For nearly 2 years, Senate Democrats — including Joe Biden — filibustered the nomination of then-California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the D.C. Circuit.
She likely would have been the first Black female Justice.
The Congressional Black Caucus opposed the first Black woman to serve on the DC Circuit, recycling leftwing (racist) smears that Judge Janice Rogers Brown was (somehow) unqualified.
President Biden’s likely top 2 Supreme Court contenders:
1. DC Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (51):
Harvard; Harvard Law; clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer; DC federal trial judge (2013-21); elevated to DC Circuit a year ago; legal analysis like Justice Sonia Sotomayor
2. California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger (45):
Harvard; Yale Law; clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens; a former top Supreme Court counsel to President Obama; appointed to her court in 2015; reportedly declined to be Biden’s SG; legal analysis like Justice Elena Kagan
1. Yes, “the science changed”: Omicron is a (much) weaker variant than Delta.
2. Yes, 100% COVID theater.
(I also said all Justices are vaccinated and boosted, they all test before court arguments, so do advocates, and 2 Justices took off their masks after their masked entry.)