Facing questions about her record as a judge, the role of the Supreme Court in setting law and the constitutionality of recent sweeping legal decisions, Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke with senators for a second day of confirmation hearings. Jackson rebutted accusations that she has supported the teaching of critical race theory in elementary schools, championed too-lenient sentencing for some criminals and clarified language from previous legal opinions during combative questioning from several GOP senators.v

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