In the shadow of MLK Day, Biden announces he will choose a SCOTUS based on race and gender.
Hmm.
Replies to: In the shadow of MLK Day, Biden announces he will choose a SCOTUS based on race and gender.
Do you think the Court will garner more respect if all nine Justices are white men?
“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.
The racial racketeering runs deep in you
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Wow. Racist much? Maybe Biden will name woman of color Elizabeth Warren.
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You assume that if you did it on merit, it would be all white which is a racist assumption.
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It's safe to say Dr. King would punch Biden in his huge forehead.
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You think he'd meet old Joe " out behind the gym"?
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Wasn’t every justice for 175 years chosen based on race and gender?
There are many qualified judges out there. If he chooses someone unqualified, then you’ll have a point.
Certainly not. But do you think that it is justified to perpetuate this wrong practice becauseothers
Have done it before?
Certainly, it has happened before, certainly not everyone….but come on.
I’m not totally comfortable with how Biden is handling this
But I also figure that - as long as their are highly qualified black women judges - that fair is fair.
You misspelled whataboutism.
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I take MLK’s statement seriously, Dems do not which is c/w their long history of this.
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Fair (in your sense) is clearly not fair if the goal is an egalitarian society.
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Of course not. But Chris just said it...it's payback time.
The shit thing is that door swings both ways. Pubs will be looking for the next opportunity to exact revenge.
Round and round we go...
Interesting. Their entire party strategy is built on a type of whataboutism.
Because discrimination was ok in the past, they feell justified in doing it now.
And yet, two wrongs definitely don't make a right here, and they are dividing society with their efforts.
The answer is yes. They won't become out and say as much.
But it's absolutely justified in their minds. Look at Quests response! He said the quiet part out loud.
Did FDR limit himself to men only? Or, was he just looking for the most qualified judges?
Just curious.
Maybe you think that the only qualified people were white men. For 175 years.
We can agree to disagree, I guess.
Saw this interesting tweet....
You'll hate it but it's a great point. Joe's an asshole...
"Hate to break it to you but the only black person serving on the Supreme Court today was personally attacked, defamed and slandered by Joe Biden before he voted AGAINST him."
…because he was a serial sexual harasser
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No Joe just likes to sniff young girls hair.
He doesn't sexually harass anyone. And if he did the press would never report it anyway.
Joe's an asshole.
MLK never justified using skin color for restitution.
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Heh. :-) I was just curious if you thought FDR was a sexist.
Obviously, you think new sexism and new racism are the proper answer old sexism and old racism.
As for me, I would rather we judge people by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin or the nature of their genitalia. Call me crazy, but I'm a big supporter of Martin Luther King, Jr. I just wish the Democrats supported his views as well.
It was a stupid thing for Biden to say. He should have said he would pick the best jurist, and then picked a black woman. But, that's not what he said. He's a moron.
give him a break, he thinks the USA is an imperialist, bigoted country that shouldn't exist. Of
course he thinks FDR was sexist, just as he thinks every white man is.
Fact check: false. And stupid.
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I wanted to tell you that I disagree with Jim, Someone took the reply down. that is good
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Ty Hank. This is truly sad, isn’t it? Same old party.
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The point?
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it's obvious what the point is. wake-up
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The twelve he quests for are IQ points.
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Wow. Dim bulb! Dems have abandon the dream of MLK…..
“I had a dream that my four children would live in a nation where they were judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”.
Gruber revealed that the Democrats rely on their voters being stupid.
Sorry. I can't help reminding them that their own party thinks they are stupid.
It’s shocking at times.
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they never had it
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Lance Ito should sue for racial discrimination. As an Asian American male he was excluded!
No white, no Asians no Native American no dwarves no non binary librarians NO IRISH need apply!
It is a return to 1900’s which Libs think is ok cuz they’ve switched around who is discriminated.
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And that's the point. They see it as payback time.
Not looking to rule or govern fairly or justly. No, it's a drive to address perceived ancient wrongs perpetrated by "the man".
They are NOT the enlightened lot they like to think they are.