Ketanji Brown Jackson Demonstrates That She Still Doesn’t Know What a Woman Is |
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the woman who refused to define the word “woman” in her confirmation hearing, still seems unable to grasp the concept that a man does not become a woman just by saying so.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two women’s sports cases—West Virginia v. P.B.J. and Little v. Hecox—where the American Civil Liberties Union, representing male athletes who claim to identify as women, is challenging the constitutionality of laws in Idaho and West Virginia protecting women’s sports.
The ACLU claims that forbidding men from competing in women’s sports violates the Constitution by engaging in discrimination on the basis of sex. However, the organization also suggests that discriminating on the basis of “gender identity” constitutes the same thing as sex discrimination.
That’s where Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confusion comes in.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., famously asked Jackson to define the word “woman” in her confirmation hearing in 2022, but Jackson refused, stating, “I’m not a biologist.”
The justice has had nearly four years to come up with a definition, but her questions in oral arguments this week suggest she’s still out to lunch on the basic distinction between men and women.