Roger Marshall is wrong to not support Ketanji Brown Jackson. We hope Jerry Moran does better.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is perfectly qualified to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Full stop. 

Unsurprisingly, Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, believes otherwise. 

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Marshall released a statement saying he had listened to two days of confirmation hearings and conducted "a thorough and thoughtful review of her qualifications and judicial record" before coming to the conclusion that he "cannot support her confirmation."

"I believe she will rubberstamp Biden’s far-left agenda instead of protecting the Constitution and our Kansas values," Marshall said. "There is no way I can in good faith support her to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court."

There’s some irony there as Marshall is more or less a rubber stamp for the Republican Party. One of the few times he didn’t vote along party positions was last year for the second stimulus check to be increased from $600 to $2,000. 

According to the Capital-Journal report, Marshall takes issue specifically to Jackson’s past handling of criminal cases as a jurist and argued Jackson doesn't have the experience to be a justice on the nation's highest court. Jackson been a federal jurist since 2013 but has sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for one year.

This is partisan politics at its finest. To be frank, Sen. Marshall’s decision seems more out to stick it to the president and the Democrats than it does to who sits on the bench. It’s taking the easy way out. Arriving at a decision before facts were truly weighed. Doesn’t seem very thorough or thoughtful.

It’s disappointing, too.

It doesn’t take courage to be partisan. It’s the path of least resistance.

It takes courage to objectively weigh facts and come to your own conclusions despite what the party boss may want. Mitch McConnell had made his feelings known that he does not support Jackson’s nomination so again it’s not surprising that Marshall doesn’t either.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, seems to understand the concept of courage, though, announcing she will support Jackson’s nomination Wednesday.

Kansas’ other senator, Jerry Moran, who is also a Republican, has yet to announce his intention on how he’ll vote, although the D.C. pundits seem confident he'll vote no.

Our hope is that Sen. Moran can find the courage to shed partisan politics and vote for a qualified justice to sit on the Supreme Court. Sen. Collins, maybe give Sen. Moran a call for us.

Remind him what being a moderate is all about. Tell him it’s Kansas common sense.