{"id":412024,"date":"2022-03-04T05:52:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T02:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/verdict-on-ketanji-supreme-ly-heartless\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T05:52:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T02:52:06","slug":"verdict-on-ketanji-supreme-ly-heartless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/verdict-on-ketanji-supreme-ly-heartless\/","title":{"rendered":"#Verdict on Ketanji: \u2018Supreme\u2019-ly heartless"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b53541360\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b53541360\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/verdict-on-ketanji-supreme-ly-heartless\/#%E2%80%9CVerdict_on_Ketanji_%E2%80%98Supreme-ly_heartless%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Verdict on Ketanji: \u2018Supreme\u2019-ly heartless&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/verdict-on-ketanji-supreme-ly-heartless\/#Horrible_precedent\" >Horrible precedent<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVerdict_on_Ketanji_%E2%80%98Supreme-ly_heartless%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Verdict on Ketanji: \u2018Supreme\u2019-ly heartless&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Douglas Murray\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While running for the Presidency in 2020 Joe Biden promised to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>oint the first black, female Supreme Court justice. In January when a place opened up on the court, he repeated that pledge. To only murmurs of concern. Is this really how things have to work in America?<\/p>\n<p>Last week the president announced that he was going to put forward Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the lifetime appointment. Democrats were thrilled. Most Republicans saw a trap and kept away. Almost no one dug any deeper. But they should.<\/p>\n<p>Because if they did, they would find out a number of things. Not just that there are far better qualified candidates, including better qualified black female candidates. But that Jackson\u2019s own career shows she is unsuitable for the role.<\/p>\n<p>It is now eight years ago since Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the sea, killing all 239 people on board. Among them was one American man, Philip Wood, a 50-year-old IBM executive from Texas.<\/p>\n<p>In the traumatic months after the crash, Wood\u2019s family sought to gain justice for their family in the courts. They imagined the American court system would help them. They were wrong.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-594.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Philip Wood\" class=\"wp-image-21411798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-594.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-594.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-594.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-594.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Pictured is Philip Wood, a passenger on Flight 370.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Handout \/ People&#8217;s Magazine<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-587.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Airplane flap\" class=\"wp-image-21411793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-587.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-587.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-587.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The flap was found in June by residents on Pemba Island off the coast of Tanzania and officials had previously said it was highly likely to have come from flight MH370. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ATSB via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They first brought their case against Malaysian Airlines and Boeing in the state court of Illinois. But as they began to go through the slow grind of the US justice system they found themselves completely abandoned. The case ended up being bundled up with a set of other cases in something called an MDL (multi-district litigation) which ended up going to DC. And it was there that Judge Ketanji Jackson was assigned to the case.<\/p>\n<p>By this stage, three years after the death of their father, the family thought they had a ray of light. As Wood\u2019s eldest son told me this week, \u201cThe lawyers thought, just like I\u2019m sure Biden and the Democrats think, that oh, this is a great thing. Here\u2019s a female. She\u2019s a public defender.\u201d She might want to stand up for \u201cthe little guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Far from it. As the family were to discover, Jackson was on the side of big business.<\/p>\n<p>From the get-go, Judge Jackson treated the case with indifference and a sloppy lack of attention, Wood claims. Lawyers said they expected judgment to take a few months. More than 13 months went by before a judgment came. It was filled with flaws. First, according to the family, it was not just terse, but largely copy-and-pasted from the brief Jackson had been given. She dismissed the family\u2019s case, saying that it was better tried in Malaysia rather than America. Perhaps knowing how unpopular it could be, she released her judgment just before Thanksgiving, when the story would be buried.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States\u2019 strong public interest in securing a legal remedy for its citizens,\u201d Jackson wrote, \u201cis nonetheless overshadowed by Malaysia\u2019s overwhelming interest in the resolution of claims concerning this national disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-588.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Indian Ocean\" class=\"wp-image-21411794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-588.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-588.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-588.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>HMAS Success scans the southern Indian Ocean,  as a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion flies over, while searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo \/ Rob Griffith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Horrible_precedent\"><\/span>Horrible precedent<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>From her dismissive judgment, the family had no doubt where the judge\u2019s sympathies lay. Nor that she was playing a careful political <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of her own as she looked for a seat on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew exactly what she was doing,\u201d says Nick Wood, now 32. \u201cShe waited until the 2018 election to release a very pro-business ruling, which granted the defense\u2019s request for a dismissal of our case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Woods, she addressed none of the underlying issues, and simply barred an American family from having the right to pursue justice through the American courts for the loss of an American citizen. Having spent a couple of hundred thousand dollars trying to seek justice (money they would not have had if their father had not taken out a life insurance policy), Judge Jackson\u2019s ruling meant they had to resort to the Malaysian courts if they ever wanted to get a hearing. A fine prospect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-590.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson\" class=\"wp-image-21411795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-590.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-590.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-590.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ketanji Brown Jackson, delivers brief remarks as his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Drew Angerer \/ Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The consequence of Jackson\u2019s judgment may not be limited to one family. Pending a higher court review, her judgment can be seen as precedent and so reflects on any other American seeking justice for the loss or injury of a loved one abroad.<\/p>\n<p>This means that any other American family who suffered as the Wood family did will find themselves in exactly the same position. Of being essentially helpless in the eyes of the law. The family are understandably bitter.<\/p>\n<p>Contemplating Jackson heading to the highest court in the land, Nick Wood said this week \u201cEverything that she stands for and exists for, I believe, is a lie. She has the right skin color, according to President Biden\u2019s requirements. She has the right sounding name. She went to the right schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-592.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Joe Biden\" class=\"wp-image-21411796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-592.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-592.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-jackson-592.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Many people believe Biden choose Jackson because of her skin color.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She is the perfect example of the nepotistic \u201cswamp,\u201d according to Wood. \u201cI\u2019ll never be able to find out what happened to my father, since she didn\u2019t grant us US-style discovery. An American judge shouldn\u2019t be able to force an American family suing an American company to a foreign court by simply saying \u201cwell, that\u2019s a \u2018more convenient\u2019 forum.\u201d Convenient for whom \u2013 for Boeing? That\u2019s never been done before. And it sets a horrible precedent for every citizen in the United States, for anyone seeking justice for a loved one who was killed\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s either lazy, calculating, or both,\u201d Wood says. \u201cA political \u00adopportunist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did she ever express any sympathy for the family, I wonder? \u201cNo, absolutely not. Why would she? Who are we to her? You know, we\u2019re just a stepping stone to her ultimate goal. We have been treated with disdain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are at least two other prominent black female justices whom the still-grieving Wood points out are much better qualified for the role on the Supreme Court. But Jackson going to the highest court would be hard for the family to swallow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think she\u2019s an idiot. To the contrary, I think she\u2019s very cunning. I just think she happens to be heartless. And, to be completely honest, evil, that she would do this to a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps when Judge Jackson goes into her hearings, she could be questioned on this. Not the credentials that Biden thinks she has by accident of her birth. But the credentials of her actual career, her track record, and the victims she has left behind.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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