Thread by @DrJasonJohnson

SCOTUS makes history w/ #KetanjiBrownJackson ascending to the bench. However I maintain that the system of nominating & confirming judges to SCOTUS is broken and her exceptional qualifications don't cover up the corruption & malfeasance that placed her recent predecessors there

If a secret ballot of Senators was taken before the hearings , and revealed after today's final vote the results would likely be identical 53-47. Nobody changes thier minds during confirmation hearings, "swing votes" like Ben Sasse are mostly playing at being undecided for TV

McConnell will NOT hold SCOTUS hearings for any future Democratic presidential nominations if the GOP holds the Senate, a precedent that will be followed by ANY GOP Senate leader from now on. SCOTUS is now in a constant state of reputational and constitutional crisis

Any high court where replacements can be held up or simply ignored indefinitely depending on the whims of partisan politics is not a sustainable system. Gorsuch - Stolen seat
Kavanaugh - Lying, questionable finances, lacked judicial temperament
ACB - Barely qualified

America desperately needs court reform. We literally had insurrection apologists questioning a future SCOTUS judge. And despite perhaps being the MOST qualified SCOTUS justice certainly in my lifetime, #KetanjiBrownJackson can't fix what is an inherently broken nomination system