SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson

[AJL]

Who is watching? 

www.c-span.org/video/?518341-1/confirmation-hearing-supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson-day-1&live

[momof2ms]

Me!!! Currently on CSPAN cuz CNN was pissing me off…

[Bad Dingo]

I'm watching and am of course disgusted by all of the R comments.

[Pilsy]

Me!

The audio was messed up on both CNN and CPSAN originally, and it was so annoying, I almost turned it off. Glad they resolved whatever was happening!

[W.T.Faulkner]

The collective age in the room is approximately 38,000 years. God damn.

[BlondeSpiders]

WOW. Cotton came out swinging! Dickbag.

ETA: the same old rehashing of the R's Greatest Misses. Does every confirmation hearing start out with an Airing of Grievances?

[Pilsy]

Mar 21, 2022 13:08:44 GMT -5 BlondeSpiders said:

WOW. Cotton came out swinging! Dickbag.

ETA: the same old rehashing of the R's Greatest Misses. Does every confirmation hearing start out with an Airing of Grievances?

Honestly, that's probably a yes. What a waste of everyone's time. 


ETA: I will say, I thought it was especially rich of the turds who blabbed on about the Dems' reaction to Kavanaugh. If people actually spat on the Rs during those hearings, shame on them. But to act as if the Rs are somehow morally superior for not raging against Judge Jackson? C'mon. It sounds like she is not only highly qualified but also an exemplary human being. 


These long-winded diatribes are exhausting. 

[Bad Dingo]

Wow Senator Booker was amazing, he had the judge's husband tearing up.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Nope.

I don't need to spike my blood pressure like that. I know how it's going to play out and in the end, she'll be confirmed. I don't need to hear the racist shit the Republicans spew at her.

[bronxgirl]

I haven't been watching because of work, but I saw some snippets here and there. Although not at all surprising, the R's are so disgusting. And pretending that Cavanaugh is somehow a victim is so gross. Although the "soft on crime" BS from people excusing a violent insurrection is pretty nauseating as well. But, despite all that, Judge Jackson is amazing and I'm looking forward to hearing more from her.

[basilosaurus]

Mar 21, 2022 13:46:53 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Nope.

I don't need to spike my blood pressure like that. I know how it's going to play out and in the end, she'll be confirmed. I don't need to hear the racist shit the Republicans spew at her.

I barely considered the thought in my head before the resounding NOPE answered.

We all know "soft on crime" only means "we want to lock up primarily black non-violent drug offenders for some weed to keep lining our pockets with for profit prisons. And lets throw kiddies in detention centers and make them represent themselves. Now, pass me the cialis with scotch chaser." 

And for good measure: fuck kavanagh. fuck tfg. fuck republicans. I have lots of fuck yous to hand around if anyone wants to add to the list.

[Bad Dingo]

It looked like Graham was storming out after his rant today (day 2) but maybe he was just in a hurry to get to the bathroom or something.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I've been listening a little today cause I have the day off an have been running errands and Cornyn's entire line of questioning made absolutely no sense. And I don't mean that in a "why would he ask such a thing" (like Graham's line of questioning about whether she thinks Amy Coney Barrett got a fair hearing) but as in literally the questions didn't make sense. Like, for example, if the Court correctly overruled Dred Scott.

They didn't. That was overruled by the passage of the 13th amendment.

And his whole line of substantive due process ramblings. Literally just nonsense.

[Michelle]

I caught some of Graham this morning and was so freakin' annoyed. And at times pissed off. He kept pressing her to say that she didn't support detaining war captives for extended periods of time as a "Gotcha! She will put our national security at risk!!" But just like Gorsuch, her personal feelings should be considered less than her ruling according to the law at the time. I like how she referenced recent nominee responses accordingly. Go you, Judge!

[Bad Dingo]

Ted Cruz is now complaining about the book Antiracist Baby. He brought many visuals. I hope one of his aids rifling through them gets a massive papercut.

[AJL]

Her patience and poise is astounding as she answers Cruz's bullshit.

[RitzyHeifer]

If you’re on Twitter, Peter Sagal (@petersagal) is doing a good running commentary on the hearing.

[cattledogkisses]

I don't want to hear anything about being soft on crime from the same people who were gung-ho about confirming a guy with a credible sexual assault allegation against him.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Mar 22, 2022 14:23:56 GMT -5 RitzyHeifer said:

If you’re on Twitter, Peter Sagal (@petersagal) is doing a good running commentary on the hearing.

As is Elie Mystal (@elienyc)

[bronxgirl]

I had to turn it off because I can't listen to Ted Cruz's bullshit any longer.

[shauni27]

Mar 22, 2022 14:01:11 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

Ted Cruz is now complaining about the book Antiracist Baby. He brought many visuals. I hope one of his aids rifling through them gets a massive papercut.

like, why tho?

(ETA why did he bring the book into play?! what the ever loving fuck.)

[cattledogkisses]

Mar 22, 2022 14:43:46 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Mar 22, 2022 14:01:11 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

Ted Cruz is now complaining about the book Antiracist Baby. He brought many visuals. I hope one of his aids rifling through them gets a massive papercut.

like, why tho?

(ETA why did he bring the book into play?! what the ever loving fuck.)

Her professional record and personal character are unimpeachable, so I guess they need to manufacture something to be outraged about.

[Bad Dingo]

Apparently the book has been used at the private school where she is on the board. Which- yay because it's a good book. She had a great response 1. As a board member she isn't in charge of curriculum and 2. It's a private school so his point about "critical race theory" in public schools is moot (and dumb).

[mcppalmbeach]

Mar 22, 2022 15:39:28 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

Apparently the book has been used at the private school where she is on the board. Which- yay because it's a good book. She had a great response 1. As a board member she isn't in charge of curriculum and 2. It's a private school so his point about "critical race theory" in public schools is moot (and dumb).

I haven’t watched the hearings, but I saw a clip of this and I think I literally saw her swallow the words she really wanted to say lol.

[curbsideprophet]

Mar 22, 2022 14:33:31 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

I had to turn it off because I can't listen to Ted Cruz's bullshit any longer.

This is what happened to me when I tried to listen yesterday.

[notsopicky]

Blackburn needs to shut the fuck up. She is an embarrassment.

[bears]

I was really annoyed hearing Tom Cotton's questions, particularly since I was convinced he had already gone earlier today. Apparently, I had confused him with Josh Hawley in my head. Two fucking assholes.

[carmenere]

Mar 22, 2022 20:01:16 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

Mar 22, 2022 15:39:28 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

Apparently the book has been used at the private school where she is on the board. Which- yay because it's a good book. She had a great response 1. As a board member she isn't in charge of curriculum and 2. It's a private school so his point about "critical race theory" in public schools is moot (and dumb).

I haven’t watched the hearings, but I saw a clip of this and I think I literally saw her swallow the words she really wanted to say lol.

Fortunately I only saw the clip and not Cruz’s questioning. Judge Jackson’s handling of it was masterful and I loved seeing the disappointment on Cruz’s stupid smarmy face when he realized this wasn’t going where he wanted it to go.

[notsopicky]

Mar 22, 2022 21:51:45 GMT -5 carmenere said:

Mar 22, 2022 20:01:16 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

I haven’t watched the hearings, but I saw a clip of this and I think I literally saw her swallow the words she really wanted to say lol.

Fortunately I only saw the clip and not Cruz’s questioning. Judge Jackson’s handling of it was masterful and I loved seeing the disappointment on Cruz’s stupid smarmy face when he realized this wasn’t going where he wanted it to go.

That was the only reason I kept watching that part--she just kept repeating in some variation, "I have not reviewed any of those materials". Shut him down, judge. 

[af1212]

Mar 22, 2022 21:51:45 GMT -5 carmenere said:

Mar 22, 2022 20:01:16 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

I haven’t watched the hearings, but I saw a clip of this and I think I literally saw her swallow the words she really wanted to say lol.

Fortunately I only saw the clip and not Cruz’s questioning. Judge Jackson’s handling of it was masterful and I loved seeing the disappointment on Cruz’s stupid smarmy face when he realized this wasn’t going where he wanted it to go.

Did you also see that earlier in the day he missed his checkin for his flight and had a tantrum at the airport (don’t you know who I am?!?!?!) and police were called?