SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

AWKWARD – OVERNIGHT:  The circumstances and atmosphere could have been better, but President Biden revealed his nominee for the US Supreme Court.  From FOX:   The selection of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court was widely expected. From the start of his administration, Joe Biden has made it clear that his top priority is paying back the liberal Arabella Advisors dark money network that spent over one billion dollars to help elect him and Senate Democrats.  These Arabella-advised groups seek nothing less than the appointment of politicians in robes who will rubber stamp their left-wing political agendas from the bench.  That is what we can expect from a future Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. President Biden’s announcement, like much of the messaging already coming from her promoters, zips quickly through resume items like her clerkship for Justice Breyer and work in private practice and as a public defender.  Missing are details like her work drafting an amicus brief on behalf of pro-abortion organizations in a buffer zone case in which she repeatedly disparaged the peaceful and often prayerful clinic protesters as engaging in "in-your-face" and "chaotic" activity that somehow fell short of "pure speech." She also represented several Guantanamo Bay detainees as a public defender and continued that representation on a pro bono basis after moving back to private practice.  We'll learn more as the confirmation process proceeds, but so far it appears we'll be getting a justice who is to the left of the liberal justice Breyer, whom she would replace.  Not a happy prospect, but expected.

February 25, 2022