Republican senators who have criticized President Joe Biden's pledge to appoint the first Black woman justice are disregarding their own party's patterns tied to race -- and the value modern presidents have put on a nominee with broader public appeal.
Republican senators who have criticized President Joe Biden's pledge to appoint the first Black woman justice are disregarding their own party's patterns tied to race and the value modern presidents have put on a nominee with broader public appeal.
GOP presidents have at times sought racial minorities for the Supreme Court, understanding the political advantage of appointing an historic"first," not unlike Biden today. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush's legal team considered a Hispanic federal judge in Texas before settling on African American Clarence Thomas to succeed the retiring first Black Justice Thurgood Marshall. Then when son George W.
Cruz calls Biden's SCOTUS promise 'offensive' and 'insulting' 02:16The Reagan team, along with senators of both parties, embraced Scalia's heritage to the point that during his Senate confirmation hearings, Democratic Alabama Sen. Howell Helfin said,"I believe that almost every senator that has an Italian American connection has come forward to welcome you ... .
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