I'm listening to the Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
I doubt that this Judge will be in the pocket of the RNC or Trump.
I doubt any Judge would be.
I believe the RNC is about to turn on her, because she's making it clear she'll follow established Judicial procedures to interpret the law instead of being a conservative activist.
I can hear a lot of aggression from anti-abortion Republicans.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, also appointed by Trump turned the tide in the July 15th 2020 decision that LGBT+ issues are covered by Article Seven of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
This blew Republican minds.
Judges are professional.
What I hold against the RNC is the underhanded lying manipulation that they did to prevent the Obama administration from appointing a Judge, then promising to wait till after the election if this happened and not keeping their word.
I think this is going to utterly destroy all hopes the fascist have of forcing minority opinion on the American population.
I for one will not forget, nor forgive.
But I don't think this justice will change anything about how the court functions, and if I'm right the Democrats will probably NOT pack the courts. Which is why Biden won't commit either way. If she turns out to be another Bill Bar, which is what Trump is looking for then of course we'll pack the hell out of the court.
I doubt it will be necessary.
I don't believe it. She talks in a lot of coded language in the words she uses to answer questions. She is an avowed Originalist, to the right of even her mentor Scalia.
And the original founders said nothing about LGBTQ peoples or women's right to reproductive freedom and choice. So it doesn't exist according to the Constitution. At least in the eyes of the Originalists.
In 2006, Barrett signed an open letter calling Roe v. Wade "barbaric" and "an exercise of raw judicial power."
Axios.com
I don't share your optimism.
It's a cautious optimism… trust me.