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  • 2022-04-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Thurgood Marshall Confirmation Vote vs. Ketanji Brown Jackson –... (en)
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  • Thurgood Marshall Confirmation Vote vs. Ketanji Brown Jackson Claim When Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn't vote[.] When Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no[.] Rating True Like this fact check? Reporting On April 7 2022, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. CNN reported on the historic confirmation: The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday [A[ril 7 2022] in a historic vote that paves the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the nation. The tally was 53-47, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining Democrats to vote in favor. On that date, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet by CNN’s White House correspondent John Harwood, purportedly contrasting Jackson’s confirmation vote to that of Thurgood Marshall: when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn't vote Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 7, 2022 Harwood wrote: when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn’t vote when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no As noted in the tweet, Thurgood Marshall was a Supreme Court Justice, nominated and confirmed in 1967 . Marshall was also the first Black judge on the Supreme Court: In September 1961 Marshall was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President John F. Kennedy, but opposition from Southern senators delayed his confirmation for several months. President Lyndon B. Johnson named Marshall U.S. solicitor general in July 1965 and nominated him to the Supreme Court on June 13, 1967; Marshall’s nomination was confirmed (69–11) by the U.S. Senate on August 30, 1967. Harwood stated that 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn’t vote in Marshall’s confirmation; the above-quoted excerpt indicated that Marshall was confirmed in a vote of 69 to eleven. Harwood attributed the eleven votes to senators from former Confederate states, which were: ... the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. GovTrack.us tallied the August 30 1967 vote to confirm Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. In addition to the 69 votes in favor and eleven against, 20 senators in total did not vote. Each state has two senators , so the eleven former Confederate states had 22 senators in total. According to the tallies, their votes were as follows: Alabama: Both Nay; Arkansas: One Yea , one No Vote; Florida: One Nay, one No Vote; Georgia: One Nay, one No Vote; Louisiana: Both Nay; Mississippi: One Nay, one No Vote; North Carolina: One Nay, one No Vote; South Carolina: Both Nay; Tennessee: Both Yea ; Texas: Both Yea ; Virginia: One Yea , one No Vote. In total, five of the 22 voted Yea. Seventeen (not 16) senators voted Nay or abstained from the vote. On Senate.gov, vote totals for the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court were available; 53 senators voted in favor, while 47 voted against her confirmation. With respect to former Confederate states, the vote total was as follows: Alabama: Both Nay; Arkansas: Both Nay; Florida: Both Nay; Georgia: Both Yea ; Louisiana: Both Nay; Mississippi: Both Nay; North Carolina: Both Nay; South Carolina: Both Nay; Tennessee: Both Nay; Texas: Both Nay; Virginia: Both Yea. Of the 22 senators, 18 voted Nay, and four voted Yea. Of those four votes, two came from Georgia, and two from Virginia. A viral tweet claimed that when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn’t vote, whereas 18 of the 22 senators from the same eleven states voted no. By our count, 17 of the 22 voted Nay or didn’t vote for Marshall’s 1967 confirmation; six of the 22 abstained (No Vote.) On April 7 2022, 22 senators from the same eleven states voted on Brown Jackson’s confirmation, with 18 voting Nay and four voting Yea. Broadly the claim was accurate, but our count for the 1967 vote differed by one additional Nay. Article Sources + 'when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn't vote when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no' | Imgur 'when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn't vote when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no' | Twitter Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall | Brittanica.com Former Confederate States | NPS.gov CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL | GovTrack.us Ketanji Brown Jackson vote total | Senate.gov Posted in Fact Checks , Viral Content Tagged confederacy , imgur , Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson , ketanji brown jackson confirmed , thurgood marshall ketanji brown jackson , viral tweets (en)
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