Clyburn's preference for the Supreme Court is troubling.

[BradAllison]

Link to tweet

There are many better candidates.

https://prospect.org/justice/clyburn-pushes-management-side-labor-attorney-for-supreme-court/

Childs’s experience is worth scrutinizing closely. As a lawyer, Childs served as an associate and then partner at Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, from 1992 to 2000. At Nexsen Pruet, Childs worked primarily in labor and employment law, principally working on behalf of employers against allegations of racial discrimination, civil rights violations, and unionization drives.

Bloomberg Law has 25 cases registered in which Childs participated during her time at the firm; 23 of those involve alleged employment discrimination or other employment-related civil rights violations. Race and gender were common factors in such suits; seven such cases entailed race-based job discrimination, and another three involved sex-based job discrimination. In all but two registered instances, Childs was not representing the plaintiff but the defendant, meaning that she overwhelmingly represented employers accused of violating civil rights and gender discrimination laws in the workplace.

These cases catalogued commonplace abuses. In Greene v. Conseco Finance, for example, the plaintiff, an African American woman, alleged race and pregnancy discrimination in a situation where the company denied her a promotion and then terminated her outright. Childs represented the employer, Conseco. The case eventually resulted in a jury siding with the plaintiff, awarding her $193,000 in damages after Childs withdrew. In Harris v. L&L Wings, a plaintiff alleged near-daily sexual assault by a workplace supervisor for years; Childs represented the company. A jury eventually sided with Harris, the plaintiff, awarding compensatory and punitive damages and even attorney’s fees.

[tritsofme]

1. If Clyburn is pushing her, I would give more consideration than a stray tweet

Before casting her aside.

[Mad_Machine76]

3. Cube rat here. What does the tweet say?

[lagomorph777]

4. That she sided with corporations in racial discrimination cases.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. Interesting

but do we have any information about the context of those cases?

[Lochloosa]

7. Defended them. There us a difference.

[madville]

17. Exactly

Lawyers defend clients everyday, it doesn’t mean they support the actual actions of said clients.

[MineralMan]

26. And her clients lost in both cases

that were detailed. So, either she didn't defend them well or the cases were cut and dried.

[brooklynite]

29. No she didn't "side" with them; she gave them legal representation.

[Demsrule86]

72. She was working at a law firm...she doesn't choose cases. I think she is impressive.

[Sugarcoated]

5. Tweet contents:

NEW: Jim Clyburn is currently making a huge push for Michelle Childs as Biden's Supreme Court pick. As a lawyer, Childs repeatedly defended employers accused of racial and gender discrimination by Black women, and was a partner at an anti-union law firm.

[lagomorph777]

2. He chose our President, but doesn't get to choose SCOTUS nominee.

In this case, he doesn't even have a vote.

[tritsofme]

8. Who is claiming he does?

[tritsofme]

12. His opinion is a tad more influential with POTUS than yours or mine.

I suspect.

[BradAllison]

9. Changed the headline before it's made the topic of the thread. n/m

[lagomorph777]

11. Thanks!

[JustAnotherGen]

19. He didn't choose our President

[lagomorph777]

25. I was a bit tongue-in-cheek. Some say Clyburn "saved" Joe's candidacy with his endorsement.

[Cha]

34. TY.. It's called Democracy.. Rep Clyburn

Supported & Endorsed Joe Biden.

[Cha]

33. Rep Clyburn Endorsed & Supported our President..

Thank Goodness.

[Calista241]

64. Biden is President today because of Clyburn.

All things being equal, he may feel obligated to make the pic Clyburn wants.

[Celerity]

13. bit troubling that Lindsey Graham is so excited at the prospect as well

[BradAllison]

14. That too

Even if they're from South Carolina, that's not enough for Lindsey to start cheer leading.

[Peregrine Took]

24. +1000 n/t

[MissMillie]

30. Yeah, his comments make me think we need to take a closer look at her (n/t)

.

[bullwinkle428]

32. This is the sole item that makes me a bit nervous about her as a choice.

[ChazII]

46. That gives me an uneasy feeling

the fact that Graham is excited.

[gab13by13]

15. No Democrat would dare push for Sherrilyn Ifill,

but that's who I would select. No way are we allowed to put a civil rights attorney on the court, times have sadly changed.

[Hekate]

23. And yet she is under consideration. And yet she is visibly part of a small pool of candidates.

Sounds like at least one Democrat is giving her a look.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

16. Don't most Congressman want a Supreme Court

Justice from their State??

[Hekate]

35. Yes. I'm intrigued by the Californian in the mix. I know the one on the DC court is front-runner...

… so to speak, but as a Californian I actually would like to echo Reagan here and reiterate that it’s time for someone from “out West” — even though Leondra Kruger’s still Ivy League, as a native Californian she would bring that perspective as well.

But everyone has their own opinion. Ultimately, mine is that all of these are an outstanding group of jurists, and any one of them would be fine.

[bigtree]

18. hard pressed to find corroborating evidence of what this 'Prospect' writer is alleging

...anyone?

Anything other than she served on some labor boards?

What about rulings? She's been a judge over a decade.

Not going on one Prospect hit piece.

I know Clyburn. I don't know the writer. Never heard of him.

Anything of substance to back these charges up? They are really vauge as to the specifics of what she was actually defending. It's a really viscous hit piece which doesn't bring the reciepts for it's accusations. Just a whole lot of animus toward Rep. Clyburn and his choice.

[Budi]

20. American Prospect

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation.
They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. -media biias fact check

Editor is multi millionare Robert Reich.
He's got a consistant agenda, sounds more like "CLYBURN's stupid" remark by Nina Turner's entourage.

Does the article also address WHY Clyburn believes this Black Woman's name should be included in the list of possible SC noms?

Has American Prospect also been so pointed with the other's who've been named?
Do they also give the positive as well as their negative concerns with ALL the others?

If not, then American Prospect's bias agenda is made clear
Am Prospect must do better than this..

"We will tell you how to think"

[Celerity]

40. lol at you lamely trying to smear The American Prospect

Reich has not been a main editor there for ages (Robert Kuttner and Paul Starr are the main editors, see below), as so what anyway, he is a rock solid liberal Democrat. Reich hardly even writes articles for them anymore, just 2 in the last 13 months, the latest one was 5 months ago.

Editor is multi millionare Robert Reich.

false (in terms of his being TAP's editor)

Also, what is up with the snark about Reich being a multi millionaire?

He is 75 years old, has been a high powered professor, government official (cabinet level) and a best-selling author for decades. His net worth is 4 million usd, accumulated over a 50+ year career. Bezos, Arnaut, Gates, and Musk, etc have gained that much net worth on a good day in ONE MINUTE.


You are so transparent trying to make insinuate that simply by being labelled Left by that site means it somehow is automatically suspect.

Other sites/mags with the same rating:

MANY, if not most, of these are DU mainstays including DU ITSELF, as well as JoeBiden.com


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The American Prospect has very likely been posted here since DU was founded (I would wager hundreds if not thousands of times when including replies), and yet all of sudden you pop off out of the blue, trying to smear it.

[ms liberty]

49. This. n/t

[Sympthsical]

60. Oh oh

r/therewasanattempt

[Casady1]

21. Let me give you a little primer on law firms like Nexsun Pruett

I work in the large law firm market. I know Henry Asbill well and he defended Bob McConnell of VA(Governor) in the DOJ case. I was sitting in the room when he came in and made the announcement that the DOJ had dropped the case. We were the only 150 people in the country who knew that. Henry is very liberal and yet he defended McConnell. lawyers are basically whores. They defend who pays them. They remove their personal biases in a case. He also introduced me to Roger Zuckerman of Zuckerman Spaeder. A large white collar firm. Roger and Henry were laughing at Trump and that he was destroying the republican party. This was 2015.
Lawyers defend who pays them. FYI, Nexsun Pruett is not a large employer defense firm compared to Littler Mendelson and Fisher Phillips and many other employer firms.

[brooklynite]

31. "lawyers are basically whores"

Uncalled for.

[Hekate]

37. Very uncalled for

[Sympthsical]

61. Severely uncalled for

Comparing people in an honorable profession to lawyers.

[brooklynite]

62. Also uncalled for.

Lawyers are professionals and everyone deserved legal representation.

[Sympthsical]

63. A lawyer who can't take a joke

Has someone who is not getting invited to my next BBQ as a client.

I think Thomas Edison said that.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

36. I was going to ask

Don't law firms normally represent pretty much anyone who can pay?

And perhaps I'm presuming too much, but if a young attorney is starting out and trying to gain experience and build a resume, it's unlikely that they're going to say "Yeah, sorry, I'm not going to represent that client."

One of the advantages of building that resume is the ability to pick and choose clients later on.

[former9thward]

41. The answer to your question is no, in my fairly varied experience.

Maybe somebody standing in a courthouse lobby waiting to grab speeding ticket defendants but not the average lawyer. Also she was not a "young attorney" at the time. Having said that I think she would be a fine selection if she is selected.

[Casady1]

43. Young attorneys have no say

Partners are partners because they bring in the clients. They are about the only profession with no "non compete". They take their clients with them if they switch firms. Associates work on the matters that the partner gives them. Currently, partners have to bill 2,000 hours a year. That is 50 weeks at 40 hours of billing. It is quite the workload.

Bill Barr was part of Kirkland but he never became partner. He is probably so insufferable that he can't bring in business.

[Meowmee]

65. A civil damages case is based on validity, likely success & the monetary damages vs cost

If you pay them for a claim which would normally be on contingency they would still evaluate whether it is valid and whether it will be likely to be successful. Some might take advantage and go ahead with a suit that did not have a good chance of success. Many valid suits are turned away because the monetary damages won’t be high enough vs the costs.

If they are working for a firm they may not have a choice who they represent other than quitting etc. if they had an objection to it.

[former9thward]

42. Bullshit to your story.

I am not a whore but if you want to speak for yourself that is up to you.

[Casady1]

44. It was a joke

everyone in business does business with people who they are repelled by. I am in sales. You don't think I have not done business with detestable people.

[Hortensis]

70. Casady, let me give you a little primer on basic guidelines.

Slime dogs are slime dogs. Slanderers are slanderers.

Decent and honorable people are decent and honorable.

Those who can't tell the difference are idiots, and those don't care if there is a difference are malicious idiots.

We have attorneys here on DU, and calling them whores is not acceptable.

[betsuni]

22. The author's problem with Childs: corporate. "Corporate lawyer" bad. Clyburn's "corporate donors"

"just might prefer" Childs (because "corporate Democrats," don't you know).

[Peregrine Took]

27. If Graham is "excited" about her thats seals the deal for me. No way!! n/t

[myohmy2]

81. +1...

...makes me nervous...

...big red flag...

[JHB]

28. What's her record as a judge, not as a lawyer whose job it was to defend those corps?

[Budi]

38. Article staff writer & former (Intercept employee) literally posts NOTHING but hits against Biden,..

...Biden & everyDemocratic leader .


Who is ALEX SAMMONS

Just reading thru his twitter & past articles, it's clear that writer Alex Sammons writes nothing BUT Hit pieces against our Dem Party leaders.

His job is to name targets & a briefly selected 'reason' validating his hit.

The intent of Alex Sammons writings is to target negatively & damage our greatest Democratic civil & human rights leaders.

I found literally NOTHING in any of his writings & twitter posts that gives a positive nor fair storyline to any Democratoc leader, their policies nor their existance at all.

Alex Sammons writings have no place here on a Democratic site that is here for ALL DEMOCRATS.

Thiis article is consistant with all of Alex Sammons' writings.
Naming & negatively targeting the Democratic Leaders who have carried our Party thru years of civil & human rights legislation against the pushback of the RW Republican stalwarts.

Alex Sammons should be banned from DU as RW content since as he negatively targets Dem leaders & policy, he quite rarely mentions Republicans damage to our American Democracy.

[Celerity]

45. you can't even spell his name right, and he has never been an Intercept employee

Last edited Mon Jan 31, 2022, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Alex Sammon wrote ONE freelance article that was published by them, as far as listed ones on their site.

You love to just make up things. Tell me again about how a German (Alex Springer) who has been dead since 1985 bought Politico himself in late 2021. Not the firm he founded that still exists, no, you said he himself did. You claimed it over and over despite being corrected numerous times. You seem to think that if you type things that are not true they somehow magically become factually correct simply because you say they are.

It really is a problematic habit.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-sammon-a41730114/

[bigtree]

47. but this one headed, from 'Prospect Staff Writer Alexander Sammon' belongs at Intercept

...the one entitled:

How Democrats Blew It in 2021
A year in review from Prospect Staff Writer Alexander Sammon

[Celerity]

50. he was never an employee at the Intercept, which the other poster falsely claimed he was nt

[bigtree]

51. lol

...did I?

No, I did not.

But, here's another one of Prospect's edgy headlines, just today:

Trump May Yet Save the Democrats

[Celerity]

52. I already corrected my reply to say the other poster, not you, sorry

[bigtree]

53. no probs

...I was butting in.

[Celerity]

54. no, I cocked it up, failed to carefully read who replied, I own it

[Budi]

59. Intrrcept ran his hit piece on AG Garland. Doubt he allowed that without some payment.

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/23/merrick-garland-justice-department-corporate-lawyers/

The paid hackster just can't shove out his anti-Democratic bullshit fast & far enough.

[Celerity]

66. Again with a failure to retract your false claim. He never was an employee at the Intercept.

That was a falsehood designed to enflame and mislead.

[Hortensis]

67. More to the point, why isn't everyone vetting those pushing

these hostile influence narratives?

Instead of quibbling over "employed" versus acting as an agent of someone else to the same purpose, check them out.

By now, absolutely no one should need anyone to point out hit pieces against our party for them.

[Celerity]

71. There is no 'more to the point'. Truth and facts matter. Making things up out of whole cloth is

bad faith posting.

[Budi]

58. Oh look! Here's another Hit piece, against AG Garland. From The Intercept!

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/23/merrick-garland-justice-department-corporate-lawyers/

Maybe do a more throrough search when coming with your 'selected' google search list.

Tell you what, show me from your vast search engine when this paid political hack of a cheap 'reporter' has ever stated a positive slant on our Democratic leaders, Start with Biden, Clyburn, Pelosi, VP Harris & down the list.

He has written Nothing but political biased hit pieces against our Dem Leaders, their policies, nor their legislatiin benefitting the citizens of this country.

He's clearly following someone elses lead in reporting & opinions, while knowing nothing else.

Go ahead, Celerity, give it your best shot.
Show me the positive truthful articles & opinions of this paid political hackste, about any of our Democratic leaders.
Don't change the subject, just Get busy!

[betsuni]

48. Sammons has strong anti-Democratic bias. Can't trust him at all. Lot of words, no substance.

Says since Democrats have been in power (never mentioning slight majority in House and 50-50 Senate), they "seized power at the beginning of the year and by the end had proven beyond argument that they, as ever, had no intention of wielding it." That Nina Turner lost because the mean old Democratic establishment are more interested in "quashing the ascendant progressive bloc than battling Republicans and accomplishing anything in Washington."

What a moron. If I want to read stupid Democrat-bashing, I'll look at Justice Democrats emails, more entertaining.

[Budi]

55. K & R Sammons writings are purely anti-Democratic.

He should be banned from this Democratic site.

[Cha]

75. So does the fucker want a Fascist

state? Is that why all the moaning and Whining about Dems?

And, Bullshit.. the Dems are interested in Helping PJB's Agenda.. if he'd pay one bit of Attention. Asshole.

[onenote]

39. The same arguments could be made about other leading candidates

Here is the questionnaire Ketanji Brown Jackson submitted when her nomination to the District Court in 2012. She had several stints in private practice with firms that generally represent corporate entities and worked on cases where the corporation was a defendant.

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Jackson%20Senate%20Questionnaire%20Public%20Final.pdf

The article smells like a hit piece on Childs (who is not my first choice for no other reason that she's a bit older than Brown).

[Budi]

57. It is more a Hit Piece on Rep Clyburn. Childs is just the one they selected because Clyburn ...

...because Clyburn endorsed her.

The Hit is specifically targeting Clyburn.
As Nina Turner enters the media driven race.
"Biden's a bowl of shit"
"Clyburn is Stupid"
"Harris is just a seat filler"
Nina Turner's political entourage playing juvenile games, & paid media influencers shoving the baseless childish name-calling out like it fact.

And people send Nina more fundraising money cuz, ya know, "We're fighting for YOU! ", a big fat lie.

[Hortensis]

77. Agree. There are some very nasty elements backing her.

In the past, she played these attack dog roles along with others, saying what the candidate out front couldn't. She was quite suited to that role, and it wouldn't be astonishing if at some point she couldn't resist speaking for herself again.

[Hortensis]

78. Agree. There are some very nasty elements backing her.

In the past, she played these attack dog roles along with others, saying what the candidate out front couldn't. She was suited to that role.

[ecstatic]

56. I was wondering about that. I prefer Ketanji Jackson

She ticks all of my boxes.

[W_HAMILTON]

73. After reading a few articles from prospect.org...

...I wouldn't put much faith in their so-called """reporting.""" They seem to be cut from the same cloth as jacobinmag.

This guy in particular, made some glaringly false claims -- e.g., about Clyburn putting more energy and effort into pushing this particular judge than he did pushing for BBB -- and his so-called """reporting,""" which you can't tell from his opinions, should probably just be disregarded since there is obvious bias behind it, for whatever reason. Actually, given that this seems like a leftist online publication, I can probably guess why they seem to dislike Clyburn...

[LiberalFighter]

74. Don't think what Alexander Sammon writes has much substance.

[budkin]

76. Ketanji Brown Jackson has already been vetted

And is clearly the right choice here. Don't fuck around.

[bigtree]

79. President Obama nominated Judge Childs for the District Court of South Carolina

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-nominates-judge-j-michelle-childs-richard-mark-gergel-district-cour

[helpisontheway]

80. Lindsay Graham is pushing for her so that gives me pause..Biden

better not fold because Clyburn helped him in South Carolina. Just because he helped him does not mean that he gets to decide everything.