It’s Michelle Childs

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Famously influential Rep. Jim Clyburn said on MSNBC last night he has secured GOP SC Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott to vote for his Supreme Court candidate, South Carolina U. S. District Judge (and DC Appeals Court nominee) J. Michelle Childs. He also said “This president is committed to this”. Looks like a done deal.

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  1. S. Sanders
    “The VP Harris could be nominated to the Supreme Court” chatter originated in right wing circles as a part of the narrative that the President wants to remove her from the ticket. So, we probably shouldn’t elevate the idea b/c it is right wing gossip with no basis in facts.
     

    A bit nice to see this particular rightist baloney slip beneath the waves.

  2. perhaps in addition to being a three-fer (1. perfectly good choice, 2. repaying debt to clyburn, 3. ensuring bipartisan vote with at least four GOPer votes) with the judge childs pick, joe keeps and doesn’t take chance of losing an excellent & vital DC appellate judge come mid-term election and possible mitch takeback of senate.

  3. home state newspapers on her:

    SC Judge Michelle Childs is ready for Supreme Court: Clyburn | The State

    […]

    A University of South Carolina School of Law graduate, Childs is a former state judge at partner at a large law firm. She holds a degree from Duke University School of Law, an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and two degrees from the University of South Carolina School of Law and School of Business. Colleagues described Childs last year in a profile as a judge with “30 years of experiences dealing with real clients, real plaintiffs, real trial lawyers and complex business, legal and other court dilemmas. She would be able to look at matters through a lens of humanity as well as the law’s cold black-letter prisms.” Clyburn told The State he has no issue with other potential nominees Biden might be considering, saying, “I’m just for Michelle Childs.”

    Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond School of Law professor who studies federal judicial appointments, said Wednesday that Childs is a “very experienced” judge who has handled high profile cases. Those cases include complex litigation involving the now-defunct SCANA $10 billion nuclear project business failure and voting rights matters. Childs also issued a major opinion upholding a South Carolina gay marriage as legal at a time when the state did not give recognition to such marriages. Two other African-American judges — Jackson and Kruger — are probably getting the most consideration, Tobias said. “But maybe Childs is third. I think she has a good chance but she’s probably not a front-runner right now.”

     

    and

    U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs possible SCOTUS nominee (greenvilleonline.com)

    Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in The Greenville News in October 2014. On Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, Childs surfaced as a possible replacement for Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court.

  4. nice to have folks on highest bench who aren’t just hahvahd & yalie grads and who have actual trial experience other than presiding over them as a judge or clerking for a judge.

    from Alliance for Justice:

    Early Life and Education
    Judge Childs was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1966. At age 13, she moved to South Carolina with her mother. She was the first person in her family to attend college, earning scholarships for both college and law school. She received her B.S. from the University of South Florida Honors College, cum laude, in 1988, and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991. Judge Childs also holds a M.A. from the University of South Carolina School of Business and an LL.M. from Duke University School of Law.

    Legal Experience
    After law school, Judge Childs began her career as an Associate at Nexsen Pruet, LLC. Her primary practice areas included general litigation, employment and labor law, and domestic relations. Judge Childs represented clients ranging from individuals to governmental agencies and corporations and participated in approximately 25 trials during her tenure at the firm. She was named partner within nine years, becoming the first Black woman partner in a major law firm in the state of South Carolina.
    Thereafter, Judge Childs received two gubernatorial appointments from Governor James H. Hodges. From 2000 to 2002 she served as Deputy Director for the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Division of Labor. In this role, she administered the following programs: wages and child labor, Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA), OSHA voluntary programs, labor-management mediation, elevators and amusement rides, and migrant labor. From 2002 to 2006, Judge Childs served as Commissioner on the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission. As Commissioner, Judge Childs adjudicated issues related to compensability, medical treatment, temporary disability benefits, and partial or permanent disability awards for employees who sustained workplace injuries. She also reviewed appeals from other commissioners’ orders. Judge Childs’ experience working for two state government agencies will suit her well on the D.C. Circuit, which features a heavy administrative law docket.

  6. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the bench at the end of this term, making way for President Biden’s first appointment to the court. Elsewhere, polling shows Republicans are idolizing Russia’s leader in a stark reversal from the party Ronald Reagan led in the Cold War era.

  7. Mitch is old and unwell.  Guess what happens when he’s gone.  We might miss Yertle.  
    ————

    FBI raid prompts new scrutiny of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s ties to Azerbaijan

    “…Cuellar has taken particular interest in the oil-rich former Soviet republic. Cuellar has taken his own trips there and even co-chairs the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus.“

    “This month, those ties have generated new interest after Cuellar’s home and office in Laredo were raided by the FBI.”

    “But the whole incident set off questions about why he has been so be eager to advocate for Azerbaijan, an ex-Soviet country with a troubled recent history on issues like corruption and human rights. “

    “Azerbaijan has a uniquely aggressive official lobbying arm in Washington…”

    “A year earlier, he and his wife, Imelda, traveled to Azerbaijan, at a cost of nearly $25,000. The trip was paid for by the Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians, a Texas-based nonprofit. For the next several years, Cuellar frequently collaborated with Kemal Oksuz, the leader of the nonprofit.“

    “The trip was approved by the Congressional Ethics Office, but The Washington Post later reported the Azerbaijani government’s state oil company secretly funded the junket. “

    “Or, as is most often the case, a country like Azerbaijan hires a lobbyist to round up support, and those lobbyists target members on relevant committees. In this case, the obvious members to recruit serve on committees that deal with foreign affairs.“

    “Cuellar serves on only one committee, appropriations, which is where members decide where and how to dole out federal money. Within that committee, he specializes in funding homeland security and the Pentagon and could one day be the chair of one of those subcommittees.“

  9. So Spotify chooses to dump Neil Young’s music over Joe Rogan’s podcast over a spat about Rogan spreading vaccine disinformation. I knew there had to be a good reason I never have gone to Spotify.

  10. yeah, I’m not a spotifyer either, but now i also gotta deep-6 Pandora….don’t remember exactly why but it was a good reason. They’re kinda funky anyway…..I’ll just use youtube play.

    Good old Youtube.

  11. I always thought Neil had one of the goofiest voices in Rock and Roll.   Some nice songs here and there, though.  And everywhere I hear anything about stuff like that I hear he’s a great guy.  We at one time in one of our bands used to do a lot of his songs, cause we had a guy who sounded exactly like him.   We loaded him up.    lol.
    But hell, he and his friends have been activists since their first hit record.
    And no less than Leonard Cohen noted that he thought Neil’s songs were great.  

    Upshot: Spoti-bye

  13. meanwhile, inflation hitting where it hurts most, snacks.

    Image result for umaibo

    has anyone here on the trail tried these? 

    they don’t sound like cheetos, slim jims or even pigless pork rinds have anything to worry about competition with them in the US.

    the guardian:

    One of Japan’s best-loved snacks is to go up in price – by a whopping 20% – for the first time since its launch more than four decades ago.

    But Umaibo – literally “delicious stick” – will still be a steal for schoolchildren at just ¥12 apiece (US10c, not including sales tax), up from the current ¥10, when the change goes into effect in April.

     

    The crunchy corn snack’s producer, Yaokin, blamed the rising price of corn imported from the US for the hike, the first since Umaibo went on sale in 1979.

    […]

    The cylindrical snacks, wrapped in aluminium film, come in more than a dozen flavours, many based on Japanese food, such as spicy cod roe and takoyaki octopus balls, with cream of corn soup the biggest seller.

    Around 700m of the sticks are sold annually – the equivalent of about five and a half for each person – both in packs and individually.

    […]

    Celebrity fans mourned the looming demise of the ¥10 price tag and, possibly, the loss of Umaibo’s status as Japan’s “national snack”.

    “We’re witnessing a turning point in history,” tweeted rock musician Atsushi Osawa, whose band, Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai, referenced the snack and its “miracle” price in a 2010 song. “The price has started to diverge from the lyrics,” he said.

    Umaibo’s roots can be traced to central Japan, where the grandparents of Yaokin’s current president, Masahiko Sumiya, started selling shrimp crackers at their fruit and vegetable shop. His father founded the company in 1960 when he moved to Tokyo after the second world war, according to the Mainichi newspaper.

     

    wiki:

    Umaibō (うまい棒) or “delicious stick” is a small, puffed, cylindrical corn snack from Japan. It is produced by Riska and sold by Yaokin. There are many flavors of Umaibō available, including savory flavors, such as salad, mentaiko, takoyaki and cheese; and sweet flavors, such as cocoa, caramel, and chocolate. New and unusual flavors are routinely introduced and rotated out as limited time items to keep up interest and create trends. The mascot is a round-headed earless cat, similar to the appearance of Doraemon. This character is considered to be an alien, born on September 13, 1978, on a certain star in a distant universe. With an undecided name, the mascot is sometimes nicknamed Umaemon, a pun to Doraemon, along with other nicknames such as Doyaemon, and Umai BOY

  14. good poll news for a change

    TheHill

    President Biden is leading former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in two hypothetical, head-to-head match-ups for the 2024 presidential election, according to a new poll.
    The survey, conducted by Marquette Law School, found that 43 percent of adults nationwide would support Biden if the 2024 presidential election were held today, while 33 percent would vote for Trump in a one-on-one match-up.
    Sixteen percent said they would choose a different candidate, while 6 percent said they would not vote.
    In a hypothetical race against DeSantis, however, Biden polls slightly better: 41 percent of adults nationwide said they would throw their support behind Biden, while 33 percent would support DeSantis.
    Eighteen percent of respondents said they would vote for a different candidate, and 8 percent said they would not cast a ballot.
    Only 29 percent of those polled said they want to see Trump run for president again in 2024, while 71 percent said they did not want to see him seek a second term.
    […]
    A Wednesday poll from Politico and Morning Consult found that 45 percent of registered voters would support Biden if the election were held today, and 44 percent would support Trump, which would make for a tight rematch. Eleven percent said they would not vote.
    [continues]

  15. Ms Childs has a great resume.  And Rick reminded me this morning that putting a black woman on the SC was one of Biden’s campaign promises.  Good job Joe!

  16. lindsey last year
    in may in judi committee

    Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, was advanced out of Committee by a vote of 13-9 with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) voting “aye” with all Committee Democrats.

    and in june

    (CNN)The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court and one of the President’s most closely watched judicial nominees.

    The vote was 53-44. Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted with Democrats in favor of confirmation.
    The vote elevates Jackson from the US District Court for the District of Columbia to the influential US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which is seen as a breeding ground for Supreme Court justices.

    […]

    Asked about his vote, Graham, who served as chair of the Judiciary Committee in the last session of Congress, told reporters, “I think she’s qualified. I think I try to be somewhat consistent here. I think she’s qualified for the job. She has a different philosophy than I do.”

    [continues]

  20. Georgia was a fluke – if they hadn’t had Perdue and Loeffler as their candidates we’d never have seen Warnock and Ossoff elected.  It’s early – we’ll see how those polls go.  In AZ, though, the difference in favorability between Mark and Kyrsten (I know they are in separate races, BTW) is pretty stark – AZ likes Mark, Kyrsten, not so much. She’ll face a primary challenge and if it’s from an appealing candidate, I suspect one way or another her Senate days will be over.  BTW, I think all 3 of the women whose names are being tossed about for SCOTUS would be great choices.  Once the name is dropped Pat needs to move her through quickly to the floor and Chuck needs to schedule her confirmation vote tout suite.  A great twofer – Repugs can cast a racist and misogynist vote with the push of one button.  And a Black woman can break the tie. Now ain’t that nice?

  22. We’re cutting off military aid to Ukraine, something really weird going on. I suspect WH thinks Ukraine caving to Putin, it’s their only reasonable choice at this point. In short order Putin has taken Hungary, Belarus, Kazakhstan and now possibly Ukraine. This is not looking good 

  23. caving to Putin

    We don’t have a lot of leverage, we used it all, already, more sanctions on top of sanctions is hardly a threat to him

  24. Read up on official Ukrainian preparations and you’ll see there aren’t many, the government is telling the people invasion isn’t imminent, which i translate to “invasion is imminent, let’s not piss off the new boss”

  30. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/politics/anti-trump-republicans/index.html

    “A fundraiser for Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney as a special guest. Who else is slated be there? Former Vice President Dick Cheney. Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Former Virginia Reps. Barbara Comstock and Denver Riggleman. Former Solicitor General Ted Olson. Longtime lobbyist Charlie Black. (CNN’s Kasie Hunt and Manu Raju obtained a copy of the invitation.)
    If you are looking for the Trump resistance, this is it.”

    “…the narrative of a fight for control between two warring parts of the GOP is a false one. There is no real fight. Trump won and has cowed almost everyone within the party to line up behind him (or at least refuse to oppose him publicly) as the likely 2024 nominee.”

  31. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/politics/andy-parker-congress/index.html

    “A longtime gun control advocate and supporter of greater regulation of the tech industry, Parker is seeking the Democratic nomination in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. The district has been controlled by Republicans since 2011 and is considered “Solid Republican” by the Cook Political Report.
    The seat is currently occupied by Republican Rep. Bob Good, a strong gun rights supporter who voted to overturn the 2020 election results and has embraced former President Donald Trump’s false claim that the election was stolen.“

  32. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/26/texas-redistricting-kel-seliger-redistricting/

    “In a sworn declaration submitted as part of an ongoing federal court challenge, a senior Republican state senator with redistricting experience said he believes his party violated federal voting laws when it drew new boundaries for state Senate District 10 in the Fort Worth area.“

    “Under the map passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, some Black and Hispanic populations previously in District 10 were split into two other districts with majority-white electorates. The Black and Hispanic voters who remain in the newly drawn District 10, in urban areas of south Fort Worth, were lumped in with several rural, mostly white counties to the south and west that drive up the district’s population of white eligible voters while diminishing the number of voters of color.“

    “None of the maps offer Hispanic Texans new opportunities to turn their growing numbers into political power, even though they were behind half of the state’s growth in the last decade.“

  33. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/26/dan-crenshaw-texas-mail-in-ballot-voting-law/

    “U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, is taking heat this week for sending out campaign mailers containing unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to voters who are 65 and older.“

    “Last year, Texas Republicans in the Legislature passed an elections law that banned local election officials from that very same practice under the banner of protecting election integrity. However, the law made an exception for candidates and political parties to continue the practice, which has long been a popular get-out-the-vote tactic typically employed by both parties, but especially by Republicans.“

    “In a 2020 interview with The Texas Tribune, Crenshaw likened expansion of voting by mail to “playing with fire” and said that it could increase voter fraud, raising concerns about states such as Nevada that have more expanded mail-in ballot options than Texas.“

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