Analysis | Ted Cruz told Ketanji Brown Jackson that Bushrod Washington was not ‘controversial.’ He was an enslaver.

Analysis: Ted Cruz told Ketanji Brown Jackson that Bushrod Washington was not “controversial.” He was a slaveholder.

Sen. Ted Cruz began his speech with an attempt to give Jackson, who if confirmed would be the first Black woman on the court, a history lesson.

who had never served as a judge before — was officially nominated to the Supreme Court on Dec. 19, 1798, and confirmed the next day

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