Why is being a 'mom'

[Mossfern]

a credential for the Supreme Court?
All Republicans are emphasizing that.

[TruckFump]

1. I know...it's like it has become a qualification for the Repukes.

I say, to each his or her own.

If you want a house full of kiddos...fine. If you don't want any...that's a personal choice...and it, too, is fine.

However, NO ONE has the right, IMO, to force a woman to give birth to a child she does not want and the reason is NOT relevant as to why a woman wishes to have an abortion. It's her body ~~ it's her choice.

[maxsolomon]

2. Because the GOP believes it is an effective shield against a Feminist critique

What, do you hate MOTHERS? She has SEVEN CHILDREN! Some of them are girls! She's Morally Unassailable!

[hamsterjill]

3. It shouldn't be.

And she’s certainly not even a good mother or she would not have had her children attend that super spreader event.

[onecaliberal]

4. She's racist xenophobic fascist loving mom. Yay!!!

[Ms. Toad]

5. It should not be a deciding factor -

But diversity is a positive thing - in the same way that women on the court bring a perspective to matters that men can't, and minorities bring a perspective that whites can't, and LGBT individuals bring a perspective that cis-gender heterosexuals can't: lived experiences matter.

Her perspective as a mother will bring a perspective to the court that is currently lacking.

Does that mean I think she should be confirmed - absolutely not.

But - dismissing personal characteristics as unimportant ignores the reality that diversity is critical to good decision making.

[Mike 03]

6. I think some of us made the mistake of assuming that if a politician

has children, or maybe grandchildren, they care about the planet and the future. But Trumpism has proved this to be an incorrect assumption. I often think about Bill Barr's daughter, and wonder what she thinks about her father trying to twist the country into a fascist dictatorship.

[aikoaiko]

7. Diversity on the court is a good thing. Not that I want ACB on the court.

But yes, mothers of young children are an important demographic who have unique experiences and concerns.

[Leith]

8. Magda Goebbels was a mom, too

So were Susan Smith and Ma Barker.

Having children does not guarantee that a woman is a good person.

[Mossfern]

10. +1 !!!!!

Truth

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[dalton99a]

9. Clearly, procreation is an originalist requirement

[haele]

12. It's not like Republican hypocrites would consider her a real mom if she wasn't part of their elite.

Real Moms are political expediency, a lip service to the plebes who might actually care about mothers or children.
Due to the wealth and position she had access to, guaranteed she had servants to help around the house and with her kids.

While no one should begrudge her - or any other parent or household manager - the ability to hire help, no one should pretend that she somehow deserves extra consideration for working full time at maintaining a clean house and kids while having a career. She certainly isn't a Katie Porter, or any other working mother who doesn't have other handmaids who can be ordered by her husband's (and father's) cult to maintain a public image of some sort of morally superior supermom. She got her Lady Madonna stereotype on the backs of other people's hard work and dedication, work and dedication she and her spouse obviously expect and don't respect enough to acknowledge the value of.

Haele

[Retrograde]

13. A woman is only as important as her womb

according to the GOP. They'd be happier if all those pesky females were back where they belong, decorating the home and being respectful to men, but since they can't repeal the 20th amendment (yet) they have to stick with over-sanctifying motherhood. (If you're of the proper race and class, that is: the less advantaged sort are castigated for having "more children than they can afford&quot