Dear People For supporter,
Senator Elizabeth Warren recently noted that the Right Wing’s response to President Biden’s intention to nominate a well-qualified Black woman to the Supreme Court has moved from “racial dog whistles and gone directly to racial sirens.”[1] She couldn’t be more right.
Notably, their attacks are being thrown at a nominee who has not even been named. The Right is so threatened by the thought of a highly qualified Black woman with a demonstrated commitment to equality and justice for all being named to our highest court they couldn’t even wait to hurl their vitriol.
Senators Wicker (MS), Cruz (TX), and Hawley (MO) have all participated in the vitriolic response but perhaps the most memorably outrageous was Senator Kennedy (LA), who said: “I want a nominee who knows a law book from a J.Crew catalog.”[2]
Senator Kennedy, unfortunately, is just part a familiar pattern of attack by the Far Right and their allies in the Senate against excellent, well-qualified judicial nominees who are women of color. That’s why we’re calling out their behavior right away.
The Right’s behavior is as unsurprising as it is appalling. And the fact that they are on the attack before a nominee has even been announced speaks volumes about their priorities for this Supreme Court vacancy. Every Republican in the Senate must commit to treating the prospective nominee with fairness and respect.
Part of what is driving these attacks is the likelihood that President Biden’s nominee will make it onto the Supreme Court regardless of the Right’s racist insults. We cannot wait to celebrate the day that this extremely qualified Black woman is confirmed to our highest court and becomes a justice for all.
In solidarity,
– Sarah, Digital Campaigns Associate
Source:
[1] "Republicans Weigh How Forcefully to Fight a Black Female Court Nominee." (The New York Times, 2/2/22.)
[2] "Republican Senator Suggests Biden’s Black Female SCOTUS Pick Won’t Know “A Law Book From A J.Crew Catalog." (Vanity Fair, 2/2/22.)
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