For anyone the news business who wants to convince people that their profession isn’t the enemy of the people, they need to address things like Thursday’s lead editorial in The Washington Post. They claimed that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Biden Supreme Court nominee for Judiciary, was worse treated by Republicans than Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Don’t forget the tall tales about gang rape he suffered didn’t haveOne corroboring witness. A date to indicate when, where, or even if they occurred. Final proofOther than the esoteric claims of Christine Blasey Ford, Julie Swetnick and more bizarre claims by Deborah Ramirez and Anonyma, there are also esoteric claims made by Julie Swetnick and anonyma unnamed personHe told Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (R–RI) a long tale.
The Post The headline was clear in its absurdity: “Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they’ve treated Jackson worse.”How to see? The Post itself are one of the so-called fact-checkers, they’ll conveniently avoid scrutiny from that crowd.
It all started with pure gush. “Jackson has been a model of composure, which is made all the more impressive by the egregious behavior of some on the Republican side.”
Remember: Kavanaugh was asked questions about his sexual life, and whether he has ever been to sex with women. It was something sinister behind “boofing,” which was a synonym for farting.
The Post cut to the chase with invective for Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for reminding Jackson and those listening of what happened to Kavanaugh, claiming that he “and a handful of other Judiciary Committee Republicans have handled themselves worse.”
Hilariously, they added it’s the truth based on “the most relevant measures.”
It was in very short supply, however. The PostKavanaugh insists that he was “credibly accused,”So “Democrats rightly asked the committee to investigate.”
The editorial suggested that the FBI was investigating the matter because it had been rigged. “superficial”Kavanaugh was able to flee the country despite not having been charged. “behaved intemperately, personally attacking Democratic senators and revealing partisan instincts that raised questions about his commitment to impartiality.”
As many wondered at the time, one has to ask those who screeched about Kavanaugh’s reactions to these lies how they It would be great to feel that.They could be charged with horrific crimes. Our friends at The Federalist were there to support them. Put together 61 questions for Ford that weren’t asked.
Moving to the present, they saw Jackson being asked about her time on the bench as beyond the pale (click “expand”):
Republicans on the contrary have accused Judge Jackson of being a friend of child pornographers based upon obvious distortions to her record and law. Others painted Judge Jackson as being a friend to child pornographers. Despite the fact that the sentences she wrote in her cases are consistent with the judicial mainstream, Mr. Graham and other critics of her portray her this way. These accusations were refuted by conservative media outlets before the hearings started. The more Judge Jackson argued for rationality in criminal sentencing — or attempted to, as Mr. Graham continually interrupted her — the more Mr. Graham ranted about the evils of child pornography, which Judge Jackson had already condemned repeatedly and her record plainly shows she takes seriously.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Republican-Tenn.), spent much of her time attacking those who are concerned about transgender persons. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) attacked Judge Jackson’s participation on the Georgetown Day School board, a D.C. school private. He disapproves its antiracism curriculum which Judge Jackson never supported, much less relied upon in any ruling.
Jackson disagrees with Jackson on antiracism, Critical Race Theory (CRT) and other issues. praised Derek Bell — the man many see as the creator of CRT — has himself referred toLouis Farrakhan is an openly racist “a great hero,” said the Constitution was “roach powder” and feared a “racial genocide” by white people.
Retour to The Post, they also lied about Jackson’s connection to far-left dark money groups as they insisted “she has no connection to them” And so “underscored”How Republicans can help “had little substance…to criticize here.”
Jackson promoted Jackson as soon as September 2020. was preppedPaige Herwig (Biden’s senior counsel) was present at the hearing. Was previouslyDemand Justice has a deputy chief counsel. It has been extensively testedTo promote her (aswell as have badgeredStephen Breyer will retire
The Post The argument that although was closed is the following: “neither side is blameless in the politicization” of Supreme Court picks, it’s the “clownish” Republicans who’ve “done the most damage” (click “expand”):
However, not all Judiciary Committee Republicans fell off the wagons. Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.) She respectfully asked her questions about the originalist philosophy for judicial interpretation. Some others asked questions regarding substantive due process and the doctrine that the court established rights not expressly enumerated by the Constitution. Senator Charles E. Grassley, Iowa (Iowa), congratulated Democrats for holding a fair hearing. Throughout, Judge Jackson gave thoughtful — if not particularly revelatory — responses.
Unfortunately, their colleagues’ antics distracted from their more productive questioning, and from what should have been the order of the day: recognizing the historic nomination of the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court and using the opportunity to probe thorny legal questions in good faith.
The politicization that accompanied the confirmation process is not justifiable. The Republicans did the greatest damage, especially after they removed Judge Merrick Garland from office in 2016. They continue this path with their clownish shows by Graham and other comedians.
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