I love my Senator, John Kennedy of Louisiana.  In the video below, he leads Whatshername Jackson down a primrose path.  It's fun to watch the full exchange, but you can skip ahead to the ~27 minute mark.
Kennedy asks her about when life begins, then watches her hem and haw about judicial philosophy.  Then he asks her a very simple question.  "When does equal protection attach"?:  She appears stunned, and says that she does not know.  Equal protection is a bulwark of our legal system, and the questioned should be easily answered by any member of the judiciary.  Yet, she is unprepared for the question.
 
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It looks like to me that her first thoughts were , " this swamp dwelling hick will be a pushover' but after a few minutes of corn country wisdom and intellect she put her guard way up there and decided to just keep saying I don't know . Sen Kennedy is a formidable opponent and his particular form of country wit and wisdom shines through . He always reminded me of the biblical example of wisdom in the story of Solomon cutting the baby in two .Hick indeed Heh .
John Kennedy plays the "dumb country lawyer" most excellently.
He can lay a trap so cleverly that most people he is interviewing don't realize it until far too late.
She is only there because she is black and maybe a woman. She herself said she cannot define "Woman". A woman with any self respect would refuse the nomination because Biden made it quite clear that legal qualification was not necessary.
I know I should be troubled about this, but meh..
She's an oily diversity hire lacking logic, reason, and any sense that she's there to interpret the law.
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