Posted on 02/26/2022 11:34:41 AM PST by gattaca
Ketanji Brown Jackson's defense of Gitmo detainees and criticism of U.S. government likely to be spotlighted in confirmation process.
0:00 / 0:00 By Aaron Kliegman Updated: February 25, 2022 - 11:37pm Article Dig In President Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court represented suspected terrorists when she was a federal public defender, going well beyond a bare-bones defense to lambaste the U.S. government for some if its counterterrorism policies and broader approach to the War on Terror.
Biden on Friday nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court.
Jackson's record will no doubt be heavily scrutinized in the coming days as the Senate prepares for its confirmation hearings. Perhaps no aspect of her past legal work will come under more scrutiny than her advocacy on behalf of prisoners detained at the Guantanamo Bay military prison as enemy combatants for their alleged role in terrorist activities.
During her time in the federal public defender's office, Jackson represented Guantanamo detainees who challenged their imprisonment in a federal court in Washington, D.C.
One of the most prominent cases involved Jackson representing Khiali-Gul, who the Defense Department said was a Taliban intelligence officer in charge of a terrorist cell planning to attack a U.S. base in Afghanistan in 2002. He may have also met with Osama bin Laden in November 2001, according to government documents.
The Defense Department assessed that if released Gul would immediately "seek out prior associates and reengage in hostilities and extremist support activities."
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That is true. How did the American lawyers on the battlefields in World War II act? Oh, that’s right, we killed the enemy then. We didn’t treat them like jaywalkers.
I am sure she would approve throwing Jan 6 protesters in Gitmo.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is still one of the better nominations that Joe Biden has offered up for confirmation by the Senate, which is still not saying very much of anything positive on her behalf. A ritualistic and highly woke liberal, she only replaces a liberal that has vacated his seat, while fulfilling a “promise made, promise kept” by the Biden regime. Trouble is, we shall probably have her on the bench for the next thirty or forty years.
Is the Kamalamadingdong to SCOTUS story dead now, or just on hold? It seemed plausible to me.
She is not qualified because she does not support the US Constitution as written.
Another America hater. Ship her to Botswana or someplace. We don’t want her on the Supreme Court.
There are what 535 members of Congress.
That was all I needed to hear.
“pure gold” in Hindu, apparently....
Race will be the spotlight of the confirmation process. All Republicans that oppose her will be labeled as racists.
Of course she is, she is a democrat.
I’m sure the Rs will call her out for “cultural appropriation” on her Hindu first name /sarc
One of the most prominent cases involved Bidens USSC Black nom representing Khiali-Gul,
who the Defense Dept said was a Taliban intelligence officer
in charge of a terrorist cell planning to attack a U.S. base in Afghanistan in 2002.
He may have also met with Osama bin Laden in November 2001, according to government documents.
The Defense Department assessed that if released Gul would immediately “seek out prior associates and reengage in hostilities and extremist support activities.”
This might just upset the neocons like Lindsay and Myth.
You can blame her for a lot of stuff, but the duty of defense counsel is to represent a client zealously within the bounds of the law. This is not the hill to die. I spent over two years as an Air Force area defense counsel and circuit defense counsel. It’s not easy, but it’s crucial.
biden is consistent. He consistently f-things up
Right, it doesn’t matter....she’s affirmative action chosen for both skin color and gender. ALL of those who were selected as Bidnes potential candidates were.
JK
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