[hindsightbias]

> Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

The shape of everything to come.

I wonder when those in the techworld will hear that little klaxon ringing in their head.

“She is the first African-American woman federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Brown_(judge)

[jbm]

> Brown was unanimously rated well-qualified by the American Bar Association.[23]

If the experts are fine with her, on what basis should we normies be concerned?

[CPLX]

Good point. There’s no sign at all in our culture of a complete breakdown of the concept of “experts” whereby everyone with a claim of academic or positional authority uses it in service of partisan wars.

Imagine how disillusioned the general public would be if something like that were to happen.

[jbm]

My experience is that people attack experts incessantly when it conflicts with their politics. (Think: Anti-vaxxers attacking the medical system). In my experience they may raise good points, but those are usually tangential to the matter at hand.

WRT this specific expert group, is there something wrong with them? I haven't heard such but am willing to be educated.

Disillusionment is easy when one accepts sweeping generalities, but much harder when dealing with specifics. Again, only my experience, but "They are all (something)" only lasts until you take a closer look.

[CPLX]

> WRT this specific expert group, is there something wrong with them?

With Federalist Society judges?

Oh my sweet summer child.

[jbm]

> American Bar Association

I mentioned them, not the Federalist society.

Literally cannot understand where the reddit style purposeful rereading of my comment came from, but ok.

[CPLX]

I'm not misreading your comment. The supposed "experts" within the legal profession are utterly corrupt and can't be trusted. That's my point. It's an insiders club and they all support each other and buy vacation homes and give each other's kids jobs. When principles conflict with in-group elitism and closed ranks the latter always wins.

Just like every other group of supposed "experts" in the professional class these days. That's just how America is run in 2024. It's the problem.

[sitkack]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Brown_(judge)#Memberships

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society