12/18/2023 0 Comments Roger wicker wifePhoto courtesy Reagan Presidential Library He did so after vowing to put a woman on the court during his 1980 campaign. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor as the woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. We’ll have 30 years of a left-wing judge when we could have had, at some point, another stellar member like the three we got recently, particularly Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh,” Wicker said, referring to two of the three white justices Trump appointed. “You know, for those people who vote Republican and were just a little uncomfortable voting for Trump last time because they had a problem with his demeanor, this is what you get. Then, he lamented that more Republicans did not turn out to help re-elect former President Donald Trump in 2020. “… I hope it’s at least someone who will at least not misrepresent the facts. “We’re going to go from a nice, stately liberal to someone who’s probably more in the style of Sonia Sotomayor,” Wicker said. He compared the unannounced nominee to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who became the high court’s first Latina justice when former President Barack Obama appointed her in 2009. Official White House Photo by Erin Scottĭespite not knowing who Biden will nominate, Mississippi’s senior senator predicted that Biden’s pick will be less palatable to Republicans like himself than the white, male justice who currently holds the seat. He is seen here, left, with Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman or Black vice president in history, at the Dr. It’s long overdue in my view,” President Joe Biden said on Jan. “ The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity, and that person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court. Studies show that white women benefit more from affirmative action than any other group. Supreme Court justice in an election year. Instead, the GOP senator enthusiastically supported Trump’s choice, Amy Coney Barrett, a white woman, despite having stated in 2016 that then-President Barack Obama should not be allowed to appoint a U.S. Wicker notably did not raise an objection when former President Donald Trump vowed to appoint a woman to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she died weeks before the 2020 election. We’ll see how that irony works out.” ‘Not A Single Republican Vote’ “The majority of the court may be saying writ large that it’s unconstitutional. Supreme Court case challenging affirmative action in college admissions. “The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota,” Wicker told host Paul Gallo on SuperTalk Mississippi Radio today, referring to a pending U.S. The senior Republican senator from Mississippi made clear that he has no plans to vote for Biden’s yet-to-be-announced pick.īiden has vowed to select a Black woman to replace outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement yesterday. Roger Wicker told a radio show this afternoon. Supreme Court in history will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action, U.S. This story has been updated to include a response from the White House.
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