Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearing | LIVE on March 21 at 10:30 a.m. ET

[mystery-ak]

Why weren't these records already submitted to the committee?

[catfish1957]

March 19, 2022 5:26pm EDT
Grassley calls for Judge Jackson records amid GOP scrutiny over child porn sentencing; White House pushes back
The allegations were leveled at Jackson this week by Sen. Josh Hawley
By Adam Shaw | Fox News

Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling for records related to Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson’s time on the U.S. Sentencing Commission ahead of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing next week, amid Republican claims she was overly lenient to child pornographers -- a charge that the White House is branding a "debunked" and "desperate" conspiracy theory.

"Judge Jackson’s history of sentencing below guidelines, particularly in cases involving child exploitation, raises legitimate questions about her views on penalties for these crimes," Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement on Saturday.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/grassley-jackson-records-gop-scrutiny-child-porn-sentencing-white-house

Grassley should move that hearing is adjourned until records are provided.

[Hoodat]

I wonder if there is any precedent for this?  Has a Justice ever been confirmed before a vacancy occurred?

@Cyber Liberty
I stand corrected.  Stephen Breyer himself was confirmed before the judge he was replacing (Harry Blackmun) retired.

Still, with 50% of the Judiciary committee seats in Republican hands, they have the power to block this.

[Cyber Liberty]

@Cyber Liberty
I stand corrected.  Stephen Breyer himself was confirmed before the judge he was replacing (Harry Blackmun) retired.

Still, with 50% of the Judiciary committee seats in Republican hands, they have the power to block this.

You are correct, but the GOP doesn't play hardball.

[Kamaji]

@Cyber Liberty
I stand corrected.  Stephen Breyer himself was confirmed before the judge he was replacing (Harry Blackmun) retired.

Still, with 50% of the Judiciary committee seats in Republican hands, they have the power to block this.

@Hoodat

I did not know that!  Thanks for digging that up!!


And yes, they do have the power to block a vote on her nomination.  Unfortunately, it appears that McConnell is just going to roll over on this one.

She should really be put through just as much angst and grief as Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Gorsuch got.

[Hoodat]

She should really be put through just as much angst and grief as Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Gorsuch got.

I'm fairly sure that she molested me at a party in high school, and I would be willing to testify to that.

[Bigun]

@Cyber Liberty
I stand corrected.  Stephen Breyer himself was confirmed before the judge he was replacing (Harry Blackmun) retired.

Does that make it right? I think not.

Still, with 50% of the Judiciary committee seats in Republican hands, they have the power to block this.

With squishes like those you named above in the "Republican" 50%, not a chance in hell!

[Cyber Liberty]

Does that make it right? I think not.
 

With squishes like those you named above in the "Republican" 50%, not a chance in hell!

If Graham knows Cornyn is going to cave, he'll vote no as a sop to conservatives.

[Kamaji]

I'm fairly sure that she molested me at a party in high school, and I would be willing to testify to that.

#MeToo!!

[Bigun]

If Graham knows Cornyn is going to cave, he'll vote no as a sop to conservatives.

Or vice versa.

[mystery-ak]

Lindsey Graham Reminds Democrats of Violent Tactics Against Republican SCOTUS Nominees

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday reminded Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats during the Ketanji Brown Jackson Senate confirmation hearing of the violent tactics used against Republican Supreme Court nominees in the past.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/21/lindsey-graham-reminds-democrats-violent-tactics-against-republican-scotus-nominees/

[Kamaji]

Lindsey Graham Reminds Democrats of Violent Tactics Against Republican SCOTUS Nominees

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday reminded Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats during the Ketanji Brown Jackson Senate confirmation hearing of the violent tactics used against Republican Supreme Court nominees in the past.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/21/lindsey-graham-reminds-democrats-violent-tactics-against-republican-scotus-nominees/

Well, we'd like to see some of the "Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander" applied here.

[Elderberry]

WATCH: Sen. Cruz’s opening statement in Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, argued March 21 in his opening remarks at the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson that Democrats have altered the duties of the Supreme Court.

“Our Democratic colleagues want the Supreme Court to be anti-democratic. Our Democratic colleagues get frustrated with the democratic process. When they can't pass gun control laws because the American people don't support them, they want unelected judges to mandate those same laws instead,” Cruz said. “Law after law after law that they can’t get through the democratic process, the Democrats have decided it’s much simpler to convince five lawyers in black robes than to try to convince 330 million Americans.”

Cruz argued that’s the reason confirmation hearings have become “so contentious.” But, he promised Jackson: “This will not be a political circus.”

Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden in February to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman on the high court.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOG5OGYIndo

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hawley Opening Statement (Video)


https://youtu.be/mGWfYWsEOTE

[Right_in_Virginia]

Cruz Opening Statement (Video)


https://youtu.be/DOG5OGYIndo

[Right_in_Virginia]

Graham Opening Statement  (Video)


https://youtu.be/Obfy5xVprb0

[mystery-ak]

Graham fumes at confirmation hearing: Childs treatment 'vicious'
By Jordain Carney - 03/21/22 12:14 PM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) fumed over progressive criticism of J. Michelle Childs, a district court nominee who was also a Supreme Court contender, and accused Democrats of holding a double standard against GOP nominees.

Graham’s remarks, which came near the start of the four-day hearing for President Biden's actual nominee for the court — Ketanji Brown Jackson — are the most extensive comments Graham has given on Jackson’s nomination since his meeting with Jackson last week.

After that meeting, which lasted roughly 15 minutes, Graham went radio silent on his thinking about Jackson.


“The attacks from the left against Judge Childs was really pretty vicious, to be honest with you,” Graham said.

Graham added that he believed there was a “wholesale effort” to take her out of the running for the Supreme Court seat.

“This is a new game for the Supreme Court, and this game is particularly disturbing to me,” Graham said.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/599040-graham-fumes-at-confirmation-hearing-childs-treatment-vicious

[Bigun]

Graham fumes at confirmation hearing: Childs treatment 'vicious'
By Jordain Carney - 03/21/22 12:14 PM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) fumed over progressive criticism of J. Michelle Childs, a district court nominee who was also a Supreme Court contender, and accused Democrats of holding a double standard against GOP nominees.

Graham’s remarks, which came near the start of the four-day hearing for President Biden's actual nominee for the court — Ketanji Brown Jackson — are the most extensive comments Graham has given on Jackson’s nomination since his meeting with Jackson last week.

After that meeting, which lasted roughly 15 minutes, Graham went radio silent on his thinking about Jackson.


“The attacks from the left against Judge Childs was really pretty vicious, to be honest with you,” Graham said.

Graham added that he believed there was a “wholesale effort” to take her out of the running for the Supreme Court seat.

“This is a new game for the Supreme Court, and this game is particularly disturbing to me,” Graham said.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/599040-graham-fumes-at-confirmation-hearing-childs-treatment-vicious

As someone here correctly stated earlier, Democrats play hardball Republicans play patty cake!

[Smokin Joe]

Where does it say we cannot?

I openly admit it would be an interesting question, and if she is confirmed and Breyer retires during Bidet's administration, I don't see the question being litigated.

However, there is nothing in the Constitution or in the relevant statutes that prohibits a pre-vacancy nomination or a confirmation hearing, particularly in light of the announced intentions of a currently sitting justice to retire.

The statute currently forbids more than nine sitting justices actively hearing cases and deciding them; it doesn't of its own necessary language do more than that.

By that logic, an endless progression of 'on deck' justices could be established, like a batting lineup, just waiting for their turn. I cannot see that as the intent of the founders.

[Kamaji]

By that logic, an endless progression of 'on deck' justices could be established, like a batting lineup, just waiting for their turn. I cannot see that as the intent of the founders.

Yes, it could.  But as @Cyber Liberty pointed out, it is quite likely the case that a confirmation that does not result in the confirmee being sworn into office before that session of Congess ends is likely a "dry" confirmation that will expire of its own accord with the end of the Session.

So, at most, you get an endless supply that's good for one session of Congress.  Building up a bench of reserves would be rather a poor waste of limited legislative time under those circumstances.

So perhaps the Founders were wiser and more ingenious than most of us give them credit for.

[mountaineer]

Soft on Crime? Here’s Jackson’s Record on Sex Offenders and Other Criminals
March 21, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson once expressed concern about a “climate of fear, hatred, and revenge” surrounding sex offenders.

Jackson later opposed the confinement conditions of a Taliban leader suspected of running a terrorist cell.

The judge also routinely ruled against the Trump administration on immigration enforcement cases, as detailed here.  ...

Hawley’s tweets referred to seven separate cases in which Jackson ruled.

“On the federal bench, Judge Jackson put her troubling views into action. In every single child porn case for which we can find records, Judge Jackson deviated from the federal sentencing guidelines in favor of child porn offenders,” Hawley wrote on Twitter.  ...

The lower court cases Hawley highlighted include:

    U.S. v. Hawkins, where sentencing guidelines called for up to 10 years in prison for a man convicted of possession of multiple images of child pornography. Jackson sentenced him to three months.  ...

Full story at Heartland Daily News

[Smokin Joe]

Yes, it could.  But as @Cyber Liberty pointed out, it is quite likely the case that a confirmation that does not result in the confirmee being sworn into office before that session of Congess ends is likely a "dry" confirmation that will expire of its own accord with the end of the Session.

So, at most, you get an endless supply that's good for one session of Congress.  Building up a bench of reserves would be rather a poor waste of limited legislative time under those circumstances.

So perhaps the Founders were wiser and more ingenious than most of us give them credit for.

The founders may have been wise and ingenious, but I refuse to underestimate the stupidity of Congress.

[catfish1957]

The founders may have been wise and ingenious, but I refuse to underestimate the stupidity of Congress.

Back then, there was a moral understanding that becoming a legislator was an honor and privlidge to serve the at the will and for  the people.  Not profit on them, which is the overriding theme now.

[Smokin Joe]

Back then, there was a moral understanding that becoming a legislator was an honor and privlidge to serve the at the will and for  the people.  Not profit on them, which is the overriding theme now.

Back then, you took time off from your regular business to serve as a legislator.

Bow it is their regular bid'ness, and many have never had a real job.

[mystery-ak]

March 22, 2022
Dick Durbin blocks documents showing Ketanji Brown Jackson's judicial record
By Monica Showalter

The Senate hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination are not going well.

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Durbin is blocking the release of documents showing Brown Jackson's actual record as a judge, taking a page from the tactics of impeachment-obsessed Rep. Adam Schiff. That's how Democrats do hearings these days.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/03/dick_durbin_blocks_documents_showing_ketanji_brown_jacksons_judicial_record.html

[mystery-ak]

Exclusive—Alan Dershowitz: My Encounter with Ketanji Brown Jackson at Harvard in 1991

I hope Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be questioned about her general views regarding the centrality of the First Amendment to our constitutional system.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/21/exclusive-alan-dershowitz-my-encounter-with-ketanji-brown-jackson-at-harvard-in-1991/

[Bigun]

The founders may have been wise and ingenious, but I refuse to underestimate the stupidity of Congress.

And you are not alone I'll assure you!

[catfish1957]

March 22, 2022
Dick Durbin blocks documents showing Ketanji Brown Jackson's judicial record
By Monica Showalter

The Senate hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination are not going well.

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Durbin is blocking the release of documents showing Brown Jackson's actual record as a judge, taking a page from the tactics of impeachment-obsessed Rep. Adam Schiff. That's how Democrats do hearings these days.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/03/dick_durbin_blocks_documents_showing_ketanji_brown_jacksons_judicial_record.html

Just another example when it comes to congressional warfare, the democrats bring guns, and we use sling shots.

No testicles GOP will probably just roll over and smile.

[Bigun]

March 22, 2022
Dick Durbin blocks documents showing Ketanji Brown Jackson's judicial record
By Monica Showalter

The Senate hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination are not going well.

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Durbin is blocking the release of documents showing Brown Jackson's actual record as a judge, taking a page from the tactics of impeachment-obsessed Rep. Adam Schiff. That's how Democrats do hearings these days.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/03/dick_durbin_blocks_documents_showing_ketanji_brown_jacksons_judicial_record.html

And the Republican response SHOULD be "No documents No vote" but we all know that is not what it will be.

[catfish1957]

And the Republican response SHOULD be "No documents No vote" but we all know that is not what it will be.

Can the GOP even stop a vote?  Dust Bin Durbin might just say fine, a 50-0 confirmation works for us.

[Kamaji]

The founders may have been wise and ingenious, but I refuse to underestimate the stupidity of Congress.

Fair enough; however, an individual is not a "justice" until they've taken the oath of office, and therefore they have no vested interest in the office until such time.  As a result, I do not believe that the confirmation proceedings taken by one Congress would bind a subsequent Congress if those confirmation proceedings did not result in the oath of office being given to the confirmee.  Thus, one could have a hundred thousand confirmed "reserves" from a Democrat-controlled Congress, and none of those would bind a subsequent session of Congress if none of them were given the oath of office.

[mystery-ak]

Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Refuses to Join with Ginsburg, Breyer in Opposing Court-Packing

Ketanji Brown Jackson during her nomination hearing on Tuesday refused to join with Ginsburg and Breyer in opposing court-packing.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/22/supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson-refuses-join-ginsburg-breyer-opposing-court-packing/

[Kamaji]

And the Republican response SHOULD be "No documents No vote" but we all know that is not what it will be.

[mystery-ak]

Coons Rips GOP Colleagues for ‘Baseless,’ ‘Outlandish’ Attacks Against Judge Jackson

Tuesday ahead of the second round of U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized his GOP colleagues for their “baseless” and “outlandish” attacks on the nominee.

Trent Baker22 Mar 2022, 7:55 AM PDT

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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/03/22/coons-rips-gop-colleagues-for-baseless-outlandish-attacks-against-judge-jackson/

[catfish1957]

Coons Rips GOP Colleagues for ‘Baseless,’ ‘Outlandish’ Attacks Against Judge Jackson

Tuesday ahead of the second round of U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized his GOP colleagues for their “baseless” and “outlandish” attacks on the nominee.

Trent Baker22 Mar 2022, 7:55 AM PDT

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/

Biden's butt boy sez wut?

[Kamaji]

Coons Rips GOP Colleagues for ‘Baseless,’ ‘Outlandish’ Attacks Against Judge Jackson

Tuesday ahead of the second round of U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized his GOP colleagues for their “baseless” and “outlandish” attacks on the nominee.

Trent Baker22 Mar 2022, 7:55 AM PDT

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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/03/22/coons-rips-gop-colleagues-for-baseless-outlandish-attacks-against-judge-jackson/

GFY Coons.

[mystery-ak]

 

Booker on Ketanji Brown Jackson: ‘She’s Like Jackie Robinson’

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Monday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that at the Senate hearing today for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, he “felt the emotion flowing through me from ancestors and generations that made this day possible.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/03/21/booker-on-ketanji-brown-jackson-shes-like-jackie-robinson/

[Kamaji]

Booker on Ketanji Brown Jackson: ‘She’s Like Jackie Robinson’

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Monday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that at the Senate hearing today for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, he “felt the emotion flowing through me from ancestors and generations that made this day possible.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/03/21/booker-on-ketanji-brown-jackson-shes-like-jackie-robinson/

[catfish1957]

More pathetic than funny. 

The left thinks riding the Wokeness Horse is going to STILL play well with the general public. 
Well we are not too far from that same horse getting a perpetual beating. 

Furthermore, this woman claims she suffered from a segregationist south.  What the hell?   She was born in 1970.  Why isn't just one GOP member asking for an example of WHERE in the south she experienced this after 1975-1980.

[Kamaji]

More pathetic than funny. 

The left thinks riding the Wokeness Horse is going to STILL play well with the general public. 
Well we are not too far from that same horse getting a perpetual beating. 

Furthermore, this woman claims she suffered from a segregationist south.  What the hell?   She was born in 1970.  Why isn't just one GOP member asking for an example of WHERE in the south she experienced this after 1975-1980.

[mystery-ak]

Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Did Not Know’ Joe Biden Twice Filibustered Black Nominee Janice Rogers Brown

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson “did not know’ former ranking member of the Judiciary Committee Joe Biden twice filibustered black nominee Janice Rogers Brown for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/22/ketanji-brown-jackson-did-not-know-joe-biden-twice-filibustered-black-nominee-janice-rogers-brown/

[Kamaji]

Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Did Not Know’ Joe Biden Twice Filibustered Black Nominee Janice Rogers Brown

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson “did not know’ former ranking member of the Judiciary Committee Joe Biden twice filibustered black nominee Janice Rogers Brown for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/22/ketanji-brown-jackson-did-not-know-joe-biden-twice-filibustered-black-nominee-janice-rogers-brown/

Not sure what that's supposed to be relevant to.

[mystery-ak]

Watch: Mazie Hirono Makes Absolute 'Woke' Mess of Things During Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1505964838576603136

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https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/03/22/watch-mazie-hirono-makes-absolute-woke-mess-of-things-during-ketanji-brown-jackson-hearings-n539308

[Kamaji]

Watch: Mazie Hirono Makes Absolute 'Woke' Mess of Things During Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1505964838576603136

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https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/03/22/watch-mazie-hirono-makes-absolute-woke-mess-of-things-during-ketanji-brown-jackson-hearings-n539308

Someone please send her a link to Bidet's statements that he would only be appointing a black woman.

[mystery-ak]

Dick Durbin Dabbles in Absurdity as KBJ Gives Sketchy Response to Pedophile Sentencing Questions
By Bonchie | Mar 22, 2022 11:00 AM ET

There is very little suspense on Capitol Hill regarding Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. The moment Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement, it was assured that his replacement would end up with the votes needed, likely with several Republicans offering their support along the way.

KBJ’s confirmation hearing hasn’t changed that dynamic. As RedState reported, she has received tough but fair questions from the GOP members of the Judiciary Committee, with the most contentious ones centering on her sentencing of pedophiles in possession of child pornography. In the seven cases she handled on the matter, she gave sentences below (sometimes far below) the federal guidelines for the crimes committed. Sen. Josh Hawley has led the charge to expose that reality and question it.

On Tuesday morning, the second day of hearings began, and onlookers were greeted by Sen. Dick Durbin dabbling in absolute absurdity regarding the treatment of KBJ.

https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1506260366506053637

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https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/03/22/dick-durbin-dabbles-in-absurdity-as-kbj-gives-sketchy-response-to-pedophile-sentencing-questions-n539258

[Right_in_Virginia]

"During her Senate Confirmation Hearing, Judge Jackson criticizes congressional statutes and the Sentencing Guidelines, saying the guidelines are not up to date and are too harsh for child porn offenders."  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/1506264979435102213

[Right_in_Virginia]

"Jackson says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences bc its different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn  This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson"  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1506273032985321482

[catfish1957]

"During her Senate Confirmation Hearing, Judge Jackson criticizes congressional statutes and the Sentencing Guidelines, saying the guidelines are not up to date and are too harsh for child porn offenders."  (Video)

Holy smokes....   she comes clean early.

So what she is saying if one pervert has 10 kiddy porn pics, he should get less punishment than one with a 1000.....

I don't see this nomination lasting.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Jack Posobiec
@Jack Posobiec

Judge Jackson is removing the consideration that every piece of child pornography has at least one victim that gets re-victimized every time someone views it. If there was no demand there would be no supply. She’s only seeing it from the eyes of the criminal, not the victim.

1:25 PM · Mar 22, 2022·Twitter Web App

[Kamaji]

"Jackson says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences bc its different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn  This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson"  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1506273032985321482

That's totally the wrong basis for viewing the harm caused by child pornography.  The gravamen of the crime is not the burden it puts on the U.S. postal service, or the internet providers, the gravamen is the sexual exploitation of children, and that is independent of how the images were delivered to the defendant.


That, by itself, demonstrates a lack of the real fine-tuned legal reasoning skills Supreme Court justices are expected to have.