Jackson confirmation
Regarding “As Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn call her a threat to freedom,” (April 7): It is highly ironic that Sen. Ted Cruz would call Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson “a threat to freedom.” On Jan. 6, Cruz led the insurrection caucus in the Senate in their attempts to shred American democracy by overturning the will of the American voting public in the 2020 presidential election.
The junior senator from Texas has refused to state unequivocally whether he had been in communication with his longtime friend, conservative attorney John Eastman, who was promulgating the bogus theory that Mike Pence could stop the certification of the election for Joe Biden, in an attempt to coordinate a multipronged strategy for undermining American democracy.
As Republican Rep. Liz Cheney has observed of Cruz, “It was a very dangerous proposal, and, you know, could very easily have put us into territory where we got to the inauguration and there was not a president. And I think that Senator Cruz knew exactly what he was doing. I think that Senator Cruz is somebody who knows what the Constitution calls for, knows what his duties and obligations are, and was willing, frankly, to set that aside.”
Andrew Edmonson, Montrose
Regarding “Ted Cruz and other Republicans walk out during applause for Ketanji Brown Jackson,” (April 7): Once again, Sen. Cruz is unable to help himself in displaying the antics of an immature fifth-grader. News flash senator: regardless of one’s political beliefs, it’s called class — look it up, you might learn something. By the way, it reminds me of the same amount of class you displayed when you threw your daughters under the bus upon your return from your ill-fated trip to Cancun.
Chris Brown, Houston
Regarding “Republicans find defining ‘woman’ not so easy,” (April 8): Once again, the Supreme Court confirmation hearings did not disappoint in providing entertainment, compliments of Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Sen. Josh Hawley and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
A “simple” definition for woman became the weapon of choice for the strategy to bring down Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Columnist Monica Hesse summarily exposed each “simple” definition to be under-prepared and, at best, failing to prove whatever point they were trying to make.
It would be even more entertaining to hear these same individuals’ simple definition of man, providing it be given in complete humility.
K. Salstrom, Sugar Land