A U.S. senator has revealed on social media what has been described as a “disturbing” agenda on the part of Joe Biden’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was picked by Biden because she met his qualifications of being black and female.
It was a commentary at Twitchy that called the pattern of decisions from Jackson “disturbing.”
Sen. Josh Hawley’s investigation, which he said has been hindered because the Sentencing Commission “has refused to turn over all Judge Jackson’s records,” reveals Jackson’s affinity for going easy on offenders.
The editorial explained, “Joe Biden has proven he can REALLY pick ’em with his crap administration and now his questionable SCOTUS nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. We suppose when he made color and sex his priority for the pick (sort of like what he did when picking VP), he limited the pool.
“Josh Hawley has been going through her judgments and noticed something very very alarming … Can you IMAGINE if this had been something Kavanaugh had done? Heck, they made up crap to try and keep him off the bench. A judge taking it easy on sex offenders, especially those preying on children?”
Hawley’s observations:
Judge Jackson has a pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes, both as a judge and as a policymaker. She’s been advocating for it since law school. This goes beyond “soft on crime.” I’m concerned that this a record that endangers our children
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
Judge Jackson has also questioned sending dangerous sex offenders to civil commitment. We have a civil commitment law in Missouri, and it protects children
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
Judge Jackson has said that some people who possess child porn “are in this for either the collection, or the people who are loners and find status in their participation in the community.” What community would that be? The community of child exploiters? pic.twitter.com/JDxqf9Q1AH
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
In her time on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Judge Jackson said she “mistakingly assumed that child pornography offenders are pedophiles” and she wanted “to understand this category of nonpedophiles who obtain child pornography.” pic.twitter.com/ZM16VAqpLo
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
In the case of United States v. Hawkins, the sex offender had multiple images of child porn. He was over 18. The Sentencing Guidelines called for a sentence of up to 10 years. Judge Jackson sentenced the perpetrator to only 3 months in prison. Three months.
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
In United States v. Cooper, in which the criminal had more than 600 images and videos and posted many on a public blog, the Guidelines called for a sentence of 151-188 months. Judge Jackson settled on 60 months, the lowest possible sentence allowed by law.
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
In United States v. Savage, the sex offender was convicted of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and also admitted to transporting child porn. The Guidelines recommended 46-57 months. Judge Jackson gave him 37.
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
So far, the Sentencing Commission has refused to turn over all Judge Jackson’s records from her time there. In light of what we have learned, this stonewalling must end. We must get access to all relevant records
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022
Jackson, according to USA, previously worked to make the system go easier on offenders while she was on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
She, if on the Supreme Court, would be expected to push for leniency in sentencing requirements, the report said.
“She’s been thinking about these issues for her entire life and during an era that makes it so much richer and more salient for her than maybe for others,” Douglas Berman, a law professor at Ohio State University who specializes in criminal law, told USA Today.
‘That’s where her impact could end up being profound.”
The report said Jackson’s Harvard thesis was on how the criminal justice system pushes defendants toward plea bargains.
“One of Jackson’s uncles received a life sentence for a drug crime,” the report said.
It continued, “In part because of her history with the issue, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seeking additional documents – including her emails – from her time on the commission.”
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley explained, “By her supporters’ own accounts, Judge Jackson’s service on the sentencing commission is an important part of her experience, so her records there must be part of a thorough review.”
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