THANK YOU. RANKING MEMBER GRASSLEY. JUDGE JACKSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD TO YOUR FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR NOMINATION AND WELCOME BACK TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. I ENGAGE IN THESE PROCEEDINGS WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE SENATE HAS TWO ADVICE AND CONTENT ON THE LIFETIME APPOINTMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERPRETING AND APPLYING CONSTITUTIONAL STEPS FOR A LOT IN THE MOST COMPLEX AND CONTESTED AND A NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT CASES. THE CONSTITUTION WAS A GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENT WHEN WRITTEN, AND STILL BY TODAY'S STANDARD AS AMENDED, CONSIDERING THE TIERNEY THAT PREVAILS IN MUCH OF THE WORLD. IT IS GUARANTEED OF LIBERTIES AND DUE PROCESS ARE EXCEPTIONAL AS A GOVERNING DOCUMENT. OFTEN IN OUR HISTORY HAS FOLLOWED TO THE COURT TO THE DECISION TO ENSURE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE GUARANTEES. YET, OUR CONSTITUTION'S GUARANTEE THAT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW REMAIN TOO OFTEN AND FOR TOO MANY UNFULFILLED. FOR ANY COLLEAGUES WHO DEALT WITH THIS, I REMIND THEM OF AHMAUD ARBERY'S MURDER IN GEORGIA JUST TWO YEARS AGO. WHEN A YOUNG BLACK MAN WAS SHOT DEAD IN COLD BLOOD ON CAMERA IN THE STREET. IN THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES BURIED THE CASE AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY. ONLY A MASSIVE CIVIL RIGHTS MOBILIZATION PRESSURED STATE AND EVENTUALLY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO ACT. FOR ANY COLLEAGUES WHO DOUBT THAT THOSE PROMISES REMAIN UNFULFILLED TO TOO MANY, I REMIND THEM THAT IN MY STATE YOU CAN PREDICT HOW LONG SOMEONE MUST WAIT TO VOTE BY WHERE THEY LIVE AND THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. IN PRACTICE, THE PROMISES MADE IN THE PLAIN TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION ARE STILL TOO OFTEN BROKEN, FOR TOO MANY OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS. THE COURT REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO THE NATIONAL PROCESS OF BECOMING OF REAL-LIFE WHAT AMERICA IS IN TEXT. TO THIS HEARING, JUDGE JACKSON AS EVIDENCE THAT THIS PROCESS CONTINUES. ABOVE ALL, A TESTAMENT TO YOU PERSONALLY. THAT IN A NATION TO TRANSCEND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND SEGREGATION AND INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM, THOUGH YOUR BRILLIANCE AND RESILIENCE AND HARD WORK AND WHEN YOU HAVE ALREADY RENDERED GREAT SERVICE TO THE NATION AS A FEDERAL JUDGE. AS A BLACK WOMAN, YOU HAVE OVERCOME DEEPLY ROOTED OBSTACLES TO EARN NOMINATION TO OUR NATION'S HIGHEST COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. ALONGSIDE OUR CONSTITUTIONS EXCEPTIONAL GUARANTEES OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND PROTECTION IS EXCEPTIONAL SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES. RESTRAINTS ON POLITICAL POWER IMPOSED BY THE DIFFUSION OF AUTHORITY ACROSS THREE COEQUAL BRANCHES BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. WITH A PRESIDENT IN A STATE LEGISLATOR DIRECTLY IN KUMBLE TO ACCOUNTABLE TO VOTERS. THIS CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM HAS ENDURED AND DEVELOPED FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLENNIUM. IT IS RESILIENT. BUT DEMOCRACY REMAINS AT THE EXCEPTION, NOT THE NORM IN HISTORY AND AROUND THE WORLD AND WE CANNOT TAKE THE SURVIVAL OF OUR REPUBLIC FOR GRANTED. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU, JUDGE JACKSON TO DISCUSS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AND THE RESILIENT OF OUR CONSTITUTION, WHEN THREATENED BY POLITICAL ACTORS WHO WILL IGNORE THE RULE OF LAW, OR SEEK TO SEIZE POWER BY ILLEGAL OR EXTRAORDINARY MEANS. AMONG THE COURTS MOST CHALLENGING TASKS ARE TO GRAPPLE WITH UNSUBTLE LAW WHEN THE STATES -- STAKES ARE-- AND TO APPLY THE CONSTITUTION FAITHFULLY OVER THE LONG ARC OF HISTORY AS THE WORLD CHANGES IN PROFOUND WAYS AND THE TEXT OF FAITHFUL CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION MEETS NEW CONTACTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES. JUDGE JACKSON, YOU MAY SERVE WELL INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY. YOU WILL RULE ON CASES WHOSE CONTOURS WE CANNOT YET IMAGINE. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING HOW YOU WILL CONSIDER PROTECTIONS AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE IN AN AGE OF UBIQUITOUS SURVEILLANCE, HOW YOU MIGHT APPROACH DISPUTES OVER WAR POWERS, HOW YOU WILL APPROACH QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO FREEDOMS OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS, AND SEEK THAT CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WILL APPLY THE LAW FAITHFULLY WITHOUT REGARD FOR YOUR OWN OPINIONS. AS A REVIEW OF YOUR EXTENSIVE WORK TO DATE DEMONSTRATES THAT I BELIEVE YOU WILL. THIS COST OF ADDITIONAL PROCESS OF ADVICE AND CONSENT IS VITAL TO THE INTEGRITY AND LEGITIMACY OF THE COURT. ON BEHALF OF MY JUDGMENTS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU ON THIS PROCESS. 