How is the Supreme Court confirmation going to go?

[Anonymous]

The way she uses her children of color for political purposes is disgusting. I hope she has saved up for therapy...

[Anonymous]

I just noticed that she describes her biological children by noting their academic strengths and interests, while her adopted children apparently have none.

Jesse and I are parents to seven wonderful children. Emma is a sophomore in college who just might follow her parents into a career in the law. Vivian came to us from Haiti. When she arrived, she was so weak that we were told she might never walk or talk normally. She now deadlifts as much as the male athletes at our gym, and I assure you that she has no trouble talking. Tess is 16, and while she shares her parents’ love for the liberal arts, she also has a math gene that seems to have skipped her parents’ generation. John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on JP’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, JP assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait. Liam is smart, strong, and kind, and to our delight, he still loves watching movies with Mom and Dad. Ten-year-old Juliet is already pursuing her goal of becoming an author by writing multiple essays and short stories, including one she recently submitted for publication. And our youngest—Benjamin, who has Down Syndrome—is the unanimous favorite of the family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared any appointment by the sitting president to be null and void. He said the next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the next president—to be elected later that year. The 11 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Republican majority refused to conduct the hearings necessary to advance the vote to the Senate at large, and Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress, 293 days after it had been submitted to the Senate. This marked the first time since the Civil War that a nominee whose nomination had not been withdrawn had failed to receive consideration for an open seat on the Court."

This needs to be the lead paragraph of EVERY media report about this sham of a hearing for Mrs. Barrett.

Yes. But McConnell is pretty open about being proud of having stolen a court seat from Obama, that he did it for purely political reasons, and he certainly doesn't care about being hypocritical, nor do Trump supporters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed that she describes her biological children by noting their academic strengths and interests, while her adopted children apparently have none.

Jesse and I are parents to seven wonderful children. Emma is a sophomore in college who just might follow her parents into a career in the law. Vivian came to us from Haiti. When she arrived, she was so weak that we were told she might never walk or talk normally. She now deadlifts as much as the male athletes at our gym, and I assure you that she has no trouble talking. Tess is 16, and while she shares her parents’ love for the liberal arts, she also has a math gene that seems to have skipped her parents’ generation. John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on JP’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, JP assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait. Liam is smart, strong, and kind, and to our delight, he still loves watching movies with Mom and Dad. Ten-year-old Juliet is already pursuing her goal of becoming an author by writing multiple essays and short stories, including one she recently submitted for publication. And our youngest—Benjamin, who has Down Syndrome—is the unanimous favorite of the family.

I noticed that too. I feel bad for those kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared any appointment by the sitting president to be null and void. He said the next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the next president—to be elected later that year. The 11 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Republican majority refused to conduct the hearings necessary to advance the vote to the Senate at large, and Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress, 293 days after it had been submitted to the Senate. This marked the first time since the Civil War that a nominee whose nomination had not been withdrawn had failed to receive consideration for an open seat on the Court."

This needs to be the lead paragraph of EVERY media report about this sham of a hearing for Mrs. Barrett.

Yes. But McConnell is pretty open about being proud of having stolen a court seat from Obama, that he did it for purely political reasons, and he certainly doesn't care about being hypocritical, nor do Trump supporters.

How fitting that today's hearing is being held on a state-sponsored day that celebrates theft and genocide, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed that she describes her biological children by noting their academic strengths and interests, while her adopted children apparently have none.

Jesse and I are parents to seven wonderful children. Emma is a sophomore in college who just might follow her parents into a career in the law. Vivian came to us from Haiti. When she arrived, she was so weak that we were told she might never walk or talk normally. She now deadlifts as much as the male athletes at our gym, and I assure you that she has no trouble talking. Tess is 16, and while she shares her parents’ love for the liberal arts, she also has a math gene that seems to have skipped her parents’ generation. John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on JP’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, JP assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait. Liam is smart, strong, and kind, and to our delight, he still loves watching movies with Mom and Dad. Ten-year-old Juliet is already pursuing her goal of becoming an author by writing multiple essays and short stories, including one she recently submitted for publication. And our youngest—Benjamin, who has Down Syndrome—is the unanimous favorite of the family.

Someone should tell her that no one cares. Except those who just view her as a uterus. Let’s talk about how you are trying to take away the ACA from my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed that she describes her biological children by noting their academic strengths and interests, while her adopted children apparently have none.

Jesse and I are parents to seven wonderful children. Emma is a sophomore in college who just might follow her parents into a career in the law. Vivian came to us from Haiti. When she arrived, she was so weak that we were told she might never walk or talk normally. She now deadlifts as much as the male athletes at our gym, and I assure you that she has no trouble talking. Tess is 16, and while she shares her parents’ love for the liberal arts, she also has a math gene that seems to have skipped her parents’ generation. John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on JP’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, JP assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait. Liam is smart, strong, and kind, and to our delight, he still loves watching movies with Mom and Dad. Ten-year-old Juliet is already pursuing her goal of becoming an author by writing multiple essays and short stories, including one she recently submitted for publication. And our youngest—Benjamin, who has Down Syndrome—is the unanimous favorite of the family.

I noticed that too. I feel bad for those kids.

Well duh, do you expect black children to be anything other than athletic and happy-go-lucky? </s>

This woman is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Why do I GAF about her kids and fabulous husband? Do most female judicial nominees spend this much time on personal stuff?

I also find her voice very grating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do I GAF about her kids and fabulous husband? Do most female judicial nominees spend this much time on personal stuff?

I also find her voice very grating

Or the men?

[Anonymous]

So when Judge Barrett, in her opening statement, suggests that laws need to be made by Congress, then what is the legal justification for undoing an act of Congress?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do I GAF about her kids and fabulous husband? Do most female judicial nominees spend this much time on personal stuff?

I also find her voice very grating

Or the men?

They all do it. It’s SOP. Why? I have no idea, as it seems totally irrelevant. She is following precedent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do I GAF about her kids and fabulous husband? Do most female judicial nominees spend this much time on personal stuff?

I also find her voice very grating

Or the men?

They all do it. It’s SOP. Why? I have no idea, as it seems totally irrelevant. She is following precedent.

^ I’m talking about SC nominees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do I GAF about her kids and fabulous husband? Do most female judicial nominees spend this much time on personal stuff?

I also find her voice very grating

Funny how we so often think this of women.

- a progressive who opposes ACB's nomination

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when Judge Barrett, in her opening statement, suggests that laws need to be made by Congress, then what is the legal justification for undoing an act of Congress?

Part of me hopes that her entire career and current facade is just an elaborate trolling effort, and once she's on the court, she will end up being the most liberal judge there. Every ruling will be a slap in the Republicans' face. A girl can dream, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do I GAF about her kids and fabulous husband? Do most female judicial nominees spend this much time on personal stuff?

I also find her voice very grating

When you are the poster child for those on the right who have produced one woman who has a ton of kids and has a job, they milk it for all its worth.