Think Kamala For President Was Bad? Democrats’ Potential Backup Plan Was Just As Ridiculous

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is hardly a brilliant bench pick. Still, we should count our blessings. America was spared an even more grim alternative: Justice Kamala Harris.

In a promotional interview for his book on Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, CNN anchor Jake Tapper suggested Harris could have been offered the position.

“They could’ve made her a Supreme Court justice, right?” He said in conversation with Alex Thompson, Tapper’s co-author, and Scott Galloway. “They could’ve said, at some point, when that position came open, we’re going to make you a Supreme Court justice and, you know, if you want to resign from the court and run for president in the future, that’s on you.”

“Let’s be honest, she’s certainly not the legal mind Ketanji Brown Jackson is,” Tapper continued, “but she would’ve been confirmed … if they really didn’t think she was qualified, there was an out right there.” Tapper is ostensibly trying to compliment Jackson. This is tricky, given Jackson may be the least competent Supreme Court justice in history. But credit where credit is due — Kamala Harris could probably give her a run for her money. Just imagine the quotes which would ooze from a Harris dissent.

Harris’ mental powers notwithstanding, Tapper might not be wrong. It is quite the indictment of the judicial appointment process that someone like Harris might ascend to the highest court in the land. But that’s failing upwards for you. “Can’t cut it as a vice president? No problem. We’ll just put you out to pasture with a lifetime gig interpreting the Constitution on behalf of your fellow Americans.” (Read more from “Think Kamala For President Was Bad? Democrats’ Potential Backup Plan Was Just As Ridiculous” HERE)