Napolitano 'appalled' by Some Questions Republicans Asked Judge Jackson at Hearing
'Celente & the Judge' also covered latest developments in Ukraine
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Judge Andrew Napolitano, the host of the podcast “Judging Freedom,” joined Gerald Celente Wednesday on their weekly show called, “Celente & the Judge” to discuss a wide range of topics, from the Judge Jackson hearings to latest developments in the Ukraine War. Here are a few highlights from their conversation.
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Napolitano was asked if the criticism President Joe Biden faced for choosing a Supreme Court nominee based on race and gender was fair.
Napolitano pointed to the history behind Biden’s vow and how he made the pledge to African-American voters in South Carolina during the primaries. Biden needed a win at the time. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was leading in the polls when he made the promise.
NAPOLITANO: “Is the promise offensive? Well, Ronald Reagan promised that his first nominee would be a woman. It was Sandra Day O’Connor. Donald Trump said one of his nominees would be a woman. And he was right. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while she was still alive, he said she needs to be replaced by a woman. And he did… Amy Coney Barrett – Justice Barrett – to that place. It sounds a little odd that the choice would be made on the basis of race and gender, but, in fact, presidents have been doing that.”
Napolitano said Biden believes the Supreme Court should look like the makeup of the U.S., which he disagrees with, calling the theory “hogwash.” But he called Jackson – who graduated top of her class in Harvard – “supremely qualified” for the position.
LIBERTARIANS PLEASED
Napolitano said Jackson’s likely confirmation has Libertarians in the U.S. feeling good because “on civil liberties issues she is far better than the Republican nominees, except for Justice Neil Gorsuch.”
“You’re going to see judge – soon to be Justice Jackson – agreeing with Justice Gorsuch on many civil liberties issues,” he said. He pointed out that Jackson is also a “big-government, liberal Democrat.”
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“She believes there are areas of human behavior that should be immune from government regulation,” he said. “Republicans don’t believe this. The Republican nominees on the court – with the exception of Justice Gorsuch – believe the legislature can legislate in any area.”
He said he was “appalled” by some of the questions Republicans asked her.
“There’s an area of human behavior – it’s got a fancy phrase – ‘substantive due process’ – it encompasses freedom of thought, freedom to choose a sexual partner, freedom to choose a sexual mate, freedom to have the kind of sex you want to have. Believe it or not, Connecticut used to regulate the kind of sex that married couples could have. So that was thrown out by the Supreme Court on the theory that there are areas of human behavior that are none of the government’s business. Justice Jackson believes that and Republicans attacked her for it.”
UKRAINE WAR
Celente and Napolitano discussed the role the media is playing in ginning up Americans for war against Russia in their broadcasts.
“I’m not blaming the networks because they are in the business of getting ratings. And they see dead bodies with their hands tied behind their back… this is ginning up the public to accept the concept that we might enter that war. This is ginning up the public. The government, the military-industrial complex, the media getting the public ready for war.
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