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President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, refused to define the word “woman” on the second day of her confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., pressed Jackson on transgender issues Tuesday night.
“Do you agree that schools should teach children that they can choose their gender?” Blackburn asked, after she read a quote from Jackson regarding Georgetown Day School, the private school on whose board Brown serves.
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Jackson responded by noting that Georgetown Day School is private. When Blackburn pressed again, asking for the judge’s opinion, Jackson said, “Senator, I’m not making comments about what schools can teach.”
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
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Blackburn then turned to quote the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who wrote the majority opinion in U.S. v. Virginia (1996), in which the Court struck down Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy.
“Supposed inherent differences are no longer accepted as a ground for race or national origin classifications,” Blackburn said, quoting Ginsburg. “Physical differences, between men and women, however, are enduring. The two sexes are not fungible. A community made up exclusively of one sex is different from a community composed of both.”
“Do you agree with Justice Ginsburg that there are physical differences between men and women that are enduring?” the senator asked.
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“Um, senator, respectfully I am not familiar with that particular quote or case, so it’s hard for me to comment,” the judge responded.
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