# Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 25, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102 "2022-02-25T14:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/21 "2022-02-26T01:19:09Z")
> [@StraightTalk](#): > > I’ll admit, in general, I don’t think race should be considered when selecting a person for a job. [NB: Snipping this piece deprives your post of good and important context. Bear with me ;-)] I have definitely been nagged by this thought. I’ve also been aware of how many generations had a de facto race/gender litmus test that precluded anything even remotely resembling diversity. What I came to in my head – by analogy – is this: Quite a few years ago, I was in the market for a high-end bicycle. I did my research. What I found, in the end, was that – at some point – you’ve narrowed down your list to, say, ten manufacturers with whose product you _simply could not go wrong._ There were/are so many incredibly good (boutique) bicycle makers on the market that you could _easily_ afford to pick based on The Most Picayune factors: - how they responded to your phone/email inquiries - whether the name flowed easily off the tongue - if you liked the paint/colors they offered - any ‘socially responsible’ activities they participate in - do they sell bespoke riding apparel in which I might look smashing ? Etc., etc., etc. So my evaluation of Biden’s SCOTUS pick – in the end – felt the same way to me: there are **so many** extremely qualified candidates for the Court that something **as important** as a combination of gender and race takes absolutely nothing away from the result of the pick. As it was with my bicycle … in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/22 "2022-02-26T01:21:11Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I am fully confident that if Republicans take back the Senate and Clarence Thomas departs this world the same day the new Senate is sworn in, McConnell will stonewall a vote on Biden’s nominee for the rest of his presidency. If a single dem senator falls seriously ill or dies today, Ketanji Brown Jackson won’t get a hearing. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/23 "2022-02-26T02:47:03Z")
I heard today that on the political spectrum, she’s right near Elena Kagan, who was confirmed 67-33. This “victory for the radical left” charge is utter horse puckey. It’ll be interesting to hear how Lindsey Graham explains why he felt she was qualified last year but is a dangerous radical this year. When the day comes that the demographic makeup of the SCOTUS resembles that of the US, then maybe we can just draw qualified names at random. But we’re not there by a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/24 "2022-02-26T02:57:32Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > There were/are so many incredibly good (boutique) bicycle makers on the market that you could _easily_ afford to pick based on The Most Picayune factors: > > - how they responded to your phone/email inquiries I’d definitely give bonus points to any bicycle that responds well to phone/email inquiries. I’d expect any modern bike to be wi-fi enabled. > [@D\_Anconia](#): > > They both [Murkowski and Collins] voted to confirm her to the Appeals Court just last summer. Yeah, and so did . . . > [@jsc1953](#): > > It’ll be interesting to hear how Lindsey Graham explains why he felt she was qualified last year but is a dangerous radical this year. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/25 "2022-02-26T02:58:43Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I’d definitely give bonus points to any bicycle that responds well to phone/email inquiries. I’d expect any modern bike to be wi-fi enabled. You’d think. But in the age of integrated circuits and solid state componentry, a lot of these high-end bikes still rely heavily on tubes 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/26 "2022-02-26T03:00:41Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > . . . a lot of these high-end bikes still rely heavily on tubes What I said. I want a bike that gets me on the InnerTubez. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/27 "2022-02-26T03:06:55Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > It’ll be interesting to hear how Lindsey Graham explains why he felt she was qualified last year but is a dangerous radical this year. Apparently his inital response is to throw a hissy fit that Biden didn’t choose Childs: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lindsey-graham-declared-that-the-radical-left-has-won-as-biden-selected-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-for-supreme-court-seat/ar-AAUj2ux?ocid=msedgntp](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lindsey-graham-declared-that-the-radical-left-has-won-as-biden-selected-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-for-supreme-court-seat/ar-AAUj2ux?ocid=msedgntp) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/28 "2022-02-26T03:16:38Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > It’ll be interesting to hear how Lindsey Graham explains why he felt she was qualified last year but is a dangerous radical this year. No, it won’t. The man has no shame and no qualms about doing a complete 180. His “explanation” will be 100% uninteresting horseshit. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/29 "2022-02-26T03:32:28Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Fantastic choice. Hopefully will be a smooth confirmation. Senator McTurtle will block it as much as he can. After all, it’s only 30 months before the voters can choose a president more to his liking. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/30 "2022-02-26T15:27:03Z")
Oh. Good. Tucker Carlson has weighed in. /s > **[Tucker Carlson condemned for Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Rwanda’ comments](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/26/rwanda-tucker-carlson-ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-biden-fox-news)** > > Fox News anchor accused of presenting ‘perfect distillation of white supremacy’ in rant against supreme court nominee [Spoiler alert: It’s Marjorie Taylor Greene bad.] ETA: > “Let’s say you really didn’t care about the country you lead,” he [said](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucker-carlson-says-ketanji-brown-jacksons-nomination-part-effort-humiliate-and-degrade). “Let’s say you wanted to humiliate and degrade it and undermine its ancient institutions. What would you do? Me ? I’d elect Donald Trump to the Presidency. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/31 "2022-02-26T17:41:22Z")
Quote of the day on the Jackson nomination: "I urge the members of the Senate to review her record and experience with the same consideration afforded to Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and every other person serving in this esteemed role. That’s from Charles Booker, the _Democrat_ challenging Rand Paul for U.S. Senate. Oh boy. ”[https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article258781688.html#storylink=cpy](https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article258781688.html#storylink=cpy) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/32 "2022-02-27T16:08:33Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > > [@flurb](#): > > > > I am fully confident that if Republicans take back the Senate and Clarence Thomas departs this world the same day the new Senate is sworn in, McConnell will stonewall a vote on Biden’s nominee for the rest of his presidency. > > If a single dem senator falls seriously ill or dies today, Ketanji Brown Jackson won’t get a hearing. Both sad. Both true. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/33 "2022-02-27T18:37:12Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > (Not that it will make any difference with the makeup of the current Senate. And if they win back the majority in November, it won’t make any difference after that, either.) > > I am fully confident that if Republicans take back the Senate and Clarence Thomas departs this world the same day the new Senate is sworn in, McConnell will stonewall a vote on Biden’s nominee for the rest of his presidency. No need to stall. Every Biden nominee would be given the Robert Bork treatment. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/34 "2022-02-27T21:02:33Z")
The Senate’s rejection of Bork ended up becoming a rallying cry for conservatives on judicial nominations and fueled the rampant growth of the Federalist Society and the monomaniacal Republican focus on seeding the judiciary with conservatives. The last thing Mitch wants to do is give Democrats a similar figure to rally around. Garland showed that simply ignoring the President’s nominee will kill the nomination without creating the kind of media circus that high-profile hearings and a Senate vote would produce. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/35 "2022-02-27T21:25:00Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > No need to stall. Every Biden nominee would be given the Robert Bork treatment. I idea that Bork was mistreated or slandered during his Senate hearings or was rejected because of character assisinations is a myth. He was rejected, not because of his skin color, gender, or his movie rental history, but because he was a far right extremist who was vehemently against anti-discrimination laws, because he helped execute Watergate’s Saturday Night Massacre, and had an untenable, hyper-expensive view of Presidential power, and because he held very limited views of the Bill of Rights. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/36 "2022-02-28T03:13:01Z")
You misunderstand what I mean by “the Robert Bork treatment.” They will simply vote against any nominee’s confirmation. I am under the impression that the single biggest strike against Bork was, most people were under the impression (and, IIRC, Bork later admitted that it was true) that he would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/37 "2022-02-28T03:25:47Z")
One issue voters tend to see the entirety of a person in their stance on that one issue. The great thing about Bork was that he was not just anti-abortion, he was anti-gay rights, anti-free speech, anti-women, anti-legislative action, and anti-voting by poor people. He hit every issue that so called conservatives love to sell to their base, and tried very hard to hide it behind a fake veneer of “judicial restraint”. He was judged, not on the basis of his race or gender, as Judge Jackson is by current Republicans, but by his horrid judicial and political views. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/38 "2022-02-28T03:57:51Z")
I think people are ignoring the most important diversity she brings to SCOTUS - she is a former defense attorney. When was the last time one of those was on the highest bench? Next we need a former IP attorney to be nominated. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/39 "2022-02-28T04:38:42Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > You misunderstand what I mean by “the Robert Bork treatment.” They will simply vote against any nominee’s confirmation. I’d actually have a modicum of respect for McConnel if he (having reclaimed the Majority Leadership) were to bring a Biden SC nominee to the floor to be rejected by Republicans. At least that would be a public vote after public hearings where voters could pass judgment on their own Senators’ yays or nays. But he’s still got a couple members for whom that would be a tough vote. And it’s not Mitch’s style to kill things in big, flashy votes. He much prefers to drive the shiv in behind the scenes through arcane parliamentary maneuvering that confuses and bores voters and obscures responsibility. Garland wasn’t the only Obama judicial nominee that Mitch ran out the clock on – he also stonewalled several district and circuit court nominees that let Trump fill those seats. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102/40 "2022-03-21T03:55:17Z")
Bumping this to note that Judge Jackson will have her first hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday beginning at 11 a.m. EST, with four days of hearings currently scheduled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102.md?page=3)