At a party of liberal activists to mark the end of the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, and her likely confirmation as the first Black female justice, the mood in the downtown Washington club this week was upbeat even before funk star Chaka Khan took the stage.
I’m glad they enjoyed it, because this crowd has little else to celebrate in the months and years ahead.
Even amid the partying, folks lamented the likelihood that the Supreme Court, by the end of its term in June, will effectively strike down the half-century-old constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade. They also know that Jackson’s expected replacement of retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer after this term — a swap of one liberal for another — won’t change the conservatives’ 6-3 stranglehold on the court.
