Supreme Court Nominee Jackson's Support Tied for Highest

By artappraiser on Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:08pm |

58% of Americans would like to see the Senate confirm SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

That’s the second-highest ever, after John Roberts’ nomination (59%) in 2005.https://t.co/Eg9hsMa31k
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 24, 2022

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https://news.gallup.com/poll/390956/supreme-court-nominee-jackson-support-tied-highest.aspx\

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The 58% of Americans who say Ketanji Brown Jackson should be confirmed include:

of Democrats
of independents
of Republicans

https://t.co/Eg9hsLSs9M pic.twitter.com/xNGxKljRkl
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 24, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:13pm

just all part of his kayfabe show

Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’

The Texas senator aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week for serving on the board of a school “overflowing with critical race theory.”

at NYTimes.com, March 25

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 11:58pm

Some Senators really tried to besmirch Ketanji Brown Jackson during the hearings.

A depiction of how that went: pic.twitter.com/wKrjMOJBT3
— Nick Knudsen (@NickKnudsenUS) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:05pm

btw, if you haven't been paying attention, evil Senator Susan Collins as well as evil Senator Joe Manchin are going to vote for confirmation, so she's our next Supreme:

Susan Collins tells The New York Times she will support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, becoming the first GOP senator to back Biden's Supreme Court pickhttps://t.co/4fSQxTcNPz
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 30, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 4:17pm

and Murkowski and Romney:

Reminder: 3 Republicans supported Jackson just 8mos ago.

That's three more than the zero Democrats who supported Justice Barrett, a scholar they claimed was also said was unfit to serve.#SCOTUS hearings and votes are performative on both sides.https://t.co/qntS4pJDiw
— Melik Abdul (@MelikAbdul_) April 4, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 04/04/2022 - 7:45pm

It’s amazing that Collins and Romney are willing to vote for a Biden nominee given how mean liberals are to them on this website
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) April 4, 2022

not sure that the tweeter is not being facetious, in any case I agree with the sentiment as stated - that it's amazing - and for me that goes for the liberal blogosphere too before Twitter got really rolling.

by artappraiser on Mon, 04/04/2022 - 8:33pm

Mitt likes her, really likes her, calls her "mainstream" (take that, Ted!)

.@SenatorRomney: "As a result of our meeting for an hour together and reviewing [Judge Jackson's] testimony before Congress, I became convinced she's within the mainstream. She's also highly qualified, intelligent capable person. I wish her the very best." https://t.co/WkvWCSkDB9 pic.twitter.com/ijv49H6Ztg
— The Hill (@thehill) April 5, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/05/2022 - 6:22pm

after seeing this, I'm thinking Mitt may have been talking more for Mitch's benefit

McConnell: Biden must move to center to get future Supreme Court pick through a GOP majority

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 04/05/22 2:54 PM ET

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/05/2022 - 7:33pm

unfuckingbelievable, everything is about Palestine for these people, it puts AIPAC single mindedness to shame, i.e., if you support a school founded by American Jews, you're suspect...

An extraordinary constellation of pro-Israel influences have pervaded #KetanjiBrownJackson's life & in some cases assisted her career… As a Supreme Court Justice, will she be able to live up to her pledge to interpret the law ‘without fear or favor’ ? https://t.co/IfL5NciDs1 pic.twitter.com/R3j2mpy6Ba
— If Americans Knew (@ifamericansknew) April 12, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/13/2022 - 7:40pm

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