Ketanji Brown Jackson Nominated to the US Supreme Court

[Steve R.]

Justice Jackson Refers to Black Americans as 'Disabled' in SCOTUS Hearing

During a SCOTUS hearing on Wednesday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed to liken black Americans to Americans with disabilities.

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Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act against the backdrop of a world that was generally not accessible to people with disabilities. And so it was discriminatory in effect because these folks were not able to access these buildings. And it didn’t matter whether the person who built the building or the person who owned the building intended for them to be exclusionary; that’s irrelevant. Congress said, the facilities have to be made equally open to people with disabilities if readily possible. I guess I don’t understand why that’s not what’s happening here. [Emphasis added]

The idea in Section 2 is that we are responding to current-day manifestations of past and present decisions that disadvantage minorities and make it so that they don’t have equal access to the voting system. Right? They’re disabled. In fact ,we use the word ‘disabled’ in [Milliken v. Bradley]. We say that’s a way in which these processes are not equally open. So I don’t understand why it matters whether the state intended to do that. What Congress is saying is if it is happening … you gotta fix it. [Emphasis added]

Is it the intent of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to use this line of thinking to assert that Blacks are "disabled" and therefore require continued preferential treatment by the government to make them "equal"?

On the Gutfeld! show, video unfortunately not available, Tyrus made an excellent observation. Justice Jackson (a Black woman) made it to the the US Supreme Court. Considering that, why would Blacks still require continued preferential treatment from the government to make them "equal". The time for special treatment is over and needs to end.

The discussion did bring-up Jackson's remark that she could not define what a woman was. Was this a sympathetic remark to appease to the Woke crowd? Does it imply that she secretly favors continued governmental programs that give unearned preferences to Blacks? Recall Justice Sotomayor's racist comment: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." So there a incidental racist backdrops to the decision making process of the Justices on the Supreme Court.

Jim Norton had another very valid take. That Justice Jackson simply made an bad analogy and was not asserting that Blacks were actually "disabled".

 

[Isaac]

The analogy wasn't even that bad, if one understood exactly what was being compared. However, it did give rise to the clumsy politically damning fact that she compared blacks to disabled people - but what she was comparing was the idea of de facto discrimination without intent, which is a perfectly good comparison.

But yes - the time for Special Treatment for all minorities needs to end and never should have been started. Put people on an even playing field, minus life's obvious curveballs (which applies to everyone, not just minorities - I for example grew up poor, does that mean I should get Special Treatment?)

 

[Pat Hartman]

Is it the intent of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to use this line of thinking to assert that Blacks are "disabled" and therefore require continued preferential treatment by the government to make them "equal"?

I believe that was her intent. It follows the logic exhibited by racist Democrats who think Blacks are too stupid to find the DMZ to get a free photo ID for voting.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I have seen a YouTube video suggesting that KBJ may be in over her head because of her tendency to file single-author dissents and to use tortuous logic in those single-person rulings. The video likened it to a new kid on the block trying real hard to fit in with the old guard, the veterans on the block.