“Hey Conor…. we are color blind. We just want the most qualified and learned judges available to sit on the Court. It ought not be a quota system. Just give us the best of the best.”
Gag me.
Newsflash: There are many qualified judges who are well suited to sit on the Supreme Court. Race, gender, religion …. does not make a prospective judge more or less qualified to sit on the Supreme Court. [Predictably, certain posters (not you) assume a black female judge is unqualified].
The United States Constitution gives a President wide discretion in his nominations. Some posters criticize Biden for narrowing his pool of candidates to black females. But, the decision is grounded in Biden’s commitment (ala Reagan in 1980) that the Court needs a black female jurist — not because of a lack of other terrific options, — but because adding a black female to the Court for the first time in US history, hopefully widens the nation’s respect for the Court’s rulings. How Americans perceive the Court’s authority is paramount.
We want a diverse Court — both as to jurisprudence of the individual jurists, and the faces of the jurists. President Biden is trying to achieve that objective with this nominee.
Do you think the Court will garner more respect if all nine Justices are white men?
Replies to: "Do you think the Court will garner more respect if all nine Justices are white men?"
- In the shadow of MLK Day, Biden announces he will choose a SCOTUS based on race and gender. - BaronVonZemo - 2:43pm 1/27/22
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- Do you think the Court will garner more respect if all nine Justices are white men? - conorlarkin - 9:25pm 1/27/22
- The racial racketeering runs deep in you [NT] - eftg1 - 9:34pm 1/27/22
- Wow. Racist much? Maybe Biden will name woman of color Elizabeth Warren. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 9:34pm 1/27/22
- You assume that if you did it on merit, it would be all white which is a racist assumption. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:31pm 1/27/22
- It's safe to say Dr. King would punch Biden in his huge forehead. [NT]
- Stark Raving Dad - 7:29pm 1/27/22
- You think he'd meet old Joe " out behind the gym"? [NT] - ColeyO - 9:14pm 1/27/22
- Wasn’t every justice for 175 years chosen based on race and gender? - Chris94 - 4:59pm 1/27/22
- Certainly not. But do you think that it is justified to perpetuate this wrong practice becauseothers - BaronVonZemo - 5:54pm 1/27/22
- I’m not totally comfortable with how Biden is handling this - Chris94 - 7:02pm 1/27/22
- You misspelled whataboutism. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 9:39pm 1/27/22
- I take MLK’s statement seriously, Dems do not which is c/w their long history of this. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:33pm 1/27/22
- Fair (in your sense) is clearly not fair if the goal is an egalitarian society. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 7:30pm 1/27/22
- Of course not. But Chris just said it...it's payback time. - Stark Raving Dad - 8:29pm 1/27/22
- Interesting. Their entire party strategy is built on a type of whataboutism. - NedoftheHill - 6:48pm 1/27/22
- The answer is yes. They won't become out and say as much. - Stark Raving Dad - 6:28pm 1/27/22
- I’m not totally comfortable with how Biden is handling this - Chris94 - 7:02pm 1/27/22
- Did FDR limit himself to men only? Or, was he just looking for the most qualified judges? - NedoftheHill - 5:07pm 1/27/22
- Maybe you think that the only qualified people were white men. For 175 years. - Chris94 - 5:30pm 1/27/22
- Saw this interesting tweet.... - Stark Raving Dad - 8:59pm 1/27/22
- …because he was a serial sexual harasser [NT]
- Chris94 - 9:00pm 1/27/22
- No Joe just likes to sniff young girls hair. - Stark Raving Dad - 9:24pm 1/27/22
- …because he was a serial sexual harasser [NT]
- Chris94 - 9:00pm 1/27/22
- MLK never justified using skin color for restitution. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:04pm 1/27/22
- Heh. :-) I was just curious if you thought FDR was a sexist. - NedoftheHill - 5:35pm 1/27/22
- give him a break, he thinks the USA is an imperialist, bigoted country that shouldn't exist. Of - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:00pm 1/27/22
- Fact check: false. And stupid. [NT] - Chris94 - 7:02pm 1/27/22
- give him a break, he thinks the USA is an imperialist, bigoted country that shouldn't exist. Of - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:00pm 1/27/22
- Saw this interesting tweet.... - Stark Raving Dad - 8:59pm 1/27/22
- Maybe you think that the only qualified people were white men. For 175 years. - Chris94 - 5:30pm 1/27/22
- Certainly not. But do you think that it is justified to perpetuate this wrong practice becauseothers - BaronVonZemo - 5:54pm 1/27/22
- I wanted to tell you that I disagree with Jim, Someone took the reply down. that is good [NT]
- Hank the Tank - 4:15pm 1/27/22
- Ty Hank. This is truly sad, isn’t it? Same old party. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 4:20pm 1/27/22
- The point? [NT]
- Quest4twelve - 3:35pm 1/27/22
- it's obvious what the point is. wake-up [NT]
- Hank the Tank - 4:17pm 1/27/22
- The twelve he quests for are IQ points. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 4:25pm 1/27/22
- Wow. Dim bulb! Dems have abandon the dream of MLK….. - BaronVonZemo - 4:17pm 1/27/22
- Gruber revealed that the Democrats rely on their voters being stupid. - NedoftheHill - 4:55pm 1/27/22
- It’s shocking at times. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 5:55pm 1/27/22
- they never had it [NT] - Hank the Tank - 4:18pm 1/27/22
- Gruber revealed that the Democrats rely on their voters being stupid. - NedoftheHill - 4:55pm 1/27/22
- it's obvious what the point is. wake-up [NT]
- Hank the Tank - 4:17pm 1/27/22
- Lance Ito should sue for racial discrimination. As an Asian American male he was excluded! - Stark Raving Dad - 3:12pm 1/27/22
- It is a return to 1900’s which Libs think is ok cuz they’ve switched around who is discriminated. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 4:19pm 1/27/22
- And that's the point. They see it as payback time. - Stark Raving Dad - 5:14pm 1/27/22
- It is a return to 1900’s which Libs think is ok cuz they’ve switched around who is discriminated. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 4:19pm 1/27/22
- Do you think the Court will garner more respect if all nine Justices are white men? - conorlarkin - 9:25pm 1/27/22