Full quote, because I missed he said "integrity": "The person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity."
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) January 27, 2022
Psaki says that anyone calling Biden's Supreme Court "extreme" before Biden has chosen her, "they just obliterated their own credibility."
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) January 27, 2022
"The fact that no Black woman has been nominated shows a deficiency of the past selection processes — not a lack of qualified candidates to be nominated to the Supreme Court," @PressSec says.
— Joey Garrison (@joeygarrison) January 27, 2022
NBC News: Senate Democrats are aiming to confirm President Biden's Supreme Court nominee in a similar timeframe to the one Republicans used to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, who was confirmed just 27 days after her nomination. @NBCNews
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 27, 2022
Impact of the Georgia runoffs will be felt here. If Democrats didn’t capture both those seats, Mitch McConnell would get to decide whether Biden’s SCOTUS nominee is allowed a vote. Instead it’s Chuck Schumer who makes that call.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 26, 2022
Whomever she is, she'll be a heck of a lot better than Coney Barrett.
— Demassie (@demassie2) January 26, 2022
A perfect tweet doesn't exist, you say? https://t.co/Ts5m6VrMCJ
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) January 27, 2022
Cranky conservative ex-Repub:
I wonder if the same people bitching about Biden wanting to choose a Black woman – something long overdue – felt the same way about Reagan committing to a first woman or GHWB replacing Marshall with a Black nominee.
Note: I’m not actually wondering.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 27, 2022
Reagan promised to name a woman during the 1980 campaign and did. Eisenhower chose Brennan because he wanted to win Catholic Democratic votes in 1956. It's always been a coalition-building tool. https://t.co/hiio2DOZmW
— Matt Ford (@fordm) January 26, 2022
Setting aside the treatment of Ed Whelan here as a serious person, if you’re a New York Times reporter, before you cite something like this as a good or smart or relevant point I implore you to think for two fucking seconds about why this might be the case https://t.co/HBnNNmz4vC pic.twitter.com/vZucZtGpIn
— Jay Willis (@jaywillis) January 27, 2022
(Josh Marshall has more history on Ed Whelan, Brett Kavanaugh’s biggest fan.)
Anyway here's National Review editor Ramesh Ponnoru explaining that the "main reason" he thought Trump should pick Barrett to replace Kennedy is because "she's a woman." https://t.co/EYEbk4ViIo pic.twitter.com/jWfGIYstty
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 27, 2022
?????? https://t.co/RAd7mkeunU pic.twitter.com/JZhiw66U5h
— Jeffrey Sachs (@JeffreyASachs) January 27, 2022
Amy Coney Barrett never tried a case to a verdict. Not once.
Who was one of her biggest cheerleaders to get on the Supreme Court?
This guy ?? https://t.co/Et94weaNG0
— Tim Fullerton (@TimFullerton) January 27, 2022
I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that ads were placed in the papers for SCOTUS justices.
— snow? (@snowmanomics) January 27, 2022
The job of Supreme Court justice is hard. When Breyer retires, Biden should replace him with five people.
— Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn (@JonathanCohn) January 26, 2022
Every liberal account with 50 followers right now: Biden is going to pick one of these two highly qualified Black women.
Every blue check paid politics knower: lmao he's going to pick Hillary and Republicans will win 99 senate seats.
— Let's not, Brandon (@agraybee) January 26, 2022
Moar sarcasm:
Straightforward from here:
1) Kamala to Supreme Court
2) Appoint Putin as Vice President, averting war
3) Impeach Putin as Vice President, averting having Putin as Vice President
4) Replace Putin with an NFT of FDR
5) Inflation solved— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) January 26, 2022
debbie
You tell ’em, Jen! Go fuck yourself, Jonathan! Bettering Amy Comey Barrett is the lowest bar in the universe!
There, all bases covered.
Jeffro
F*** the pearl-clutchers: full speed ahead, Biden nominee! May you get through the process in 26 days exactly. =)
hmm…trying to segue’ here…speaking of…hmm…turning a new page? things looking up? things that our blessed snooze media didn’t see coming while trying their damndest to turn 2024 into a Biden/trumpov horse race?
Gary Abernathy (yes, him) in the WaPo: Republicans’ Main Job Now Isn’t Defining Themselves…It’s To Break With trumpov
whoooooooa nellie…is this the weirdest, sickest thing we’ve seen in a while? Treating it like a broken love affair?? (BARF)
Just beyond wacky. But whatever gets ’em fighting amongst themselves! =)
Baud
No wonder I’m not a judge.
tom
I am taking an at least indefinite and probably permanent break from twitter. Can’t say that I miss it.
Kelly
The idea that out of a population of over 300 million citizens only a handful are qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice is ridiculous. That the pool doesn’t include any black women is ridiculous squared.
Similar to the problem of paying CEOs monstrous salaries because we have to hire the most talented.
Ken B
@Baud: Joe just confirmed that he isn’t appointing a Republican.
MisterDancer
I’m already SO TIRED of these bad faith discussions being the norm.
Y’all, I cannot imagine how tired Black Women are, of hearing this kind of shit.
The worst part is that giving into that exhaustion, is the point. People like Tucker and his “friends” are aiming to concern troll anyone who gives a damn, into the ground.
NotMax
Do pearl clutchers come before swine clutchers?
Asking for a casting agent.
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Scout211
It just seems like the naysayers are trying so hard! But their complaints and criticisms all seem like parodies of valid criticism. You know, like Doug J’s perfect parody of Jonathan Turley in that NYT Pitchbot tweet. How can you tell the parodies from the ones that are trying to be serious?
Baud
@MisterDancer:
If it weren’t for bad faith discussions, the media wouldn’t have anything to talk about.
debbie
@Scout211:
They are parodies of human beings, so anything they say is ridiculous.
NotMax
@tom
Welcome back to the real world.
We’ve got cookies, and not of the digital sort.
;)
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: It’s the pantless thing.
Steeplejack
@Kelly:
At the same time!
Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA: They give you robes!
Steeplejack
@NotMax:
Think that should be swine casters.
Kelly
@Steeplejack: Comments point out all except Barrett went to the same two law schools. Harvard and Yale if I recall correctly. Barrett attended Notre Dame
If intellectual incest is a thing it could be part of our problems.
Mo MacArbie
Lapel pins? MAGAts got lapels? How quaint. Perhaps something in a nice boater hat to go with it.
Naw, it’s all about flags now. Let’s see all these alternatives’ flag games.
Steeplejack
@Kelly:
It might have been the comments there that also made the good point that when everybody comes from a very similar background they tend to have the same blind spots and a tendency toward groupthink.
Benw
@MisterDancer: I don’t how to react to bad faith arguments about BLM, for example. “Our lives matter.” “Yea, but have you thought about the Constitution…” I cannot image how awful it is.
ETA: and all this bad faith here is over a SC pick that Biden has already said what he’s going to do! So they can fuck off!
Jinchi
During his campaign in 2016, Donald Trump literally declared that he would nominate judges from a list written up by the Heritage Foundation.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Jinchi: huh, what’s “radical left” like about Judges Brown-Jackson, Childs and Kruger, I wonder? would Moscow Mitch call them “Americans”?
I knew they wouldn’t be able to help themselves, I thought it would come from Tuberville or Blackburn
I’ll be watching the R Senators from North Carolina and Florida especially. I hope those fuckers get nervous
Jinchi
To Republicans, “left” and “radical left” are the same thing. Biden would barely squeak past the bar if he nominated Mitt Romney.
JaneE
It is actually progress when mediocre women can reach the same positions mediocre men can.
That is not the same thing as saying we should settle for less than exceptional. For a long time either black or female automatically meant exceptional, just to get the job in the first place. I have no doubt that whoever Biden nominates will be better qualified than any of the last three confirmed justices.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: That’s terrible. Dare I ask which two?
debbie
@Jinchi:
Joe: “Look what we ended up with when Mitch outsourced his important decisions to Heritage and dark money groups.”
NotMax
@Jinchi
“Ya know — the Weathermen, Rosa Parks, Jimmy Carter, the lot of ’em. Hey, who do ya hafta bribe to get service in this diner, anyway?”
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danielx
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
to them, it’s like this:
Democrats = left = radical left = Communists (eta)
This has been another edition of SATSQ.
Warblewarble
If Biden want`s to be a unifier he must nominate a” real American” , no more “real American” to be found than ……..Sound the TRUMPET JOSH HAWLEY. That would be statesmanlike reaching out to”OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE”.
Edmund Dantes
@Kelly: what’s more ridiculous Is they have to received their degree from Yale or Harvard. I’m sure there are plenty of good lawyers and judges from other schools that are just as “smart”.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Kavanaugh and Gorsuch: Georgetown Preparatory School, “a Jesuit boys’ college prep school.” Kavanaugh was two years ahead of Gorsuch.
LongHairedWeirdo
Hey, has anyone ever thought of giving Moscow Mitch some awards?
“Most corrupt president, corruptly covered up: Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell!”
“Most Corrupt: Mixed Pairs: It’s Mitch, “MC” connell FTW!”
I should explain mixed pairs. If you let off someone really corrupt, and you’re not very corrupt yourself, you get a high score, but the reverse, high corruption covering for low, is abysmal. High corruption is expected to cover up!
Oh, but, if the SCOTUS hadn’t done it, the first impeachment did, and they voted him a special bonus, because getting Trump off (sick) helped nearly a million people to die. So far. Oh, I’m sure he wonders how his score compares to famously corrupt people, but that way leads toward Godwin problems, so let’s talk about something more pleasant.
Most TurtleLike:No. Sorry. Cheap shot. Beneath me. Oh, this is ol’ moscow?
Most Turtlelike: Mitch McConnell but only because a judge thought turtles could be warm blooded. The others gave him high marks, but liked turtles to much.
Any others? Most Supreme Court Justices Made Partisan By The Process, with 3? Most money given to wife by foreign interests? I dunno.
LongHairedWeirdo
@LongHairedWeirdo: ah damn it. I hate that.
I said “getting Trump off (sick)” when I meant “getting Trump off (SIC)” . Well, probably in brackets: [sic], which is used to indicate that the wording/spelling may seem strange, but were accurately transcribed (barring mistakes, of course). Or maybe someone knows better and wants to share some sic knowledge?
See, I was just trying to say he really did want to get Trump off, you see, kind of a double entendre, so I wanted to say [sic], I chose that phrasing and… well you can’t fault me for confusing that with “sick” under the circumstances!.
Matt McIrvin
Go all in. Imani Gandy for SCOTUS
(She would honestly be awesome, in the very different universe where she could get even all the Democrats to support her)
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
cmorenc
The same folks complaining about what being a black woman has nothing to do with the qualifications gfor a SCOTUS nomination had no criticism whatever about what being a catholic man or woman had to do with qualifications for SCOTUS nominee.
Dopey-o
Re: Ed Whelan’s estimate of the total number of female Black attorneys….
in the same way that Black Women saved America in November 2020, I expect any female Black Justice to punch way above her weight.
Matt McIrvin
@cmorenc: Most of the same clowns complained forcefully about the qualifications of Sonia Sotomayor, who is a Catholic woman.
LongHairedWeirdo
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Damn. Is Biden an aged Cpt Carrot Ironfounderson? (I might have the spelling wrong.)
(That’s a discworld reference – trust me, it’s complimentary :-).)
Brachiator
@Edmund Dantes:
Hey, I know this dance!
Democratic nominee went to Harvard or Yale. They are elitist and any case are too radical, especially if they black or Latino, and especially if they are a woman.
Democratic nominee did not go to Harvard or Yale. They are not qualified. And in any case they are too radical, especially if they are black or Latino, and especially if they are a woman.
Edmund Dantes
@Brachiator: who do you think will say that?
randy khan
Possibly a more intelligent way to look at the statistics about Black female lawyers is that, given the barriers they face to get into the profession, on average they’re probably better at it than white male lawyers.
Hey, it makes at least as much sense as Whelan’s thinking.
Villago Delenda Est
Bad Faith is the only faith the scum of the GQp and the Federalist Society have. Dedicated to undoing the Enlightenment.
Villago Delenda Est
@Brachiator:
DING DING DING DING DING! Don Pardo, what has Brachiator won?
SFAW
@Edmund Dantes:
All of ’em, Katie?
SFAW
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
Now if he can just get Don Cheadle to play him in the screen version …
AxelFoley
@SFAW: I understood that reference
matt the somewhat reasonable
It’s funny how bad that dumb Federalist woman is at reasoning.
Another Scott
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: I’ve seen a CornPop vanity license plate.
(Who does that??)
Cheers,
Scott.