Exactly. If that PP want to break out the "*", they can do so for every justice.
|
|
Anyone who had a 'good faith' concern about affirmative action would have been horrified by ACB's nomination after Trump specifically said he wanted to nominate a woman and there were certainly more qualified individuals available.
But right wingers were thrilled about ACB. KBJ will be great - I mean she's definitely more qualified than the majority of sitting SCOTUS judges were when they were nominated. |
I agree that KBJ is a great choice. But why would one be “horrified” by ACB? Because she’s not an Ivy Leaguer? |
Because she is not "progressive" enough, obviously. |
No, because Trump said there were more qualified individuals available, but he chose her because of her gender. |
| Jackson is a qualified nominee to the Supreme Court. She'll get confirmed and will be a reliable liberal voice on the Court for years to come. End of story. |
Because Trump said he would nominate a woman. Had the same person been a man, would not have been nominated. |
Black women represent around 6% of American society. We've had well over 100 people appointed to SCOTUS. Statistically and demographically speaking, we should have already had had a black woman on that bench years ago. That it didn't happen sooner should be your one and only asterisk. |
She was unqualified, and a political hack. They saved up the worst, craziest and least qualified of Trump’s three (!) appointees for RBG’s seat. KBJ is qualified and a normal, decent, functional human being, one who does not belong to a cult or swear fealty to anything but the US. |
There are more qualified individuals available now, but KBJ was chosen based on Race and Gender. You can’t be "horrified" at one and ok with another. |
DP. Does O’Connor have an * by her name. It was the same verbal deliberation made by RR. The only difference is that RR only said woman. There was no need for him to say white woman because everyone knew that RR would have never appointed a woman of color. Why, or why or why do you people make it more difficult for Black people. Your talking point is exactly what Tucker and Ingram have been spouting. And when confronted with how RR went about it with Justice O’Connor they give a stupid look of ignorance. |
ACB had also never even seen a trial to completion. She barely practiced before retreating right back to the same school she came from, where she served as an ok teacher and mediocre academic. She failed at even being “ivory tower”. If you want the best and the brightest, you’re not searching for some third rate candidate from a Catholic echo chamber. |
| I think KBJ will be a great Justice. At the same time, I understand those who question the qualifications being sought now. Several years ago I was at an annual meeting at the Bar of the City of New York on how to become a judge. The Chairman of the panel, a African American judge, spoke on how he recommended judges. He brought up one judge before whom I had argued. He said he chose her because she was a practicing lesbian. I remember wondering to myself how one practices sex became relevant. The rest of the conference went along these lines. One White male raised his hand and said he had always wanted to be a judge but was beginning to feel discouraged. He asked the Chairman if a White male had any chance. The Chairman answered “we don’t want our judges looking like the portraits in this room.” So much for becoming a judge in New York. |
And somehow, that’s not considered discrimination. People here will defend that |
It may very well be indeed a form of discrimination. What’s amazing is that people like you never considered it a problem until it was pointed in your direction. You did not care when it was only white men followed by only white men and white women selected. Only now do you care about discrimination.
|