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Justice Jackson’s questioning on trans case show how Biden made a bad choice for SCOTUS

It is no small irony that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the beneficiary of President Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court, does not herself know what a woman is.

Jackson made all the wrong kinds of headlines during her confirmation hearings when she claimed to be unable to provide a definition.

“I’m not a biologist,” she declared with a laugh that betrayed an irritation at being asked what she perceived to be a trick question.

At her confirmation, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sidestepped a question about the definition of women.Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

It was a bad moment that nevertheless could have been chalked up to nerves, or being caught off guard.

But as it turns out, it was a strong indicator of what was to come.

On Thursday, the Court held its oral argument in United States v. Skrmetti.

At stake was the constitutional viability of a Tennessee law barring minors from receiving so-called “gender affirming care,” i.e., puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex-reassignment surgeries.

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