provision that's very broad to get a colleague's support. if a judge rewrites the law later because of notions about fairness or equity or common good, that unravels all of our work here in the congress. more importantly, american people should be able to read the law and know what it means. they shouldn't have to ask how a federal judge who disagrees with the law could reinterpret the words on that page. all of this leads to the conclusion as to why we must carefully examine federal judge's records, especially supreme court nominees. judge jackson has served as an assistant public defender. worked in private practice and served on the united states sentencing commission. she also serves as a federal district court judge from 2013 to 2021.