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I don't think anyone is arguing she is not qualified, at least here, but if she is qualified, why did Biden make it all about race and gender which he also did

I don't think anyone is arguing she is not qualified, at least here, but if she is qualified, why did Biden make it all about race and gender which he also did to pick his Vice Presidential running mate? Let Judge Brown stand on her own merits against equally qualified peers. Restricting your search based on race and gender immediately lessens the pool of qualified peers. Is she qualified? Yes. Was she the most qualified? We won't know because the pool of candidates was restricted to a certain subset of the population. You cannot fix racism and sexism by using a different kind of racism and sexism. Why did he not pick an Asian woman to be his nominee? We have had two black Supreme Court justices: Clarence Thomas and Thurgood Marshall. We have had no Asian Supreme Court justices.

klyrs 5y ago
Contrast to the previous president, whose appointments were all drawn from the Federalist Society. Were they the most qualified candidates? We won't know because the pool of candidates was restricted to a certain subset of the population.
- josephcsible 5y ago
  The requirements to be in the Federalist Society are relevant to how you'll do your job as a Supreme Court justice, and also aren't based on protected classes.
- tristan957 5y ago
  Where did I ever agree that Donald Trump had a great policy for picking candidates?
  - watwut 5y ago
    His picks will influence American politics and society and law for years.
    - tristan957 5y ago
      Yes. That is every Supreme Court nominee. I am not understanding how this conversation devolved into a discussion about Donald Trump and his nominees when we are discussing Biden and Kentaji Brown. I have 0 interest in discussing Donald Trump anymore.
      - klyrs 5y ago
        Point being that justices aren't picked on the basis of their qualifications, and haven't been in my lifetime. They're picked on the basis of the rulings they're expected to make. It's all politics, but you're out here playing the race card on a straw man.
      - watwut 5y ago
        Trumps nomines were good pick from his party point of view, because they decide based of their politics. It had nothing to do with qualifications, despite people pontificating about it now.

klyrs 5y ago

Contrast to the previous president, whose appointments were all drawn from the Federalist Society. Were they the most qualified candidates? We won't know because the pool of candidates was restricted to a certain subset of the population.

josephcsible 5y ago
The requirements to be in the Federalist Society are relevant to how you'll do your job as a Supreme Court justice, and also aren't based on protected classes.
tristan957 5y ago
Where did I ever agree that Donald Trump had a great policy for picking candidates?
- watwut 5y ago
  His picks will influence American politics and society and law for years.
  - tristan957 5y ago
    Yes. That is every Supreme Court nominee. I am not understanding how this conversation devolved into a discussion about Donald Trump and his nominees when we are discussing Biden and Kentaji Brown. I have 0 interest in discussing Donald Trump anymore.
    - klyrs 5y ago
      Point being that justices aren't picked on the basis of their qualifications, and haven't been in my lifetime. They're picked on the basis of the rulings they're expected to make. It's all politics, but you're out here playing the race card on a straw man.
    - watwut 5y ago
      Trumps nomines were good pick from his party point of view, because they decide based of their politics. It had nothing to do with qualifications, despite people pontificating about it now.