Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for SCOTUS

[CaptUSA]

OK, but he did still announce it himself before Jackson was nominated.



Yes, Article III Section 1 says:


So, unless they remove him from office for bad behavior, he gets to set the terms for his retirement. If he doesn't want to retire because they haven't confirmed a replacement, he can stay in there until he changes his mind or dies.



Correct. Which he has the power to do constitutionally.

I think you're right on all points. It does set up an interesting conundrum, though. Let's say Breyer (or a future Justice) decides he doesn't like his replacement, he could just stay on until a new President is seated. Then, we would have had confirmation hearings for nothing. And let's say a future Justice just wants to see who would replace him/her if he left so he/she floats the retirement idea conditional on who would make it through the confirmation process.

I think it's all Constitutional, but I don't think it was ever envisioned that way.

 

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[jmdrake]

The same person who couldn't answer the question "What is a woman?"

 

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[jmdrake]

She's actually has more qualifications to be on the bench than Clarance Thomas did when he was nominated. I had ChatGPT do an analysis.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson

• Undergrad: Harvard College (1992), magna cum laude (high honors).
• Law School: Harvard Law School (1996), cum laude (honors).
• Law Review: Editor, Harvard Law Review.

Clarence Thomas

• Undergrad: College of the Holy Cross (1971), cum laude.
• Law School: Yale Law School (1974), no honors distinction.
• Law Review: Not on Yale Law Journal.

Edge: Jackson (higher academic honors at both levels; law review experience; Supreme Court clerkship, which is highly selective).

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Ketanji Brown Jackson

• U.S. District Court for D.C.: Judge (2013–2021).
• U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit: Judge (2021–2022).
• Total judicial experience before SCOTUS: ~9 years.

Clarence Thomas

• U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit: Judge (1990–1991).
• Total judicial experience before SCOTUS: ~16 months.

Edge: Jackson (substantially more time as a judge, broader judicial record).

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• Jackson: Stronger academic honors, Supreme Court clerkship, and nearly a decade of federal judicial service.
• Thomas: Elite law degree but no honors, no SCOTUS clerkship, and minimal judicial experience prior to nomination.

Conclusion: On the criteria of judicial experience and academic performance alone, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s record is significantly stronger than Clarence Thomas’s at the time of their respective appointments.

 

[CaptUSA]

She's actually has more qualifications to be on the bench than Clarance Thomas did when he was nominated.

That has absolutely zero to do with the claim.

I actually had higher hopes for her, but it looks like that isn't gonna happen. Rather than learning and developing, she seems to have taken the opposite approach: Join the woke mob on every issue to avoid thinking about it.

Ok, I'm no lawyer, but work in policy and I've been trying to watch some speeches and previous hearings. A legal scholar, she is not. But she seems eloquently able to describe her perspective. When you listen to her, she sounds very young for her age. But she also seems to still be learning.

Obviously, whoever we get is going to be on the hard left of the Court. I'm not so sure that having her occupy that spot would be such a bad thing. What really sucks is that Biden hung a label on whoever got selected. He said that the nominee would be chosen because she was a black women - extremely narrowing the field of potentials! No matter what the next Judge does, she'll always carry that weight. (Way to go, Brandon! You managed to do the most racist thing in your life at the end.)

 

[jmdrake]

That has absolutely zero to do with the claim.

Which claim? I wasn't even replying to you.

I actually had higher hopes for her, but it looks like that isn't gonna happen. Rather than learning and developing, she seems to have taken the opposite approach: Join the woke mob on every issue to avoid thinking about it.

I don't have "hopes" for anyone. I am happy that SCOTUS voted 9-0 against Trump's evil attack on due process in his fake war against illegal immigration. I wish the "woke mob" would do something about Federal Agents having absolute immunity. But if that goes to SCOTUS the "woke" group (woke is a misused term by the way) will likely be the only ones voting with the Constitution.