When Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson sits down for her Senate confirmation hearing later this month, get ready for some laughably bad — if not offensive — attacks by Republicans on Jackson’s record as a public defender.
My latest: huffpost.com/entry/republic…
My latest: huffpost.com/entry/republic…
I've watched for months as Republicans in the Judiciary Committee have attacked Biden's judicial picks for being “soft on crime" when it makes no sense.
It's the message the GOP's settled on for 2022, yes, but it's been surreal watching them try to roll it out in here.
It's the message the GOP's settled on for 2022, yes, but it's been surreal watching them try to roll it out in here.
They've just been berating everyone they can for supposedly driving up crime and flouting laws, when the people they're talking about are...
Public defenders
Innocence Project attorneys
Literally just a Biden judicial nominee! huffpost.com/entry/republic…
Public defenders
Innocence Project attorneys
Literally just a Biden judicial nominee! huffpost.com/entry/republic…
If you cut through the noise, what Republicans are actually doing here is arguing that 1) poor people charged with crimes don’t deserve any legal representation at all, and 2) lawyers representing them should be ashamed for doing it. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
I asked Carl Tobias, the Williams Chair in Law at the University of Richmond and an expert on the federal judicial nomination process, what he makes of the way Republicans have been attacking Biden's court picks.
"Nonsensical." huffpost.com/entry/republic…
"Nonsensical." huffpost.com/entry/republic…
This is where Jackson enters the scene.
She’ll be the first public defender on the Supreme Court, if she’s confirmed, along with being the first Black woman on the court.
Republicans have already signaled they're ready with “soft on crime” attacks on her.
She’ll be the first public defender on the Supreme Court, if she’s confirmed, along with being the first Black woman on the court.
Republicans have already signaled they're ready with “soft on crime” attacks on her.
Mitch McConnell last wk, talking about Jackson on the Senate floor:
“This is a moment when issues relating to the law and the judiciary are directly hitting American families — from skyrocketing murders + carjackings, to soft-on-crime prosecutors effectively repealing laws...."
“This is a moment when issues relating to the law and the judiciary are directly hitting American families — from skyrocketing murders + carjackings, to soft-on-crime prosecutors effectively repealing laws...."
Basically, for months, Senate Republicans have settled on a strategy of attacking Biden's judicial nominees for being effective lawyers who represent poor people in court.
Jackson's public defender background is prime for these same offensive attacks. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
Jackson's public defender background is prime for these same offensive attacks. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
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