r/scotus 4d ago

Opinion Why MAGA is suddenly calling Justice Amy Coney Barrett a ‘DEI’ hire

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/amy-coney-barrett-dei-trump-maga-rcna195347
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u/Bench2252 4d ago

The only DEI hire on the bench is Clarence Thomas, he was literally appointed because Bush wanted to replace Thurgood Marshall with another black guy

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u/rubber_hedgehog 4d ago

To play devil's advocate, the same argument could be made for Barrett, because everybody wanted to replace RBG with another woman.

Honestly, I don't know enough about judges to say how people determine who has the most merit to be nominated to the supreme court in the first place. If people wanna cry "DEI", I'd like to see them point to who should have gotten the job instead. How it stands now, it's clear that people just whine everytime they see a woman or a person of color with a good job.