Monday, March 21, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson

More on Ketanji Brown Jackson and her qualifications in comparison to her future colleagues, in case you haven't seen this chart from the Washington Post:

Republicans really do seem to think that defense attorneys in general and public defenders especially have no place on the Supreme Court. And that they have a right to demean anyone who's not a white man in particularly vile ways. 

All I can say is, the Senate had better confirm her. I kind of assume that the withdrawal of Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to the Fed board (which was reprehensible) was done as a deal to clinch Joe Manchin's vote. 

Meanwhile, I have started reading Elie Mystal's Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution, so I am even saltier than usual about the faults of our legal system.


1 comment:

Michael Leddy said...

It drives me crazy when Republican senators talk about what-the-founders-intended and the role of dark money (who paid off Kavanaugh’s debts?) and the need for “candid” conversation about the nominee’s “judicial philosophy.”