Something tells me that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing will be filled with much hypocrisy coming from the left. The left was filled with hand-wringing, pearl clutching, and legitimate concern after Senator Josh Hawley raised concerns about her record of being a trial judge.
Elie Mystal, a leftist pundit and author, turned the heat up during an MSNBC appearance in which he claimed Hawley wanted to incite violence towards the judge.
“He is trying to get violence done against a Supreme Court nominee.”
Elie Mystal accuses Josh Hawley of trying to get Ketanji Brown Jackson killed:
“He’s trying to make violence against a Supreme Court nominee.” pic.twitter.com/3YAseuXfIu
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 19, 2022
Sen. Dick Durbin also weighed in on the matter, complaining about Hawley’s tweet. During an appearance on ABC News’ “This Week,” he said his GOP colleague was “inaccurate and unfair in his analysis,” and that “Judge Jackson has been scrutinized more than any person I can think of.”
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates also criticized the senator, calling his tweets “toxic and weakly-presented misinformation that relies on taking cherry-picked elements of her record out of context,” and claiming it “buckles under the lightest scrutiny.”
The activist media also did its part to run interference for Judge Jackson, publishing reports attempting to cast doubt on Hawley’s claims about her record. CNN, for its part, defended Jackson’s apparent leniency on people convicted of possessing child pornography. According to the author:
It’s also not surprising that Jackson’s sentences ended up lower than the guidelines, as it has become a norm among judges to issue sentences below the guidelines in these child porn cases that don’t involve producing the pornography itself. Many judges regard the guidelines as outdated, especially in the way they deal with computers and any other elements that could enhance sentences under them.
Attorney Kira Anne West told the activist media outlet that “[m]any of the judges don’t apply (the enhancement) because it is so archaic.”
The outlet also argued that “[l]ess than a third of non-production child porn defendants received sentences within the guidelines in 2019, according to a report last year from the US Sentencing Commission, and for 59% of the offenders, the variance was downward.”
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Martín Sabelli told CNN that Jackson “is not an outlier” in her rulings on these types of cases. “She exemplifies the approach of the vast majority of federal judges in this context and in other contexts,” he added.
To put it simply, CNN is essentially arguing that Jackson’s leniency in these cases is just hunky dory because other judges have ruled in similar fashion. If Democrats want to protect Jackson from criticism, they will need something more than that.
This story is even more interesting. Note the righteous indignation Democrats are showing because Hawley dared to raise concerns about Judge Jackson’s records. This is a very small sample of what the left has to say.
We are still able to recall the treatment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearings. It wasn’t enough to raise concerns from his records and question his experience. The left organized a false propaganda campaign to portray him as a rapist. It lacked any credible evidence or credible testimony and was supported by shaky testimony. Even after the second and third accusers’ stories were revealed to be deceptive, the left continued in its effort to smear Kavanaugh.
Now, these same people are taking umbrage at Sen. Hawley for raising legitimate questions about Jackson’s record, which is a normal part of the confirmation process. It’s not yet clear whether the judge will be confirmed, but there one thing of which we can be certain: She won’t get treated nearly as badly as Kavanaugh. So, those simpering about Hawley’s questions can have a football stadium’s worth of seats.
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