Amy Coney Barrett is unqualified

[DesertRat]

She won't admit that a president can't delay an election.

She won't say that voter intimidation is illegal.

She used the term "sexual preference" to refer to LGBTQ people

And she can't name the five freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.

Link to tweet

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[vapor2]

1. AND SHE DOES NOT RECALL THAT 45 CAMPAIGNED ON JUDGES TO OVERTURN THE ACA

[AlexSFCA]

35. and rest assured she voted for him and will vote again

[calimary]

38. While auditioning the way Bill Barr did, publishing an essay

she knew he would agree with and find appealing.

[MuseRider]

2. Sounds like OfJesse needs Jesse

to tell her the correct answers.

[whttevrr]

24. is it Ofjesse or OfJesse?

I always get confused on the Handmaid capitalization.

Can we just talk to Mr. Barrett?

[MuseRider]

25. The main character is Offred so I assume it would be

Ofjesse. I could be wrong, I see an OfMatthew in the cast list but the few others there do not capitalize the name after of. I cannot remember how it was in the book, it has been a long time since I read it.

I assume we ARE talking to Mr. Barrett. Disgusting thought, it makes me cringe and worry a lot.

[whttevrr]

40. I can laugh or cry, and vote.

So, I voted and sardonically laughed quietly into my cup of coffee.

[MuseRider]

41. Under his eye.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. "Sexual preference" means she is ignorant of the most basic thing about LGBTQ. UNQUALIFIED! nt

[Blue Owl]

4. K&R

And anyone senator who votes for her is a tRump stooge, pure and simple

[maxsolomon]

5. It doesn't matter.

They have the Power to confirm her; she doesn't have to demonstrate any aptitude whatsoever.

[johnthewoodworker]

21. Ditto.

[Moostache]

34. Precisely...if you think she is bad...

You would drop dead if the dregs appointed to the federal bench got more attention than they do. Hopelessly unqualified political operatives infest the federal bench now, and nearly all of them are 30-50 years old, with a skew to the low end of that range.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Also didn't know that voter intimidation is a crime

Harris had to read the statute to her.

[brush]

7. Hmmm? Seems like studying Bill or Rights would be one of the first...

things you'd do in preparing for this hearing. But really, shouldn't she knows those without struggling to list them.

God! She is not qualified for the highest court in the land. She answered that like a first year law student trying to remember what she crammed on the night before an exam.

[33taw]

11. She should not need to study this at this point in her career.

[brush]

13. Yes. She should rattle them off with no hesitation.

[33taw]

14. She should not have even been asked. Many learn this in grade school.

[brush]

16. But the fact she didn't know them. God!

[dubyadiprecession]

8. Geez, was that supposed to a "softball" Question to her?

Sasse is off the same party as her.

[DesertRat]

17. Yeah, maybe she should have had notes on that blank pad

[dalton99a]

9. A law professor and federal judge who knows less than the average DUer

regarding such matters

[madaboutharry]

10. That was embarrassing.

Maybe she is nervous, but she doesn't seem to be. She isn't bright.

Watching her count on her fingers was particularly hard to watch.

She was a good student at Notre Dame Law School and taught there until she was put on the Court of Appeals by Trump. She was put on the Court of Appeals to set her up for the SC., not because she is a great legal scholar or a particularly great intellect, but rather because she is a right wing religious zealot who will tow the Republican Party line on the court.

This nomination makes a joke out of the SC. The SC has become another venue of political hackery.

[brush]

15. Being a woman and an originalist should automatically disqualify her.

How can a woman be a proponent of a legal philosophy which considers you the property of your husband?

Oh, right. She's in that People of Praise sect.

[MuseRider]

26. She should not even be allowed to vote if that is the case

let along adjudicate anything.

[brush]

29. Yes, there's so much wrong with a woman originalist.

It's sad really. She seems in the thrall of men—of Scalia still, who has long been in the grave, trump, who her answers indicate she's auditioning for, and her husband, who we should be questioning also.

[ScratchCat]

12. This should be something Republicans and Democrats agree upon

Unanimously, but she will be confirmed without one Republican voting against her. I mean, this is a "no brainer"; completely unqualified if she can't answer those questions or take a clear stance on things where there is no "constitutional grey area".

[AlexSFCA]

36. I think Murkowski will vote no

[ancianita]

18. Please add her claim that IVF is murder. We need to consolidate a good long list

so that we never forget this time.

[dchill]

19. But she IS qualified...

...for the task to which she has been assigned. In fact, she's PERFECT.

[DesertRat]

20. Good point

[gademocrat7]

22. She does have the qualifications to be in the trump cabal.

Being loyal to an incompetent, evil narcissist.

[dlk]

23. The fact that Barrett is unqualified is the point

If she were a competent jurist, she wouldn’t go along with Republican schemes.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. She's there to do to the judiciary what Trump has done to the executive

America's enemies are trying to take America apart

[Boogiemack]

28. Every Senator who votes to confirm her ought to be voted out of office.

i guess that means ALL GOP Senators and maybe two Democrats.

[AlexSFCA]

37. Tim Caine voted to confirm her to the federal court

let this sink in. A dem VP candidate no less.

[bringthePaine]

30. the whole damn crime gang is unqualified, starting with Covidiot MacGasbag, so move along...

[mikelgb]

32. but, but, she has kids!

[flibbitygiblets]

42. and Jayzus!

[slumcamper]

33. In 2021, when we have the House and Senate, IMPEACH & REMOVE.

While we are at it, Kavanaugh too.

Should we???

[Dial H For Hero]

43. You would have to get at least a dozen or so Republican Senators to go along with that.

Rather unlikely.....

[Mr. Sparkle]

39. Shes a freakin judge for 2 years. How does that qualify anyone for the supreme court?

[maxsolomon]

44. IOKIYAR

See: Clarence Thomas.

He is 72; he's been a SCOTUS Justice for 29 years. 3 decades of mediocrity. Another 10 years to go, probably.

The GOP doesn't have a goal of appointing the best minds. They want to occupy the seat.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. K&R