was asked about it, he dodged it and said he didn t want to give away his strategy. but this clearly also factored into the decision-making of some republicans who saw lisa murkowski in her statement brng up the corrosive politicization we re seeing these days. and i think in part that s why she decided to support jackson s nomination. this the partisanship, congress is, of course, a partisan body. it s democrats, republicans. this afects the court and how the public sees the court. and over the last several decades, public confidence in the court has been dropping. and now the public sees this supreme court as an extension of the partisanship. that was the point to show the three. we ll see if there s a fourth, but we expect it to be susan collins, lisa murkowski and mitt romney. they ve made the very point elliott is making. if the person is qualified, you may not agree with them completely, but they re qualified. let s not cast more doubt on the integrity of our institutions.
three senate republicans say they ll vote yes. the senate majority leader chuck schumer calls it a joyous day. in the 233-year history of the supreme court, never, never has a black woman held the title of justice. ketanji brown jackson will be the first, and i believe the first of more to come. with me to share their reporting and insights, melanie zenona, terani of the wall street journal and elliott williams. i want to put this graphic up. this is why this is so important. 115 supreme court justices in the history of the united states. 108 white men. two black men. four white women and one latina. this will be a first, a black woman on the supreme court. also a record number of women on the court. it will be the first time that it s not majority white men on the court. the court is starting to look like the rest of america. as long as you went to an ivy
this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. next hour, a history making moment in washington. the senate is about to confirm judge ketanji brown jackson to the supreme court. she will be the first black woman to serve on the highest court in the land. back to that in a moment. first to ukraine, to the battlefield and the fight for the donbas. this morning, some sober stage setting from ukraine s top diplomat. he says the next days will rival world war ii. thousands of tanks, planes, artillery fighting from every inch of eastern ukraine. his warning to the west, send help and send it now or it will be too late. overnight three, cruise missiles shot out of the sky by ukrainian air defense. the ukrainian officials warn it
from a legal perspective, obviously, it s a left of center judge. democratic appointee replacing stephen breyer, a left of center judge, democratic appointee. not a big shift in the court but she s younger, she is a black woman, she has a different perspective and has been through different cases. how will she change the court? think about it. it s an organization of nine people. so once you take one person out and put somebody else in, that s dramatically going to change how they interact, who speaks, how they speak and so on. most importantly, yes, it s a different perspective being brought on the court. can or should we assume that a black woman is going to rule a certain way every time? no. just as all of the other justices can be unpredictable sometimes. but it s very, very important moment. one point to melanie s point, a second ago about how the three republicans, it s significant that they secure getting those votes, it s amazing that john roberts just back in 2005 had