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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Three Republican Senators Say They Will Vote to Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: What Is Their Argument?

U.S. SENATOR OF MAINE (SUSAN COLLINS)
Senator Collins’ Statement on Judge Jackson’s Nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court

PART 2
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Judicial Philosophy and the Future of Supreme Court: The Big Issue in the Confirmation Hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

USA TODAY (SCOTT DOUGLAS GERBER)
The Constitution Won't Interpret Itself. Ketanji Brown Jackson Owes Us an Answer on her Judicial Philosophy.

PART 3
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A Tale of Two States: Colorado and Oklahoma Pass Polar Opposite Abortion Laws and Reveal the Nation’s Divide on the Issue

PART 4
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‘For Every Action, There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction’: Newton’s Third Law or the Growing Divide of Politics in the U.S.?

NEW YORK TIMES (SHAWN HUBLER AND JILL COWAN)
Flurry of New Laws Move Blue and Red States Further Apart

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