President Biden is pledging to nominate a Supreme Court justice based on whether that person is Black and female, despite filibustering a similar landmark nominee for the District of Columbia federal appeals court, the panel on "The Five" discussed Monday.
On "The Five," host Dana Perino – a former spokeswoman for the Justice Department and White House during the Bush administration – recalled how Democrats so fervently opposed the nomination of then-California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, a Black woman who grew up in heavily-segregated Alabama, to the high-profile D.C. circuit court of appeals.
"I would just like to take a quick trip down memory lane -- if Democrats really wanted to see a Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court, why did they block Janice Rogers Brown back during the Bush administration?" she asked, noting that she was working within the nominating process at the time.
"I will never forget it because anonymously, they told the [media] … it was because they didn't want the Republicans to have a shot at nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court."
Three current Supreme Court justices, John Roberts Jr., Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas – as well as the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ascended to the high court from that prominent appeals bench.
Perino further noted that one type of "diversity" that is glaringly missing from Biden's endeavor is the "diversity of thought."
In 2003, all but one Senate Democrat, Benjamin Nelson of Nebraska, voted against Bush's nomination of Rogers Brown. At the time, current top Democrats Biden, Barack Obama, and Chuck Schumer all stood opposed to the jurist.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dana-perino-biden-supreme-court-filibusterThings that make you say hmmmmm
