Sen. Mike Lee of Utah made the remark about fatherlessness as the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun laws has been underway at the capitol following the recent rise in mass shootings.
Washington, Apr 8: “On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 47, and this nomination is confirmed,” Vice President Kamala Harris said from her chair presiding over the Senate. Then, she smiled. And with that, the nation’s first female and first Black vice president announced the confirmation of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson will join the high court following Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement this summer. Cheers broke out in the Senate chamber. At […]