As the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson – President Biden’s new Supreme Court nominee – are underway, GOP senators have raised concerns that she is “soft on crime.” Unfortunately for Judge Jackson, they are not wrong.
Some of her defenders have pointed to her endorsement by the Fraternal Order of Police, her law enforcement family members, and her experience as a judge to argue that – in this moment of rising crime – the President, in fact, nominated a judge who is tough on crime.
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Laura Coates particularly stood out by arguing that Judge Jackson isn’t “soft on crime,” she’s simply “hard on injustice.”
The “injustice” that Ms. Coates said Judge Jackson was “hard” on related to sentencing guidelines for individuals engaging in the dissemination of child pornography. According to Jackson, the laws are too harsh and outdated when taken into the context of the electronic world we live in today:
Ketanji Brown Jackson rejects claims she was soft on child porn cases — Daily Mail, 3/22/22
These justifications don’t come as a surprise to WTP. For decades, the GOP has been credibly able to hang lawlessness around the neck of many Democrats. Yet, instead of changing policies and priorities to support our first responders, Democrats continue to make excuses.
With violent crime, automobile thefts, and overall crime spiking, it’s clear that liberals are getting exactly what they asked for when they stood firmly with slogans such as: “hard on injustice,” “bail reform,” and “defund the police.”
It’s time for Democrats to stop hiding behind their slogans and adopt stances that will keep our communities safe.
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