Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is being hailed as the first black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court. That’s nice. In recent history we also had the first black president. We saw how that worked out (the problems created had nothing to do with the color of his skin–the problems created had to do with his ideas). But about that first black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court thing–there needs to be an asterisk next to that statement.<\/p>\n
A Washington Times<\/a> article of February 1, 2022, reminds us of the following:<\/p>\n President Biden<\/a> wasn\u2019t always a supporter of Black women on the federal bench.<\/strong><\/p>\n While serving in the Senate, Mr. Biden filibustered the nomination of Janice Rogers Brown<\/a> for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia \u2014 twice \u2014 before she<\/a> was finally approved in 2005 after a two-year fight.<\/strong><\/p>\n His<\/a> staunch opposition to Judge Brown, the daughter of an Alabama sharecropper, prompted allegations of hypocrisy after he<\/a> reiterated last week his<\/a> vow to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court following Justice Stephen Breyer\u2019s retirement announcement.<\/strong><\/p>\n …A former California Supreme Court<\/a> justice, Judge Brown<\/a> was nominated by President George W. Bush and retired from the court<\/a> in 2017. She was seen as a potential Supreme Court<\/a> pick for the 2005 opening that was ultimately filled by Justice Samuel Alito.<\/strong><\/p>\n On Wednesday, Breitbart<\/a> listed five takaways from Tuesday’s hearing on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n These are the five points, please follow the link to read the entire article:<\/p>\n 1. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) nailed Jackson on the \u201c1619 Project,\u201d Critical Race Theory, and her sentencing record<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) exposed the fallacy of Jackson\u2019s professed commitment to \u201coriginalism.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) fought Senate\u00a0Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) over terror\u00a0detainees.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) showed that Judge Jackson is\u00a0unwilling to state what a \u201cwoman\u201d is.<\/strong><\/p>\n 5. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)<\/strong>\u00a0questioned Jackson closely about her record on sex offenders.<\/strong><\/p>\n These are all valid questions that the American people deserve answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is being hailed as the first black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court. That’s nice. In recent history we also had the first black president. We saw how that worked out (the problems created … Continue reading