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>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING, AND
WELCOME TO
"TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT."
THE CORE INSTITUTIONS HAVE NOT
BEEN DEGRADED ENOUGH, IF THAT
WEREN’T BAD ENOUGH, JOE BIDEN
ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY HIS PLAN TO
CHOOSE A NECK SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE ON THE BASIS OF
APPEARANCE.
THE SUPREME COURT.
SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MAY BE.
YOUR COMPANY, PERHAPS.
BUT SUPREME COURT, IT REALLY
MATTERS.
WHAT DOES APPEARANCE HAVE TO DO
WITH ABILITY OR FEALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION?
HE INDICATED TO BE FAIR HE A
LAWYER, BUT WANTED A BLACK
WOMAN. HOW DOES
HOW DO GENES DETERMINE YOUR
ABILITY AS A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE, AIRLINE PILOT, OR
ANYTHING ELSE?
WE’D LIKE TO HEAR JOE BIDEN
EXPLAIN THAT.
BUT HE DIDN’T.
HE EMBARKED ON A PARTICULARLY
SHORT NATIONWIDE SEARCH AND
LOCATED IN THE END A PERSON NAMED KETANI BROWN JACKSON
NOT ABOUT WHAT SHE’S DONE WHAT
SHE THINKS BUT INSTEAD ABOUT HOW
SHE LOOKS.
IT’S NOT SHALLOW OR ANYTHING.
HERE IS THE SHALLOWEST OF ALL.
>> I COULD NOT BE JOYOUS YOU
WERE SITTING IN MY OFFICE AND I
COULDN’T STOP BRINGING UP TO YOU
THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS.
I’VE GREW UP IN A SMALL
BLACK CHURCH TO MAKE JOYOUS
NOISE UNTO THE LORD AND THIS IS
NOT A NORMAL DAY FOR AMERICA.
WE’VE NEVER HAD THIS MOMENT
BEFORE.
>> Tucker: ANOTHER LECTURE
FROM -- IS THERE ANYONE ON THE
PLANET FUNNIER THAN CORY BOOKER?
DEMOCRAT KETANJI BROWN JACKSON
DOESN’T SEEM SO FRAUDULENT, THAT
WOULD BE IMPLAUSIBLE. BUT SHE SHOWS A RECORD SIMILAR
ON THE BOARD OF THE SINGLE
ON THE BOARD OF THE SINGLE WOKEST
IN THE END THEY TELL YOU GET A
BLACK NOMINEE, THEY AREN’T
TALKING ABOUT THE SON OF A MADE
IN OUR FARM WORKER FROM GEORGIA.
THEY HAVE A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE LIKE THAT. HIS NAME IS HUNTER S
WHEN THEY GET A BLACK
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IS YOU GET
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC PARTY ROBOT
WITH THE SAME RIGID AND TOTALLY
PREDICTABLE VIEWS AS YOUR
AVERAGE PROFESSIONAL CLASS WHITE
LIBERAL.
BUT WHO HAPPENS TO BE TAILORED
TO JOE BIDEN.
IDENTICAL, IDENTICAL TO EVERYONE
ELSE IN POWER.
JUST A DIFFERENT SHADE.
THAT SHADE TO BE A FAIR DOES
MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE
EXERCISE.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE LOOKS,
BROWN JACKSON A CARDINAL VARIETY
WHITE LIBERAL IN THE WAY SHE
BELIEVES BUT BECAUSE OF HOW SHE
LOOKS, THE NOMINEE GETS NOWHERE
NEAR THE BEDDING OF A TYPICAL
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
WHATEVER YOUR POLITICS ARE, IT’S
A SHAME.
AS RUTH MARCUS OF
"THE WASHINGTON POST" PUT IT A
FEW YEARS AGO WHEN DEMOCRATS
WERE BASICALLY ACCUSING A REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OF RAPE
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ON BOARD WITH
THAT ACTUALLY. TODAY, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THAT
TODAY, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THAT
SAME NEWSPAPER, JEFF BEZOS’ HOW LOW
WILL THEY GO TO TAKING ON
WILL THEY GO TO TAKING ON KENTUCKY JOB
KENTUCKY BROWN JACKSON?
KENTUCKY BROWN JACKSON? IT’S
LOW TO ASK QUESTIONS OF A
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
THE SUPREME COURT ONE OF THE
MOST POWERFUL INSTITUTIONS IN
THE WORLD.
JOE BIDEN DID NOT CREATE THE
SUPREME COURT.
PREVIOUS GENERATIONS DATA.
SO THE REST OF US HAVE AN
INTEREST IN WHO SITS ON IT.
JOE BIDEN MAY BE A TOUCH
DEFENSIVE HAS DESCRIBED KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON IS ONE OF THIS
COUNTRY’S GREAT LEGAL MINDS AND
WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BELIEVE
THAT FOR REAL GIVEN THAT SHE’S
PROBABLY GOING TO BE CONFIRMED
THE MATTER WHAT WE THINK.
THE QUESTION IS IS IT TRUE, IS
SHE REALLY ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S
GREAT LEGAL MINDS.
ONE INDICATION WILL BE HER LSAT
SCORES.
MEASURES LOGIC AND REASONING
ABILITY AND THE BODY DOUBTS IT’S
AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF THESE
THINGS WHICH PREDICTS LEGAL
SKILLS.
SO HOW DID KETANJI BROWN JACKSON
DO ON THE LSAT -- SORRY, YOU
AREN’T ALLOWED TO ASK BECAUSE
ASKING IS RACIST.
WATCH.
>> AFTER JUDGE JACKSON’S NAME
WAS ANNOUNCED...
>> IS KETANJI BROWN JACKSON...
>> TUCKER CARLSON ON HIS
FOX NEWS PROGRAM IGNORED HER
NINE YEARS ON THE FEDERAL BENCH
AND INSTEAD WANDERED ABOUT HER
SCORES ON THE LSAT.
>> YOU DO NOT HEAR SUBSTANTIVE
LEGAL ARGUMENTS ON HER DECISION
MAKING COMING FROM THE PEOPLE.
ALL THEY’VE GOT IS THE RACISM.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO CURSE
BECAUSE IT’S SUNDAY AND I’D GET
FIRED, BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
WHY WHAT TUCKER CARLSON JUST
SAID IS SO REPUGNANT?
>> THEY IMPLY THAT YOU ARE
SOLELY NOMINATED DUE TO YOUR
RACE AND NOT FOR OTHER FACTORS.
APPARENTLY SOME HAVE COMPLAINED
THAT YOU NEED TO SHOW YOUR LSAT
SCORES TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU
ARE A TOP LEGAL MIND.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY OFFENSIVE AND
CONDESCENDING.
>> Tucker: "IT’S REPUGNANT!
INCREDIBLY OFFENSIVE!"
"SHE’S A TOP LEGAL MIND!
SHUT UP, YOU AREN’T ALLOWED TO
ASK FOR PROOF."
YOU’VE GOT MAZIE HIRONO, THE
SENATE’S DUMBEST MEMBER, DON’T
YOU TO ASK FOR HER TEST SCORES.
WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
SHE’S INCURIOUS TO KNOW THAT
JUDGE JACKSON WAS NOMINATED
BECAUSE OF RACE AND AFTER
JOE BIDEN BRAGGED REPEATEDLY
THAT JUDGE JACKSON WAS FOR HER RACE AND
SEX.
THEY ARE APOPLECTIC IF YOU DARE
TO REPEAT WHAT THEY SAY.
ONCE THE MESSAGE?
YOU AREN’T ALLOWED TO TALK TO
HIM NO MORE INSOLENCE, SERVE! THANKFULLY
, IN THE HEARINGS TODAY, A FEW
SENATORS DID ASK RELATIVE
QUESTIONS BE HERE IS JOSH HAWLEY
JOSH HAWLEY.
>> THIS IS A CHILD CASE FOR THE
DEFENDANT THIS ROUTED MULTIPLE
IMAGES OF CHILD PORN, THE
FEDERAL GUIDELINES RECOMMEND A
SENTENCE TO 121 MONTHS IN
PRISON.
PROSECUTORS RECOMMENDED 24
MONTHS IN PRISON.
JUDGE JACKSON GAVE THE DEFENDANT
THREE MONTHS IN PRISON.
>> Tucker: HM!
THAT’S PRETTY SERIOUS.
WHY DID SHE DO THAT,
JUDGE JACKSON QUESTION MIKE
HERE’S THE RESPONSE.
>> THE GUIDELINE WAS BASED
ORIGINALLY ON A STATUTORY SCHEME
AND ON DIRECTIVES, SPECIFIC DIRECTIVES BY CONGRESS AT A TIME
DIRECTIVES BY CONGRESS AT A TIME
IN WHICH MORE SERIOUS CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY WERE DEFINED ON THE
VOLUME, THE NUMBER OF
PHOTOGRAPHS THEY RECEIVED IN THE
MAIL PEER THAT MADE TOTAL SENSE
BEFORE WHEN WE DIDN’T HAVE
THE
INTERNET, WHEN WE DIDN’T HAVE
DISTRIBUTION.
BUT THE WAY THE GUIDELINE IS NOW
STRUCTURED BASED ON THAT SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES IS LEADING TO
EXTREME DISPARITIES IN THE
SYSTEM BECAUSE IT’S SO EASY FOR
PEOPLE TO GET VOLUMES OF THIS
KIND OF MATERIAL NOW BY
COMPUTERS.
>> Tucker: WE’LL JUST CONCEDE
UP FRONT, WE ARE NOT
WORLD-RENOWNED LEGAL MINDS OR
EVEN TECHNICALLY LAWYERS ON THIS
SHOW BUT WE ARE GOING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE JUDGE JUST
SAID.
SO CONGRESS PASSED A LAW SAYING
THAT POSSESSING A LOT OF KIDDIE
PORN IS A CRIME AND INTERNET
COMES ALONG AND THERE’S A LOT
MORE KIDDIE PORN .
THAT SOMEHOW MAKES THE ACT OF
POSSESSING A LOT OF KIDDIE PORN
LESS BAD.
BECAUSE THE INTERNET MAKES IT
SIMPLE, WE AREN’T GOING TO
PUNISH YOU THIS MUCH BUT MAYBE
WE ARE MISINTERPRETING WHAT SHE
SAID BUT DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
IF NOT, HELP TO UNDERSTAND IN
THE CLIP THAT WE SAW THAT
JUDGE BROWN WAS NOT ARTICULATING
SOME LEGAL PRINCIPLE IN A WAY
THAT WE CAN GENERALIZE ACROSS
OUR CODE.
SHE WASN’T CONSTRUCTING FOR A
NARROW AND SPECIFIC GROUP OF
TERMINALS, SEX OFFENDERS.
IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME, ONE OF
PLENTY BOUTS SHE’S ARGUED FOR IN
HER CAREER.
IN 1996, THE TOUCHING BROWN JACKSON ARGUED AGAINST
HERE’S THE REASONING.
IF A COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION
STATUTE DEPRIVED THE
SEX OFFENDER HIS RIGHT TO
MOBILITY AND BODILY INTEGRITY
AND MAKES ON THE TARGET OF
WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY REACTION,
THEN ACCORDING TO KETANJI BROWN
JACKSON, THAT WOULD BE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
HMM.
WHY IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
SHE DIDN’T EXPLAIN.
IS THAT A SOUND LEGAL ARGUMENT?
WHY IS JUDGE JACKSON SO FIXATED
ON DEFENDING SEXUAL PREDATORS?
WHAT DOES THE FBI THINK ABOUT
THAT.
THIS SHOW, JUST OBTAINED AN
EMAIL TO THE FBI LOS ANGELES
WOMAN THE BACK AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE, A GROUP WITHIN THE
FBI.
THIS WAS SENT OUT TO EVERY FBI
AGENT IN THE FIELD OFFICE ON
MARCH 11TH, THIS MONTH.
IT IS AN INVITATION TO "A
NOMINATION PARTY" FOR KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON.
JOIN US FOR "LOTS OF CELEBRATION CELEBRATION," THAT THE
IN AN FBI CONFERENCE ROOM.
CHRIS DICKENS JOHNSON, THE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF
THE L.A. FIELD OFFICE, IS THE
FEATURED SPEAKER.
THIS IS A NOMINEE!
THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO DOESN’T
HAVE A JOB WHOSE NOMINATION IS
BY DEFINITION A POLITICAL
QUESTION WHO THE SENATE VOTES
ON.
AND THE FBI IS WEIGHING IN WITH
BOTH FEET ON THEIR CHOICE, WHICH
IS KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.
WE SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THE NEXT
DAY, FBI’S DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION OFFICE ISSUED WHAT IT
CALLED AN UPDATE.
"THE FBI MUST REMAIN NEUTRAL IN
POLITICAL NOMINATIONS AND
CONFIRMATION PROCESSES.
ACCORDINGLY, A PARTY FOR ANY
NOMINEE WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
MISUNDERSTANDING SURROUNDING THE
PUBLICITY."
NOT THAT WE DID IT, BUT THE USE
OF HOW WE MISUNDERSTOOD THE
PUBLICITY.
THERE WAS NO PUBLICITY.
WE READ THE INVITATION.
THE UPDATE INCLUDED A NEW FLYER
THAT REMOVED ANY MENTION OF
BROWN JACKSON.
NOT A MISUNDERSTANDING PAY THEY
SAID OUT LOUD WHAT EVERYBODY
KNOWS, THE FBI IS A POLITICAL
FORCE AND HAS DECIDED THEY ARE
ON THE SIDE OF KETANJI BROWN
JACKSON.
IF YOU’VE GOT THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE CONGRESS AND THE FBI,