Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’d actually be happy if the Kavanaugh nomination were pulled and Trump nominated the conservative judge who went to Notte Dame and then worked his way though law school. What this latest episode reinforces isn’t whether Kavanaugh was a predator, but that he’s lived a life of extreme comfort where the consequences for being an over-privileged bro have been nil. He’s lived in a bubble and worked the system his entire life. Even if this woman had gone public as a teenager, his parents and the Georgetown Prep administration would have “fixed” things for him. Why do we need another Supreme Court Justice who has so little relatable experience deciding cases.
The same could be said for Kagan, who came from a wealthy UWS family. But let’s finally start looking for some real diversity on the Court that looks a little further than to judges who grew up wealthy and sailed their way through Harvard or Yale Law.
Above is a thoughtful approach. My issue with Judge K is not only his hard right idealogy, but the fact that the Supremes already include too many privileged types. Judge K is no doubt a very smart person, who has worked hard and is a good father and husband. I have no reason to question that.
But we need far more diversity, in all ways, on the Court. We need folks with backgrounds and perspectives that represent the entire US, not the wealthy suburban communities in this country. If you have every heard Justice G or S speak, they are simply inspirational in their life stories. Judge K, who worked up his way thru the DC right wing lawyer community, is clueless about this country. Justice O was asked once what she uniquely brought to the Court; she answered that being a Westerner and understanding land/water issues in a real sense was unique.
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It's interesting to see that folks here are open to some conservative justices, not just this one. The senators need to listen to their constituency and not decide to stonewall any candidate before they're even named.