Two-thirds of Americans say that if they were senators, they would vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, according to a Marquette University Law School poll published Wednesday.
A combined 88 percent of respondents described Jackson as either "very qualified" or "somewhat qualified" to serve on the Supreme Court. Only 12 percent said she is "unqualified."
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