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Welcome, Justice Jackson

By Jeralyn, Section Supreme Court
Posted on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 03:19:25 PM EST
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The Senate today confirmed the nomination of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court.

Hopefully, we will see that even one additional progressive voice on our nation's highest Court can make a difference -- on social and criminal justice and privacy issues.

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    Welcome, Justice Jackson | 18 comments (18 topical)

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    So small (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 05:26:34 PM EST
    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) didn't wear a tie for the occasion for the confirmation vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first black woman on the Supreme Court -- which meant he wasn't allowed on the Senate floor and voted "no" from the cloakroom, CNN reports.

    Graham was wearing a tie at a press conference earlier but apparently took it off.
    And, (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by KeysDan on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 06:04:54 PM EST
    Rand Paul held up the vote by 30 minutes.  He, also, did not wear a tie and voted "no" from the senate cloak room.

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    The 30-min. delay was perfectly understandable. (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 06:26:21 PM EST
    At the time of the vote, Sen. Paul was likely receiving his daily briefing from the Kremlin on how Russia's invasion of Ukraine is progressing.

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    What a bunch of petty schmucks (5.00 / 4) (#5)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 06:52:17 PM EST


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    GOP senators like Paul and Graham ... (5.00 / 3) (#15)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Sat Apr 09, 2022 at 01:38:59 PM EST
    ... are clearly not at all serious about actual governance. Rather, they are right-wing performance artists and political pole dancers who know exactly what their audience wants. And there are simply too damned many of them on Capitol Hill, forever playing to the gallery at our country's long-term expense. The appallingly racist, sexist and high-handed manner in which they treated Justice-designate Jackson like a political piñata was absolutely disgraceful.

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    Middle school bullies (none / 0) (#6)
    by KeysDan on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 07:24:12 PM EST
    and mean girls seem mature in comparison.

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    This is a political party? (none / 0) (#9)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 07:38:36 PM EST
    Even Reagan would be embarrassed

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    Not really! (none / 0) (#17)
    by Erehwon on Tue Apr 12, 2022 at 02:07:37 PM EST
    Reagan and Nixon's conversation

    These folks would fit right in with the modern Republican party!

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    Reagan and Nixon (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by CaptHowdy on Tue Apr 12, 2022 at 04:33:34 PM EST
    are the Godfather's of the modern GOP.  of course they would have fit in.

    They might seem more genteel only because in their day you said the quiet part quietly.

    Unlike today.  But the sentiment is the same.  

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    And, (none / 0) (#3)
    by KeysDan on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 06:05:19 PM EST
    Rand Paul held up the vote by 30 minutes.  He, also, did not wear a tie and voted "no" from the senate cloak room.

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    Guess Ms Lindsey felt he (none / 0) (#7)
    by leap2 on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 07:25:58 PM EST
    was with the wrong crowd.

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    I've never been a fan (none / 0) (#8)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 07:36:19 PM EST
    of outing or shaming in this area.  Even the slimiest evangelist.  

    But Ms Lindsey has earned it.  He has slithered through the gutter and stooped low enough that all is fair.  He deserves the ugliest outing possible.

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    South Carolina's (none / 0) (#10)
    by KeysDan on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 08:25:07 PM EST
    other bachelor senator, Tim Scott, also voted "no".  But, he did so, at least, while wearing a tie.

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    The photo (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by KeysDan on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 08:30:58 PM EST
    of President Biden and Judge Jackson holding hands while watching the senate vote on. a large TV screen at the White House        Is one for the history books.  A joy to observe.

    This (none / 0) (#12)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 08:39:45 PM EST
    one

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    That's certainly much better than ... (none / 0) (#16)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Sat Apr 09, 2022 at 01:46:40 PM EST
    ... the image offered by then-Judge Kavanaugh a few years ago.

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    Worth watching: (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by oculus on Fri Apr 08, 2022 at 11:54:43 AM EST
    Today's ceremony at the White House.

    Agreed. (5.00 / 2) (#14)
    by KeysDan on Fri Apr 08, 2022 at 12:05:08 PM EST
    President Biden was excellent in his introductory remarks--warmly folksy and heartfelt.  Judge Jackson was gracious, engaging and thorough in her acknowledgments and thanks.  She successfully linked the past with the present.

    An advancement in the quest for a more perfect union.

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