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(Yahoo)   90 Biden judges have been approved in his first 2 years, more than Obama or Trump. Nearly half of the 90 are women of color   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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999 clicks; posted to Politics » on 07 Dec 2022 at 11:05 AM (14 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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dionysusaur [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 10:24:01 AM  
[spiffy]
 
wademh
2022-12-07 10:24:27 AM  
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plecos [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-07 10:44:06 AM  
But but but Biden is practically a Republican!
 
Rev.K [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-07 10:47:28 AM  
Good.
 
ralanprod [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 10:49:19 AM  
Yeah, but he should have done at least 91, so he's really no better than the Republicans.
 
DarnoKonrad
2022-12-07 10:59:32 AM  
great, now put them on SCOTUS.  Use recess appointments. Force the god damned issue.
 
Rapmaster2000 [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:06:47 AM  
Yes, but Mayo Cheat worked at MCKINSEY instead of providing handmade artisan management consulting.
 
Any Pie Left
2022-12-07 11:07:15 AM  
Adam Driver "MORE!" Gif goes here.
 
meat0918 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-07 11:07:26 AM  
Good.

I'd like to see a Supreme Court Justice for each of the appeal court districts next.
 
Dusk-You-n-Me [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:07:46 AM  
Hope to one day see SCOTUS Chief Justice Dale Ho.
 
qorkfiend
2022-12-07 11:07:53 AM  
But there's no point in controlling the Senate and the judiciary isn't important.
 
Dafatone
2022-12-07 11:08:15 AM  
51 senators means that procedural hurdles to confirmations can be cleared (committees will be Dem majority instead of a power sharing agreement).

This is good.
 
qorkfiend
2022-12-07 11:08:36 AM  

DarnoKonrad: great, now put them on SCOTUS.  Use recess appointments. Force the god damned issue.


Uh...you know there aren't any vacancies on the Supreme Court, right?
 
Dr Dreidel
2022-12-07 11:09:52 AM  

qorkfiend: DarnoKonrad: great, now put them on SCOTUS.  Use recess appointments. Force the god damned issue.

Uh...you know there aren't any vacancies on the Supreme Court, right?


Also, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wonders how and why you forgot about her.
 
FlashHarry [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:09:56 AM  
"Yes, but it's not enoughhhhhhhh!!!!"

some purity progressive, probably.
 
UltimaCS
2022-12-07 11:11:03 AM  
Thank goodness we packed the court and avoided a constitutional crisis where abortion was banned in half the country. Despite how safe people think that abortion rights are, things could be very different if he just sat around and did the bare minimum expectation of his job.
 
iheartscotch
2022-12-07 11:11:57 AM  
I am so glad that Joe Biden is president. The other option was Cuck L'Orange. He looks SO much better in comparison.

/ And Cuck L'Orange is coming back to make sure that Dark Brandon gets his second term.
 
Epic Fap Session
2022-12-07 11:12:22 AM  

UltimaCS: Thank goodness we packed the court and avoided a constitutional crisis where abortion was banned in half the country. Despite how safe people think that abortion rights are, things could be very different if he just sat around and did the bare minimum expectation of his job.


You should submit a thread about that.
 
Subtonic
2022-12-07 11:13:26 AM  
The first turd has been successfully deployed to the punch bowl.
 
spongeboob [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:13:31 AM  

DarnoKonrad: great, now put them on SCOTUS.  Use recess appointments. Force the god damned issue.


I guess if our option is 9 or 99 we have to go with 99
 
Abox
2022-12-07 11:14:05 AM  
Nearly half of the 90 are women of color

How many have good judgment
 
DeathByGeekSquad
2022-12-07 11:14:06 AM  
The only thing that matters is if the appointees are qualified for the role, everything else is a data point.
 
hissatsu [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:14:13 AM  
That just shows how racism against white men has become acceptable!

/Tonight on Tucker
 
GoldSpider
2022-12-07 11:16:06 AM  
"That's nice, but has he abolished the police yet or cancelled student debt?"
 
AxiomJackson
2022-12-07 11:16:29 AM  
That's as many as nine tens, and that's great!
 
The Homer Tax
2022-12-07 11:16:45 AM  

Abox: How many have good judgment


Weird how you never asked that about all of the white dudes nominated to the same over the last two and a half centuries...
 
Epic Fap Session
2022-12-07 11:17:13 AM  

Abox: Nearly half of the 90 are women of color

How many have good judgment


I'm going to guess 90.  But feel free to share if you have any information to the contrary.
 
2wolves [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:17:24 AM  
Women of color?  Why does Biden hate albinos?
 
Ragin' Asian [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:17:35 AM  
Was Biden my first choice for the big chair? Pretty far from it. Did I vote for him in the general? Yup. Am I relatively rhappy with his performance thus far? Absolutely.
 
Rapmaster2000 [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:18:17 AM  

Abox: Nearly half of the 90 are women of color

How many have good judgment


This says more than you think it does... and it's not good.
 
sniderman
2022-12-07 11:18:22 AM  
This is, of course, great news. But all of them can be overruled 6-3 by the Supremes, who each have a lifetime appointment, so...

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whidbey
2022-12-07 11:18:29 AM  

Subtonic: The first turd has been successfully deployed to the punch bowl.


Let me guess:

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Daeva
2022-12-07 11:18:49 AM  
omg affirmative action is detrimental to the USA Biden giving underqualified black people the positions over superior white candidates.

What many many republicans actually think.
 
ElPrimitivo
2022-12-07 11:19:15 AM  

qorkfiend: DarnoKonrad: great, now put them on SCOTUS.  Use recess appointments. Force the god damned issue.

Uh...you know there aren't any vacancies on the Supreme Court, right?


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NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:19:24 AM  
And now that the Democrats can do away with the power sharing agreement in the Senate, judicial appointments will be even easier/quicker to get through starting next year.
 
Subtonic
2022-12-07 11:19:35 AM  

Epic Fap Session: Abox: Nearly half of the 90 are women of color

How many have good judgment

I'm going to guess 90.  But feel free to share if you have any information to the contrary.


Pfft. I'll have you know NOT A SINGLE ONE was pledge master of their frat house!
 
asmodeus224
2022-12-07 11:19:58 AM  

sniderman: This is, of course, great news. But all of them can be overruled 6-3 by the Supremes, who each have a lifetime appointment, so...

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...so vote republican?

Stuff your ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
JimmyTheHutt
2022-12-07 11:20:02 AM  
The rage this will generate on the right wing and the "color-blind centrists" will be breathtaking to behold.
 
Dusk-You-n-Me [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 11:20:41 AM  

DeathByGeekSquad: The only thing that matters is if the appointees are qualified for the role, everything else is a data point.


Amazing how next to zero black, minority, and women have been qualified for judgeships in the past couple centuries, and in recent decades have suddenly become qualified. Weird!
 
severedtoe
2022-12-07 11:21:02 AM  
with a 51% majority, the democrats no longer have to share power equally in the senate.  that means that more stuff can make its way out of committee.  its not a panacea, but it does rip away one road block.

also Manchin and Cinema no longer have the influence they once had.
 
Epic Fap Session
2022-12-07 11:22:55 AM  

Subtonic: Epic Fap Session: Abox: Nearly half of the 90 are women of color

How many have good judgment

I'm going to guess 90.  But feel free to share if you have any information to the contrary.

Pfft. I'll have you know NOT A SINGLE ONE was pledge master of their frat house!


"Mr Kavanaugh, how would you feel about your college-aged daughter playing the well known drinking game Devil's Triangle?"

Would have been the best question in the history of Senate Confirmation Hearings
 
jso2897
2022-12-07 11:26:20 AM  

Abox: Nearly half of the 90 are women of color

How many have good judgment


Good point. Why, when I was a lad, we had something called "meritocracy".
("meritocracy" meant that the job or position or privilege went to the most competent, qualified white man, regardless of his race, creed, or color.)
 
CCNP
2022-12-07 11:27:11 AM  
Finally, some people of color are being allowed in the federal judiciary. I think the judiciary should reflect American demographics. Only 13% of active federal judges are people of color.
https://americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JudicialDiversityFactsheet-AfAm-2.pdf

I think this is proof of systemic racism, especially when you consider the percent of the US population that is African American.
 
Gin Buddy
2022-12-07 11:27:58 AM  

DeathByGeekSquad: The only thing that matters is if the appointees are qualified for the role, everything else is a data point.



With the current crop of racists shouting from the rooftops it's almost nice to hear a dog whistle again.

Almost.
 
Kris_Romm
2022-12-07 11:28:13 AM  

JimmyTheHutt: The rage this will generate on the right wing and the "color-blind centrists" will be breathtaking to behold.


Let's stop playing games.  By any reasonable measure Biden himself is a Centrist.

Pretending Centrism is the same as being a Republican isn't constructive.  Sure, the party needs to go left to retain relevance, and the Centrism is often frustrating to watch try to function (and fail), but realistically most Centrists should have no problem with these appointments.

Now if we were talking Muslim judges instead of Black?  You might see that Centrist pushback.
 
Abox
2022-12-07 11:28:19 AM  

The Homer Tax: Abox: How many have good judgment

Weird how you never asked that about all of the white dudes nominated to the same over the last two and a half centuries...


I believe I've asked this question every time a headline about a President's justice approval numbers has highlighted something other than their judgment.
 
Derek Force
2022-12-07 11:32:36 AM  

Daeva: omg affirmative action is detrimental to the USA Biden giving underqualified black people the positions over superior white candidates.

What many many republicans actually think.


I dont quite think that (not republican), but I would hope he is not appointing women of color for a quota or just because. .  I would prefer the best options be picked as judges.  If a black woman is a best option, awesome.
or a chinese/polish/finnish/indian/etc.....
 
optional
2022-12-07 11:34:53 AM  

FlashHarry: "Yes, but it's not enoughhhhhhhh!!!!"

some purity progressive, probably.


None of it matters because Biden's basically fascism lite. Someone on Breadtube told me so.
 
Moose out front
2022-12-07 11:35:40 AM  
Good job, now keep it up!
 
The Homer Tax
2022-12-07 11:35:45 AM  

Abox: I believe I've asked this question every time a headline about a President's justice approval numbers has highlighted something other than their judgment.


The quality of their judgement is assumed as they have the qualifications to be nominated to the position and all made it through the confirmation process - it's literally the whole point of the process and therefore not notable.

What is notable, is these characteristics, because for two and a half centuries, very qualified candidates who looked like them who very much *did* have "good judgment" were both actively and systematically prevented from holding such positions.

It's not "colorblind" to pretend like there isn't a legacy of systemic racism in this country, it's ignorant. It's also dumb as shiat to imply that any of these judges lack the required "judgement" to do the job because of their race or gender - the thing that you did, even though you will be deliberately obtuse and pretend otherwise.
 
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