{"id":5446,"date":"2022-03-24T08:23:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2022-03-24T08:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:23:07","slug":"dear-judge-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/dear-judge-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Judge Jackson:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations on your nomination to become a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no higher honor our nation can bestow on an attorney and judge.&nbsp;&nbsp;And there is no one more deserving of that honor than you.&nbsp;&nbsp;I cannot say it better than Senator Booker did yesterday; you have earned this appointment in every single way. (<em>Readers:&nbsp;&nbsp;if you want to be uplifted \u2013 take the time to watch&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VjjvNLMyNS4\">Senator Booker\u2019s statement<\/a>&nbsp;to Judge Jackson).<\/em>&nbsp;I am so proud that I live in a nation that in my lifetime has come so far, from Jim Crow Laws to the nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are, in Madison\u2019s words, becoming \u201cmore perfect\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I guess it should come as no surprise that that \u201cperfecting\u201d process generates opposition and even hate.&nbsp;We saw it in sports, from Jesse Owens to Jackie Robinson, Mohammad Ali to Hank Aaron. As each changed the world for the better, they were confronted by hate along the way.&nbsp;&nbsp;They were transformative figures in American history.&nbsp;&nbsp;So are you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What really bothers me though, is the \u201cjack-assery\u201d, as Republican Senator Ben Sasse put it.&nbsp;&nbsp;There are several Senators who have tried to make your nomination hearing a stage for their political future, or use it for retribution for perceived \u201cwrongs\u201d of the Trump years.&nbsp;&nbsp;In doing so they had to search for some \u201cflaws\u201d to attack.&nbsp;&nbsp;They tried to make it sound like you don\u2019t \u201ccare\u201d about child pornography, as if they were against it but you were somehow in favor.&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course, that\u2019s not true. You handled their blatant grandstanding with poise and grace and patience beyond belief.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t speak for the \u201cAmerican people\u201d, I just speak for this one citizen.&nbsp;&nbsp;But as a citizen of the United States, I apologize.&nbsp;&nbsp;What should be a legitimate exploration of legal views, became a spectacle for political gain. I am embarrassed for our country that you (and we) were put through that \u201cjack-assery\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;And even in that, I am also so proud of your courage to sit through it all.&nbsp;&nbsp;A lesser person would have \u201ctaken the bait\u201d and tried to lash back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m sure you look forward to the end of the hearing process.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am excited to see your hand raised, swearing once again to \u201c\u2026support and defend the Constitution\u201d, and to \u201c\u2026administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and rich\u2026\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;And even more, I look forward to seeing your work on the Court, in the majority and minority.&nbsp;&nbsp;Your opinions will add a whole new texture to the American legal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently there have been times when it was easy to not love America.&nbsp;&nbsp;But you:&nbsp;&nbsp;your career, your legal acumen, and your potential to add to our Nation\u2019s History; reaffirms our reason to love America.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you for your service, and congratulations again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations on your nomination to become a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no higher honor our nation can bestow on an attorney and judge.&nbsp;&nbsp;And there is no one more deserving of that honor than you.&nbsp;&nbsp;I cannot say it better than Senator Booker did yesterday; you have earned this appointment in every single &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/dear-judge-jackson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dear Judge Jackson:&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dear Judge Jackson: Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A letter of congratulations and apologies to Judge Katanji Brown Jackson. 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