https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-supreme-court-breyer-retire-1.6328448Bill Clinton's appointee in 1994, Judge Stephen Breyer (Liberal) is retiring and Biden will appoint a new Supreme Court Justice, whom he has said will be a black woman. So, President Biden is appointing a person to the highest court in the country based primarily on race and sex, ability comes third. Hmmmm......His VP selection didn't turn out so well. At least it won't upset the balance of 6-3 Conservatives - Liberals
I thought it was illegal for the federal government to discriminate during hiring based on race or gender?
You seem to be implying that a woman or a person of color can't have the necessary qualities to sit on the Supreme Court.
How in the heck do you get that? Biden made it a campaign pledge to nominate a black woman to the SCOTUS if he became president.Man, you are so far off base it is ridiculous.
"ability comes third."Your words.
An obvious reference to Biden's priorities which were the same when he chose his running mate.
The inside story is that Biden is repaying a political favor."After having performed poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden needed to win South Carolina in February 2020 if he hoped to have a shot at the Democratic nomination. Clyburn, the House majority whip and former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, offered to endorse the faltering candidate but reportedly demanded that he make a public pledge to place a Black woman on the high court."https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-promised-clyburn-to-nominate-black-woman-to-scotus
And my point still holds. You're inferring a woman of color can't be qualified for the position.
Clarence Thomas?
I call BS on it all. If Biden cared about under represented groups hed nominate an Asian, Pacific Islander, Or Native American, to the Supreme Court.
That's not the inference.The inference is that Biden will use the qualities of race and gender first and second and then look to ability. It says nothing about other people evaluating judges nor that black women cannot be qualified. It is simply stating that qualities other than ability will be considered first amongst the pool of qualified people.
