Posted on 03/10/2022 10:18:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's membership in a Harvard University student group that once invited a controversial anti-Semitic speaker to campus has surfaced ahead of her confirmation hearings later this month.
In 1992, Jackson was a member of the Harvard Black Students Association when they invited Leonard Jeffries, a professor known for making anti-Semitic remarks, to speak at the university, Fox News reports.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, Jeffries first gained public attention in 1991, “when the New York Post published an account of a vitriolic anti-Semitic and racist speech he made on July 20 at the Empire State Black Arts and Cultural Festival in Albany, New York.”
“Jeffries asserted that ‘rich Jews’ controlled the black slave trade, and that Hollywood was the site of a Jewish-dominated conspiracy to systematically denigrate blacks,” noted ADL.
“He called then-Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch the ‘ultimate, supreme, sophisticated, debonair racist’ and a ‘Texas Jew.’”
The Harvard chapters of the Jewish group Hillel, the Gay-Straight Alliance, and the College Democrats protested the BSA event featuring Jeffries, with many professors and students also criticizing the speech, according to a 1992 Harvard Crimson article obtained by Fox News.
Fox News acknowledged that while Jackson was listed as a member of Harvard BSA when Jeffries spoke, it was not clear as to whether she attended the speech or if she denounced it.
The Christian Post reached out to the White House Press Office seeking comment for this story. A response was not received by press time.
The Republican National Committee posted a “Rapid Response” entry on its website expressing concern over the claims about Jackson and the controversial speaker.
The RNC asked multiple questions in the entry, among them if she attended the speech, if she was “involved in its planning,” if she paid dues or gave “any other financial support to the organization,” if she had been “concerned about Jeffries being invited to campus,” does she agree with his anti-Semitic views, and if she does not, “will she denounce them?”
“She was a member of the organization — an organization that ‘applauded’ Jeffries speech — but there is no record of her condemning the event,” stated the RNC. “The American people deserve answers.”
Jackson is not the first Supreme Court nominee to face questions about college activities. In 2017, then-Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was accused of having founded a “Fascism Forever” student club while enrolled at Georgetown Preparatory School, an elite private boarding school affiliated with the Roman Catholic Jesuits located in the Washington, D.C., area.
A report by the Jesuit publication America Magazine, however, clarified that while a yearbook entry said that Gorsuch had founded such a club, the entry was actually a joke by Gorsuch in reference to him being more conservative than most of his peers.
Biden nominated Jackson, who serves as a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer last month. If confirmed, Jackson would become the first African American woman appointed to the court. Jackson would become the first Supreme Court Justice appointed by Biden since he took office last year, joining two Supreme Court justices appointed by Democratic presidents and six justices appointed by Republican presidents.
Last week, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the chair of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that will consider Jackson’s nomination, announced in a letter to colleagues that confirmation hearings for the federal judge will take place from March 21–24. During the confirmation hearings, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will have the opportunity to ask Jackson questions about her legal philosophy. Senators will also hear testimony from witnesses arguing for and against her confirmation.
When the confirmation hearings conclude, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on whether to advance Jackson’s nomination to the full Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee consists of 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans, reflecting the 50-50 split between the parties in the U.S. Senate.
If the nomination makes it to the full Senate, Jackson only needs to secure the support of a simple majority of senators for confirmation. Jackson is expected to be confirmed to the Supreme Court in light of the Democrats’ majority in the Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote in favor of the Democrats, as well as the fact that some Republican senators have indicated a willingness to consider voting for her.
According to Wikipedia, Jackson's uncle, Thomas Brown Jr. (her father's brother), "was sentenced to life in prison for a non-violent cocaine conviction. Years later, Jackson persuaded a law firm to take his case pro bono, and President Barack Obama eventually commuted his sentence."
Obama appointed her to Judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, so he more than likely told Biden's handlers to nominate her for the Supreme Court.
Jeffries is still a black fascist anti-Semite leftist.
She is not a good pick for anything, esp. Given her high reversal record.
Another closet a time-Semite pick for the Biden leftist ruling junta.
She’s a racist and a bigot.
Ilhan Omar with braids
[“Jeffries asserted that ‘rich Jews’ controlled the black slave trade, and that Hollywood was the site of a Jewish-dominated conspiracy to systematically denigrate blacks,” noted ADL.
“He called then-Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch the ‘ultimate, supreme, sophisticated, debonair racist’ and a ‘Texas Jew.’”]
Oh.
Does a “Texas Jew” wear a yarmulke under a ten-gallon hat?
Asking for a friend.
She is pro baby killing and that is all that matters to those people.
Jeffries just wanted to get some of Ravitch’s “rich Texas Jew” gold.
Besides, the one way to know Ketanji is corrupt and dirty ? She’s an in-law of ex-Speaker Paul Ryan. Guilty. Case dismissed.
Does not matter.
Linda Graham will vote for her regardless.
She won’t change the makeup of the court, and if she’s loony left, she’ll say stupid things that leftards will spin as profound truths, and we can all have a good laugh. And that will be Foe Brandon’s legacy.
I’m not going to blacklist a black person because she joined a black student association in college.
She is probably a judicial extremist wolf wearing wool and almost certainly should not be on the Supreme Court.
Jefferies is an obviously nut case.
Let him speak so that men can know that he is insane.
Her qualifications are that's she's black and a woman. A judicial 'zero' for the Supreme Court. If she is confirmed - and I think she will be unless some significant skeletons are unearthed - it's just another step in the ruination of the court system.
She is a professional Black woman. That is, she is Black for a living.
Black is her reason for being, not other excellence required for a judge. Typically for a progressive Black slave, she is just mediocre
Trying to gotcha Kavanaugh over his high school yearbook was a stretch... this is too.
Nothing will come of it. She’s in.
Yep. Its not worth the political cost to vote against her.
Black Students Association = overtly racist.
Now look, just because he hates Jews doesn't mean he's anti-Semitic. Lighten up. /s
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