Saturday, March 12, 2022

Qualifications

Meanwhile, the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is working its way toward the Senate, and some (let's guess who) have been making noises about how she's not qualified. Someone even demanded to see her LSAT scores, since demeaning Black people in high places is a thing that too many white people feel very free to do, as has been amply demonstrated many times.

Matteo Pangallo, an English professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, put together this handy comparison of KBJ's qualifications with the two most recent members of the Supreme Court:

complex chart showing how much more qualified KBJ is than Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett based on education and experience

(Click to enlarge for readability.)

I'm afraid it will come in handy, unfortunately.


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