As Ketanji Brown Jackson makes the rounds this week with senators ahead of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing, don't forget, amid the joint photos and fair-minded statements being put out by GOP senators, that all but 3 GOPers opposed her in June. huffpost.com/entry/ketanji-…
Also don't forget how badly some of these Republicans have been treating Black, female nominees in their Judiciary Committee hearings.
Just yesterday, Josh Hawley was going after another one of Biden's judicial nominees, Arianna Freeman, a 12.5-year public defender, because she advocated for the constitutional rights of one of her clients in 1981.
Mike Lee and Josh Hawley concluded they have "grave concerns" with Freeman who, like Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a Black woman with a solid legal/professional background that includes being a public defender.
The GOP has clearly settled on a "Dems are weak on crime" theme for the 2022 elections.
They're so desperate to hammer in this message that they've attacked virtually every judicial nominee for it who has come before the Judiciary Committee this year.
They're so desperate to hammer in this message that they've attacked virtually every judicial nominee for it who has come before the Judiciary Committee this year.
Even Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is openly saying he's "very concerned" with how Republicans will treat Jackson in her hearing given how they've treated other Black, female nominees in there.
At least one received death threats. huffpost.com/entry/dick-dur…
At least one received death threats. huffpost.com/entry/dick-dur…
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