Biden’s SCOTUS Nominee Declines to Define the Word ‘Woman’ Because ‘I’m Not a Biologist’
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee is receiving criticism over an exchange during her confirmation hearing that featured a question about the definition of the word “woman.” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)…
President Joe Biden’sSupreme Court nominee is receiving criticism over an exchange during her confirmation hearing that featured a question about the definition of the word “woman.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday, “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?”
“Can I provide a definition?” Jackson asked.
When Blackburn confirmed that was her question, Jackson said, “I can’t.”
“You can’t?” the senator asked.
Jackson explained, “Not in this context I’m not a biologist.”
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The Tennessee senator then asked, “So, you believe the meaning of the word ‘woman’ is so unclear and controversial that you can’t give me a definition?”
“Senator, in my work as a judge, what I do is I address disputes. If there’s a dispute about a definition, people make arguments, and I look at the law and I decide,” Jackson responded.
Blackburn fired back, “The fact that you can’t give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education that we are hearing about.”
The exchange drew harsh criticism: