I do not consider myself very political.  Well, more like I never understood politics. However, it does not stop me from being morbidly curious about all the trouble that is always stirring up when politics is involved. I can hear about politics as I look for articles to write about, or from an app that we are all aware of, TikTok.

Not being particularly interested in what happens with the Supreme Court, I did not know about the proceedings of trying to find a replacement for retiring Judge Stephen Breyer. That was until TikTok exploded my feed with videos of her being questioned. Clearly the algorithm could tell that I needed something to write about.

Like I said, I did not know who this new judge was, I was just fascinated by the unprofessionalism of the people questioning her. People who have been involved in the court for years seemed to only want to paint her as a villain. It also would not come as a shock that a bunch of white men are targeting a black woman.

Before we get into what has happened and has been reported, let me give some background to Judge Jackson. Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson, 51, was nominated by President Biden to replace Judge Stephan Breyer after he announced his retirement. She went to school at Harvard University, afterwards she would go be a clerk for federal judges, one of them happening to be Judge Breyer.

She then spent a couple years as a public defender before she settled in Washington, where she has served as a judge for the District of Columbia from 2013 to 2021. Which brings us to the present and the drama.

Judge Jackson is the first black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Despite requests of showing her respect, Senator Ted Cruz chose to instead attack Judge Jackson’s decision making by suggesting she would go easy on criminals with her “woke” ideals and target white men by associating them with the oppressors. Which is ironic because we are psychologically ingrained with racial bias. African Americans have experienced unfair violence and faced biased court rooms with the only reason for being so is the color of their skin.

Republican senators Josh Hawley of Missouri, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and Tom Cotton of Arkansas all had something about how she has a soft spot for criminals and accused her of having, put best by Jonathan Weisman and Jazmine Ulloa from The New York Times, “woke racialized education”.

We can also see a similarity to the case with America’s first Black Supreme Court Justice. Thurgood Marshall, and him being accused of being soft on crime and similar attacks on his judgment and character. It could be a way to play on the fear of the people on the existing threats of crime. Almost associating Black people with crime, does that sound familiar?

Judge Jackson would continue to be questioned on her cases, most of them involving pedophiles and or child abusers. They accuse her of being soft with her sentencing on them. Also show concern with her association with Critical Race Theory and does not want those ideas to seep into the education system.

Senator Blackburn also asked the question: “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?” Mike Lee of Utah and Senator Cruz pressure Jackson for not answering. And when Senator Cruz questions Jackson on if he would benefit from affirmative action if he were to claim he as Asian, I think I have had enough.