No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court

Biden said in his 2020 campaign he would pick a black woman for SC. It's a done deal.

I'm ready for my closeup Mr DeMille !

R1, he said that about choosing a VP and look how that turned out. He said he’s have the equality act passed in his first 100 days. Still waiting.

I hope he already has his nominee picked out and finished with initial talks before days end. None of this bullshit Feinstein put out there about 6 months. They need to beat trumptards/mcturdles 38 day confirmation process for Barrett.

[quote]I hope he already has his nominee picked out and finished with initial talks before days end.

People long speculated that it would be, Ketanji Brown Jackson, since he was clearly setting her up after he took office.

And he absolutely can't go back on his word.

Is it legal to only consider a certain race for a job and say other races need not apply? Isn’t that against the law? Or against ethics?

I think it would be a positive move for the party and the country. And there should be plenty of stellar candidates to choose from. I hope they choose carefully.

WHY NOT A TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR??????

Thank you, R8. Finally. I do think a trans women of color would be the right direction to go and it would go far in Brownie points on Twitter.

“ Is it legal to only consider a certain race for a job and say other races need not apply? Isn’t that against the law? Or against ethics?”

Let’s start with the Republicans who of course have considered and demonstrated they have a huge and colorful tent of Supreme Court nominees.

Clarence Thomas will have no problem with it.

This shit is exactly why Democrats are going to lose Congress this year. They don’t see people as individuals, they see them as categories. It’s completely patronizing.

[quote] Let’s start with the Republicans who of course have considered and demonstrated they have a huge and colorful tent of Supreme Court nominees.

How does that answer the question?

I demand he nominate a 10 year old. It's ageist if he doesn't!

[quote] This shit is exactly why Democrats are going to lose Congress this year. They don’t see people as individuals, they see them as categories. It’s completely patronizing.

It is but imo it is in-line with how a lot of young people think these days.

[quote]Is it legal to only consider a certain race for a job and say other races need not apply? Isn’t that against the law? Or against ethics?

Was there a bias against having a black woman on the Supreme Court since not a single one has served in over 230+ years?

[quote] Is it legal to only consider a certain race for a job and say other races need not apply? Isn’t that against the law? Or against ethics?

R6 where is your concern that every Supreme Court Justice sitting on the court right now, nominated by a Republican President is a Catholic. Nine justices, six of them Catholic, they are 22 % of the US population, but your concern is about a black woman, something that has never happened even once. Racist much?

The Honorable Phaedra Parks has a nice ring to it.

BLACKS BLACKS BLWCKS!

If they’re qualified yes. QUALIFIED.

I hope he nominates the straightest, whitest, manliest man in the history of the world.

[quote]I hope he nominates the straightest, whitest, manliest man in the history of the world.

Sorry, Pete is busy.

How will Jill feel knowing her husband is tapping another woman?

[quote]This shit is exactly why Democrats are going to lose Congress this year. They don’t see people as individuals, they see them as categories. It’s completely patronizing.

Only some racist and misogynist shit head would have a problem with the first female black supreme court nominee.

The nominee will be "John" Merrick "Judy" Garland

[quote]This shit is exactly why Democrats are going to lose Congress this year. They don’t see people as individuals, they see them as categories. It’s completely patronizing.

What on earth is racist and misogynistic about this post?

[quote] I do think a trans women of color would be the right direction to go and it would go far in Brownie points on Twitter.

r9 = nuttier than squirrel 💩lol

I think we all know which Black woman will be the best choice for the position. My mom!

It’s just cringe that Biden announced during the campaign the gender and race of his first SCOTUS. Nothing will ever beat Elizabeth Warren though saying her first choice to head the DOE would be a trans person. The trans person didn’t have to be involved with education either. Just being trans was sufficient.

[quote]This shit is exactly why Democrats are going to lose Congress this year.

Which shit is that? The part where Blacks put Biden over the top for the nomination? The part where he promised in the campaign to select a Black woman for the first opening on the Court — the first time a Black woman would be nominated? Or is it just another troll trying to start the shittalk right out of the box?

[quote]It’s just cringe that Biden announced during the campaign the gender and race of his first SCOTUS

Yes, it's just cringe... just like how Trump said from the moment he slid down his golden escalator that he was outsourcing selection of SCOTUS justices to The Heritage Foundation.

[quote]Nothing will ever beat Elizabeth Warren though saying her first choice to head the DOE would be a trans person.

Actually, she said she would allow a young trans person to interview and help approve the head of DOE.

But, like her infomercial where she says she's going to "get me a beer" nothing about her campaign ever made sense or was true to who Elizabeth Warren actually was.

How about Whoopi Goldberg?

"But is it the Supreme Supreme Court?"

I want a white Jewish guy.

[quote]What on earth is racist and misogynistic about this post?

It's the same racist shithead argument that says Affirmative Action should be abolished.

Joe should pick someone that upsets Clarence Thomas so much he resigns.

Sorry, you’re right. warren was going to get a trans kid to help her pick the next head of the DOE. It’s hard to believe that masterful pandering failed to get voters excited. I think her failure to indicated it would be a trans woman of color hurt her there.

[quote]warren was going to get a trans kid to help her pick the next head of the DOE. It’s hard to believe that masterful pandering failed to get voters excited.

It really is a true WTF moment. Who did she think would vote for her because of that statement? If she truly believed it, she could announce it when she was elected POTUS. But it doesn't seem like too many trans kids (who couldn't vote) would go home and persuade their parents to vote for "Our Liz, she's just like us: swills beer and loves the gender confused."

It should be Anita Hill. Clarence Thomas would freak the fuck out.

The Atlantic author didn't do her homework with her suggestion of Val Demings and Karen Bass. Neither of them are even attorneys. Demings was a cop and Bass was a social worker.

[quote] Who did she think would vote for her because of that statement?

Consider the NYC-California cultural/political echo chamber where she and the party base reside.

[quote] Neither of them are even attorneys.

It's a curious thing but here is no requirement a justice be a lawyer although up to this point I think they all have had legal training.

[quote] It's the same racist shithead argument that says Affirmative Action should be abolished.

Huh? It’s racist to abolish Affirmative Action? California didn’t so. Neither did 86% of its voters.

The magats are triggered and I'm here for it!

In all honesty I hope this happens. Black women seem to see through bullshit better than any other group.

There are a whole lot of Asian women

It’s not racist to point out that a senate democrat openly advocated for Biden selecting a SC candidate based on their race. It shouldn’t even really matter, in theory, what political aisle a candidate falls on (but of course it does) or what gender or race the candidate is. A SC Justice’s job is solely to interpret the constitution and exercise it. Obviously you would just want to choose whoever the most qualified candidate is. But unfortunately, this is where we are. It’s not “wow, you really just don’t want a black candidate, huh?!” It’s more like why would we openly suggest discriminating against someone who isn’t black (or even a black male) for this position? BTW I am not a Trump supporter or a Republican. I don’t recall any high ranking Republican official specifically suggesting candidates for the SC because of what color they are publicly. Doing so just increases the temperature on an already shitshow divided country, despite whatever noble intentions they might have pushing for it.

I'm trying to think of all the categories I belong to, so I will one day be nominated for the Court.

[quote] There are a whole lot of Asian women

No, it needs to be a woman of color.

Stacey Abrams’ sister is supposedly in the running (though not the front runner) and I can’t think of a family our country owes more.

I would hope that a wise Black woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.

Peoples personal experiences aren’t really relevant to what they’re supposed to bring to the job.

[quote] A SC Justice’s job is solely to interpret the constitution and exercise it.

Why do we have to interpret the Constitution? We don’t live in those times anymore and the writers did not anticipate modern technology like automatic weapons. It’s like applying the Bible to modern times. It doesn’t work and shouldn’t be applied.

⬆️ true for most laws; we can pretty much figure out it on our own

One’s personal experiences can’t help but guide them in how they interpret the application of our constitution.

Please, we have right-wings loons on the court who are guided by religion and other nonsense. That’s the dangerous bias.

Liberal Asian women must be pissed! They are always ignored.

Why don't they March?

I would LOVE it to be Anita HIll, but she is 65. He needs to select someone younger. Someone about 20 years younger.

The husband of the front runner, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is the twin brother of Paul Ryan’s brother-in-law.

[quote]I want a white Jewish guy.

That would send gays into such a meltdown.

It would be glorious.

[quote] Was there a bias against having a black woman on the Supreme Court since not a single one has served in over 230+ years?

Considering how few of them go to college, not to mention how low the IQ of the black community is, there is good reason they rarely get anywhere.

[quote] Why do we have to interpret the Constitution? We don’t live in those times anymore and the writers did not anticipate modern technology like automatic weapons. It’s like applying the Bible to modern times. It doesn’t work and shouldn’t be applied.

So you want it tossed? You are a fucking idiot.

[quote] I want a white Jewish guy.

The retiring Stephen Breyer is a white Jewish guy.

Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight

I'm gonna open up your gate

And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra

And how she gave me life

And how she made it end

Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight

As a black woman. I don't care if a black woman is on the supreme court since it won't change my life one bit. I am tired of symbolic bullshits.

As a white make, I think it’s overdue for the doors to the High Court to be opened to a Black woman. Just as it was time 40 years ago for the doors to be then opened to a woman.

[quote]As a white make, I think it’s overdue for the doors to the High Court to be opened to a Black woman.

As a gay white woke.

It’s no wonder states are trying to ban all this crazy LGBTQ shit. I blame gays for it all.

[quote] No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court Here we go again.

[quote] R1, he said that about choosing a VP and look how that turned out. He said he’s have the equality act passed in his first 100 days. Still waiting.

[quote] This shit is exactly why Democrats are going to lose Congress this year. They don’t see people as individuals, they see them as categories. It’s completely patronizing.

[quote] Considering how few of them go to college, not to mention how low the IQ of the black community is, there is good reason they rarely get anywhere.

[quote] Peter Dinklage Blasts Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake: ‘A F—ing Backwards Story About Dwarfs’ “There’s a lot of hypocrisy going on,” Dinklage said. “Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White. But you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.” Dinklage continued, “You’re progressive in one way but then you’re still making that fucking backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the fuck are you doing, man? Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soap box? I guess I’m not loud enough. I don’t know which studio that is but they were so proud of it. All love and respect to the actress and all the people who thought they were doing the right thing. But I’m just like, what are you doing?”

[quote] Republicans are pro-Jew unlike todays’s anti-Semitic left wing lunatics.

[quote] It’s called history, dumbass. And gay kids are made fun of in school. Die of Covid.

[quote] Disney to replace the dwarfs in Snow White with "magical creatures" PC Snow White… Latina and no dwarfs.

[quote] People Who Out Their Credentials Next To Their Names I’ve noticed known-morons who put things like “PhD” next to their names in emails. You then discover what their degree was in and it’s always laughable. I notice minorities doing this a lot.

[quote] RFK, Jr.'s Latest Anti-Vaccine and Anti-Semitic Rant - Kennedy Family Stays Silent The Kennedys went after JK Rowling and she gave them their award back. I hate that fucking family from every angle.

Stalker^.

[quote] No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court BLACKS BLACKS BLWCKS!

[quote] No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court If they’re qualified yes. QUALIFIED.

[quote] No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court I hope he nominates the straightest, whitest, manliest man in the history of the world.

[quote] No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court [quote]This shit is exactly why Democrats are going to lose Congress this year. They don’t see people as individuals, they see them as categories. It’s completely patronizing. What on earth is racist and misogynistic about this post?

[quote] No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court [quote]I want a white Jewish guy. That would send gays into such a meltdown.

[quote] No. 3 Senate Democrat says Biden should tap Black woman for Supreme Court [quote]As a white make, I think it’s overdue for the doors to the High Court to be opened to a Black woman. As a gay white woke. It’s no wonder states are trying to ban all this crazy LGBTQ shit. I blame gays for it all.

[quote] The Florida Legislature is debating a "Don't Say Gay" Bill Why don’t they just let voters decide? I’m sick of the government doing things like this. If Florida voters vote “yes” on this measure, then ban all LGBTQIA+++ literature.

[quote] The Florida Legislature is debating a "Don't Say Gay" Bill [quote]Thanks, trannies. We’re moving backward again. Don’t blame trans, blame gay men who vote and financially support this shit. White gay men are the trans’s largest financial support, that’s why I hope the people decide and vote to ban.

Yes. I blame gays for all that LGBTQ shit.

WW for me.

Feinstein needs to fucking retire like yesterday, she's been clueless the last few years. I can deal with Nancy, who's nearly the same age, but on the ball.

[quote] Is it legal to only consider a certain race for a job and say other races need not apply? Isn’t that against the law? Or against ethics?

Its not a job for which you apply.

[quote] As a black woman. I don't care if a black woman is on the supreme court since it won't change my life one bit. I am tired of symbolic bullshits.

No one who is paying attention to the courts more recent decisions and the decisions to come would claim that a lifetime SCOTUS appointment is merely "symbolic".

There is a might big world outside of what you perceive as personally directly impactful to you. Do you believe that you and your loved ones would agree 100% on your list of things that you find to be personally important and impactful. Yet whatever impacts their quality of life, will also potentially impact your life. Because you love those people. Assuming that you have loved ones.

[quote]As a black woman. I don't care if a black woman is on the supreme court since it won't change my life one bit. I am tired of symbolic bullshits.

Won't change your life? Really? That's why you will always be as loser. You only care about YOUR life.

If you want to represent America, a Black or Asian woman would be right for the job.

[Quote] The Atlantic author didn't do her homework with her suggestion of Val Demings and Karen Bass. Neither of them are even attorneys. Demings was a cop and Bass was a social worker.

There’s no rule that it has to be an attorney. SCOTUS judges can have any background

[quote] Won't change your life? Really? That's why you will always be as loser. You only care about YOUR life.

This response is a winning strategy for Democrats. No doubt you’re a dumb white fag too, loving in WeHo.

Gay white wokes are getting brutalized by blacks in West Hollywood now. Crime is way up. And they shouldn’t be allowed to move either. They should be forced to stay there. I don’t want gay white wokes destroying other communities with their extreme ideologies.

R76 you must be the loser. Self owned by projecting your own insecurity unto others. You are the type of simpleton that falls for symbolic bullshit.

[quote]“ Is it legal to only consider a certain race for a job and say other races need not apply? Isn’t that against the law? Or against ethics?”

[quote] Let’s start with the Republicans who of course have considered and demonstrated they have a huge and colorful tent of Supreme Court nominees.

R10 perfectly illustrates that both Dems and Repubs choice of candidates according to skin color is racist. Both Dems and Repubs must return to candidate selection according to qualifications/experience.

[quote]If you want to represent America, the best qualified candidate would be right for the job.

Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the pick even if Biden hadn’t made that pledge. She was Obama’s first choice to replace Scalia until McConnell announced he would block the pick, so Obama went with Garland instead to preserve KBJ as a pick down the road. Since that time, she was appointed to the DC Circuit, where a lot of Supreme Court picks are drawn from, and Biden personally interviewed her for that spot, which Presidents don’t typically do for appellate court picks. They have everything already set up for her rollout and have had for years.

Clarence Thomas is 73 and sickly. Hopefully the Lord will take him this year so Biden can get another pick.

I say a trans woman of color who is also disabled, wheel chair best or missing a limb, recently illegal (law degree from another country where records have been destroyed) on her way to becoming a citizen. Could get sworn in to citizenship & court at the same time, a double ceremony. Was also sex trafficked, mis-gendered, raped, almost killed, an abused woman in fact! Is married to a cis gay man. Has a huge amount of student loans.

Have we ticked enough boxes yet?

[quote] Biden personally interviewed her for that spot,

Hello young lady. Have you seen my TV Guide? I need to know when Matlock is on. Thanks for stopping by whoever you are. Can I have some ice cream somebody?

Just as long as she is big and strong and can kick Sleazy Joe's balls if he tries something funny.

Like this.

How about an Asian-American? I've never seen one of them on that bench.

It's one of the things he ran on...

Americans, this is not how you appoint a judge, and Supreme Court judge, by color and sex. You choose a puppy or kitten using this criteria.

You don't want a balanced representative Supreme Court, r92? Why not?

I guess R92 wasn’t a big fan of George HW Bush or Ronald Reagan.

R93, if YOU were interested in a "vbalanced" Supreme Court you would want a true rep of the nation I guess. Like 51% female justices and ONE black justice and one or maybe TWO Latino (18%) justices and one Asian justice.

How about a real balance - real diversity - and do it by legal opinions and theories.

So, a certain number of textualists, originalists fundamental principles believers, and modernists or instrumentalists (living Constitution).

THAT is diversity in law and approaches to the Constitution. THAT is true representation. Not the optics and not the cosmetics. Not the color of one's skin - especially if they all come from the same privileged law schools and schools of thought.

The Court isn’t intellectually representative of the nation, and thank god for that. It is and should be elite by definition. And Judge Jackson would be an excellent pick by ANY metric.

I am not an American, but I believe in appointing the best legal experts for that position. Of course with solid moral background, because a corrupted expert wouldn't be a good choice. Looking at the sexual organs and skin color should be of less importance i that matter.

And the court is not a parliament and there aren't people's representatives, but as I said there should be the greatest legal experts that one nation has.

I forgot to sign R97=R92

As R96 said if you wanted people's representatives you should appoint some without college education.

Move Kamala to the Supreme Court and replace her with someone with broader appeal and more charisma. It’s unfortunate he didn’t pick Val Demmings, she would have done better as VP.

Biden makes me cringe. Pandering to black people the way that he does. He is a terrible president. He only got votes in because we all hated Dump so much that literally ANY Democrat would do.

You should have elected Bernie.

[quote] He only got votes in because we all hated Dump so much that literally ANY Democrat would do.

Yes the old Pied Piper plan. That was Hillary's only strategy in 2016. It worked for Biden in 2020 so we get to watch them trying it now yet a third time.

For Asian-American judges, Sri Srinivasan is the most likely. Lucy Koh and Amit Mehta are others I know of. Neomi Rao could be a pick for the GOP.

Biden put Dale Ho from the ACLU into the pipeline by appointing him to SDNY, but he hasn’t cleared committee yet because of some inflammatory social media - judges are still expected to be very guarded in public, which is how we end up with judges who have been rule followers and well behaved types their whole lives. If Ho ever gets nominated to the Supremes, that would be a major nomination battle.

All of the top comments on the NY Times article are bemoaning the "black women only" decision.

This quickly turned into a racist, troll thread.

I'm sure Merrick Garland is chomping at the bit to be renominated.

I guess when Reagan promised he'd appoint the first female justice, he was being a Woke Twitter Social Justice Warrior Racist.

[quote] All of the top comments on the NY Times article are bemoaning the "black women only" decision.

Yes Trumps, "Whites only" SCOTUS nomination was a-okay?

[quote] Biden makes me cringe. Pandering to black people the way that he does. He is a terrible president. He only got votes in because we all hated Dump so much that literally ANY Democrat would do.

Biden beat a whole bunch of good Dem candidates to get the nomination and won the presidency. It wasn't even close.

He has expanded the economy more than any first term president in history. Vaccinations went from 1% to 70% of the population. He halved child poverty, passed a huge infrastructure law (that Obama and Trump could do) and on and on and on.

Anyone who claims he's terrible isn't paying attention or is a right winger.

[quote] How about an Asian-American? I've never seen one of them on that bench.

After a black female, we need an Asian. We also need an openly gay judge. We should try to reflect America more than the set up there now.

Since the Court was founded, there have been 115 Justices. Two have been black, four have been female. Thus, the Supreme Court has been 99.3% white and 95.7% male.

But, yes, clearly it's racist to want to put a black woman in there.

R112, brilliant

Yes, Biden is the first politician in the history of the Universe to reward a key voting bloc with a prestigious appointment.

Republicans NEVER do that! Brett Kavenaugh was clearly the best lawyer in all of Christendom and was best friends with Pope Benedict!

Biden is just fulfilling a campaign promise. He ran on it and got elected. So he's going to fulfill it.

We need fewer Catholics, it’s crazy the way the anti-abortion movement has distorted the judiciary.

Ok, I get it, you are like Bosnia, they always have to take care that all three nations are equally represented in any institution, even on positions which require expertise as the primary criterium.

But you are discriminatory towards Native Americans, same as ever.

It’s going to be Letitia James. She announced that she was running for Governor of New York and then five seconds later pulled out. Somebody promised her something for not running against Kathy.

R118, she said she's running for re-election as DA. She knew she couldn't match the amount of money Kathy has raised.

[quote] she said she's running for re-election as DA.

That was before she knew there was a vacancy for a black woman on the Supreme Court.

Tomi Lahren Whines About The Possibility Of A Black Woman On The Supreme Court

He's really done his eventual nominee a disservice by announcing that she WILL be a black woman. He could have just left it at "the person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity" and then nominated a black woman as we all knew he would. but because he just had to virtue signal, now his candidate will forever be tarnished as an affirmative action hire and she'll have to wonder herself, did I get the job because of my qualifications and skills or because I'm a black woman.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

[quote]...and she'll have to wonder herself, did I get the job because of my qualifications and skills or because I'm a black woman.

Sure, Jan.

NO ASIANS, NO GAYS, NO JEWS, ONLY BLACK.

Clyburn also bullied Biden into naming Kamala which was a mistake. Clyburn being a kingmaker is bullshit.

The first primary results where Biden did badly were from non-representative, all white Iowa (where the caucus was tainted) and New Hampshire. Bernie did well in Nevada with the union-organized voters but Bernie's appeal outside of leftie constituencies - the majority of the US - was non-existent. Buttigieg and Warren had no support among black voters or Latinos and were polling badly in every other primary, only staying in out of pure ego. They were both dead in the water. The big push for Biden came when Beto O'Rourke endorsed him instead of Bernie (who had been leading in Texas early voting) and delivered Texas to him. South Carolina's negligible. Texas was the prize. Trump went on to win SCarolina by 13 pts. He only won Texas by 5. And if Biden had bothered to campaign in Texas, he might have carried it.

If no black—riot. Ammiright white gays?

He should nominate the most qualified.

R128 But qualified with black pussy.

Why do we live in a world where race is a requirement? Ugh. I can’t wait for the 2030s. This shit will be gone.

Didn’t Kamala fail the bar?

It is almost like in Don't look up, when the president appointed the Sherif with leaked porn but without law school.

Can it be a Black trans woman, without pussy?

Kamala passed the bar but she only went to a second-rate law school whereas - if she had been any good - affirmative action would have ensured her a spot at an Ivy League like her sister got.

"Litmus Test": Black and female.

[quote] This quickly turned into a racist, troll thread.

No. What is racist is to think the only way a candidate can get on the Supreme Court is because they are black. That's essentially what he's saying.

To announce a promise to put a black woman on the court is racist. It is basing the appointment on race. And sex. And beyond divisive and stupid.

You announce you will pick the most qualified person for the job and then if you pick a black female nominee then so be it. Why undercut that nominee's credibility from the get-go?

And Kamala is a politician and rarely - with the exception of Earl Warren - is that a good choice for what is mostly an intellectual job. If she got there, I doubt she'd even stay for long. Politicians rarely have the temperament for the job - again with the exception of someone like a Mario Cuomo - who would have been brilliant or even a Sam Ervin who spent his life studying the Constitution. Oh and plus Kamala is hardly qualified.

I think the issue is that Thurgood Marshall was a legendary Supreme Court justice. LBJ wanted to name him to SCOTUS but he didn't have a vacancy. So he created one by naming Ramsey Clark his AG which caused his dad Justice Tom Clark to resign because of conflict of interest. Then Marshall's position as the Black Justice was filled by the joke that is Clarence Thomas. Sacrilegious! So a new black justice will be able to take up finally the mantle of Marshall.

I nominate Diana Ross!

Why, r138?

Diana is a great singer and has style, I agree.

And she’s black. Well, really only.

Somebody should have told Joe about this

Diana has experience being a Supreme.

Dr. King was da bomb!

I still think Anita Hill is the absolute right choice. Biden treated her like shit so he needs to get redemption and Clarence Thomas would freak the fuck out and leave.

It should be a caftan wearing queen. I mean, the judicial robes alone already has you halfway there.

R142 the favorite rightwing MLK quote. You people practically jerk off stating it. You must be glenn beck became he loves reminding us that MLK quote.

R147 Now MLK is rightwing. You queen is plain stupid.

Has Jim Clyburn ever commented publicly on his ex wife Jill? He filed for divorce after she made An Unmarried Woman, couldn't deal with the fact that she bared her breasts.

Consider trans man

No way would Hill make it through the process without being badly bruised, and get even 50 votes. And, besides, she's old.

Does he have a vagina? If he does, the deal is done.

Pick Chelsea Manning's lawyer.

[[quote]Chase Strangio has been an important force behind gay marriage and transgender bathroom rights.

Yes, white gay men are the fucking problem^.

Hi Foreign Troll at R65! You are definitely not a black woman. You don’t even speak English well enough to know that it’s “bullshit” not “bullshits”.

Back to Minsk with you!

White gay men are behind all this trans shit. Fuck them. I’m so glad I no longer donate to gay charities anymore.

R148 did I state that MLK was rightwing. You can't be this stupid. The rightwing idiots like yourself included love that MLK quote to discredit minority achievements.

MLK would be a Trumper today.

I only clicked on this topic to see all the selfish, old intimidated, scared, small minded (and usually non-working small-penised) White men lose their shit. It's as if White men have been enslaved, oppressed and discriminated against for the past 400+ years! Oops can't talk about slavery lest it be considered critical race theory and some old White man might slip into a depression and off himself. It's not gonna hurt you to have one Black woman on the court.

Talk about a bunch of drama queens!

For those who object to Biden's goal of nominating, for the first time, a Black female to the High Court, did you have the same issue with Reagan's goal of doing the same for the Italian community when he nominated Scalia? And that, of course, was after meeting his campaign promise of being the first president to nominate a woman.

Scalia was qualified or did Reagan deliberately pick an Italian.

If it is not a trans WOC he is full of it! He is Mr. Trans defender, so it cannot be limited to a Cis woman. It must be a trans WOC!

Take your Nervine, r162...

[quote] Scalia was qualified or did Reagan deliberately pick an Italian.

Both.

So Reagan said outright he wanted an Italian?

It’s racist to hire a (qualified) black woman but perfectly fine to hire sex members of the Federalist Society.

Ew, r166.

[quote] MLK would be a Trumper today.

It's so funny the way Republicans can't help having a racist freakout, even when the consequences aren't that big.

Who is freaking out? We are just commenting on what a dick move it was for Biden to taint his own nominee by announcing racial quotas for the supreme court.

You need to be qualified. Race should play no role.

Or gender.

R159 God, you are some hysterical screaming queen. You cannot reason being so enraged. Take a deep breath and calm down. It is not that some old white man will take the position on Supreme court from you.

The relevant portion of the article:

However, it was not until last night that I personally learned that Reagan chose Antonin Scalia—the father of originalism, the patron saint of conservative jurisprudence—for the court at least in part because he was “of Italian extraction.”

That fact was revealed by Reagan’s former White House counsel, Peter Wallison, in a 2010 interview with the Washington Post. You really need to read and savor the full quote. Swish it around your mouth like a nice barolo. (Some parts bolded, for emphasis.)

“In the course of our discussion with Reagan the first time we were talking about the candidates … we had talked about Scalia. Reagan had asked me whether Scalia was of Italian extraction. I think he used the word ‘extraction,’ and I said, ‘Yes, he’s of Italian extraction.’ Reagan said, ‘That’s the man I want to nominate, so I want to meet him.’ We brought Scalia in… . The president met Scalia, and he offered Scalia the job right on the spot, in about 15 minutes, very little ceremony here. Scalia accepted on the spot. He was delighted. That was it… .

“I think [Reagan] felt that it would be great to put an Italian American on the Supreme Court. He had all the usual American instincts: ‘We don’t have an Italian American on the court, so we ought to have one.’ He really felt good about doing that. It wasn’t principle so much as that kind of emotional commitment.”

Reagan heard the old saying: Italians do it better.

[quote] You need to be qualified. Race should play no role.

[quote] Or gender.

It shouldn't but for 240+ yrs it has. The "good ole boy network" is the most successful affirmative action program ever. In 2020 you're still attempting to argue that heterosexual white men disproportionately wield power because only they are qualified. No one is fooled by your nonsense. The SCOTUS is 50% white men. White men are 30% of the population. White people, particularly white men are not being discriminated against in this nation that is 70% white; where white men own everything and run everything.

Here are some takeaways from the survey of 42,000 elected officials:

71 percent of elected officials are men, 90 percent are white, and 65 percent are white men.

White men are 31 percent of the U.S. population but hold 65 percent of all elected offices.

White men have eight times as much political power as women of color.

Only 65%?

What is with the “Yup”? Washington Post is so unprofessional.

R173 Take your meds. Biden will pick a qualified Black woman. It will make no difference. You still have 5 Racists and 1 wanna be Racist to carry out your wishes. Calm your tits.

R176 Well said.

Thank you, r176.

Tainted, r170? You like beer, don't you?

You’d think the Klan Grannies would be happy that abortion is banned and affirmative action will be soon. But no. They still find a reason to freak out and wet their panties. What sore winners.

Washington Post is misinformation. I don’t know what the slate is. I think that’s also misinformation.

[quote]Klan Grannies

I’m not racist or trans.

[quote]What is with the “Yup”? Washington Post is so unprofessional.

Yes.

Datalounge even peddles bullshit.

7 of the Supreme Court Justices are Catholics. 2 are Jewish.

Goddamn it, give the fucking Protestants a chance!

The three women thought to be in the running all have more judicial experience than Barrett did. Somehow the Right didn’t mind that.

Why so disingenuous, r188?

Why is Biden pandering to blacks again? Hispanics actually make up a bigger part of the population, yet you don't see the same push for a hispanic judge. Why is that? No wonder the hispanics are leaving the Democratic Party in droves. They need to pander to them too, or else they will lose them.

R191 Why are you all about the whataboutism? Was it pandering to White men to have an all White Male Supreme Court for 187 years? After the GOP just stole a SCOTUS seat to give it to a White man, do you really wanna show your ass over one Black woman in 232 years? You sound like a whiny little bitch!

I love how rewarding a key voting bloc is "pandering" when the bloc is black people but when the bloc is religious kooks, it's "smart politics."

Where is the Asian supreme court justice and how about a non binary nominee or trans. They will not be ignored.

Yes, let's keep the Supreme Court all white. Thus, there will be no controversy and everyone will be happy.

R192 Are you a black queen or white liberal lady?

[quote]...and she'll have to wonder herself, did I get the job because of my qualifications and skills or because I'm a black woman.

Not only her, but every single person who sees her will dismiss her as a mindless result of racist, deplorable pandering. See art, entertainment and education for examples of this destructive trend.

Cause if you are black, I think you shouldn’t be so thrilled by Yankees treating you like their pets.

R196 Are you a misogynist or a racist, or both? Why do you care about my demographics? I am a human being. That is all you need to know.

Why don't you stop worrying about who I am and address what I am saying. Anything else is irrelevant to this conversation.

[quote] every single person who sees her will dismiss her as a mindless result of racist, deplorable pandering.

And all she'll have to comfort herself is a lifetime appointment on the US Supreme Court.

When people can't intelligently argue facts they resort to attacking the messenger.

R200 Racism as comfort.

[quote] Why is Biden pandering to blacks again? Hispanics actually make up a bigger part of the population, yet you don't see the same push for a hispanic judge.

We just gave you a new version of West Side Story where we didn’t insult your intelligence by using English. Why can’t you be happy with the shiny objects we hand you?

I'm pretty sure that Kavanaugh, Barrett and Gorsuch are seen by many as the "mindless result of racist, deplorable pandering." Because that is exactly what they are.

[quote]Cause if you are black, you shouldn't be so thrilled that racists treat you like political footballs to kick around.

I love that it's racist to hire a black woman for the Supreme Court but it's *not racist to have never had one on there in the entire history of the nation.

R199 Ok, so a fraulein.

R206 I love that R206 can't see past her racist blinkers to realize that other minorities have never in the entire history of the nation been Supreme Court members.

The reality is that no-one who's questioning the credentials of Judge Jackson or Judge Kruger is remotely qualified to sit on the Supreme Court themselves. There's no doubt that those women are qualified.

Yes, the way Joe Biden has gone about this may leave a bad taste in one's mouth (and Republicans should be reminded of St. Reagan's campaign promise to appoint a woman in 1980) but it is immeasurably less damaging to the United States than Mitch McConnell's approach to the Supreme Court.

He has said that any nominees for vacancies that may open in 2024, in the last year of a Biden presidency, would not be considered by a Republican-majority Senate. After the way in which Barrett was elevated to the court, that is a disgraceful thing to say. His hastily-cobbled together justification for proceeding with her nomination (and going back on his out-of-whole-cloth precedent that Scalia couldn't be replaced before the election) was that the American people had. . . voted in a Republican majority. . . and there was a Republican president. . . something something long-standing precedent.

Erratum R208 blinders

Ah so it's racist to hire a black woman, unless you *also hire a representative of every other kind of ethnic group in the US also. Onto a court that has 9 seats.

I mean that logic is bulletproof.

R205 So are you saying you know how Black people should feel? Hmmm next why don't you tell us all how women should feel? How should Asians feel? I think you told us earlier how Hispanics should feel. You just seem so knowledgeable how everyone should feel. I'd be curious to know where you got all this knowledge. HAHAHAHAHA FOOL!

Your answer suggests you are a racist old White man... Am I right? What did I win? 😂😂😂

R212 Being assumptively dictated to isn't pleasant, isn't it?

It's funny that the Klan Grannies on this thread (you know, the ones who hate racism so much that only white people should be on the Supreme Court) assume that being thought of as a affirmative action hire would be a new feeling for any of the women under consideration.

The three in question went to either Harvard or Yale and then worked their way up the federal judiciary. And I guess they never faced an assumption that they got their slot because of who they are and not what they can do ever.

[quote]Klan Grannies

I’m not racist or trans, ageist homophobe.

It's an indication of how much the Klan Grannies of the DL have going on upstairs that their basic argument is always "I know you are, but what am i?"

[quote]Klan Grannies

I’m not racist or trans, ageist homophobe.

R217 These humorless homophobic girls that prattle on about some evil old white men after their fat asses will get off DL as soon as they find a boyfriend. Only I am afraid they aren’t very attractive, to put it in nice words. Maybe some incels will sacrifice themselves and save this site.

This site needs watching. By the FBI.

Klan Granny logic has me laughing this morning. Let me try to sum up their "arguments" so far:

- Only White men can be considered for SCOTUS. They are the default. [NO! There is no rule. Although this has been the racist PRACTICE]

- If you choose a Black woman then you must clear that bar with every other minority FIRST! [NO! Not required. There was no such rule for White men]

- A POTUS CANNOT decide to choose a Black woman [NO! It's not illegal, in fact Ronald Reagan did the same thing before selecting a WHITE woman]

- If a Black woman's chosen then she won't be qualified. (NO! The three Black woman believed under consideration are more qualified than ALL Trump picks)

- If a Black woman is selected then she will assume she is an affirmative action pick. [NO! The Black women under consideration know they are qualified because they worked to get to where they are. SCOTUS is a natural progression for them. Again, everyone knows Trump picks are unqualified.]

- Black people should be insulted by a Black woman being selected. [NO! I don't presume to know "what Black people think" but if they've experienced discrimination (and I'm pretty sure they have if they've been in the US more than a couple hours) then they see through the phony outrage.]

Any more ridiculous arguments from the Klan Grannies, or did I hit them all?

The same people hollering that Biden is "tainting" his SCOTUS nominee by announcing she will be a Black woman are the same people who tried to overturn an election by force and violence. You people have ZERO credibility. So kindly, shut the fuck up!

R220 Kindly find some incel to fuck. You will be less of a bore if you tasted some carnal pleasures.

[quote]Klan Granny

I’m not racist, trans, or old.

R221 Obviously cannot defend his Klan Granny Logic so the bitch wants to attack me? Grow up little boy (with your little wee wee)! HAHAHAHA!

R223 Hey, are you the Klan Tranny?

R224 Nah, I have no affiliation with anything "Klan." Some people on DL have morals. Too bad you are not one of them.

R225 Ah, you are the morality police Karen. Boring as hell. I will stick to my advice to find an incel.

Morals? On a gay board?

R226 Only Karens call people Karen. How about we just call you asshole? Ok? And I doubt you could even find an incel to fuck your fat flabby old cellulite ass! HAHAHAHA

Funny how soon you lost your morality and turned to be nasty bitch that you really are. But you described your own flabby ass, mine is beautiful. Still some horny incel might still fuck you and you won't be so bitter anymore. Such a shame that daddy was the last man in your life.

R229 You are an ugly old immoral queen. Go away!

Bump

R116 Agreed.

But more Muslims.

I just want more fun masculine big dick guys and less weak whiney bitchy queens who obviously rely on racism & divisiveness to keep them warm at night.

...on the Supreme Court?

R235 Sure, ROSE!

He believe ls “masculine dick” is Muslim, R234. He wants more Muslims here because they’re masculine. He being a white gay man, of course.

*believes

R235 rather, not R234.

There are 7 fucking Catholics on the Supreme Court. NO MORE FUCKING CATHOLICS.

Has anyone mentioned that all 9 Justices are cis?

Miss Lindsey's highly emotional antics over Brett Kavanaugh, a married man with kids, proves there are variables beyond skills and qualifications.

Which of the black women papabiles are Catholic? No joke: eliminate Catholics now. This is ridiculous there are that many Catholics on the court. Fuck 'em.

I WANT MUSLIMS ON THE SUPREME COURT!

TRANS JUDGE NOW!!

R241: Cry harder about a black woman going on the court, you stupid Nazi. Cry. Harder.

Alert! R245, Trans hater!

Alert! R247, ex-gay hater!

Catholic hater!

I want an ex-gay judge.

[quote]Biden should tap Black woman

Whoa there!

If one of those black women is Catholic, mark my words: that's the one he's gonna name.

Blacks aren’t Catholic.

Not just you, R251.

Clarence Thomas is a Catholic.

𝐀𝐁𝐂 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥: 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚

A new survey has found that most Americans don’t think President Joe Biden should commit to replacing Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with an African American woman.

ABC News released a poll they conducted with Ipsos over the last two days with 510 adults who were asked about Biden’s handling of multiple issues. On the subject of the Supreme Court’s vacancy when Breyer retires from the bench, 76 percent of respondents said Biden should consider all possible nominees, while only 23 percent believe he should consider exclusively Black women for the nomination.

Biden has reaffirmed that he will keep the promise he made on the 2020 campaign trail to nominate a Black woman to the Court. Conservatives in Congress and elsewhere have attacked Biden’s pledge. One Republican senator called the potential new Justice a “beneficiary of a quota.”

Biden clearly stated during the primary debates he would nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. Hopefully, she will be well-qualified, and if confirmed, do a commendable job on the bench.

He said during the primary he'd name a woman as VP - not a black woman. The black woman was supposed to be SCOTUS and then Clyburn and every black pundit on cable harassed him to name Kamala. Who we are now stuck with. FU Clyburn.

He’s harassed, most definitely. Blacks (to me) = hard left.

What about his hard stance on Tran?. It can be a WOC, but must be Trans..otherwise, betrayal & Literal Death. Damn It

He has no stance on trans. He’s bullied again by hard left gays, and whatever hard left else.

Black Democrats are NOT hard left with a few nutjob exceptions like Pressley and Bush. The hard left is white, white, white.

The hard left is white. White and gay.

Pro-environmental protection/fighting pollution, wildlife protection, humane animal treatment, addressing climate change, human rights abroad, and the separation of church & state: are white liberal advocates. No "free stuff" to it.

Yes R262 A lot of the hard left agenda is anti-Black that is why they don't support it.

Blacks are pro-life, anti-gay, etc.

R266 How very ignorant of you. Since no Black person has ever had an abortion right? And there are no Black homosexuals right? It's always cute when people play stupid. NOT!

R267 majority of black people are socially conservative not all blacks.

Black voters are not super-liberal. They are the ones who basically anointed Biden, who himself is a centrist. He is rewarding a key voting bloc with a high-profile appointment. This is not unusual. It's just that white people freak out when they see a job go to a black person.

[quote]They are the ones who basically anointed Biden.

Lie.

[quote]Lie.

Lie.

R268 I have to disagree.

Far left Democrats have taken over the terms "liberal" and "progressive" yet their definitions of those terms don't incorporate the most important issue to most Black voters - Civil Rights!

I don't think civil rights would be considered socially conservative. Not one Republican supports voting rights, Police Reform or Anti-Lynching Legislation.

Civil Rights touches everything impacting Black people. It doesn't impact many Far left liberals at all. That's a major disconnect.

Don't misread the tea leaves. Joe Biden did not win because Black people love Biden. Remember that Before South Carolina, Black voters were split amongst several primary candidates - including that arrogant fucking "Republican Light" Michael Bloomberg. LOL

Black voters united behind Biden to stop Bernie because they don't trust him.

Bernie struggled with Black voters because of his lack of sensitivity to civil rights issues and how they intersect with so many other things. Bernie is a good man, but his messaging was TERRIBLE! He couldn't market himself to Black voters.

Biden is now showing that same lack of sensitivity with his failure on police reform, but more importantly on voting rights.

Nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court is not going to move the needle much for Biden.

Honestly, I think what's causing some damage to Biden's numbers with black voters is inflation and the continuation of Covid.

But it's this paradox, isn't it? There's R272 saying "black people are upset with Biden over his failures on police reform and voting rights"

And then there's the Klan Grannies on here, bleating about "THE DEMS ARE GONNA FAIL CAUSE OF WOKE SHIT!!!"

Can't win.

Problem is going to be the mid-terms. Voter turnout for mid-terms is notoriously low and when voter turnout is poor, the rightwing wins. And the party of the President in office traditionally loses the mid-terms. The GOP will no doubt take back the House and the Senate and Biden will be unable to do anything.

Biden made a big mistake by kowtowing to the Progressive Caucus - a handful of Reps from ultra-blue districts who don't know and don't care anything about voting rights because their seats are safe. Biden should have given voting rights his absolute priority. Infrastructure's nice but nobody's voting for anybody because they passed infrastructure. BBB is a massive headache which appeals to the Progressive Caucus but largely turns off blue dog Dems and the indies we need to shore up our numbers. Everything for Congressmen involves getting reelected and not getting primaried so they cater to their constituents even when their constituents are a small minority of their party. That's true for the left as well as the right.

R273 Black people are not a monolith, so I agree with you, I am sure there is a combination of things that matter to Black voters. I only separated out Civil Rights because that is something the FAR LEFT doesn't seem to care much about. But yes, of course I am sure a lot of Black people care about inflation, continuation of covid, Global warming and many other "Democratic Party" issues. But a party that seems to have abandoned civil rights is drawing a pretty strong line in the sand wouldn't you say?

GOP has totally coopted the term "WOKE" from its original positive meaning in urban communities to something now grotesque and unrecognizable.

Despite the Klan Grannies shoveling everything (done by someone on "THE LEFT" ) that they don't like under the umbrella of "WOKE SHIT," everyone knows that "WOKE" is the code for being anti-Civil Rights (specifically anti-Black). But despite attempts to chip away at Civil Rights, there's nothing "WOKE" about it. Civil Rights has been THE LAW since 1964.

Klan Grannies cannot be taken seriously.

[Quote]Biden made a big mistake by kowtowing to the Progressive Caucus - a handful of Reps from ultra-blue districts who don't know and don't care anything about voting rights because their seats are safe. Biden should have given voting rights his absolute priority.

Gold Star for R274 You hit the nail on the head. Biden fucked up big time by not making voting rights the priority. Jan 6 should have been a four alarm fire for democrats. Instead of fucking around with the Jan 6 Commission they should just bust the filibuster, pass voting rights and be done with it.

Biden and elected Democrats are going to lose big time in future elections if they fail to push back on the "WOKE" characterization of civil rights. The GOP's use of the word "WOKE" is cringeworthy because it is not a dog whistle, but a bull horn attempt to chip away at democracy (and break THE LAW). The FAR LEFT (which gives GOP a lot of fodder) doesn't push back against woke characterizations at all because it helps their agenda to blur lines and have civil rights given the same priority as free college and all the other gimmes they want.

The GOP are champions of messaging. You have to hand it to them. Whereas we fritter away our credibility trying to tiptoe around everybody's feelings: yes the guy who was a mediocre swimmer on the boys' team should be allowed to swim as a girl so he can finally win, yes Chasten Buttigieg should have his college debt paid off because his career in theatre hasn't paid off and heaven forbid he should have to get a job. We just hand them the whip to beat the shit outta us. Woke originally was used as a positive by the left until the rightwing picked up on it and used it to flog us with.

We need to apply some common sense to what we champion. Black voters historically have shown more common sense in the issues they promote - VOTING RIGHTS - than the left which was led to believe by Bernie that everything in Europe is free - which it is not. We're feeding the GOP's culture wars ourselves. We need some message discipline ourselves and to stop running to 'like' whatever inane woke tweet some pronoun person on twitter came up with. Twitter is not real life.

It's amazing. In what sense did Biden kowtow to the Progressive caucus? The failures of Voting Rights and Infrastructure are due to two people - Sinema and Manchin. They are not progressives. The progressive bloc swallowed what they wanted and voted for the package that Pelosi put in front of them.

Frankly, Manchin could get anything passed he wanted. He just doesn't want anything.

R277: Just FF and block all the trolls who blame the "progressives" for anything going bad. They want the party divided and the Republicans to establish their dictatorship. I mean my god, for me, this thread goes form R246 to R265. I can't see any of the posts in-between. Troll central.

It's so funny how all the non-Republican, non-trolls get all up in arms over the latest bullshit and then, like magic, drop it.

Puzzling.

R279 not puzzling...They are known as the Twisted Panties Battalion

This confirmation will be easy-peasy, as I said above.