Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
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We become so concentrated on what a judge's opinions are, we forget that the ultimate arbiter is supposed to be the constitution, not whatever some judge thinks.
@Horace said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
We become so concentrated on what a judge's opinions are, we forget that the ultimate arbiter is supposed to be the constitution, not whatever some judge thinks.
Precisely.
"Endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights..."
That sounds like "natural" to me.
And that's the whole point of the Declaration. Some rights are not bestowed on people by the government. We have them because we are human.
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LOL: https://reason.com/volokh/2022/04/01/kbj-i-would-note-that-i-am-pleased-to-be-the-sixth-woman-nominated-to-serve-on-the-supreme-court/?comments=true#comments
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Judge Jackson has submitted her responses to written questions. I haven't read through the entire packet, but I did find one error. She wrote on p. 64 of the PDF:
Finally, I would note that I am pleased to be the sixth woman nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.
Harriet Miers would beg to differ.
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Women nominees to SCOTUS:
O'Connor
Ginsburg
Miers
Sotomayor
Kagan
Barrett
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The idea that Homo sapiens possess 'natural' rights is objectively false.
Go back 30,000 years on the Savanah and tell me what 'natural rights' we had.
The only way the sentiment can really be understood is as an 'ought', not an 'is'.
Something more like "there exist a set of fundamental rights that all humans should have, and society should recognize and respect those rights"
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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The idea that Homo sapiens possess 'natural' rights is objectively false.
Go back 30,000 years on the Savanah and tell me what 'natural rights' we had.
The only way the sentiment can really be understood is as an 'ought', not an 'is'.
Something more like "there exist a set of fundamental rights that all humans should have, and society should recognize and respect those rights"
@jon-nyc said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
The idea that Homo sapiens possess 'natural' rights is objectively false.
Go back 30,000 years on the Savanah and tell me what 'natural rights' we had.
The only way the sentiment can really be understood is as an 'ought', not an 'is'.
Something more like "there exist a set of fundamental rights that all humans should have, and society should recognize and respect those rights"
Yes, the concept of rights presupposes a society. Otherwise, one has a right to try, and that's about it.
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The idea that Homo sapiens possess 'natural' rights is objectively false.
Go back 30,000 years on the Savanah and tell me what 'natural rights' we had.
The only way the sentiment can really be understood is as an 'ought', not an 'is'.
Something more like "there exist a set of fundamental rights that all humans should have, and society should recognize and respect those rights"
@jon-nyc said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
The idea that Homo sapiens possess 'natural' rights is objectively false.
Go back 30,000 years on the Savanah and tell me what 'natural rights' we had.
The only way the sentiment can really be understood is as an 'ought', not an 'is'.
Something more like "there exist a set of fundamental rights that all humans should have, and society should recognize and respect those rights"
In some philosophical discussion your point may have relevance, but the assumption of natural rights possessed by all is the platform on which the nation was built.
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If Ms. Jackson was applying for work on the Savanah that would be an important distinction.
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@Copper In your own way you are conceding that such rights are conferred by society and don’t inhere to us by nature.
@jon-nyc said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
@Copper In your own way you are conceding that such rights are conferred by society and don’t inhere to us by nature.
Only if rights are necessarily enforceable. Maybe we have unalienable rights that don’t happen to be enforceable except by society. Or by being awesome at fighting.
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Despite a 11-11 tie in the committee, her nomination will proceed to the floor, where she will be confirmed.
Romney
Collins
MurkowskiHave all said, "Yes" to her nomination.
Even if they had said "No," her confirmation was a foregone conclusion if all Democrats voted in her favor - because of the tie-breaker: UPS Gal.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
And if you don't believe that, you should not be a citizen of this country.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
And if you don't believe that, you should not be a citizen of this country.
@Jolly said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
And if you don't believe that, you should not be a citizen of this country.
I don’t believe it and fuck you.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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@Jolly said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
And if you don't believe that, you should not be a citizen of this country.
I don’t believe it and fuck you.
@jon-nyc said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
@Jolly said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
And if you don't believe that, you should not be a citizen of this country.
I don’t believe it and fuck you.
Move.
Please.
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@George-K said in Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court:
Heh...
Of course. We have long since established on TNCR and related forums that a natural inclination towards pretentious, self satisfied status seeking predicts leftist politics within current American society. What is most fascinating is that indoctrinated mainstreamers continue to consider themselves counter culture, simply because the idea that the mainstream is counter culture is one of the many ideas they are indoctrinated into, without rational reflection or self awareness. These are evolved apes.
