Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson once expressed concern about a “climate of fear, hatred, and revenge” surrounding sex offenders.
Jackson later opposed the confinement conditions of a Taliban leader suspected of running a terrorist cell.
The judge also routinely ruled against the Trump administration on immigration enforcement cases, as detailed here.
Now, as President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Jackson faces questions about her legal career and record on crime when her Senate confirmation hearing convenes Monday.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., this week noted that during a crime wave, Jackson is a favorite among interest groups that are soft on crime.
“Amid all this, the soft-on-crime brigade is squarely in Judge Jackson’s corner,” McConnell said Tuesday in a Senate floor speech. “They wanted her above anyone else on the short list. And they specifically cite her experience defending criminals and her work on the Sentencing Commission as key qualifications.”
The liberal nonprofit group Demand Justice promoted Jackson as one of its top picks on a list of potential Supreme Court nominees for Biden. Arabella Advisors, a major bankroller of left-of-center causes, sponsored the launch of Demand Justice.
Since June, Jackson has been a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. From 2013 to 2021, she was a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. From 2003 to 2005, she was an assistant special counsel for the Sentencing Commission, then a public defender until 2007.
President Barack Obama nominated Jackson, in private practice at the time, to serve on the Sentencing Commission itself starting in 2009. She became vice chairwoman.
‘Alarming Pattern’ on Sex Offenders
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, tweeted Wednesday that he sees “an alarming pattern when it comes to Judge Jackson’s treatment of sex offenders, especially those preying on children.”
While on the commission, Hawley noted, Jackson said a “less serious child pornography offender” is motivated by “the use of technology.” She also said that some of those who possess child porn “are in this for either the collection, or the people who are loners and find status in their participation in the community.”
Hawley’s tweets referred to seven separate cases in which Jackson ruled.
“On the federal bench, Judge Jackson put her troubling views into action. 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,” Hawley wrote on Twitter.
Jackson authored 585 rulings while on the D.C. District Court, but has written only two opinions as a D.C. Circuit judge.
The lower court cases Hawley highlighted include:
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3 comments:
So what? She won't be trying criminal cases and she'll be one of nine deciding constitutional issues. As far as I can tell she's qualified. Is she "soft on crime"? Maybe. Any Biden nominee ill be the same if not worse. She won't change the ideological mix of the SCOTUS. She's been confirmed tice for court appointments.
My personal opinion is that the Republicans should ask some tough questions then, unless there's something blatantly wrong with her, they should unanimously confirm her. Nothing would piss off the Democrats and the media if that were to happen. I watch McConnel on a CBS news show and he was being asked by the talking head about the confirmation hearings. The questions seemed to be trying to lead him into discounting her outright which didn't work. She got very flustered when she had to ask "You mean you would consider confirming her?" and he answered in the affirmative.
Pick your battles. Jackson does not seem to be nearly as bad as other potential options. Don't pull a Kavanaugh.
"Soft on child molesters" is a better hook and a hell of a lot more relevant than "He goosed me at a party when he was 16" by a good margin. Since the Democrats don't take SCOTUS picks seriously when a Republican is in power there's no reason to do so when the parties are reversed. If the GOP can draw out the confirmation process and then block it, they will get a much better choice as the election is coming up.
A cuckservative self identifies, or perhaps just a leftist troll. "Let the left pull their tricks and underhanded BS - we won't stoop to that level" is why establishment conservatives conserve NOTHING.
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