Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he has not reached a decision on whether to vote for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom he voted against during her federal appeals court confirmation.
“After I’ve made a decision as to what I’m going to do on this vote, you’ll see it, but that’s probably not until the day of the vote itself. So no, no preview of it,” the Utah senator told reporters during his meeting with President Joe Biden’s nominee to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Romney’s meeting with Jackson comes as Democrats seek to gain some bipartisan support from Republicans after the judge was questioned by lawmakers on either side of the aisle last week during her Senate Judiciary Committee hearings.
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“I have begun a deeper dive, a much deeper dive than I had during the prior evaluation,” Romney said in an interview with CNN+. “In this case, as well, she’s gone into much more depth talking about her judicial philosophy that she had before. And we’re, of course, looking at her judicial record, as a district judge and as an appellate judge, in far more depth than we had before.”
With regard to Republican lines of questioning during the hearings, Romney told the outlet that some of his GOP colleagues asked “respectful questions” while criticizing others over questions that don’t “show respect for the witness or, in this case, the judge.”
“I thought some were preparing for their presidential campaign. And were, if you will, doing the things you have to do to get on TV, which I think is unfortunate,” Romney added.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee will reconvene on April 4 to vote to move Jackson’s nomination toward a full vote in the Senate, where she is expected to be confirmed so long as Democrats remain united, coupled with Vice President Kamala Harris’s tiebreaking vote.
