Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn recently keynoted a NH-GOP fundraiser:
Senator Josh Hawley has documented an “alarming pattern when it comes to Judge Jackson’s treatment of sex offenders, especially those preying on children. Read the whole thread … Hawley’s staff has done its homework; for example: ” In every single child porn case for which we can find records, Judge Jackson deviated from the federal sentencing guidelines in favor of child porn offenders … ”
I’ve been researching the record of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, reading her opinions, articles, interviews & speeches. I’ve noticed an alarming pattern when it comes to Judge Jackson’s treatment of sex offenders, especially those preying on children
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
KJB is also a supporter of the Neo-Marxist “Black Lives Matter,” anti-white racist “Critical Race Theory” and the anti-American “1619 Project”:
SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Inspired by Critical Race Theory, ‘1619 Project‘, Black Lives Matter Protest https://t.co/VUxSG7x5x8 via @BreitbartNews
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) March 17, 2022
But have no fear. NH-NeverTrump Journal has reported that Blackburn and her GOP colleagues are going to ask KJB the tough questions:
Blackburn said, while Jackson is “approachable, friendly and likable,” that doesn’t mean she will escape tough questions.
Blackburn and her GOP colleagues could do much more. Because the Senate is split 50 – 50, they could prevent the nomination from ever coming to the floor for a vote. Emily Jashinsky in the Federalist explains how:
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee killed Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination to the Federal Reserve this week by boycotting a committee vote, denying Democrats the quorum needed to advance her nomination. Raskin pulled out of the running.
Months ago, Rachel Bovard explained in The Federalist how Senate Republicans could use the same rule to leave Biden’s Supreme Court nominee in procedural limbo.
“By failing to show up to vote on the nomination in committee, Republicans could prevent the nomination from reaching the Senate floor by appealing to the Senate’s Rule 26, which requires that a majority of members, physically present, report the bill out of committee,” Bovard wrote.
Jashinsky asked Blackburn about using the same procedure to block KJB:
Referencing the Raskin case, I asked Blackburn, “Are there any circumstances in which you could envision Republicans denying Judge Jackson a quorum depending on how the hearing goes?”
“The best thing for us to do right now is to prepare for opening statements, prepare for our questions, and approach next week in a thorough vetting mindset process,” she told me.
I started to push one more time on the question of norms, noting how Senate Republicans haven’t forced Vice President Harris to break many ties and even voted to confirm some of President Biden’s nominees. Blackburn politely interrupted me. (It was fair, I was rambling.)
“Republicans,” she said pointedly, “should lead the way in saying, ‘This is the Constitution. This is what we’re required to do by the Constitution. This is where the Constitution places responsibility. And this is what is required of us.’ And I think that it is a very good thing for Republicans to show that we believe in the Constitution and the rule of law and have respect for the Constitution and the rule of law.”
In other words, the Senate GOP’s strategy is “lose honorably.” If the shoe were on the other foot, the Democrats would not hesitate to invoke Senate Rule 26 and block the Republican President’s Supreme Court nominee. All the Senate GOP intend to do, in contrast, is talk tough … and fundraise off their empty tough talk.
But at the same time they are refusing to fight for their voters, they are fixated on fighting a war against Russian that will do nothing to benefit these same voters and will hurt these voters by fueling yet more inflation.
