Judiciary

On Friday, in preparation for the start of Senate confirmation hearings for President Biden’s left-wing Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson next week, CBS Mornings offered a “lovely” profile of the federal judge by chatting with her “oldest friends.” The members of Jackson’s self-described “hype team” were given a national platform to swoon over the “brilliance” of their BFF…

Ahead of Monday’s start to the Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Friday’s COVID-stricken edition of ABC’s The View featured three co-hosts avoiding the apparent evidence of Jackson going easy on sex offenders and child porn peddlers. Instead, they came to her defense by arguing that she’ll “very literally” “outshine each and every one” of the…

A confused PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff sought to inquire on Wednesday how Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell could possibly oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court considering some conservatives have signaled support for her.

Towards the end of Thursday’s Inside Politics on CNN, host John King and chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju lamented that Republicans are not lining up to vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson amid her “historic nomination” to the Supreme Court.

Wednesday on ABC’s Good Morning America, the network newscast decided to give the Biden White House an assist in its PR campaign to confirm far-left judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court by interviewing three “lifelong friends” “who know her best” on “what” we need “to know.”

Joe Biden on February 25 nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the vacancy of Justice Stephen Breyer. When it comes to ideological labels for Supreme Court nominees, the networks have one rule: Republican nominees are “staunch,” worrisome conservatives. Democratic picks are rarely labeled as extreme liberals.

Presidential historian, sometimes Biden speechwriter, and frequent MSNBC Jon Meacham joined The 11th Hour on Friday to recap what turned out to be a very eventful week. For Meacham, the week both the defense of Ukraine and the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court are critically important for democracy, just like winning World War II.

On the Saturday edition of Today on NBC, political contributor and PBS Washington Week host Yamiche Alcindor reacted to the news of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court with excitement that Democratic activists will have another voice on the Court, but lamented that her ability to actually bring change is limited.

Naturally, the PBS NewsHour was delighted with President Biden's nomination of radical Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday night. David Brooks put her in the mainstream….of the Democrats. That might be correct, but the Democrats are far to the left! Jonathan Capehart then misquoted Brooks as saying she's "in the mainstream" of America.

CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates joined CNN Newsroom on Friday to react to the official announcement of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. According to Coates, Jackson is almost a goddess-type figure who has descended from Mount Olympus and that she only hopes she will be afforded due process before the Senate.

On Friday’s CNN Newsroom, White House correspondent John Harwood said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s opposition to President Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown to the Supreme Court Jackson on the grounds she is going to be a reliable liberal is not a substantive criticism.

On Friday evening, the three evening newscasts were giddy over President Joe Biden’s choice of Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the seat of the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Words like “historic” were thrown around to describe her nomination. 

Moments after President Biden officially nominated Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell swooned: “No matter what your politics, you couldn’t help but be moved by what just happened at the White House.” She even brought on Democratic Senator Cory Booker to further cheerlead for Jackson during the live special…

The journalists at NBC and ABC on Friday set up a no-win scenario for the Republican response to Joe Biden’s Supreme Court choice Ketanji Brown Jackson. According to ABC, she is a “pragmatist” and “consensus builder.” How could anyone oppose someone like that?