# So is Ketanji Brown Jackson getting on the Supreme Court or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 23, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573 "2022-03-23T16:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/141 "2022-03-25T19:02:11Z")
To put things in perspective however, if you are looking for a judge who is black and has a liberal political philosophy then you will have a wide range to choose from, some of whom like Jackson are eminently qualified. If you are looking for a judge who is black and has a conservative philosophy your list of candidates will be much much shorter, and you may need to compromise quality. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/142 "2022-03-25T22:02:17Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Jackson could publicly say “I endorse Putin, Communism, Kim Jong Un, partial-and-full-birth abortion, everything that makes Republicans screech in horror” and grin and still coast easily to confirmation - Ummm…no, she wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/143 "2022-03-25T23:53:38Z")
Huh? You realize that Putin was empowered and highly endorsed by Trump, who still seems to be the leader of the party. To the extent that FoxNews talking heads blame Ukraine for getting invaded. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/144 "2022-03-26T02:11:55Z")
> LOL 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/145 "2022-03-26T12:28:23Z")
People are suggesting that Republicans will let this one go by without a fight since they can’t win. Why should they do that? If McConnell could pull out some arcane rule or shady witness to stop her from getting the seat, he would in a heartbeat no matter the votes. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/146 "2022-03-26T12:34:18Z")
Right. If they thought they could win the fight, they would certainly engage in it. But if they don’t think they can win the fight, why waste the energy? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/147 "2022-03-26T12:37:55Z")
Because the ravenous hordes of MAGA expect it and there’s money and sound bites to be made, so why not? Throw another log of pedo/CRT/racism on the fire. They have plenty to spare. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/148 "2022-03-26T13:20:06Z")
There are additional steps they could take if they were willing to go to the extreme. The Senate needs 51 Senators to establish a quorum, so if they boycott the session they could bring the Senate to a halt. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/149 "2022-03-26T13:39:24Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > LOL 😆 This appears to have been the MO of all of them. Paraphrased: “Judge Jackson, I enjoyed meeting with you last week. It’s obvious that you are a highly intelligent person, with extensive experience, and your personal story is remarkable and encouraging to all Americans. Can you tell me why you love pedophiles and why you want to personally install a Muslim terrorist as the next President?” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/150 "2022-03-26T15:00:16Z")
Apparently she’s not “relatable” enough or some such too. [Tucker Carlson Questions If Ketanji Brown Jackson's Views Are Black Enough | HuffPost](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-ketanji-brown-jackson-racism_n_623aa8e4e4b0c727d484f7eb/amp) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/151 "2022-03-26T15:04:28Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > But despite any earlier comments I’ve made, I’m glad that we are taking one more step, even if I wished it wouldn’t be so explicit because I don’t like the categories which divide us. Perhaps more to the point, it was a stupid error by Biden to say he was going to nominate a Black woman. This meant Brown Jackson would inevitably be painted by some on the right as an affirmative action pick, no matter her qualifications. Had he simple nominated her, it would have just been him nominating a skilled jurist who was, as it happens, a Black woman. I believe that if Biden wanted to nominate a Black woman for the job for reasons of representation, that is a legitimate criteria. SAYING it, though, simply gave trolls ammunition. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/152 "2022-03-26T15:07:18Z")
They would have done that anyway. Biden did that during the primary to help his campaign – and IMO it was a good political decision. It made me like him better (though I supported Bernie at the time). The trolls can be ignored or directly refuted, but they shouldn’t be catered to. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/153 "2022-03-26T15:32:22Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Jackson is a black woman (again, high time) but maybe even more important, had experience as a defender, again, a perspective currently lacking on the court. I very much agree with this. I like that a public defender will be on the Court to give that type of perspective. But her race isn’t a part of that perspective. And again, I delight, like most decent Americans, that we are reaching this step. But I viscerally do not like using race and gender as benchmarks. They are divisive and will have to continue to be so for hundreds of years (first lesbian transgender Asian-American disabled person) and there should be a shorter healing plan than that. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/154 "2022-03-26T15:38:53Z")
Perhaps race and sex shouldn’t deeply affect our perspective of the world, but they do. So i think that’s an important aspect of “perspective”. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/155 "2022-03-26T15:53:06Z")
Does it? Does a black woman that graduates from Harvard and is a federal judge give a typical perspective of black women such that race and gender are adequately represented? And it doesn’t work the other way as well. Privileged guys like Kavanaugh don’t represent my male whiteness. I think we put too much on those labels. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/156 "2022-03-26T15:59:08Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Does a black woman that graduates from Harvard and is a federal judge give a typical perspective of black women such that race and gender are adequately represented? It’s better than not having her on the Court. I’m certain she has experiences as a Black woman in America that haven’t been seen on the Court before. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/157 "2022-03-26T16:21:18Z")
withdrawn ---
**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:** [March 26, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/158 "2022-03-26T16:33:41Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > People are suggesting that Republicans will let this one go by without a fight since they can’t win. Why should they do that? If McConnell could pull out some arcane rule or shady witness to stop her from getting the seat, he would in a heartbeat no matter the votes. If McConnell could pull out some arcane rule or shady witness to stop her from getting the seat, then the Republicans **could** win. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/159 "2022-03-26T19:04:50Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Perhaps more to the point, it was a stupid error by Biden to say he was going to nominate a Black woman. In context, not really. I mean maybe, arguably. But like King John of England marrying Isabella of Angoulême it was a calculated step that made sense at the time. It may well have saved Biden’s nomination in the primary and Biden being nominated may well have saved the election for the Democrats in the election given Trump’s shocking level of undead strength among the electorate. It’s all speculative, but as a bit of political theater it may have been worth the hit. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573/160 "2022-03-26T20:15:00Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Perhaps more to the point, it was a stupid error by Biden to say he was going to nominate a Black woman. If Joe Biden doesn’t pledge to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, someone else is President right now, most likely Trump. It was the best political move that Biden made in his career. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-ketanji-brown-jackson-getting-on-the-supreme-court-or-not/961573.md?page=9)