Republican Leadership caves in during Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

[Sandisk]

Having followed the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nominee hearings, I find it not only astounding that one of the most important lines of questioning was suspiciously absent when the Republican Leadership questioned Ketanji Brown Jackson, but it was also nowhere to be found in our popular media’s discussions on the topic. That question is, how does one legitimately determine when an act violates a provision of our federal Constitution, or its constitutionally delegated powers?

In 1968 at a lecture at Columbia University the notable U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Hugo L. Black, emphatically pointed out: "The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges' views of fairness, reasonableness, or justice."

So, how does one who is sincerely determined to be obedient to “this Constitution”, which every Supreme Court Justices takes an oath to do, determine when an act violates a provision of our federal Constitution, or goes beyond delegated constitutional limits? Is it not reasonable that every Supreme Court nominee ought to expound upon these questions and give their assurance to enforce what the people have willingly agreed to when adopting the Constitution, rather than what they believe it ought to mean?

Having been dedicated to answering these very questions for over forty years I must say, Thomas Jefferson was spot on when he addressed this very subject and wrote: "On every question of construction [of the Constitution], carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."--Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, June 12, 1823, The Complete Jefferson, p. 322.

Indeed, those who reject abiding by the text of our Constitution, and the intentions and beliefs under which it was agreed to as documented from historical records [our Constitution’s framing and ratification debates which give context to its text], wish to remove the anchor and rudder of our constitutional system so they may then be free to “interpret” the Constitution to mean whatever they wish it to mean.

So, why is it that our Republican Party Leadership failed in its duty to pursue this line of questioning during the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings, and was not even pursued, to the best of my knowledge, by our popular media? Keep in mind the wise observation of Chancellor James Kent, in his Commentaries on American Law:

"The Constitution is the act of the people, speaking in their original character, and defining the permanent conditions of the social alliance; and there can be no doubt on the point with us, that every act of the legislative power contrary to the true intent and meaning of the Constitution, is absolutely null and void.”

Finally, and in the words of Justice Story, “If the Constitution was ratified under the belief, sedulously propagated on all sides that such protection was afforded, would it not now be a fraud upon the whole people to give a different construction to its powers?”

JWK

The whole aim of construction, as applied to a provision of the Constitution, is to discover the meaning, to ascertain and give effect to the intent of its framers and the people who adopted it. _____ HOME BLDG. & LOAN ASSOCIATION v. BLAISDELL, 290 U.S. 398 (1934)

You have actually followed the hearings?
Wow...you must have NO life at all.

I couldn't give a shit about almost ANYTHING that happens in Congress anymore.

 

[Sandisk]

Afraid of strong black women, eh?

Afraid of punctuation, eh?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

I kind of remember how "Republicans" including white males and "right wing" Republicans, embraced the nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Seems to me the majority of those opposed to the Clarence Thomas nomination were domestic revolutionaries who want to make the Constitution mean whatever they want it to mean and subvert the protections written into our Constitution, and re-enslave the people.

Bottom line holmes . . . rub your racism on your chest

JWK

They are not “liberals” or “progressives”. They are Socialist Revolutionaries, the very kind who took over Cuba and now rule over the people with an iron fist.

Wow 1 out of 115, my God who could ask for anything more. He is black in skin color only.

 

[johnwk]

I couldn't give a shit about almost ANYTHING that happens in Congress anymore.

That is exactly what our domestic revolutionaries want . . . submission by default and withdrawal.

JWK


At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs Powel anxiously awaited the results and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished asked him directly, ‘Well, Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?’ “A republic, if you can keep it,” responded Franklin.

 

[The Original Tree]

She is completely unfit for the bench and is a radical and is a threat to The Republic. Not even Democrats should vote for this insane Whacktivist Judge.

 

[whitehall]

The honorable Hugo Black, appointed by FDR, was a KKK member. Some notable bad decisions which were made by Black involved justifying FDR's incredible violation of the Constitution with E.O. 9066 and the modern "separation of church and state" which had no basis in the Constitution.

 

[johnwk]

Wow 1 out of 115, my God who could ask for anything more. He is black in skin color only.

Your kind of obnoxious racism has been on display for many years, a recent example was Biden condemning black voters if they wouldn't vote for him.

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And now that Biden has been elected as President, look what he is doing to our nation's inner cities by importing the worlds poverty stricken, poorly educated, low-skilled, criminal and diseased populations into these communities, and doing so in a manner which violates the law!

SEE: 8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

(A)Any person who—

(iii)knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;

(II)aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).


Your racism is working to the detriment of our Country's general welfare.


JWK


There is no better way to weaken, subdue and bring to its knees a prosperous and freedom loving country than by flooding it with deadly drugs, an inflated currency and the poverty stricken, poorly educated, low skilled, diseased, disabled, and criminal populations of other countries. So why is the Biden Administration engaging in this very act?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Your kind of obnoxious racism has been on display for many years, a recent example was Biden condemning black voters if they wouldn't vote for him.

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And now that Biden has been elected as President, look what he is doing to our nation's inner cities by importing the worlds poverty stricken, poorly educated, low-skilled, criminal and diseased populations into these communities, and doing so in a manner which violates the law!

SEE: 8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

(A)Any person who—

(iii)knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;

(II)aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).


Your racism is working to the detriment of our Country's general welfare.


JWK


There is no better way to weaken, subdue and bring to its knees a prosperous and freedom loving country than by flooding it with deadly drugs, an inflated currency and the poverty stricken, poorly educated, low skilled, diseased, disabled, and criminal populations of other countries. So why is the Biden Administration engaging in this very act?

Folks like you are just talking out your ass. It's asinine at best.

 

[johnwk]

Folks like you are just talking out your ass. It's asinine at best.

Well, I guess that confirms you finally realized how wrong you are and decide to resort to insults as your best argument.

JWK

They are not “liberals” or “progressives”. They are Socialist Revolutionaries, the very kind who took over Cuba and now rule over the people with an iron fist.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Well, I guess that confirms you finally realized how wrong you are and decide to resort to insults as your best argument.

JWK

They are not “liberals” or “progressives”. They are Socialist Revolutionaries, the very kind who took over Cuba and now rule over the people with an iron fist.

When you bring something of substance we can debate it. Why would any black person vote Republican? Democrats are not the knights in shining armor, but we know what Republicans are.

 

[johnwk]

Why would any black person vote Republican?

Because almost every democrat controlled Innercity remains a shithole ___ election after election, after election . . .




JWK

Is it not a fact President Biden is giving aid and comfort to millions of foreign illegal entrants who are invading our southern border, including Covid infected foreigners?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Because almost every democrat controlled Innercity remains a shithole ___ election after election, after election . . .




JWK

Is it not a fact President Biden is giving aid and comfort to millions of foreign illegal entrants who are invading our southern border, including Covid infected foreigners?

I notice that right wing racist whine about the inner city, but you never bring any solutions. All we hear is Democrats control, Democrats control, you keep electing Democrats, blah, blah, blah. If Republicans were elected in every major city in this country what would change?

 

[johnwk]

I notice that right wing racist whine about the inner city, but you never bring any solutions. All we hear is Democrats control, Democrats control, you keep electing Democrats, blah, blah, blah. If Republicans were elected in every major city in this country what would change?

Is that you admission that almost every democrat controlled Innercity remains a shithole ___ election after election, after election . . .?

JWK

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Is that you admission that almost every democrat controlled Innercity remains a shithole ___ election after election, after election . . .?

JWK

No, that is your admission that you are just running your damn mouth and don't bring anything to the table.

 

[johnwk]

No, that is your admission that you are just running your damn mouth and don't bring anything to the table.

Getting back to the important question ___ one which every Supreme Court nominee ought to expound upon ___ how does one legitimately determine when an act violates a provision of our federal Constitution, or its constitutionally delegated powers?​

JWK

Today’s Democrat Party Leadership is infested with Socialist Revolutionaries, the same kind that took over Cuba and now rule over the people with an iron fist!

 

[22lcidw]

I notice that right wing racist whine about the inner city, but you never bring any solutions. All we hear is Democrats control, Democrats control, you keep electing Democrats, blah, blah, blah. If Republicans were elected in every major city in this country what would change?

You know what needs to be done. And no Progs say a word about it.

 

[Staidhup]

Experience and qualifications now play second fiddle to race. The 21st century version of racism!

 

[Superbadbrutha]

You know what needs to be done. And no Progs say a word about it.

Tells us 22, what needs to be done.

 

[johnwk]

Tells us 22, what needs to be done.

Those who took an oath to support and defend "this Constitution", and instead use their office of public trust to subvert the text of our Constitution and the documented intentions and beliefs as stated during its framing and ratification process which gives context to its text, need to be punished.

JWK

Why have a written constitution approved by the people if those who it is designed to control are free to make it mean whatever they wish it to mean?