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LINK Lindsey Graham's grilling of Ketanji Brown Jackson's faith backfired

(That was yesterday. Today he was accusing her of being soft on child porn offenders.)

During the second day of her confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson had to put up with the expected barrage of Republicans’ predictable and theatrical questions, designed more for the FOX News coverage than learning anything useful about the nominee.

One of the worst exchanges, however, came from Sen. Lindsey Graham, who decided to question her faith as payback for the way Democrats called into question the religious beliefs of Amy Coney Barrett.

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GRAHAM: … What faith are you, by the way?

JACKSON: Senator, I am, um, Protestant…

GRAHAM: Mmm… okay…

JACKSON: Non-denominational.

GRAHAM: Okay. Could you fairly judge a Catholic?

JACKSON: Senator, I have a record of… judging everyone…

GRAHAM: I am just asking this question because… How important is your faith to you?

JACKSON: Senator, personally, my faith is very important. But as you know, there’s no religious test in the Constitution under Article VI and…

GRAHAM: And there will be none with me.

JACKSON: … And it’s very important to set aside one’s personal views about things, in the role of a judge.

GRAHAM: I couldn’t agree with you more. And I believe you can. So, on a scale of 1 to 10, how faithful would you say you are, in terms of religion? You know, I go to church probably three times a year, so that speaks poorly of me. Or do you attend church regularly?

JACKSON: Well, senator, I am reluctant to talk about my faith in this way just because I want to be mindful of the need for the public to have confidence in my ability to separate out my personal views.
snytiger6 9 Mar 23
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Hateful twits.

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I look forward to the cracker’s demise. If that doesn’t happen then neither he nor I care. Use this line of questioning to demonstrate that gQP is pressing Theocracy.

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