{"id":421253,"date":"2022-03-25T04:48:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T01:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disqualifying-words-from-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T04:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T01:48:18","slug":"disqualifying-words-from-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disqualifying-words-from-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Disqualifying\u2019 words from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a35253bd5622\" 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-6a35253bd5622\" 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\/disqualifying-words-from-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Disqualifying_words_from_Judge_Ketanji_Brown_Jackson%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;\u2018Disqualifying\u2019 words from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson&#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\/disqualifying-words-from-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson\/#Suspect_%E2%80%98methodology\" >Suspect \u2018methodology\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disqualifying-words-from-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson\/#An_ironic_dodge\" >An ironic dodge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Disqualifying_words_from_Judge_Ketanji_Brown_Jackson%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;\u2018Disqualifying\u2019 words from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>After four long days of hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee, we are left with more questions than answers about what kind of justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would be if confirmed to the Supreme Court \u2014 and the answers the Senate received were troubling to the point of being disqualifying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Judge Jackson repeatedly claimed to not have a judicial philosophy. Instead, she suggested that she uses a \u201cmethodology\u201d that she has developed throughout her time on the bench: utilizing \u201cthe arguments of the parties, the facts in the case, and the law that <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>lies in every case\u201d as \u201cinputs\u201d that aid her decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that this \u201cmethodology\u201d wholly lacks substance, and Jackson described more of a functional strategy used by every judge, rather than a philosophical lens through which she views the law. A judicial philosophy is needed to inform how the law is read and how it applies to the facts of any case.<\/p>\n<p>When Jackson was giving curious answers about her non-philosophy, she paid lip service to textualism and originalism, discussing how she may rely on the original public meaning of laws used in deciding cases. Maybe, as Justice Elena Kagan said during her confirmation hearings, \u201cwe\u2019re all textualists\u201d now.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Suspect_%E2%80%98methodology\"><\/span>Suspect \u2018methodology\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>However, Professor Jennifer Mascott\u2019s testimony before the committee explains how Judge Jackson\u2019s \u201cmethodology,\u201d as evidenced in her judicial opinions, would allow her to stray from the text of the law: \u201cThe approach embedded within certain lower-court decisions further suggests that the judge\u2019s application of constitutional and statutory methodology would differ significantly from the approach of previously committed textualist and originalist jurists.\u201d\u00a0<\/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\/dhillon-jackson-510.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Antonin Scalia Law School professor Jennifer Mascott.\" class=\"wp-image-21654292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-510.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-510.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-510.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Antonin Scalia Law School professor Jennifer Mascott suggested Ketanji Brown Jackson would ignore the traditional legal frameworks of textualism and originalism.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Rod Lamkey \u2013 CNP \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Professor Mascott noted that textualism and originalism would likely be just one of many frameworks used by a Justice Jackson \u201calongside heavy reliance on (even incorrect) precedent, legislative history, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> purpose.\u201d Huh? Judicial philosophy is not a fast-food menu of choices \u2014 rather, Supreme Court justices typically bring an intellectual or philosophical framework to the task that provides coherence and consistency to judicial analysis. This word-salad explanation on Judge Jackson\u2019s behalf, simply begs the central question.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats clearly knew that Judge Jackson\u2019s lack of judicial philosophy (or unwillingness to be forthcoming about her philosophy) would be a problem. So they decided to try to make it a non-issue, with several declaring that judicial philosophy either does not matter, or is not useful for deciding whether to confirm someone to sit on the highest court in the land. This is sophistry from Democrats who cared a great deal about the question when they wanted to attack Republican nominees.<\/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\/dhillon-jackson-503.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan\" class=\"wp-image-21654289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-503.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-503.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-503.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Erin Schaff\/The New York Times via AP, Pool<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beyond her unwillingness to articulate a judicial philosophy, Jackson illustrated her willingness to bow to the radical ideology of the left in an exchange with Sen. Marsha Blackburn where Jackson declined to define what a woman was, demurring that she was \u201cnot a biologist.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_ironic_dodge\"><\/span>An ironic dodge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Remarkably, the nominee specifically chosen by the Biden administration and heralded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> based on her biological sex is unwilling to comment on what the definition of a woman is \u2014 a dodge she surely would not suffer in her own courtroom from a recalcitrant witnesses trying to prove he or she was too clever for the examining lawyer.<\/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\/dhillon-jackson-509.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., questions Supreme Court nominee\u00a0Ketanji Brown Jackson during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21654291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-509.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-509.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-509.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Marsha Blackburn exposed Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s unwillingness to define a woman.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Alex Brandon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jackson\u2019s extraordinary non-answer to this existential question raises serious doubts about how she would adjudicate claims arising under important federal statutes, including Title VII and Title IX, that come before the court relating to foundational legal concepts such as sex, gender and equal protection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Would Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose historic career was founded on the struggle for women\u2019s rights under the law, recognize a radically changed landscape where a putative Supreme Court Justice undermines the very concept of womanhood itself?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wisdom of her sentencing practices was debated, but one thing was clear from Judge Jackson\u2019s testimony: She believed the sentencing guidelines formulated to accompany the laws passed by Congress were outdated, or too harsh, which justified her substituting her own radically different judgment for them when a trial court judge. What other laws does she believe are outdated enough that she can ignore them once on the Supreme Court?<\/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\/dhillon-jackson-502.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\" class=\"wp-image-21654288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-502.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-502.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-502.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Supreme Court trailblazer Ruth Bader Ginsburg would be shocked by the Democrats\u2019 turn against women\u2019s rights.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jackson claimed not to be familiar with critical race theory, but she has spoken favorably of it in past speeches and sits on the board of a \u201cprogressive\u201d elite school in Washington, DC, where the tenets of critical race theory are taught to elementary students. What other progressive ideologies does she refuse to recognize publicly while quietly supporting them?<\/p>\n<p>The incredible \u201cwhat is a woman\u201d answer, coupled with a pastiche of responses on judicial philosophy seemingly designed to placate or parry rather than elucidate, misdirection on critical race theory from a judge who has spoken about its founders and pop culture proponents in such glowing terms in the past two years, and refusal to answer so many questions, adds to a pile of clues that the real Jackson, and what motivates her, remains hidden from the Senate.\u00a0<\/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\/dhillon-jackson-511.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-21654295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-511.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-511.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/dhillon-jackson-511.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>GOP senators rightfully grilled Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a judge might say, the Senate had been presented with an incomplete record, but one from which certain inferences may fairly be drawn \u2014 and those inferences counsel against confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p><em>Harmeet Dhillon is chairwoman of the Republican National Lawyers Association.<\/em>\n                        <\/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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