Sen. Ted Cruz interrupts Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during tense moments of confirmation hearing

Federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning Wednesday about her sentencing of criminal defendants, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations on the bench.

Republicans spent much of Wednesday focused on Ketanji Brown Jackson's sentencing, particularly on the child pornography cases, as they had on Tuesday. Tempers rose as the day wore on, with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin slamming down his gavel at one point when Sen. Ted Cruz refused to yield after his time expired while he was grilling Jackson.

“You can bang it as long as you want,” Sen. Ted Cruz snapped, shouting that he just wanted Jackson to answer his question.

“At some point you have to follow the rules,” Durbin shot back at Sen. Ted Cruz.

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