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remind us, how'd she vote on this rushed nomination?
Its like she's trolling without even knowing it
The very selective effort to cast Biden’s Supreme Court pick as an affirmative action hire
“Biden said he will make his pick based purely on race and gender,” Fox News’s Sean Hannity said. He did so while introducing arguably Fox’s favorite constitutional lawyer, Jonathan Turley, who has written multipleop-eds suggesting that Biden’s promise is unconstitutional discrimination.
Added Tucker Carlson: “It’s possible we have all marinated for so long in the casual racism of affirmative action that it seems normal now to reduce human beings to their race.”
Ben Shapiro called it “definitionally affirmative action and race discrimination.”
The editors of the National Review said, “In a stroke, [Biden] disqualified dozens of liberal and progressive jurists for no reason other than their race and gender.”
Former Trump United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley tweeted, “Would be nice if Pres Biden chose a Supreme Court nominee who was best qualified without a race/gender litmus test.”
“Biden said he will make his pick based purely on race and gender,” Fox News’s Sean Hannity said. He did so while introducing arguably Fox’s favorite constitutional lawyer, Jonathan Turley, who has written multipleop-eds suggesting that Biden’s promise is unconstitutional discrimination.
Added Tucker Carlson: “It’s possible we have all marinated for so long in the casual racism of affirmative action that it seems normal now to reduce human beings to their race.”
Ben Shapiro called it “definitionally affirmative action and race discrimination.”
The editors of the National Review said, “In a stroke, [Biden] disqualified dozens of liberal and progressive jurists for no reason other than their race and gender.”
Former Trump United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley tweeted, “Would be nice if Pres Biden chose a Supreme Court nominee who was best qualified without a race/gender litmus test.”
Yet Asians were complaining he didn't pick enough Asians for has cabinet.
We have a diverse country,we should have a diverse court.
Wow......a nominee has not even named as yet , but these guys on the right are already deep into mass menopause.
Right-wing victimhood hits a new level of absurdity in response to Biden's promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court
Justice Stephen Breyer's upcoming retirement from the Supreme Court was reported late Wednesday morning, and by Wednesday night, Fox News and other right-wing outlets already had their narrative: President Joe Biden's new nominee is proof that a white man can't catch a break in the U.S. of A.
Mind you, there is no nominee yet, though potential shortlists have been floated. On the campaign trail, Biden promised to nominate a Black woman for the court, a promise he reiterated from the White House on Thursday. "I've made no decision except one, the person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character and experience and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court."
Of the 115 justices that have sat on the Supreme Court, 0 have been Black women, but 107 of them have been white men. Nonetheless, GOP media swiftly circled around the claim that this nominee — whoever they may be — is proof that white men are the real victims of discrimination. One of those white men confirmed to the court — Justice Brett Kavanaugh — now is one of the most powerful people in the country. Still, he was held out as even further proof that white men are the most victimized of all victims.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson screeched in one of his typical fascistic rants Wednesday night. He sneeringly suggested George Floyd's sister, Bridget Floyd, is the "obvious choice," because even though she "is not a judge or a lawyer or whatever," Biden supposedly doesn't care about "this law stuff."
The obvious implication of Carlson's rant is there is no such thing as a Black woman who is qualified for this role. This is, unsurprisingly, an easily disproved insinuation. The top name floated from Biden's likely shortlist is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who sits on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals — the same court that General Merrick Garland was nominated for the Supreme Court from by Barack Obama. The other reported top name is California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger. Both of these women, one a Harvard law and one a Yale law graduate, are very much into "this law stuff."
Never mind, of course, that only eight Black women had served on federal appeals courts prior to Biden taking office — and none before 1975. Black women are nearly 7% of the population and continue to be 0% of the Supreme Court, as has been true literally throughout its history.
Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network tweeted that "The Left bullied Justice Breyer into retirement" and Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch echoed the talking point with the claim that "The Left forced Breyer off the Supreme Court." On Fox News, Sean Hannity whined that it was "gender discrimination" for Biden to try to rectify the wild imbalance towards men with a female nominee. Carlson's lengthy tantrum included complaints about the "casual racism of affirmative action" and that "Joe Biden's nominees look nothing like America, not even close."
The bellyaching about the alleged victimization of white men was also the theme of Greg Gutfeld's conniption on Fox News. "Whoever gets nominated, I'm going to say that that person -- be they male or female, or nonbinary -- did something really bad to me," he "joked" in his typical unfunny way. He added sarcastically, "it's going to be 100 percent true and disgusting."
This is an obvious reference to Christine Blasey Ford's accusation of attempted rape against Kavanaugh. On the right, it's hardened into received wisdom that she made it all up in order to hurt him. In reality, of course, her testimony under oath was calm and absolutely no lies were discovered in it — while Kavanaugh lied repeatedly during his testimony in ways that were so obvious that multiple lies were turned into jokes and memes. (For instance, Kavanaugh repeatedly insisted he had never drank to excess, despite emails describing blackout drunken nights and being awarded "Beach Week Ralph Club Biggest Contributor" by his high school classmates.) In addition, Ford's testimony was corroborated by two other women who said they had similar encounters with Kavanaugh in college.
Right-wing victimhood hits a new level of absurdity in response to Biden's promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court
Justice Stephen Breyer's upcoming retirement from the Supreme Court was reported late Wednesday morning, and by Wednesday night, Fox News and other right-wing outlets already had their narrative: President Joe Biden's new nominee is proof that a white man can't catch a break in the U.S. of A.
Mind you, there is no nominee yet, though potential shortlists have been floated. On the campaign trail, Biden promised to nominate a Black woman for the court, a promise he reiterated from the White House on Thursday. "I've made no decision except one, the person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character and experience and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court."
Of the 115 justices that have sat on the Supreme Court, 0 have been Black women, but 107 of them have been white men. Nonetheless, GOP media swiftly circled around the claim that this nominee — whoever they may be — is proof that white men are the real victims of discrimination. One of those white men confirmed to the court — Justice Brett Kavanaugh — now is one of the most powerful people in the country. Still, he was held out as even further proof that white men are the most victimized of all victims.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson screeched in one of his typical fascistic rants Wednesday night. He sneeringly suggested George Floyd's sister, Bridget Floyd, is the "obvious choice," because even though she "is not a judge or a lawyer or whatever," Biden supposedly doesn't care about "this law stuff."
The obvious implication of Carlson's rant is there is no such thing as a Black woman who is qualified for this role. This is, unsurprisingly, an easily disproved insinuation. The top name floated from Biden's likely shortlist is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who sits on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals — the same court that General Merrick Garland was nominated for the Supreme Court from by Barack Obama. The other reported top name is California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger. Both of these women, one a Harvard law and one a Yale law graduate, are very much into "this law stuff."
Never mind, of course, that only eight Black women had served on federal appeals courts prior to Biden taking office — and none before 1975. Black women are nearly 7% of the population and continue to be 0% of the Supreme Court, as has been true literally throughout its history.
Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network tweeted that "The Left bullied Justice Breyer into retirement" and Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch echoed the talking point with the claim that "The Left forced Breyer off the Supreme Court." On Fox News, Sean Hannity whined that it was "gender discrimination" for Biden to try to rectify the wild imbalance towards men with a female nominee. Carlson's lengthy tantrum included complaints about the "casual racism of affirmative action" and that "Joe Biden's nominees look nothing like America, not even close."
The bellyaching about the alleged victimization of white men was also the theme of Greg Gutfeld's conniption on Fox News. "Whoever gets nominated, I'm going to say that that person -- be they male or female, or nonbinary -- did something really bad to me," he "joked" in his typical unfunny way. He added sarcastically, "it's going to be 100 percent true and disgusting."
This is an obvious reference to Christine Blasey Ford's accusation of attempted rape against Kavanaugh. On the right, it's hardened into received wisdom that she made it all up in order to hurt him. In reality, of course, her testimony under oath was calm and absolutely no lies were discovered in it — while Kavanaugh lied repeatedly during his testimony in ways that were so obvious that multiple lies were turned into jokes and memes. (For instance, Kavanaugh repeatedly insisted he had never drank to excess, despite emails describing blackout drunken nights and being awarded "Beach Week Ralph Club Biggest Contributor" by his high school classmates.) In addition, Ford's testimony was corroborated by two other women who said they had similar encounters with Kavanaugh in college.
Yes, and???
Georgetown law dean blasts tweets by incoming prof about race, gender test for Biden SCOTUS pick
Ilya Shapiro, who served as the head of the conservative think tank Cato Institute in Washington, DC, starts his new job as executive director and senior lecturer at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution on Feb. 1.
Biden said Thursday he will announce his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer before the end of February, and that the candidate will be a black woman.
“Objectively best pick for Biden is Sri Srinivasan, who is solid [progressive] and [very] smart,” Shapiro tweeted. “Even has identity politics benefit of being first Asian (Indian) American. But alas doesn’t fit into last intersectionality hierarchy so we’ll get lesser black woman. Thank heaven for small favors?”
In a follow-up tweet, Shapiro wrote, “Because Biden said he’s only consider [sic] black women for SCOTUS, his nominee will always have an asterisk attached. Fitting that the Court takes up affirmative action next term.”
Ilya Shapiro, who served as the head of the conservative think tank Cato Institute in Washington, DC, starts his new job as executive director and senior lecturer at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution on Feb. 1.
Biden said Thursday he will announce his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer before the end of February, and that the candidate will be a black woman.
“Objectively best pick for Biden is Sri Srinivasan, who is solid [progressive] and [very] smart,” Shapiro tweeted. “Even has identity politics benefit of being first Asian (Indian) American. But alas doesn’t fit into last intersectionality hierarchy so we’ll get lesser black woman. Thank heaven for small favors?”
In a follow-up tweet, Shapiro wrote, “Because Biden said he’s only consider [sic] black women for SCOTUS, his nominee will always have an asterisk attached. Fitting that the Court takes up affirmative action next term.”
White House burns Wicker for criticising Biden supreme court pick
In a barbed intervention on Saturday, the White House said it hoped a Republican senator who complained that Joe Biden’s supreme court pick would be the beneficiary of race-based affirmative action, would give the nominee the same consideration he gave Amy Coney Barrett.
Barrett was nominated and confirmed shortly before the 2020 election, after Donald Trump pledged to pick a woman to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The hardline Catholic duly succeeded the liberal lion, establishing a 6-3 conservative majority.
Barrett was nominated and confirmed shortly before the 2020 election, after Donald Trump pledged to pick a woman to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The hardline Catholic duly succeeded the liberal lion, establishing a 6-3 conservative majority.