How is the Supreme Court confirmation going to go?

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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?

She’s been bought and paid for by the Federalist Society. They always get their money’s worth.

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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

No, just women who have high-pitched or oddly modulated voices. There are plenty of women in the entertainment industry who have wonderful, pleasant voices; it's their job, after all. Most politicians and other professionals who end up on public display have never had professional voice training or worked with dialect coaches, hence the broadcast of ear-grating screechiness. I have the same complaint about so many podcast hosts, male and female, who never learn how to speak sonorously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:John Kennedy is a repulsive little critter ain'ty he?

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She is repulsive.

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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.

Well meant, but painful to hear..

(Happy go lucky? Yikes.)
— AA adoptive parent.

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She is repulsive.

This sort of hypocrisy should not be rewarded with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

[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

Funny how we so often think this of women.

- a progressive who opposes ACB's nomination

Yeah, picking on her voice is unnecessary and misogynistic. Let's pick on her horrid views, cult background, and lack of experience. It is gross how she uses her children as props - we have had multiple judges with school-aged children on the court, including Biff Kavanaugh. How odd that we fixate on her like a modern-day Ceres. Tacky and sexist - and her use of such imagery is uber-tacky and sexist.

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Who i paying for this?

[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

Funny how we so often think this of women.

- a progressive who opposes ACB's nomination

PP here, I know and I hate this criticism, but her voice is grating. High-pitched or something? Maybe it's just me

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

She is repulsive.

Repulsive? LOL.

She didn't say what this twitterer claims she said. Watch the clip.
And, she went on to say....

Barrett added that historical parallels were an imperfect way to evaluate current dynamics regarding the Supreme Court, saying that "the reality is, we live in a different time."

"Kennedy was confirmed unanimously. So, incidentally, was Scalia. And this is not the time we live in now. Post-Bork, you know, confirmation hearings have gotten far more contentious," Barrett said.

"I think, in sum, the president has the power to nominate, and the Senate has the power to act or not, and I don't think either one of them can claim that there's a rule governing one way or the other," she added.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-2016-interview-confirming-justices-election-year/

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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

Funny how we so often think this of women.

- a progressive who opposes ACB's nomination

PP here, I know and I hate this criticism, but her voice is grating. High-pitched or something? Maybe it's just me

OMG. Enough about her voice.

[Anonymous]

She's more than qualified. Kagen was never even a judge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's more than qualified. Kagen was never even a judge.

... and had argued numerous cases before the court ( and won)

[Anonymous]

I hate how she describes her son with Down syndrome.