The first Black federal judge in Alabama, U.W. Clemon, urged the president not to choose appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

[zod16]

The first Black federal judge in Alabama, U.W. Clemon, sent a letterto Biden on Feb. 4 urging him not to consider appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court, according to a copy obtained by NBC News.

Clemon, a retired chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, argued there are "several exceptionally well-qualified black female aspirants," but that Jackson isn't one of them and "should not be appointed" to the court.

The letter comes as the process for selecting a candidate is getting underway and as the behind-the-scenes campaign by the contenders, their supporters and their detractors is in full swing.

“I don’t believe she exemplifies the justice the Black community deserves,” Clemon said in a brief telephone interview.

He pointed to one case she presided over, Ross v. Lockheed, a 2016 class-action suit on behalf of 5,500 Black workers of Lockheed Martin. At the time, she declined to approve a settlement that was reached which could have provided $22 million and reforms related to the promotion process at Lockheed.

“She refused to approve the settlement because in her view there were no common factual questions,” Clemon wrote.

Biden faces conflicting pressures as he closes in on a Supreme Court nominee

The first Black federal judge in Alabama, U.W. Clemon, urged the president not to choose appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

www.nbcnews.com

His actual letter is ether:

As you consider the candidates for your legacy appointment to the highest court of the land, it is
entirely appropriate for you to take into account not simply what each aspirant has done for her
own career, but equally so, what has she done for the cause of justice and equality?​

full letter :

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21203222/judge-clemons-letter-to-president-biden-corrected-feb-4-202272.pdf

Respect to him for not remaining quiet about this bullshit....

 

[55th View]

We'll damn. One of the rare times a BGOL post has influenced my opinion. I'd like to hear more about her...and this dude, as a matter of fact!

EDIT: Clemon is the truth and has been a lifelong pioneer of civil rights for black people. Was appointed to the Court by Jimmy Carter. This will certainly get attn, given his background.

 

[zod16]

We'll damn. One of the rare times a BGOL post ha influenced my opinion. I'd like to hear more about her...and this dude, as a matter of fact!

EDIT: Clemon is th truth and has been a lifelong pioneer of civil rights for black people. Was appointed to the Court by Jimmy Carter. This will certainly get attn, given his background.

Just read his letter and you will see why he is upset.

This is from his confirmation:

Judge Brown Jackson with her husband...

 

[nativeneworleanian06]

Damn... just damn, on the matter as a whole.

 

[ghoststrike]

Last thing the SC needs is a Clarence 2.0

 

[zod16]

Last thing the SC needs is a Clarence 2.0

I would argue that this is actually far more problematic. Everyone knew who Clarence was and why he was being selected..

 

[Maxxam]

I have never and will never trust 99.9% of Black people with a white spouse.

 

[RUDY RAYYY MO]

Was gone post an article about here. Basically ole girl suck white daddy corporate dick . The Lockheed case isn't the first she denied Black plaintiff's

 

[cocobeauty]

I have never and will never trust 99.9% of Black people with a white spouse.

That white spouse says easily influenced and will always try to make him feel inclusive when making decisions involving race.

 

[HeathCliff]

I have never and will never trust 99.9% of Black people with a white spouse.

Would he make it into the 0.1%?

 

[ghoststrike]

It would not surprise me if Lockheed Martin was part of her inside trader stock portfolio. She basically ruled for Lockheed Martin to reverse course in doing the right thing even after Lockheed Martin intended to do so legally. Regarding spouse thing, guys like Hermain Cain had a Black wife while promoting neo-nazism at Trump rallies. Not sold on optics alone. Just sayin..

Hypothetically, IF Trump were to run in 2024 and there is another legal challenge to Biden's re-election victory, Clarence and Kentanji (if elected as SC Judge) would prob be gleefully eager with hearing the challenge.

=============================EDIT========================================================

I take back what I said

She got this one right:

Jackson also said the proposed $22.8 million settlement wasn’t fair and adequate because Black employees who didn’t opt out would be required to release all legal claims against Lockheed without knowing the amount that they would receive in return. Individuals who remained in the case but didn’t fill out a claim form wouldn’t receive any settlement money while also giving up their right to sue for discrimination.

Op-ed shoots down criticism of SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for ruling against class of Black workers

Updated: A Harvard Law School professor and a former federal appeals judge are pushing back against criticism of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for a ruling that she made in a lawsuit by a group of Black workers suing Lockheed Martin, a security and aerospace company, for...

www.abajournal.com

Again, so much for the spouse theory.

 

[c_commander]

So another problematic candidate. Meanwhile Lindsey Graham and Jim Clyburn are advocating for Biden to nominate Michelle Childs who is also pro corporate with a background in labor issues typically on behalf of companies.

 

[COINTELPRO]

I uncovered their new code signals since I shut down what they had before with college donations, hyping college culture to distract from pursuing good paying blue collar jobs, promoting products that are contract manufactured overseas, and other nonsense that destroy jobs for the black community. Many of these people come out of Chicago/Midwest, now it is spreading outwards. I empathize what VP is going through dealing with the U.S. I believe it is the vaccines that are given to them as child that can trigger autistic behavior as noted by Robert Kennedy.

Basically it utilizes President Trump which is bizarre, prosecuting him for crimes or ruling against him as a way to repudiate his attempted revitalization of manufacturing in America. A black person that is code signaling will accuse him of crimes, tax avoidance. This Kentanji fellow women ruled against him in a case paving the way for some criminal lawsuit as a DC circuit judge. More cannibalist behavior coming out of the black community.

I want to be Anita Hill, President Biden needs to walk her back and get somebody else, that has not engaged in this shameful behavior.

 

[COINTELPRO]

After her nomination, I did some digging, and did not see the typical things that these cannibalist usually engage in. It made me look further, and I uncovered their new version 2.0 mechanism they are using now after linking it up with Leticia James in New York . What they were doing before for awhile unnoticed- I shut down, and they have come up with a new clever way to mask their intent.

First impeachment of Donald Trump - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

All these cannibalist in the black community (black politicians) will claim President Trump is a criminal based on spurious charges. It is clear President Trump was entrapped by Zelenskyy, after his underlings refused to provide information, forcing him to call a head of state, per protocol. Zelenskyy refused as planned knowing President Trump would use this military aid as leverage. This gave them their first major charge of recent criminality, to dog whistle their disgusting depravity. Kentanji Brown Jackson ruled against this refusal in the impeachment trial. The Jan 6 insurrection gave them another opening, and finally Leticia James is creating another one.

This is their new hustle scam and a way to code signal their depravity. They moved off of me because I destroyed and exposed many of them similar to Bryon Allen. We need a black female candidate that has not done this, has not been involved in ruling against President Trump or engaged in other depraved acts. I have alot of experience dealing with their persistent autistic behavior. Some of this ties in the Ukraine disaster that is happening now.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

So another problematic candidate. Meanwhile Lindsey Graham and Jim Clyburn are advocating for Biden to nominate Michelle Childs who is also pro corporate with a background in labor issues typically on behalf of companies.

They’re all corporate leeches. It’s like being a rape victim and someone spitting in your food.

Im supposed to give a shit about a corporate lawyer who married a white man? That’s supposed to mobilize me?

 

[totto]

Are we really surprised? We knew how it's going to go.

 

[Day_Carver]

I have never and will never trust 99.9% of Black people with a white spouse.

This is funny but its not on so many levels...

 

[younggiftedandblack]

Regarding spouse thing, guys like Hermain Cain had a Black wife while promoting neo-nazism at Trump rallies. Not sold on optics alone. Just sayin..

Ben Carson's wife is black also.

Biden is lazy, she's going to be his pick because he's not about to take the time to find another one.

 

[dasailr03]

Biden is lazy, she's going to be his pick because he's not about to take the time to find another one.

This is some lazy logic here. All of Bid's choices were excellent candidates and could/should be on the supreme court. One again, yall being distracted by the forest/tree's thingy. No matter whom Biden pick, mofos were going to have an issue with her. He could have picked a Thurgood Marshall/Michelle obama/ malcom X mixed with yo momma reincarnated woman and the bullshit would be the same. Just because a black person has a mixed spouse doesn't mean they stopped being black or can't understand or relate to the black experience here in this county. Before anyone speak, they should look at the judicial record of the woman picked last for the supreme court. If that shit doesn't give you perspective, nothing will.

 

[carsun1000]

Maybe Clemon could have asked for a private meeting with her to judge where her allegiance lies. He could have made her promise to look out for the community moving forward.
The recent white chick that was selected to SC has not shown party leaned judgements until voting time which is already republican leaned
Brown may have plans to look out for folks and we don't know that.
Unless there are others that are equally qualified but we must not lose the seat just because of prior acts.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Biden is a fucking joke. This bullshit about selecting whitewashed black women for all of these top positions is a smack in REAL black peoples faces. Seriously, why the fuck can’t he nominate a fucking black man instead of some black bitch with a white husband who will always vote against her own interests so that she doesn’t upset her while friends. This is getting tiring.....

Delaware senator Chris Coons didn’t vote for the $15 minimum wage hike. Joe Biden is a corporate shill. We know who these people are.

 

[theoriginalgreatone]

Wow, when are people going to realize that these are all the same people and these politicians political parties are one in the same

 

[RoomService]

Did anyone ever find out the reason why she didn’t approve the Ross vs Lockheed lawsuit?

Listen to Karen hunter show from last week and you will have your answer.
This is more propaganda.

 

[black again]

Biden is a fucking joke. This bullshit about selecting whitewashed black women for all of these top positions is a smack in REAL black peoples faces. Seriously, why the fuck can’t he nominate a fucking black man instead of some black bitch with a white husband who will always vote against her own interests so that she doesn’t upset her while friends. This is getting tiring.....

Delaware senator Chris Coons didn’t vote for the $15 minimum wage hike. Joe Biden is a corporate shill. We know who these people are.

Yeah, Biden's insistence on always naming the gender and race of his picks, BEFORE he names them is problematic and pandering, imo.

Like most, I didn't know his SC pick's history, but I'm not even kinda surprised.

To even get considered for a role like that, you've already delivered for them...

 

[xfactor]

Are we really surprised? We knew how it's going to go.

everyone knew she was going to get it after Clemon wrote the letter because Biden hates so-called black men. It won’t work though.

 

[xxxbishopxxx]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/ketanji-brown-jackson-clemon-lockheed-settlement-bias/

Opinion: Did Ketanji Brown Jackson rule against Black workers? It’s not so simple.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a portrait Feb. 18. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
By Kenneth W. Mack
and
Andre M. Davis

February 21, 2022 at 1:04 p.m. EST

Kenneth W. Mack is a professor of law and history at Harvard University and the author of “Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer.” Andre M. Davis is a former judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
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As President Biden prepares to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, it’s worth pausing to consider the story of Constance Baker Motley, the first African American woman appointed to the federal bench. In 1975, Motley presided over a case in which a White woman, Diane Blank, had filed a class-action suit against the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell for sex discrimination.

As the historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin recounts in her recent biography of Motley, the firm’s attorney asked Motley to recuse herself because of bias — supposedly proved by Motley’s ruling certifying the case as a class action and undergirded by the notion that, as a Black woman and a former civil rights lawyer, she likely sympathized with those who suffered race or sex discrimination. Motley refused, and the case was settled.

In Motley’s case — as with other early Black federal judges who faced similar recusal motions — the presumption of bias turned out to be false. Of course she brought her experiences as a Black woman and a civil rights lawyer with her to the bench. But those experiences didn’t dictate which way she would rule. In fact, Motley’s record shows she was more likely to rule against, rather than for, those with discrimination claims.

Motley’s experience should make us cautious about assuming what the first Black female Supreme Court nominee — whomever that turns out to be — would do as a justice. We know from experience that Black judges — like White judges — fit into no predetermined model. After all, Justice Clarence Thomas replaced Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court.

Now, in a modern twist on the story of Motley and the discrimination lawsuit, a Black former judge has criticized one potential nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for supposedly betraying a class of Black Lockheed Martin workers — by disapproving a proposed settlement when she was a district court judge.

In a letter to Biden, former district judge U.W. Clemon of Alabama asserted that Jackson should not be selected because she has not done enough “for the cause of justice and equality.” Clemon said that her decision to disapprove of the settlement is “a bell sounding the alarm that if Judge Jackson is appointed to the Supreme Court, simple justice and equality in the workplace will be sacrificed.” Clemon, in the letter, challenged several of her procedural decisions in the case but took most direct aim at her rejection of the settlement.

The Lockheed Martin case was a class-action suit in which the plaintiffs claimed to represent more than 5,500 current and former Black Lockheed employees. Because it was a class action, Jackson had a duty to protect the interests of the Black workers who were not in court but who would still be bound by the terms of the settlement. Clemon is listed as counsel to the firm that brought the case.

Jackson found in 2017 that the proposed class did not satisfy what is called the “commonality” requirement, which is designed to ensure that there is enough overlap between all the class members’ claims for it to make sense to resolve them all together. In doing so, she was applying a 2011 — and controversial — Supreme Court decision about employment discrimination class actions. The problem with the settlement, Jackson concluded, was that the proposed class of Lockheed employees “encompasse[d] individuals with widely varying experiences of discrimination.”

Jackson also ruled that the proposed settlement was not fair, reasonable and adequate because many Black employees would be abandoning potential discrimination claims without knowing what they were giving up and what monetary compensation or other relief they were likely to get in return. Every one of Lockheed’s Black employees would have had to give up all rights to sue the company for any kind of past discrimination to obtain a settlement in this one particular case, which challenged one particular employment practice of the company. Jackson believed that trade-off was unfair.

Does this indicate that Jackson is biased against, or for, Black plaintiffs or claims of workplace discrimination? At worst, Jackson seems to have been protecting one group of Black Lockheed employees from having their interests sacrificed for those of another group of Black employees. The history of African American federal judges, and of worries that they might be biased in discrimination cases, should lead one to be humble about drawing such broad conclusions, based on limited proof, about what a Black female justice is likely to do on the court.

A Black female justice will be an immensely powerful symbol of the past and future of this county, as Motley and her generation of judges knew all too well. We should expect great things of those who carry such symbolic weight on their shoulders. But we should expect, as well, the same things of them that we expect of any other judge — absent clear evidence to the contrary.

 

[TheyCallMeBe]

Did anyone ever find out the reason why she didn’t approve the Ross vs Lockheed lawsuit?

Listen to Karen hunter show from last week and you will have your answer.
This is more propaganda.

Can you break it down or post the link famo

 

[xfactor]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/ketanji-brown-jackson-clemon-lockheed-settlement-bias/

Opinion: Did Ketanji Brown Jackson rule against Black workers? It’s not so simple.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a portrait Feb. 18. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
By Kenneth W. Mack
and
Andre M. Davis

February 21, 2022 at 1:04 p.m. EST

Kenneth W. Mack is a professor of law and history at Harvard University and the author of “Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer.” Andre M. Davis is a former judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
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As President Biden prepares to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, it’s worth pausing to consider the story of Constance Baker Motley, the first African American woman appointed to the federal bench. In 1975, Motley presided over a case in which a White woman, Diane Blank, had filed a class-action suit against the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell for sex discrimination.

As the historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin recounts in her recent biography of Motley, the firm’s attorney asked Motley to recuse herself because of bias — supposedly proved by Motley’s ruling certifying the case as a class action and undergirded by the notion that, as a Black woman and a former civil rights lawyer, she likely sympathized with those who suffered race or sex discrimination. Motley refused, and the case was settled.

In Motley’s case — as with other early Black federal judges who faced similar recusal motions — the presumption of bias turned out to be false. Of course she brought her experiences as a Black woman and a civil rights lawyer with her to the bench. But those experiences didn’t dictate which way she would rule. In fact, Motley’s record shows she was more likely to rule against, rather than for, those with discrimination claims.

Motley’s experience should make us cautious about assuming what the first Black female Supreme Court nominee — whomever that turns out to be — would do as a justice. We know from experience that Black judges — like White judges — fit into no predetermined model. After all, Justice Clarence Thomas replaced Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court.

Now, in a modern twist on the story of Motley and the discrimination lawsuit, a Black former judge has criticized one potential nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for supposedly betraying a class of Black Lockheed Martin workers — by disapproving a proposed settlement when she was a district court judge.

In a letter to Biden, former district judge U.W. Clemon of Alabama asserted that Jackson should not be selected because she has not done enough “for the cause of justice and equality.” Clemon said that her decision to disapprove of the settlement is “a bell sounding the alarm that if Judge Jackson is appointed to the Supreme Court, simple justice and equality in the workplace will be sacrificed.” Clemon, in the letter, challenged several of her procedural decisions in the case but took most direct aim at her rejection of the settlement.

The Lockheed Martin case was a class-action suit in which the plaintiffs claimed to represent more than 5,500 current and former Black Lockheed employees. Because it was a class action, Jackson had a duty to protect the interests of the Black workers who were not in court but who would still be bound by the terms of the settlement. Clemon is listed as counsel to the firm that brought the case.

Jackson found in 2017 that the proposed class did not satisfy what is called the “commonality” requirement, which is designed to ensure that there is enough overlap between all the class members’ claims for it to make sense to resolve them all together. In doing so, she was applying a 2011 — and controversial — Supreme Court decision about employment discrimination class actions. The problem with the settlement, Jackson concluded, was that the proposed class of Lockheed employees “encompasse[d] individuals with widely varying experiences of discrimination.”

Jackson also ruled that the proposed settlement was not fair, reasonable and adequate because many Black employees would be abandoning potential discrimination claims without knowing what they were giving up and what monetary compensation or other relief they were likely to get in return. Every one of Lockheed’s Black employees would have had to give up all rights to sue the company for any kind of past discrimination to obtain a settlement in this one particular case, which challenged one particular employment practice of the company. Jackson believed that trade-off was unfair.

Does this indicate that Jackson is biased against, or for, Black plaintiffs or claims of workplace discrimination? At worst, Jackson seems to have been protecting one group of Black Lockheed employees from having their interests sacrificed for those of another group of Black employees. The history of African American federal judges, and of worries that they might be biased in discrimination cases, should lead one to be humble about drawing such broad conclusions, based on limited proof, about what a Black female justice is likely to do on the court.

A Black female justice will be an immensely powerful symbol of the past and future of this county, as Motley and her generation of judges knew all too well. We should expect great things of those who carry such symbolic weight on their shoulders. But we should expect, as well, the same things of them that we expect of any other judge — absent clear evidence to the contrary.

Powerful symbol?

 

[dasailr03]

who in thell do you think biden should have nominated and would get approved? Shiiiiiiiddd we fight like bitches on this board over retarted shit and can't agree on shit and yall sounding off like you now something nobody esle know. Yeah ok!

 

[xxxbishopxxx]

Can you break it down or post the link famo

The Washington post editorial I posted seems to do a good breakdown.

 

[TheyCallMeBe]

The Washington post editorial I posted seems to do a good breakdown.

You must’ve posted while I was typing. Thanks fam respect

 

[dasailr03]

You must’ve posted while I was typing. Thanks fam respect

can we get that link to the article?

 

[xxxbishopxxx]

can we get that link to the article?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/ketanji-brown-jackson-clemon-lockheed-settlement-bias/

 

[RUDY RAYYY MO]

Did anyone ever find out the reason why she didn’t approve the Ross vs Lockheed lawsuit?

Listen to Karen hunter show from last week and you will have your answer.
This is more propaganda.

I listened to the guy she had on and he was negro splaining . Explain to me how he convinced you she's not a corporate schill

 

[RoomService]

I listened to the guy she had on and he was negro splaining . Explain to me how he convinced you she's not a corporate schill

Chuckles… Btw: I was only referring to the Ross vs Lockheed ruling. He also talked about his relationship with the Clemon.