Ketanji Brown Jackson, the judge nominated to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, said on Tuesday that she could not define the word "woman", Neokohn reported based on the Daily Wire .

Jackson, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of his confirmation hearings, dismissed a question from Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, saying it was not within his jurisdiction as a judge to answer that question.

The dialogue went like this:

"Can you define the word 'woman'?" asked Blackburn.

"I don't know," Jackson replied.

"Don't you know?"

“No — not in that context, I'm not a biologist,” Jackson laughed.

"So you think the meaning of the word 'woman' is so vague and contradictory that you can't give a definition?" Blackburn pushed it further.

"Senator, what I do as a judge in my job is to handle disputes," Jackson retorted, implying that he could only make a decision based on arguments and the law. "When there's a dispute about a definition, people make arguments, and I look at the law and decide, so - I don't -"

"The fact that you can't give me a straight answer about something as basic as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education we hear about," Blackburn continued.

Blackburn then moved on to the controversy surrounding the NCAA swimming championships and the fact that UPenn's transgender swimmer Lia Thomas — who is still biologically male — was allowed to compete against biological women. Thomas ended up finishing first in the 500m breaststroke, fifth in the 200m breaststroke and eighth in the 100m breaststroke.

“Just last week, an entire generation of young girls watched as our taxpayer-funded institutions allowed a biological male to compete and beat a biological female at the NCAA swimming championships,” Blackburn said, asking, “What message do you think that sends? for girls who aspire to compete and win at the highest level in sport?”.

"Senator, I'm not sure what kind of message that sends," Jackson replied, adding that he could not answer questions about the legal issues that arise from this situation because those are issues that are very much up to the courts in the future. they can get in front of.

Source: neokohn.hu

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