Lindsey Graham's No Vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson Breaks 17-Year Precedent

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senator Lindsey Graham's "no" vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will break his 17-year record of backing every other Supreme Court nominee since 2005, when he voted to confirm Chief Justice John Roberts to the court.

Graham has supported both Republican and Democrat nominees during his time as a senator, voting to confirm every single justice since Roberts—including both of former President Barack Obama's nominees: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was confirmed in 2009 and Justice Elena Kagan, who was confirmed in 2010.

The South Carolina Republican also expectedly confirmed all three of former President Donald Trump's nominees—Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

On Thursday, Graham announced he would oppose Jackson's nomination "based upon her record of judicial activism, flawed sentencing methodology regarding child pornography cases, and a belief that Judge Jackson will not be deterred by the plain meaning of law when it comes to liberal causes."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lindsey-grahams-no-vote-on-ketanji-brown-jackson-breaks-17-year-precedent/ar-AAVIHpo

I don't think so Lindsey. What's different about Judge Jackson compared to the others you voted to confirm?

[Baitball Blogger]

1. There is something mentally screwy about Lindsey.

Sounds like a man who has sold his soul and vote.

[maxsolomon]

9. Everything he does has a political calculation.

"What is best for me as a Repuke?" is his guiding principle. He is not crazy.

[mitch96]

17. Follow the money....nt

[spanone]

2. Bet tfg gave him an ultimatum.

[TheRealNorth]

3. This

[Hoyt]

4. Think he's still pouting because J Michelle Childs was not nominated. She's from SC.

Of course, only reason Graham supported her is that he thought he'd have some influence.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Yep, he didn't get to choose Biden's nominee, and now he's in a snit.

[SmallFry]

5. Not big on pushing conspiracy theories....

It just seems someone about six years ago found something on Graham and has been using it. I don't kid myself about who he is or who he has been. With that, he changed six years ago and I believe it has little to do with his ideology or potential benefits from kissing Trumps butt. Guy is owned. His floor speech the day congress certified the election was beyond uncomfortable. He seemed to be in fear and not of our constitution being overthrown, as some of his words indicated.

[FSogol]

8. You don't need a conspiracy theory. Graham is and has always been spinless to the 10th degree. n/t

[tblue37]

15. Kompromat explains much about establishment GOP behavior these days.

[uponit7771]

22. +1, some of them even flew to Russia on 4th of July !!

[genxlib]

16. Senator McCain was a moral compass for him

Without McCain, he reverts to the sniveling creep that he is.

For all of his flaws and bad policy, I at least respected McCain.

[JI7]

18. His vote wouldn't make a difference in outcome here

It wouldn't make much sense to blackmail him on this vote.

[SmallFry]

23. It creates a narrative and holds a line.

It shows power from a certain direction. Each point matters greatly in the decline of civility and ethics in congress and when used as a campaigning tool. It matters.

[uponit7771]

21. +1,

[OLDMDDEM]

7. Graham does this only because

he made a complete ass out of himself at the hearings.

[Mad_Machine76]

10. To me

he is just emblematic of the deterioration and degeneration of the Republican Party in general into a syncophantic, anti-democratic, Trumpian white nationalist Q-Anon-based party steeped in conspiracy theories and nativism, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, etc. We all saw how ugly they've become with the KBJ hearings. These things have always been there more or less, but now they're becoming more open about it all because of Trump

[Emile]

12. As the years pass the more partisan republicans get!

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Are Republicans beginning a mean streak of linking libs with pornography?

Because the subject seems to be popping up in several stories this week.

[SoonerPride]

19. all driven by Q anon

literally

[DURHAM D]

14. Poor wittle Windsey just needs attention.

Don't give him any.

[NNadir]

20. He's just expressing his open racism. It's no secret what he is.

He's a member of the White Supremacy party.