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    Hearings begin today. The smear has already started:

     
    Sadly, this whole ordeal just reinforces to persons who look like me that no matter how successful you become, no matter what heights you ascend to, there will always be a portion of this country that will always see us as naggers. This is more than political theater and partisan bickering. This is a very pointed, coordinated attempt to paint this woman as a pedophile sympathizer, just an absolutely vile thing to do. Without merit.

    My niece is out of school with Covid. I encouraged her to watch the Judge's confirmation hearing, thinking it could be an uplifting experience for a young black female teenager. She texts me, rather disgusted, asking why did I want her to watch "some white men talk down to a black woman and accuse her of being nice to people who hurt kids." I'm like surely that isn't all you saw or heard. She's like no but it was hard to be proud of her seeing her talked to like that every few hours.

    What do I say to that...?
     
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    My niece is out of school with Covid. I encouraged her to watch the Judge's confirmation hearing, thinking it could be an uplifting experience for a young black female teenager. She texts me, rather disgusted, asking why did I want her to watch "some white men talk down to a black woman and accuse her of being nice to people who hurt kids." I'm like surely that isn't all you saw or heard. She's like no but it was hard to be proud of her seeing her talked to like that every few hours.

    What do I say to that...?
    "What do I say to that...?"

    I would say it's hard to be proud of those who spoke to her that way but it's easy to be proud of her.
     
    Sadly, this whole ordeal just reinforces to persons who look like me that no matter how successful you become, no matter what heights you ascend to, there will always be a portion of this country that will always see us as naggers. This is more than political theater and partisan bickering. This is a very pointed, coordinated attempt to paint this woman as a pedophile sympathizer, just an absolutely vile thing to do. Without merit.

    My niece is out of school with Covid. I encouraged her to watch the Judge's confirmation hearing, thinking it could be an uplifting experience for a young black female teenager. She texts me, rather disgusted, asking why did I want her to watch "some white men talk down to a black woman and accuse her of being nice to people who hurt kids." I'm like surely that isn't all you saw or heard. She's like no but it was hard to be proud of her seeing her talked to like that every few hours.

    What do I say to that...?
    I would say - everyone who watched could see who was the principled adult and who were the hateful children. That they just exposed themselves as people not worth noticing and she was a wonderful role model. Her grace under pressure was phenomenal.

    I just hope she got to see Cory Booker’s time too.
     
    I think I'd be in favor of removing the TV cameras from these hearings. Or at least limit them to one day. The stupidity has just gotten ridiculous.

    Also not in favor of adding them to the SC. I used to be, but not anymore. I don't think the media is influencing anything good in these hearings or in most court rooms. Although I do think that cameras in police brutality cases can encourage accountability because if the public awareness.

     
    Sadly, this whole ordeal just reinforces to persons who look like me that no matter how successful you become, no matter what heights you ascend to, there will always be a portion of this country that will always see us as naggers. This is more than political theater and partisan bickering. This is a very pointed, coordinated attempt to paint this woman as a pedophile sympathizer, just an absolutely vile thing to do. Without merit.

    My niece is out of school with Covid. I encouraged her to watch the Judge's confirmation hearing, thinking it could be an uplifting experience for a young black female teenager. She texts me, rather disgusted, asking why did I want her to watch "some white men talk down to a black woman and accuse her of being nice to people who hurt kids." I'm like surely that isn't all you saw or heard. She's like no but it was hard to be proud of her seeing her talked to like that every few hours.

    What do I say to that...?
    Yeah, it was utterly embarrassing. That said, I would just focus on the strong black woman who was graceful, acted like a SCOTUS nominee and didn't run away when asked stupid and only occasionally, tough questions. If she were my mom, sister or daughter, I'd be incredibly proud. I mean, I'm not even a Democrat and I'm proud of how she carried herself in that room. She's the most qualified Justice nominee in a long while.

    While she didn't deserve to sit through all that nonsense, it's worth it to see her become the first black woman Justice in our nation's history. It's well past time.
     
    I think I'd be in favor of removing the TV cameras from these hearings. Or at least limit them to one day. The stupidity has just gotten ridiculous.

    Also not in favor of adding them to the SC. I used to be, but not anymore. I don't think the media is influencing anything good in these hearings or in most court rooms. Although I do think that cameras in police brutality cases can encourage accountability because if the public awareness.


    It's a good thought. I don't know how I feel about it though. I think the compromise of 1 day with cameras and one day behind closed doors would be good. I think it's important for people to see our legislature and courts at work because it's both educational and a means of accountability in some situations. I can see good reasons for no video as well though.
     
    I think I'd be in favor of removing the TV cameras from these hearings. Or at least limit them to one day. The stupidity has just gotten ridiculous.

    Also not in favor of adding them to the SC. I used to be, but not anymore. I don't think the media is influencing anything good in these hearings or in most court rooms. Although I do think that cameras in police brutality cases can encourage accountability because if the public awareness.


    I would hate to see the cameras removed from these hearings. That said though it is true that Cruz, Graham, et al, are talking to their constitutes or potential constituents via the TV. They really aren't talking to Judge Jackson.
     
    He’s been calling for that for weeks. He’s an absolute buffoon - the whole legal profession has been laughing about Tucker saying that somehow the LSAT shows who’s a “brilliant legal mind” (his words) and who isn’t. It’s part of getting into law school and then no one ever asks about it again.

    But also no other judicial nominee is pressed about that so why does he think it’s so important now? He’s such a piece of shirt. Honestly, he knows it’s stupid but he thinks he can make it seem like some scandal and much of his audience will buy it. Because much of his audience is ignorant or stupid or both.
    Ok Chuck. I'd like you to take a deep breath. Collect your thought, and tell us how you really feel. ;)
     
    Sadly, this whole ordeal just reinforces to persons who look like me that no matter how successful you become, no matter what heights you ascend to, there will always be a portion of this country that will always see us as naggers. This is more than political theater and partisan bickering. This is a very pointed, coordinated attempt to paint this woman as a pedophile sympathizer, just an absolutely vile thing to do. Without merit.

    My niece is out of school with Covid. I encouraged her to watch the Judge's confirmation hearing, thinking it could be an uplifting experience for a young black female teenager. She texts me, rather disgusted, asking why did I want her to watch "some white men talk down to a black woman and accuse her of being nice to people who hurt kids." I'm like surely that isn't all you saw or heard. She's like no but it was hard to be proud of her seeing her talked to like that every few hours.

    What do I say to that...?
    Tell her how she handled it with total class and ignored the garbage and just did her job. Doing that, exposes the fools for what they are.
     
    "What do I say to that...?"

    I would say it's hard to be proud of those who spoke to her that way but it's easy to be proud of her.

    I would say - everyone who watched could see who was the principled adult and who were the hateful children. That they just exposed themselves as people not worth noticing and she was a wonderful role model. Her grace under pressure was phenomenal.

    I just hope she got to see Cory Booker’s time too.

    Yeah, it was utterly embarrassing. That said, I would just focus on the strong black woman who was graceful, acted like a SCOTUS nominee and didn't run away when asked stupid and only occasionally, tough questions. If she were my mom, sister or daughter, I'd be incredibly proud. I mean, I'm not even a Democrat and I'm proud of how she carried herself in that room. She's the most qualified Justice nominee in a long while.

    While she didn't deserve to sit through all that nonsense, it's worth it to see her become the first black woman Justice in our nation's history. It's well past time.

    Tell her how she handled it with total class and ignored the garbage and just did her job. Doing that, exposes the fools for what they are.
    Thank you everyone.

    I think I will tell her...

    ..."Persevere."

     
    Ted Cruz gets paid in KKK cash every time he says "Critical Race Theory".

    Jesus, we have the worst representation in this state. How do people in this state vote for these idiots and then wake up in the morning. 🤨
    Oh, I don’t know. Ohio is trying its best to catch up to Texas.
     
    Great op-Ed from Politico:

    “Fourth, in contrast to the attacks on her, Jackson described a methodology toward judging that might have surprised her liberal supporters with its moderation, even conservatism. She declared that her methodology was marked by acute awareness of the limits on her authority, informed by her years as a trial judge. Her three-pronged approach was designed so that she would “stay in my lane,” she said, to leave policymaking to Congress. In answering questions posed by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, she said, “I do not believe that there is a living constitution that is infused with the policy views of the day.”

    She uses the methods of conservative “originalists” and “textualists” paying close attention to the “original public meaning” of texts. But she refuses to be labelled or ideological about her methods, which is much closer to the actual practice of current justices. Perhaps Jackson’s great care and transparency in adjudicating explains why she has been endorsed by a wide array of voices, including the Fraternal Order of Police and conservative retired Judges Thomas Griffith, J. Michael Luttig and David Levi. She is impartial and utterly in the mainstream of American jurisprudence. With nearly 600 trial court opinions she was reversed or vacated only 14 times, well below judicial averages, according to the Alliance for Justice.

    And yet this brilliant, even-handed jurist who has ruled for and against presidents and prosecutors was cast as a soft-on-crime, child-predator-enabling, critical-race-theory believing, left-wing activist by the GOP’s most arch political performers.

    This is dangerous character assassination. In particular, the child-predator-enabler mythology has been thoroughly debunked, including in the conservative National Review. Most telling, Republicans have voted to confirm conservative judicial nominees that engaged in the same widespread judicial practice of departing downward from child pornography sentencing guidelines that Jackson was excoriated for.

    Again, these hearings provided Republicans an opportunity to confirm a candidate that extolls many of the values and practices that they claim to cherish as well as an opportunity to exercise the color-blindness they claim. Instead, they offered the disturbing optics of mainly southern, white men lecturing, interrupting and sometimes yelling at a gracious, poised Black woman.

    If no Republicans vote to confirm this eminently qualified Black female to the highest Court, it will send a searing message about what the GOP has become.”

     

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