Following news that President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham took to social media to criticize the president.
“The radical Left has won President Biden over yet again,” railed the antigay senator. Graham, who was one of the few Republicans who publicly supported Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Court, had lobbied for South Carolina federal district judge J. Michelle Childs to get the job.
If media reports are accurate, and Judge Jackson has been chosen as the Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Breyer, it means the radical Left has won President Biden over yet again.
The attacks by the Left on Judge Childs from South Carolina apparently worked.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) February 25, 2022
“The attacks by the Left on Judge Childs from South Carolina apparently worked,” Graham continued in his tweet. Childs’ record as a labor and employment lawyer in South Carolina came under scrutiny during the decision process.
“[Childs] comes from an anti-union law firm where she spent time defending employers from claims of civil rights and labor law violations,” David Borer, the general counsel of the American Federation of Government Employees, told the Washington Post. “That’s not what we need.”
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But Graham wasn’t quite finished blasting Biden’s decision, despite the fact that he was one of three Republican senators who voted to confirm Jackson to her current position on the DC Court of Appeals less than one year ago. And his final complaint immediately failed the smell test.
In a followup tweet, he wrote: “The Harvard-Yale train to the Supreme Court continues to run unabated.”
I expect a respectful but interesting hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The Harvard-Yale train to the Supreme Court continues to run unabated.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) February 25, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and eight of the nine current justices went to Harvard or Yale for their JD. Childs, on the other hand, attended state schools.
No matter that if Judge Jackson is confirmed, she would be the first former federal public defender to sit on the Supreme Court — Graham is apparently more concerned with where Justices get their degrees than when they do with them.
Except… he isn’t.
Calling out Graham’s entirely hollow criticism, many commenters pointed out he had no similar complaints about Neil Gorsuch (Harvard) or Brett Kavanaugh (Yale).
Here’s what folks are saying:
Was this issue raised with Gorsuch or Kavanaugh? No? Great. Sit down, Lindsey. https://t.co/AL0Du8Wyio
— Anthony Michael Kreis ????? (@AnthonyMKreis) February 25, 2022
You didn't mention it once when it was Kavanaugh.https://t.co/tArhoReLU3
— Queen of the Universe ???? (@rani_yachts) February 25, 2022
The “ Harvard-Yale train” is suddenly important when there’s a Black woman on it.
— SageRobinson (@SageRobinson) February 25, 2022
Judge Jackson has 8.9 years of prior judicial experience. That’s more than four current Justices (Thomas, Roberts, Kagan, & Barrett) had *combined.*
It's also more than 4 of the last 10 Justices had at their confirmations; 9 of the last 17; and 43 of the 58 appointed since 1900: pic.twitter.com/swsdUbm9qi
— HecKatie (@xHeckKTx) February 25, 2022
Remind me, did you have a public outburst about Kavanaugh or Gorsuch and where they went to school? Wonder what’s different here?
— Hoff-mann Hoff-amazing (@OriginalBad) February 25, 2022
Why didn't this bother you when you voted for Kavanaugh and Gorsuch (who not only are Ivy all the way, but even went to the same prep school)?
— Amy Doghouse (@AmyDoghouse) February 25, 2022
It’s more interesting that 1/3rd of the Supreme Court were members of the Federalist Society personally
— Jordan (@AimIessFriend) February 25, 2022
Speaking of Trains, what time did the Federalist Society Train drop off Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito?
— Just Vent (@JustVent6) February 25, 2022
If you really have a problem with the "Harvard-Yale train" to SCOTUS, you could've voted against Roberts (Harvard undergrad & Law), Alito (Yale Law), Gorsuch (Harvard Law), or Kavanaugh (Yale undergrad & Law), but you didn't. ?
Sit down.
— Langdon Grant (@langdongrant2) February 25, 2022
Supreme Court hypocrisy is nothing new to Graham, of course. When he joined a GOP blockade of President Biden’s SCOTUS nominee in 2016, he held strong that a confirmation should never be allowed in an election year. “I want you to use my words against me,” he said at the time, alluding to a potential reverse scenario where a Republican president had a chance to fill a seat in an election year.
When Donald Trump did get that chance following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg in 2020, Graham did a complete about-face. “I am certain if the shoe were on the other foot,” he told Democrats on the judiciary panel, “you would do the same.”
MarcyMayer
Everything President Biden has done since he’s been in office proves that he is a useful tool for the far left of the Democrat Party. As former NYC Mayor (and Democrat) Michael Bloomberg said recently: The Republicans in November will “wipe out” the Democrats.
Dreeny
And Donald Trump was a useful tool for the far right when they rammed in Amy Coney Barrett?
Kangol2
MarcyMayer/BarryM/JamesHart, you keep singing the same tune over and over, no matter what name you post under. We get it. You are hoping for a Democratic wipeout in November. Now, can you possibly address the topic at hand, which is Lady G’s typical weathervane-style hypocrisy? I thought not.
Cam
Under your other screename, you said the exact same thing about the last election. And how did that work out?
Fname Optional Lname
Uh-huh I guess because her experience and qualifications are just not good enough. A woman of color who was a public defender might actually consider justice for all. What was Biden thinking?
cuteguy
@MarcyMayer Why are you on this site? You are obviously a Faux News troll. It’s one thing to have a difference of opinion but to be a anti- LGBTQ+ GQP loser trolling this site. Do they not have activities at the trailer park that can occupy your time?
GrizzOH2020
Tired Trashy Troll
Covid Hermit
Sounds like somebody is trying to get back on Daddy Trump’s good side…
Kangol2
Lady G is clowning, as usual. He voted for Judge Brown Jackson within the last few years, because even he knows she’s eminently qualified to serve on the federal courts, including the US Supreme Court. She also brings judicial experience, as a public defender–i.e., the lawyers who defend the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society–which no one else on that court, liberal or conservative or ultraright, has. She has more judicial experience (nearly 9 years) than four of the current SCOTUS judges had combined when they were nominated. Moreover, she is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, so she is super-smart; she’ll be more than able to hold her own with everyone else on SCOTUS. That, along with the fact that she is a Black woman, is what most irks many people, including him, about her.
jcool
so, after a tearful interview in which he said that joe biden was a truly wonderful human being, lindsey lou was forced by his lord and savior donald trump to spend the last four years trashing biden, and he expects biden to choose HIS preferred candidate? SUCKER. LOSER.
woodroad34
“I expect a respectful but interesting hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.” So, this is how the Screeching Queen starts off ‘the respectful’ part? Screeching Queen doesn’t know the meaning of the word “respectful”; well except for maybe when he’s on his knees rouging the orange mushroom.
Cam
And if Biden had picked the other woman, Lady G would have found another reason to complain. The idea of supporting a Black woman for the Supreme Court makes their Klan hoods heat up.
HenryCameron
Actually, Graham’s position on Judge Childs is easy to find with a simple search. He said of her – I can’t think of a better person for President Biden to consider for the Supreme Court than Michelle Childs. She has wide support in our state, she’s considered to be a fair-minded, highly gifted jurist. She’s one of the most decent people I’ve ever met, She’s highly qualified. She’s a good character, and we’ll see how she does if she’s nominated. But I cannot say anything bad about Michelle Childs. She is an awesome person.
scotty
duplicitous actions when it serves her interests and not her consituents.
typical miss lindsey and BAU in her racist thinking. the old girl network still thrives in politics. damn shame but did we really expect her to do the right thing?
Polaro
I wasn’t aware this had not already been proven a million times already.
GrizzleyMichael
Trump is a tool and the all Republicans and the people who voted for him are the dullest tool in the shed
CNY1983
I wonder what he sees looking back at himself in the mirror?
MarcyMayer
A VERY unattractive man, I assume.
MarcyMayer
Lindsey Graham is just a political weathervane. He goes where the wind is blowing.
jt1990
Well for once Queerty and I may agree on something! The only plus about Lindsay Grayhair is that he’s getting closer to retirement. Hopefully he goes to the nursing home and doesn’t become the next President Alzheimers.