Originally published at: Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court | Boing Boing
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Mitch McConnell said “Judge Jackson was the favored choice of far-left dark-money groups that have spent years attacking the legitimacy and structure of the Court itself; and I only support far-right dark-money groups that have spent decades attacking the legitimacy and structure of the Court, and the Constitution itself”
It looks like a bit got clipped off when Rob posted that McTurtle quote.
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Lady G got her pearls clutched and the fainting couch is strategically placed lest her pretty hair get mussed up when fakes a fainting spell, hope the vapors don’t get her.
Truly GOP, go f’ yourselves.
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As always, the projection is predictable and utterly transparent. Hypocrisy is the core tenet of the Republican party, second in priority only to cruelty.
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And it won’t matter one bit. Let them write their names in the history books for this petty bigotry.
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And it’s basically the same ‘score’ as Kavanaugh got. The vote total is meaningless. Assume she gets 51-50. Compare her and Kav. Heck, compare her of Kav + Comey together. She’s head and shoulders more qualified than even them combined.
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Yes, that part. It doesn’t matter how much further qualified she is, even if it were more than anyone ever appointed to the SCOTUS.
She’s a Black woman, partly chosen for that (good) reason, and so the GOP is united against her, and so it labels her a “far-left” nominee.
Assholes.
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They believe in a meritocracy, so long as the merit is decided by old rich white guys.
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Don’t forget that being an old rich white guy is also seen as a prime qualification, all on its own.
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Jackson seems a pretty good choice to me. Maybe Lucy Koh next time?
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And it won’t matter anyway, because they will have massive flaws.
Since the FDC is against all those things, they are automatic disqualifiers for a member of the SCOTUS, as far as they are concerned.
I hope it is, just so the result sticks in the FDC’s craw.
Forever.
I hope Judge Jackson gets confirmed. That would be sweet.
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A relatively young “far-left” nominee. Fifty-one. I hope she has a very, very, very, very long career on the bench.
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On one hand, it’s nice to have this pick on the table.
On the other, I was all but radicalized* by the right’s general attitude around Obama and how McC ignored his last supreme court pick, (not to mention 45,) so I have no patience for all the bullshit they’ve been and will be spewing this time around.
In my dreams someone is working on a much longer list of noms to un- or re- stack the court with, but you won’t find me holding my breath.
*eta: I will vote every time, but that’s when I lost faith in our democracy. I was morbidly amused jan 6 ended as well as it did.
THE prime qualification.
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“And to be clear, we are just going to put a wig on Clarence Thomas”
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Even if that means she has to spend a very, very, very, very long time putting up with however many of those six assholes are around still.
I do not envy her that part of the job
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They would have tried lipstick, but you can’t put…
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Okay, but that’s going to make Ginni Thomas even more of an awkward problem.
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