Comments on: Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson: quite a contrast

By: huxley

huxley — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 03:00:07 +0000

I was shocked at how thoroughly and specifically Thomas demolished KBJ’s opinion.

It struck me as a public spanking, albeit well-deserved. To an objective observer KBJ, I say, was humiliated.

To legal eagles here, I ask, have there been similarly devastating responses at the SC level?

By: junior

junior — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 01:58:36 +0000

“Lefties made a huge error in removing Breyer from SCOTUS. After RBG died he was the only Lefty who could make a decent legal argument. Once he was gone and all the Lefties had was Kagan, Sotomayor and Brown, their affirmative action deficiencies became painfully obvious.”

KBJ’s elevation makes it clear that the left doesn’t care about logical arguments. If they say it, then it must be true. How it’s true is irrelevant. The proof is KBJ herself, a woman who doesn’t even know where the rights outlined in the Bill of Rights derive from. And yet the Dems picked her for a seat in the top court of the land. Sure, she was a diversity pick. Biden said so himself before she was named. But I find it hard to believe that the Dems couldn’t find at least one black woman with a legal background who’s smarter than she is.

By: Older_and_Wheezier

Older_and_Wheezier — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 21:10:53 +0000

KBJ probably spent more time in her coloring books than in her law books while pursuing her JD.

By: JackWayne

JackWayne — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:44:21 +0000

Lefties made a huge error in removing Breyer from SCOTUS. After RBG died he was the only Lefty who could make a decent legal argument. Once he was gone and all the Lefties had was Kagan, Sotomayor and Brown, their affirmative action deficiencies became painfully obvious.

By: Insufficiently Sensitive

Insufficiently Sensitive — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:24:43 +0000

The recent SCOTUS case (Harvard/UNC) was graced with a concurrence by Clarence Thomas which has been compressed into a 15-point condensation and is worthy of framing and putting on the wall. A joy to read, and leaves Ketanji Brown Jackson in the intellectual dust.

Go ye and read of it.

https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/30/the-15-best-zingers-maxims-and-mic-drops-from-clarence-thomas-harvard-concurrence/

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:22:35 +0000

There was a post on Thomas on Powerline blog (IIRC), where Thomas stated that he ultimately very much regretted having gone to Yale.

+ Bonus:
Turley hits another one out of the park during this All-Star break….
“Biden’s ‘Orwellian Ministry of Truth’: Court Finds a ‘Massive Attack’ on Free Speech in Government Censorship Efforts”—
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/07/06/bidens-orwellian-ministry-of-truth-federal-judge-finds-a-massive-attack-on-free-speech-in-government-censorship-efforts/
Opening graf:
‘ “The most massive attack against free speech in United States history.” Those words by Chief U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty are part of a 155-page opinion granting a temporary injunction, requested by Louisiana and Missouri, to prevent White House officials from meeting with tech companies about social media censorship….’

And (not quite finished)…apparently, President Fentanyl’s not in it only for the Fentanyl! (Or the Tranq…)
” ‘America’s Darkest Secret’: Sex Trafficking, Child Abuse and the Biden Administration”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19780/sex-trafficking-child-abuse-biden-administration

Presenting…President Child-Abuse!
(But I keep forgetting: The sieve-like border is the Republicans’ fault…)

By: Chad King

Chad King — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:59:20 +0000

Jason Riley wrote a fascinating opinion piece that was published in The Wall Street Journal on Monday: “Who Says Justice Thomas Benefited from Affirmative Action?” In short, justice Thomas graduated from Holy Cross as #9 in his class and may well have been admitted to Yale Law on his merits.

I think it would be super-duper interesting if both Justice Thomas and former president Barrack Obama each waived privacy and authorized the publication of their undergraduate and law school admissions files and transcripts. Perhaps we could understand where merit fit into each man’s career.

I’m amazed at how uninterested the mainstream press seems to be in pursuing Obama’s academic record–they were sure interested in George Bush’s record until it ended up being comparable with John Kerrey’s. While what one does after school is far more important than a credential obtained in the first third of one’s life, basic fairness would require that either all politicians be placed under a microscope or none of them being subject to investigation.

By: Steve57

Steve57 — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:13:10 +0000

I’m not going to try to pretend I experienced anything like Clarence Thomas. But if you’re white and want to feel discrimination go to Asia. I won’t use the language that’s running through my head. Let’s just say they weren’t inclined to respect me. I forced the issue

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 18:58:46 +0000

We all do the best we can.
She can’t even define what a woman is.
(Not even the multitudes of what a woman can be…)
Give ‘er a break.

Yep, we all do the best we can…

By: Ira

Ira — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 18:51:30 +0000

If I remember correctly, the hosts on The View described South Carolina U.S. Senator Tim Scott as an “exception.” Those same folks would call Clarence Thomas an exception, and Ketanji BrownJackson an exception, too. Not to mention, Jackson’s own parents. And, of course, there is Mr. and Mrs. Obama. And, the over 300 million dollar black NBA players. And, the over 80 black rappers with net worths from $10 million to over a $1 billion (see, https://www.therichest.com/top-lists/top-100-richest-rappers/). And the 13 black mayors of the USA’s 50 largest cities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_the_50_largest_cities_in_the_United_States). And, top neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

Sooooo many exceptions.

Just what racism, exactly, is grifter Kentanji Brown Jackson (the wife of a surgeon) complaining about?