Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing

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Anonymous wrote:How was she not "properly vetted"? There is NOTHING remotely disqualifying in either her personal or professional history. My husband and I, both lawyers, watched parts of her hearing and were very impressed by her knowledge and her poise.

She is as qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice as any other current or past Justice.

1. She’s a Democrat.
2. She’s Black.
3. She’s a woman.

These are three disqualifying factors to racist, sexist White Republicans. That she’s smart and qualified means nothing.

+1000. I am a layman (not legal profession) and I watched the last three confirmation hearings (including the latest). KBJ gave the best performance, had the best poise, showed the best command of the legal profession. Kavannaugh was a total embarrassment to not only SCOTUS but also for the whole legal profession.
The racist quality of GOP was on full display during the latest hearing, bar Senator Sasse. The racists know they can’t have the control of the society anymore and they are thrashing in their last gulps of air. IMHO GOP is a party destined to demise as for what it stands for.

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The GOP is so vile. Why would anyone vote for those racists?

Because they share their values?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How was she not "properly vetted"? There is NOTHING remotely disqualifying in either her personal or professional history. My husband and I, both lawyers, watched parts of her hearing and were very impressed by her knowledge and her poise.

She is as qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice as any other current or past Justice.

1. She’s a Democrat.
2. She’s Black.
3. She’s a woman.

These are three disqualifying factors to racist, sexist White Republicans. That she’s smart and qualified means nothing.

+1000. I am a layman (not legal profession) and I watched the last three confirmation hearings (including the latest). KBJ gave the best performance, had the best poise, showed the best command of the legal profession. Kavannaugh was a total embarrassment to not only SCOTUS but also for the whole legal profession.
The racist quality of GOP was on full display during the latest hearing, bar Senator Sasse. The racists know they can’t have the control of the society anymore and they are thrashing in their last gulps of air. IMHO GOP is a party destined to demise as for what it stands for.

+1

The GOP is so vile. Why would anyone vote for those racists?

Because they share their values?

Indeed! They are people who hide their racism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Republicans on this thread are pushing me toward voting for Democrats this election. Is this all the GOP has to offer? Mocking a historic and very good nominee? Grandstanding and identity politics and virtue signaling? This is making me want to vote straight Democratic ticket for the first time ever. You guys are making the party look terrible.

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Looking at all those faces in one picture seriously makes me want to vomit.

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Republicans are obsessed with stoking race and culture war divisions. It’s all they talk about. They don’t my even pretend to care about anything else.

+1 Why on earth was she asked about the 1619 Project?

Biden starting out stating he would only consider a black woman. Liberals celebrate that. Since race is so important to Liberals, it’s important to know whether she will rule with a blindfold on, or as a Kagan does (strong Latina woman) , as a ‘strong black woman’.

Race is important. Do you really, truly not understand why a diversity of perspective is important to have? Versus a court of almost all Christian (Catholic, esp.) and mostly white? If you don't get that, then there is no use having this discussion.

She is qualified. Education. Experience. Confirmed twice at the federal level. She is just as qualified as anyone on the court. That being the case, those other factors matter.

Justice is blind. Supposed to be anyway. So no, diversity should have nothing to do with it

If everyone on the Court is the same or close to it, justice will def be blind to anything but their own experiences. And that's not a good thing.

Ironically, if the PP studied a little critical race theory she'd understand that there is no such thing as blind justice. Every decision is authored by a person, whose beliefs and understanding of the world are shaped by the life they have experienced - in the body they have experienced. No one is a brain in a jar; we are all embodied minds. And being in these different bodies with these different experiences brings a different richness to how a judicial body will view the cases before it. It's very important to have some people with different life experiences there, because that will bring nuance and get the court away from the group-think that infects any organization with too many people who have had the same life experiences.

We need more diversity on the court - different law schools, too. Not all justices should have been educated at the same institutions. That's leads to group-think too. I'm glad that KBJ was a public defender - that's a perspective that's been lacking on the court.

So a person of color should get a lighter sentence because of his/her background, if it was poor?

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Looking at all those faces in one picture seriously makes me want to vomit.

Your GQP in all their glory.

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I am not sure if this was mentioned yet, but I find it so disturbing and appalling that I couldn't listen to the hearing with my 9 year old in the car. and NPR had to break in to warn audience about the graphic language.

There is something seriously wrong with these men. And - how many of them have pictures with Pedo Duggar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Republicans are obsessed with stoking race and culture war divisions. It’s all they talk about. They don’t my even pretend to care about anything else.

+1 Why on earth was she asked about the 1619 Project?

Biden starting out stating he would only consider a black woman. Liberals celebrate that. Since race is so important to Liberals, it’s important to know whether she will rule with a blindfold on, or as a Kagan does (strong Latina woman) , as a ‘strong black woman’.

Race is important. Do you really, truly not understand why a diversity of perspective is important to have? Versus a court of almost all Christian (Catholic, esp.) and mostly white? If you don't get that, then there is no use having this discussion.

She is qualified. Education. Experience. Confirmed twice at the federal level. She is just as qualified as anyone on the court. That being the case, those other factors matter.

DP. The flaw in your logic is that you are assuming we all have the same goals of a fair and just society. For some people, the goal is to ensure the dominance of white, Christian, cishet men.

DP. The flaw in your logic is that Judge Jackson is representative of the black community. I admire her and believe firmly that she will be approved and make an excellent justice. Like many well educated and well employed professionals she stands apart from many black people. Once people get to a certain level, their skin color matters little -- in her case, the Senators are just using it for political theater. Jackson and the other justices may be from a particular ethnic group but to say they represent those ethnic groups is ridiculous. Just like Senators do not represent their constituents' best interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How was she not "properly vetted"? There is NOTHING remotely disqualifying in either her personal or professional history. My husband and I, both lawyers, watched parts of her hearing and were very impressed by her knowledge and her poise.

She is as qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice as any other current or past Justice.

1. She’s a Democrat.
2. She’s Black.
3. She’s a woman.

These are three disqualifying factors to racist, sexist White Republicans. That she’s smart and qualified means nothing.

+1000. I am a layman (not legal profession) and I watched the last three confirmation hearings (including the latest). KBJ gave the best performance, had the best poise, showed the best command of the legal profession. Kavannaugh was a total embarrassment to not only SCOTUS but also for the whole legal profession.
The racist quality of GOP was on full display during the latest hearing, bar Senator Sasse. The racists know they can’t have the control of the society anymore and they are thrashing in their last gulps of air. IMHO GOP is a party destined to demise as for what it stands for.

+1

The GOP is so vile. Why would anyone vote for those racists?

So that those of a limited sort do not allow the United States to go down the tubes. Without Republicans, you would be walk to the Canadian border ahead of Russian tanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Republicans on this thread are pushing me toward voting for Democrats this election. Is this all the GOP has to offer? Mocking a historic and very good nominee? Grandstanding and identity politics and virtue signaling? This is making me want to vote straight Democratic ticket for the first time ever. You guys are making the party look terrible.

+1

Once again proving that everything that Republicans accuse Democrats of doing is just projection.

When will people learn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Republicans are obsessed with stoking race and culture war divisions. It’s all they talk about. They don’t my even pretend to care about anything else.

+1 Why on earth was she asked about the 1619 Project?

Biden starting out stating he would only consider a black woman. Liberals celebrate that. Since race is so important to Liberals, it’s important to know whether she will rule with a blindfold on, or as a Kagan does (strong Latina woman) , as a ‘strong black woman’.

Race is important. Do you really, truly not understand why a diversity of perspective is important to have? Versus a court of almost all Christian (Catholic, esp.) and mostly white? If you don't get that, then there is no use having this discussion.

She is qualified. Education. Experience. Confirmed twice at the federal level. She is just as qualified as anyone on the court. That being the case, those other factors matter.

DP. The flaw in your logic is that you are assuming we all have the same goals of a fair and just society. For some people, the goal is to ensure the dominance of white, Christian, cishet men.

DP. The flaw in your logic is that Judge Jackson is representative of the black community. I admire her and believe firmly that she will be approved and make an excellent justice. Like many well educated and well employed professionals she stands apart from many black people. Once people get to a certain level, their skin color matters little -- in her case, the Senators are just using it for political theater. Jackson and the other justices may be from a particular ethnic group but to say they represent those ethnic groups is ridiculous. Just like Senators do not represent their constituents' best interests.

Do you hear yourself? She isn’t representative of the black community because she is educated and “well employed”? Is that really what you meant to say? You may want to take your hood off when you are typing, it making you type some racist nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Republicans on this thread are pushing me toward voting for Democrats this election. Is this all the GOP has to offer? Mocking a historic and very good nominee? Grandstanding and identity politics and virtue signaling? This is making me want to vote straight Democratic ticket for the first time ever. You guys are making the party look terrible.

+1

Once again proving that everything that Republicans accuse Democrats of doing is just projection.

When will people learn?

People never learn!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How was she not "properly vetted"? There is NOTHING remotely disqualifying in either her personal or professional history. My husband and I, both lawyers, watched parts of her hearing and were very impressed by her knowledge and her poise.

She is as qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice as any other current or past Justice.

1. She’s a Democrat.
2. She’s Black.
3. She’s a woman.

These are three disqualifying factors to racist, sexist White Republicans. That she’s smart and qualified means nothing.

+1000. I am a layman (not legal profession) and I watched the last three confirmation hearings (including the latest). KBJ gave the best performance, had the best poise, showed the best command of the legal profession. Kavannaugh was a total embarrassment to not only SCOTUS but also for the whole legal profession.
The racist quality of GOP was on full display during the latest hearing, bar Senator Sasse. The racists know they can’t have the control of the society anymore and they are thrashing in their last gulps of air. IMHO GOP is a party destined to demise as for what it stands for.

+1

The GOP is so vile. Why would anyone vote for those racists?

So that those of a limited sort do not allow the United States to go down the tubes. Without Republicans, you would be walk to the Canadian border ahead of Russian tanks

You should hear what the Russians think of the Republicans’ antics on January 6. You all are proof of their theory that democracy is a joke. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/putin-misjudged-west-ukraine-timothy-snyder/