Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS!

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In 2003, Joe Biden Filibustered and Voted Against Nomination of a Black Woman to the Federal Bench

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Problem is, then Senator Joe Biden opposed her being appointed to the bench.

In 2003, then-President George W. Bush nominated Janice Rogers Brown, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court to serve as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was the first black woman nominated for the federal bench.

But Rogers Brown had a problem; she was a libertarian-conservative and refused to play ball with civil rights organizations.

One of her major decisions was a dissent in the case of forcing cigarette manufacturers to put warning labels on packs and cartons. A truly libertarian decision. She also attacked the New Deal, which gave us Social Security and other programs as “the triumph of our socialist revolution.” You can imagine the anger of her liberal colleagues over that one.

But Joe Biden, champion of civil rights and the president who has gloried in naming the first minorities to several positions in his administration, filibustered against her nomination and voted twice against her. When Biden had the chance to vote for a black woman, he declined.

 

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She is Black, and she is a woman.
Checks all the boxes.

 

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She is Black, and she is a woman.
Checks all the boxes.

And a judge. Let's see if the person Biden picks is even a judge.

 

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In 2003, Joe Biden Filibustered and Voted Against Nomination of a Black Woman to the Federal Bench

pjmedia.com

Problem is, then Senator Joe Biden opposed her being appointed to the bench.

In 2003, then-President George W. Bush nominated Janice Rogers Brown, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court to serve as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was the first black woman nominated for the federal bench.

But Rogers Brown had a problem; she was a libertarian-conservative and refused to play ball with civil rights organizations.

One of her major decisions was a dissent in the case of forcing cigarette manufacturers to put warning labels on packs and cartons. A truly libertarian decision. She also attacked the New Deal, which gave us Social Security and other programs as “the triumph of our socialist revolution.” You can imagine the anger of her liberal colleagues over that one.

But Joe Biden, champion of civil rights and the president who has gloried in naming the first minorities to several positions in his administration, filibustered against her nomination and voted twice against her. When Biden had the chance to vote for a black woman, he declined.

What brings her up? Yes, I know Joe promised to put a token negro woman on the bench, (a "Twofer" in affirmative action vernacular) as it is his search qualification criteria, but is this one on a short list from the White House or did I miss her nomination?

 

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What brings her up? Yes, I know Joe promised to put a token negro woman on the bench, (a "Twofer" in affirmative action vernacular) as it is his search qualification criteria, but is this one on a short list from the White House or did I miss her nomination?

Is she an Uncle Tom in your opinion?

Joe says he will appoint a black female to the bench for the first time.

Does something not seem askew when he as gone out of his way to prevent this from happening elsewhere in the past?

 

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Is she an Uncle Tom in your opinion?

Joe says he will appoint a black female to the bench for the first time.

Does something not seem askew when he as gone out of his way to prevent this from happening elsewhere in the past?

By the presidents' own selection process, what else am I to think? I have nothing against black jurists or female jurists. He and the little cabal of Democrat advisers were the ones that came up with this criteria, not me. He opened his mouth and damned his nominee forever, to the logical conclusion before he even did his search and review. Whoever it is, probably didn't deserve it, but that being the criteria, makes it look like they never deserved the nomination, that being the criteria.
Who in the world would promise a selection criteria like that on a Supreme Court Justice? It equally denigrates blacks, women and the importance of the Supreme Court itself. Donny did enough damage to the valid authority of that court in the eyes of the public at large already. The court did not deserve this from Joe, to add to it.

Politicians are often spineless, lacking in convictions and shifting with the winds, changing their positions, Joe appearing especially so. Was I surprised in the beginning of his administration by his decision-making? Yes. Am I shocked, after a year? Sadly, No.