AP Source: Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for high court

[JMR]

Biden's standard for black people have never been all that high.



She may be a great candidate. Will probably be seated. But when you paint your nominations in the name of race, you forever cloud their actual capacity.

Maybe in your mind. 108 of 115 Supreme Court Justices were/are white males. Are they clouded by their race?

 

[fbi10]

By provoking right-wing racists. Shame on them!

Right wing racist ? Questioning her qualifications is legitimate that doesn’t have to do anything with her race. If you find someone that’s just going to question her qualification solely on her race, point em out. If not, you are part of the problem

 

[Indydave]

I wonder how deeply the conservatives will commit themselves to looking like asses to the black community over her nomination.

good one......you can bet Fox will be raging

 

[ouch]

He announces this as Russia is attacking Ukraine? Wow, how far left is she?

Pres Biden can walk and chew gum at the same time. Both issues are covered - no need to worry about his nomination for SCOTUS but as for the other issue - check in at Mar-a-Lago to see if they still appreciate Putin's genius military action v Ukraine.

 

[VanceMack]

Maybe in your mind. 108 of 115 Supreme Court Justices were/are white males. Are they clouded by their race?

Did anyone announce their intent to select them because their standard would be that they are a black woman? Because...Biden did.....

 

[j brown's body]

Right wing racist ? Questioning her qualifications is legitimate that doesn’t have to do anything with her race. If you find someone that’s just going to question her qualification solely on her race, point em out. If not, you are part of the problem

She's a confirmed district judge. That qualifies her.

 

[MTAtech]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.

In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. He has chosen an attorney who would be the high court’s first former public defender, though she also possesses the elite legal background of other justices.

Jackson would be the current court’s second Black justice — Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, is the other — and just the third in history.


The news was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it before the president’s official announcement later Friday.

Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court

President Joe Biden has introduced federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

apnews.com

From what I’ve read about her I think she’s a good choice for SCOTUS.

Imagine that, a president actually interviewing and deliberating about his choice for nominees -- instead of just rashly picking the one the Federalist Society decided.

 

[VanceMack]

That is untrue, Biden never said he was going to pick based SOLELY on the colour of their skin and gender. All his choices were highly qualified candidates with impeccable judicial credentials. I don't understand why publicly stating ONE of his goals was to increase diversity in the courts by making it reflective of the American society it serves is so objectionable to some. She is eminently qualified and her race and gender just enhance those qualifications.

Black woman.

Bidens standard. When you are selected because your standard is that you are a black woman by someone announcing their intent to select a black woman...thats the extent of your qualification.

 

[j brown's body]

Did anyone announce their intent to select them because their standard would be that they are a black woman? Because...Biden did.....

Eisenhower put Earl Warren on the court because he saw him as a rival. No one questioned his qualifications.

 

[Superfly]

I wonder how deeply the conservatives will commit themselves to looking like asses to the black community over her nomination.

As long as she likes beer, they should be OK with her.

 

[Credence]

 

[VanceMack]

No one even bothered to think he'd pick a non-white person.

Although he did say he picked Barrett because she's a mother, so there's the gender thing.

And yet...you know that Biden announced HIS standard. A black woman. That is all that mattered to him.

All you people see is race. Still. Its ****ing pathetic.

 

[j brown's body]

Black woman.

Bidens standard. When you are selected because your standard is that you are a black woman by someone announcing their intent to select a black woman...thats the extent of your qualification.

She's a confirmed district judge. She's qualified.

 

[tres borrachos]

Right wing racist ? Questioning her qualifications is legitimate that doesn’t have to do anything with her race. If you find someone that’s just going to question her qualification solely on her race, point em out. If not, you are part of the problem

What are you questioning about her qualifications?

 

[j brown's body]

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Ketanji Brown Jackson fun fact - she's related, by marriage, to former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan.

 

[VanceMack]

She's a confirmed district judge. She's qualified.

Shes one of a group of black women Biden looked at because he announced he was going to select a black woman. Congrats...you continue to marginalize and minimize and use minorities for political gain.n

 

[Credence]

Did anyone announce their intent to select them because their standard would be that they are a black woman? Because...Biden did.....

Reagan - vowed to nominate a woman to SCOTUS during his campaign - O'Connor. Did you also know that Reagan vowed to nominate an Italian Catholic to SCOTUS - Scalia and Bush replaced Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas and claimed it was not a racial quota. Conveniently some seem to forget these facts

 

[fbi10]

She's a confirmed district judge. That qualifies her.

Ok, and u think if someone has a question of her qualification instead of just being a “district judge” it makes them racist ? You don’t see how problematic that is ?

 

[Slartibartfast]

good one......you can bet Fox will be raging

They will for many years to come.

 

[j brown's body]

Ok, and u think if someone has a question of her qualification instead of just being a “district judge” it makes them racist ? You don’t see how problematic that is ?

You're the one who introduced the racist charge.

 

[j brown's body]

Shes one of a group of black women Biden looked at because he announced he was going to select a black woman. Congrats...you continue to marginalize and minimize and use minorities for political gain.n

Only because it owns the racists.

 

[Cardinal]

Black: check
Woman: check
Liberal activist judge: check

"Things I feel threatened by."

 

[Callen]

Black woman.

Bidens standard. When you are selected because your standard is that you are a black woman by someone announcing their intent to select a black woman...thats the extent of your qualification.

Or it could be that race and gender overshadow her qualifications with some.....just saying.

 

[Callen]

Ok, and u think if someone has a question of her qualification instead of just being a “district judge” it makes them racist ? You don’t see how problematic that is ?

What about her qualifications that you question?

 

[Rawley]

She's a confirmed district judge. That qualifies her.

No it doesn't.