Biden’s big announcement

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

There have only been 2 black Supreme Court justices in the 232 year history of the court. Both men.

Only 5 women have served on the Supreme Court (also a disgrace) & none of them have been black.

Structural racism writ large.

Unless you believe no black woman has ever been qualified for the job.
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pete, tell me which part of this you don’t understand…

i believe that for a job that important, you go with THE most qualified candidate. regardless of skin color or presence of a wee wee.

i’m sure there are black women who’d do fine. but if there’s a white man who’d do better, i want him.

if the best candidate is a native american, non binary, non cis, asexual or pan sexual, pick he/she/they/them.

but i see zero value in passing over the best candidate, for the sake of appearances

you disagree. fine. but don’t claim
my view is racist. i’m ignoring race, you’re the one denying opportunity for race. that’s the definition of racism.
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[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

pete, tell me which part of this you don’t understand…

i believe that for a job that important, you go with THE most qualified candidate. regardless of skin color or presence of a wee wee.

i’m sure there are black women who’d do fine. but if there’s a white man who’d do better, i want him.

if the best candidate is a native american, non binary, non cis, asexual or pan sexual, pick he/she/they/them.

but i see zero value in passing over the best candidate, for the sake of appearances

you disagree. fine. but don’t claim
my view is racist. i’m ignoring race, you’re the one denying opportunity for race. that’s the definition of racism.
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I'm sure you said the same thing when Reagan said he would pick a woman.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

I'm sure you said the same thing when Reagan said he would pick a woman.

i was a tad young so no, not at the time.

whet do you think my response will be to reagan and teump doing it?

(1) it’s just as stupid as biden doing it?

or

(2) it’s ok when republicans do it?

the answer, obviously, is (1). i’m not a naked hypocrite paul. that’s you guys, not me.

i think it was brilliant, politically, for trump to pick a woman because it put the democrats in an impossible situation.

Barrett was also clearly brilliant and qualified, and Trump knew that ( knew her) when he said he’s luck a woman. we all knew, for many reasons, it was going to be Barrett.
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[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

i was a tad young so no, not at the time.

whet do you think my response will be to reagan and teump doing it?

(1) it’s just as stupid as biden doing it?

or

(2) it’s ok when republicans do it?

the answer, obviously, is (1). i’m not a naked hypocrite paul. that’s you guys, not me.

i think it was brilliant, politically, for trump to pick a woman because it put the democrats in an impossible situation.

Barrett was also clearly brilliant and qualified, and Trump knew that ( knew her) when he said he’s luck a woman. we all knew, for many reasons, it was going to be Barrett.
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Barrett was also clearly brilliant


Really please tell
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

Barrett was also clearly brilliant


Really please tell
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got through days of questioning, often without having to take notes. Dianne Feinstein, who single handedly led the with hunt against Kavanaugh, was repeatedly impressed by her.

Got a full scholarship to Notre Dame law and taught there. Has taught at ND and at University of Virginia, which is a great school.

Character? She adopted two children from Haiti, and is raising a kid with Downs, we all know what your side does to those kids.

Unlike Sotomayor, Barrett doesn't have a history of getting unanimously overturned by higher courts, nor has Barrettt ever said that judges of her race and gender make better judges (which is what Sotomayor once claimed).

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

got through days of questioning, often without having to take notes. WOW so that qualifies you to be a SCJ Dianne Feinstein, who single handedly led the with hunt against Kavanaugh, was repeatedly impressed by her.

Got a full scholarship to Notre Dame law and taught there. Has taught at ND and at University of Virginia, which is a great school. Sotomayor entered Princeton University on a full scholarship do you have a point


Character? She adopted two children from Haiti, and is raising a kid with Downs, we all know what your side does to those kids. has nothing to do with her qualifications

Unlike Sotomayor, Barrett doesn't have a history of getting unanimously overturned by higher courts, nor has Barrettt ever said that judges of her race and gender make better judges (which is what Sotomayor once claimed). jim again do you do any research or are just a parrot Over her ten years on the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and wrote about 380 opinions when she was in the majority.[13] The Supreme Court reviewed five of those, reversing three and affirming two[13]—not high numbers for an appellate judge of that many years[18] and a typical percentage of reversals.[113]

2 years On the Seventh Circuit, Barrett wrote 79 majority opinions

Barrett is a 48-year-old federal appeals court judge favored by social conservatives and the religious right.

But Jim wants us to think Trump picked her because she was the best for the Job

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

2 years On the Seventh Circuit, Barrett wrote 79 majority opinions

Barrett is a 48-year-old federal appeals court judge favored by social conservatives and the religious right.

But Jim wants us to think Trump picked her because she was the best for the Job

How many of Barrett's 79 majority opinions, were overturned by a higher court? That's a sincere question...

Sotomayor has repeatedly been overturned by the Supreme Court, when she was a lower justice. Once, she was overturned unanimously. That means everyone from Scalia to Ginsburg, and everyone in between, said she was wrong on the law. Which kind of means she wasn't great at being a lower court judge, doesn't it?.

Sotomayor also said that female hispanics make better judges than anyone else. That's what she said.

Oh, there were sleazy reasons why Trump picked Barrett. He knew a woman would drive the liberals bonkers and when they attacked her, it would show the world that they don't really care about women like they claim they do.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

pete, tell me which part of this you don’t understand…

i believe that for a job that important, you go with THE most qualified candidate. regardless of skin color or presence of a wee wee.

i’m sure there are black women who’d do fine. but if there’s a white man who’d do better, i want him.

if the best candidate is a native american, non binary, non cis, asexual or pan sexual, pick he/she/they/them.

but i see zero value in passing over the best candidate, for the sake of appearances

you disagree. fine. but don’t claim
my view is racist. i’m ignoring race, you’re the one denying opportunity for race. that’s the definition of racism.
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If that’s your argument make the case for Kavanaugh and Barrett being the “most” qualified people.
All of the rumored black women have far more impressive qualifications than either of those.
But they’re not white as all but two of the Justices have been to date.

Biden announced he'd nominate a Black woman to SCOTUS and the white wing is losing their #^&#^&#^&#^&. For centuries there was no announcement that the nominee would be a white man b/c it was assumed. That's how racial ideology works; it passes as uncontroversial & natural landscape.
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Biden announced he'd nominate a Black woman to SCOTUS and the white wing is losing their #^&#^&#^&#^&.

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"white wing" must be pretty big....

A new ABC News/ Ipsos poll found that 76 percent of Americans want Biden to consider “all possible nominees,” while only 23 percent want him to automatically follow through on his promise to nominate a black woman.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

"white wing" must be pretty big....

A new ABC News/ Ipsos poll found that 76 percent of Americans want Biden to consider “all possible nominees,” while only 23 percent want him to automatically follow through on his promise to nominate a black woman.

Bunch of white wingers...