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Decorations how justice barrett would rule. judge jackson, congratulations on your nomination. i look forward to hearing from you about your record, your views on the law and your judicial philosophy. thank you. >> thanks, senator. the president pro tem of the senate and patrick -- >> we've been listening in. that was the top democrat and republican, the chairman and ranking members of the senate judiciary committee kicking off this first day, the very beginning of the historic hearings with the confirmation of judge ketanji brown jackson. let me bring in, we continue to listen to all of these...

Extra care to communicate with parties. you added, and i quote, speak to them directly and not just to their lawyers. i use their names. i ex-plain every stage because i want them to know what's going on. as a result of that approach, you made the law more approachable, to litigants and american people. the cameras and the lights here today can make it easy to forget at its core, the responsibility you seek is one of service and i'm fully confident you'll serve americans from all walks of life, all backgrounds, fairly and faithfully. now there may be some who claim without a shred of evidence,...

Implementing act, the law i'm negotiated within sessions that reduce the infamous 100-1 sentencing disparity and you joined every one of your colleagues to make the change to the sentencing guidelines retroactive. you gave a powerful speech and you said there's no excuse for insisting that those who are serving excessive sentencing under the long disputed and now discredited prior guideline must carry on as though none of this has happened. the vote in favor of activity was unanimous on the commission. republicans and democrats shared your view. you've gone to great lengths with how it can aff...