Republican senators Murkowski, Romney announce support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

On Monday, The Senate voted to bring Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s Supreme Court nomination to the floor for a final vote, clearing a procedural hurdle after the Judiciary Committee deadlocked earlier in the day when advancing her nomination.

Jackson, who is a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, is predicted to be confirmed by the full Senate by the end of the week.

Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine announced last week she will support Jackson’s nomination, and Senators Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska also said that they would support Jackson.

“After multiple in-depth conversations with Judge Jackson and deliberative review of her record and recent hearings, I will support her historic nomination to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court,” Murkowski said in a statement.

Murkowski added that her decision “also rests on my rejection of the corrosive politicization of the review process for Supreme Court nominees, which, on both sides of the aisle, is growing worse and more detached from reality by the year.”

Mitt Romney tweeted the following; “I intend to vote in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Jackson would replace retiring liberal Justice Stephen Breyer. Her confirmation will not change the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority. A final vote on Jackson’s likely confirmation is expected later this week.