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On the recordApril 4, 2022
The last Judge Jackson left the Supreme Court to go to Nuremberg and prosecute the case against the Nazis. This Judge Jackson might have gone there to defend them.
Said by
Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Tom Cotton compares Ketanji Brown Jackson to a historical figure who prosecuted Nazis, suggesting she might defend them instead.

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