General Garland– being met this level of interest from similar circles.
He detailed the left’s push for criminal justice reforms “in the name of compassion” for perpetrators, which he argued came at the expense of victims who were typically of the same race or ethnic culture.
He pointed out a 2018 Bureau of Justice Data report that stated 70 percent of violent events involving black victims included a transgressor of the same race or ethnicity. Marshall stated:
This information raises essential concerns about the common progressive argument that offenders are due compassion (leniency) since of their viewed vulnerabilities, while victims of violent criminal activity– who are innocent and would be likewise recognized as susceptible by any other step– are not due even greater empathy.
He listed several examples where Jackson granted the “thoughtful release” of inmates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I have heard nothing during this week of hearings to reduce my worry that Judge Jackson indeed believes that a ‘essential redesign’ is needed in our criminal-justice system which she would be inclined to utilize her position on the Court to this end. For this factor, I oppose the nomination of Judge Jackson to the United States Supreme Court,” he said.
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