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because it is not a power game

 

Fuck it. Pack the court.

 

From now on, Get rid of the dog and pony show, take the vote and be done with it.

if you have impeccable credentials, there’s no reason to vote no. If this is going to come down to party lines now, then so be it

 

Honestly, they should just dump the hearings. Let the nominees meet with Senators one on one and vote.

 

Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) just said Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has “impeccable credentials, a deep knowledge of the law... and is an extraordinary person with an extraordinary American story” but says he is “sadly unable to vote for [her] confirmation.”

"She's just too black."

 

Here’s the full quote:

“Judge Jackson is an extraordinary person with an extraordinary American story. We both love this country, but we disagree on judicial philosophy and I am sadly unable to vote for this confirmation.”

“Judge Jackson has impeccable credentials and a deep knowledge of the law, but at every turn this week she not only refused to claim originalism as her judicial philosophy, she refused to claim any judicial philosophy at all,” he added.

 

That is still word salad.

 

" she not only refused to claim originalism as her judicial philosophy"

Imagine that. She supported universal suffrage, equal protection under the law, Blacks and Native Americans as citizens, the direct election of senators, and all the other American rights we take for granted not included in the concept of "originalism." What a bad person.