30 March 2022

Can Always Be Counted to do the Right Thing. When it Means Nothing

I am referring, of course, to Susan Collins, who has announced, now that Manchin has sealed the deal on her nomination, that she will support the appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

I guarantee you that if the proverbial fat lady had not sung, she would still be on the fence, and if Manchin had come out against Brown, which would have made her vote count, then she would not have announced this.

That is how her particular scam works:  If the vote is close, and her vote is crucial, she will always vote with her party.  (See Boschwitz, Rudy)

Senator Susan Collins of Maine plans to vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, ensuring that President Biden’s nominee and the first Black woman to be put forward for the post will receive at least one Republican backer.

After a second personal meeting with the judge on Tuesday afternoon, Ms. Collins said Judge Jackson had alleviated some concerns that surfaced after last week’s contentious Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, when Republicans attacked the nominee for her record and grilled her on a host of divisive issues.

“I have decided to support the confirmation of Judge Jackson to be a member of the Supreme Court,” Ms. Collins said in an interview after the meeting.

The centrist senator, often a key vote on Supreme Court clashes, said that she had been reassured that Judge Jackson would not be “bending the law to meet a personal preference” and that the nominee met her personal standard for serving on the court.

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