Sen Booker up now sounding very reasonable per usual
Wild that ACB wont even answer the hypothetical that presidents should accept a peaceful transfer of power
ACB wont even acknowledge implicit bias in the criminal justice system. She says she's aware of studies that say such things
Hold up. Sen. Booker marries queer couples?!
Booker presses ACB on her language around "sexual preference" and she apologies and says she didn't mean anything by it, but that's not true. Sexual preference is specific language conservatives use to challenge LGBTQ rights
Booker doing a very good job of painting ACB into a corner on using religious faith as a weapon to discriminate
Sen Crapo is up now and reminder, again, it is CRAY_po not CRAP-oh
That joke is always going to be funny to me and I'm not sorry
CRAY_po complaining about all the dark money flowing through Democratic circles
CRAY-po asking about horizontal stare decisis which sounds like it could be sexy but it is not. At least not like that. I'm not here to yuk anyone's yum
Go to law school kids and you too can make a living telling civil procedure sex jokes
Quick break and Sen Harris up up next
Okay we're back to the Barrett confirmation hearings and now it is Sen. Harris and she starts by addressing the American people
This is a campaign speech at the moment
Harris switches to prosecutor mode and Barrett is getting tense. She does not like being challenged like this
This line of question by Harris right now on precedent, June Medical Services, and Roberts concurrence as a dire threat to Roe is very good
Okay I'm sure it's gonna get weird with Kennedy but quick break
Back from my break what is Blackburn talking about
Not even related to the Barrett hearings, that can be evergreen
Well that was fun! A full day down and another left to go tomorrow. And a brand new episode of Boom! Lawyered dropping shortly. Stay tuned!
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Good morning, Twitter! I am here to live-tweet through much of the Amy Coney Barrett hearing today.
It's going to be a long day so grab some snacks, some water, and stretch as needed. Here's what is in store
Each member of the Judiciary Committee will get 30 minutes to question ACB then a round of 20 minute questions. All over the course of the next two days
Lindsay Graham opened today's hearing complaining about the Affordable Care Act and that California gets more money than South Carolina
So I've reached the point in quarantine where I'm just hacking at my hair with scissors this is normal right
Growing up my aunt did hair in her basement and it was a real big deal when I could go to the salon and wow I wasn't expecting COVID to have quite SO MANY class triggers but here we are
Now I'm thinking of my aunt's salon in her basement in Omaha in the late '80s and what a complicated space that was and how she's holding tight to it now and there's an essay here
So. I've been following Mike Pence's career for well over a decade now. I have two books where his anti-choice policies feature prominently! Some might say I have a *thing* for Mike Pence. And they wouldn't be wrong and we can all talk about that later. FOR NOW I'LL SAY THIS
This is a man who has built an entire career around enshrining his specific religious world view on the rest of us.
He wants to prosecute you if you don't deliver a healthy baby to the state
He will try and "pray the gay away" out of you which is euphamistic violence
And when given a chance to loudly and proudly proclaim these beliefs to the rest of the country he punted. He and other evangelicals don't actually have the courage of their convictions.
Look I know my prattling on about the steady march of fascism in the federal judiciary is probably growing tiresome BUT I AM WHO I AM AND IT IS WHAT IT IS
I'm that bitch who was blogging about blue slips during the Obama administration