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    Hearings begin today. The smear has already started:

     
    MT15 said:
    Graham was trying to make a point because Barrett received some tough questions about her religion, but here’s the difference and it’s a BIG one. Barrett had written that her religion shapes her judicial decisions, and Barrett belongs to a somewhat fringe religious society with beliefs outside the mainstream. Jackson has said that her decisions are based in law, not her religion.
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    Sure, which was the correct response. That said, she did say that her faith was very important to her. People can make the distinction, but I don't really have an issue with faith being formative but not necessarily determative in judging cases. That should be true for both Barrett and Jackson.

    I think people like to think judges are impartial and neutral, but the reality of it is no one is fully that, practically speaking. We all have our biases and influences, SCOTUS justices included.
     
    DaveXA said:
    Sure, which was the correct response. That said, she did say that her faith was very important to her. People can make the distinction, but I don't really have an issue with faith being formative but not necessarily determative in judging cases. That should be true for both Barrett and Jackson.

    I think people like to think judges are impartial and neutral, but the reality of it is no one is fully that, practically speaking. We all have our biases and influences, SCOTUS justices included.
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    The reason Barrett got such scrutiny is because her faith would lead her to take away women’s health rights. And it will, if my hunch is correct. Both she and Kavanaugh testified that they have the utmost respect for judicial precedent. And they were most likely lying about that.
     
    MT15 said:
    The reason Barrett got such scrutiny is because her faith would lead her to take away women’s health rights. And it will, if my hunch is correct. Both she and Kavanaugh testified that they have the utmost respect for judicial precedent. And they were most likely lying about that.
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    We'll see. You may be right, but until that happens, I'll give every justice the benefit of the doubt.
     
    Just like to point out that Jackson has remained cool, calm and professional in the face of some pretty pointed criticism based on unfounded ideas about her body of work. Lies, untruths, smears of her professional character. She hasn’t wailed and cried like the beer man did.

    And let’s say she did wail and cry like the beer man, she would likely not be confirmed. Because women, and especially women of color, are held to different standards. They shouldn’t be, but they are.
     
    MT15 said:
    Just like to point out that Jackson has remained cool, calm and professional in the face of some pretty pointed criticism based on unfounded ideas about her body of work. Lies, untruths, smears of her professional character. She hasn’t wailed and cried like the beer man did.

    And let’s say she did wail and cry like the beer man, she would likely not be confirmed. Because women, and especially women of color, are held to different standards. They shouldn’t be, but they are.
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    I don't think so in this case. She's gonna be confirmed regardless at this point unless some bombshell is dropped tomorrow. I don't see that happening. And from what I can tell, I don't see her cracking at all. She's super composed and serious, and sincere. She knows her stuff, and doesn't try to explain stuff where she's out of her element.

    She's going to be an excellent justice imo.
     
    Well, this is discouraging:



    This is just another reason why the R party deserves to be shown the door. Her sentences are in line with 80% of federal judges in these cases. Encouraging the crazy wing to view her as somehow being on the side of child porn is not only a smear, it clearly puts a target on her back and encourages the crazy to threaten her and her family. It’s despicable. They know they are doing it - it’s hard to believe it’s anything but deliberate.
     
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    superchuck500 said:


    She was magna-cum-laude at Harvard and editor of the Harvard Law Review before clerking at the Supreme Court and becoming a federal judge. She also won a national debate competition in high school.

    Of course she’s articulate you racist mother forker.
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    Not only this, but I read that Tucker doubled down last night on calling for her LSAT score to be released. They‘re all showing their racist arses.
     
    MT15 said:
    Well, this is discouraging:



    This is just another reason why the R party deserves to be shown the door. Her sentences are in line with 80% of federal judges in these cases. Encouraging the crazy wing to view her as somehow being on the side of child porn is not only a smear, it clearly puts a target on her back and encourages the crazy to threaten her and her family. It’s despicable. They know they are doing it - it’s hard to believe it’s anything but deliberate.
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    A little more info.

     
    Tillis; Is anyone even talking about expanding the SC? Boy he sure loves to hear himself talk.

     
    The media is doing a huge disservice to Judge Jackson by only playing the Republican questioning and analyzing it on a constant loop. They're doing it because it's so sensational, it grabs audiences and gives them the opportunity to ague how inaccurate and disingenuous the attacks are. The problem is that's all you see/hear about this hearing everywhere you read, listen and look. That's the only message getting out and along with that is all of those clips that are played by stupid R senators that constantly reinforce Republican talking point. It really distorts not only who Judge Jackson is and what she's about, but creates a false narrative that somehow those concerns are valid.

    This is a constant problem with legacy media and I'm not even talking about the outright propaganda and misinformation on right wing media.
     
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    Graham: MERRICK GARLAND. That’s it. That shows you everything you need to know about their hypocrisy here.
     

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