Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire; Biden to fill vacancy

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15 thoughts on “Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire; Biden to fill vacancy

  1. So what if there is black male, white male, white female, Hispanic or any other ethnicities that are more qualified at the time of the appointment. Discrimination at its highest level.

    1. Because Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett were selected by Republicans because they were the most qualified candidates and not because of their race or gender?

      Heck, Republicans didn’t even have the spine to vote Merrick Garland down. So, spare me. The Supreme Court lost their impartiality argument thanks to Mitch McConnell, that gravedigger of American democracy…

  2. Bingo, Larry. What a shallow person is Biden, basing his choice on skin pigmentation…but what else would you expect from such a doddering old liberal fool.

    1. Go look at Indianapolis’ own Sarah Pitlyk, nominated to the federal bench forever despite having no trial or litigation experience and drawing the rare “not qualified” from the American Bar Association.

      Then get back to me about how Biden should pick his judges.

    2. Giving people of color important positions based primarily upon skin color makes liberals feel great about themselves. It’s the woke thing to do nowadays.

      I’d prefer they pick the best candidate regardless of creed, color, sex etc. but that’s too altruistic for libs to accept.

  3. To state that the first qualification for a nominee is the color of their skin ahead of experience, education or intelligence is racism pure and simple.

  4. Democrats’ racism and sexism is vile and cancerous. Unbelievable the literal most important job in the country is being filled by affirmative action quotas.
    And yes, Joe B, ACB is one of the most qualified justice’s I have ever seen, but it did help that she was female to take a card away from you liberals. It also made it difficult to manufacture a public sexual assault allegation because you don’t like her politics. You Democrats are beneath contempt.

    1. I’m not a Democrat, Chuck.

      Remind me why Clarence Thomas was chosen despite being a federal judge less than two years. I find it very hard to believe he was the most qualified federal judge in America.

      And remind me why this is any different than when Kennedy was pressured into retiring.

      If you don’t like how the Supreme Court game now operates, go take it up with Mitch McConnell. He’s the one that did everything in his power to prevent Obama from nominating first any federal court judges, then escalating to blocking Merrick Garland.

      I’d consider retirement of Thomas or Alito, allowing Biden to pick the replacement, a suitable peace treaty if you’d like the situation to change. That would restore the 5-4 conservative majority that should be the case anyway.

  5. Wow. Sure are a lot of white males commenting here that seem to have been triggered by the notion of a black female serving on the SCOTUS. Apparently there is a concern that no black female is qualified for the job (at least that’s the impression their comments are making). The thoughtful reaction would to wait and see what the credentials (education and experience) the nominee has before opening one’s mouth.

    1. Last I saw we’ve had a black male President and black female VP in the past 14 years. Nobody commenting here could care less whether we have blacks or whites or male or female. Pick the best candidate. To state you are picking someone because they are of a particular race or sex is discrimination of the highest order. You don’t want discrimination until it fits your narrative. Hypocrisy

    2. Larry P. – Have you never heard the old expression that “when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging”? Thanks for continuing to prove my points.

  6. As a wise Supreme Court Justice once said, “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

    It’s pretty clear and simple.

    1. Ah yes, the decision that many directly correlate to the re-segregation of the south and the allowance of the Jim Crow laws to be implemented under a new name.

      Solid reference to prove the point that you have no idea what you speak of, Donnie

  7. Whoever Biden nominates assaulted me at a party 35 years ago. I’m not exactly sure where it was or who was there. Someone may or may not know about it. I might have told a friend about it. Don’t ask me to come to DC and testify because I don’t like to fly.

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