Richard Grenell slams Judge Jackson heading to SCOTUS: “Gays were not considered”
Joe Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. No Black woman has served as a justice on the Supreme Court before, and Biden called it, “long overdue.”Grenell, who is gay and an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, took umbrage with Biden’s nomination.“There will be one seat on the Supreme Court with an asterisk – because not every American was considered to fill it,” he tweeted last night. “Hispanics, Asians, Whites, gays and men were not even considered.
This is a terrible precedent.”There will be one seat on the Supreme Court with an asterisk – because not every American was considered to fill it.Hispanics, Asians, Whites, gays and men were not even considered.This is a terrible precedent.— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) April 7, 2022Related: Richard Grenell demands White House press secretary “apologize to the gay community”Many online thought Grenell’s analysis ridiculous.There’s currently a Black man, an Hispanic woman, a White woman, and White men on the bench.
Having a Black woman is a step toward a better representation of American society.— David Moyer (@moyer_david) April 7, 2022Fact: Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 114 justices have served on the bench.
Of those, 108 have been White men.Fiction: Your argument.— Regina Mack (@ReginaMcMullen7) April 7, 2022For a hundred and fifty odd years every president discriminated, so when you start adding asterixes be sure you start at the beginning.— Lost in Disturbia (@JonWilsonAuthor) April 8, 2022No, the terrible precedent was that non white people were excluded from participating in the institutions necessary to establish a legal career, and even when they beat the odds to do so, were never.
