Editorial: With respect, Republicans got nothing on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown...
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson listens to questions during her confirmation hearing Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.Ever since President Biden told Americans he’d nominate a Black woman to fill his first vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, some Republicans have been complaining that it just isn’t fair. “If you're a white guy, tough luck. If you're a white woman, tough luck. You don't qualify,” Sen.
Cruz, Cornyn and other senators have a duty to bring a barrel of questions to the hearings, and to scrutinize Jackson’s record. A seat on the high court is for life. There is no room for anyone but highly qualified nominees.But as they’re finding out, diversity and historic significance are merely two factors in a deep well of qualifications, experience and judicial wisdom that Brown would bring to the nation’s highest court.
Of course, politics, a bit like the courtroom, is an adversarial process, and Republicans are doing their diligence in trying to sniff out weaknesses in the Democratic appointee’s record. Apparently in the absence of anything truly troubling or compelling, some have resorted to criticizing Jackson for being too good of a lawyer. Cornyn, for instance, criticized Jackson’s defense of suspected terrorists as “zealous advocacy” that went “beyond the pale.
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