WATCH: First Liberty Institute lawyer says the conservative nonprofit opposes Jackson's confirmation

Keisha Russell, a lawyer at the conservative nonprofit First Liberty Institute, argued against the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, on the final day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

Throughout the hearings, Jackson has faced questions from GOP senators over critical race theory, a decades-old academic concept that race is a social concept and that racism is systemic in the nation’s legal systems and policies.

Russell said that critical race theory could affect a judge’s judicial philosophy, saying that a “judge who embraces CRT’s views may engage in favoritism and partiality, contrary to the judicial canons.”

After three days of testimony from Jackson and questions from senators, the committee heard from professional and personal witnesses who can speak to Jackson’s work and her character. Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden in February to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. After the hearings conclude, the committee will issue a recommendation in preparation for a full Senate vote. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman on the high court.

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