Things are getting spicy in the United States Senate, as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sees his days as majority leader dwindling at a rapid pace. With the prospect of a 53-seat Republican majority looming, and Donald Trump poised to make a return trip to the White House, Schumer is promising to use these last days of Democrat rule to push through as many uber-lefty judicial candidates as possible.
One such nominee, United States Magistrate Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai of Oregon, appeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a last-ditch effort by Democrats to get as many radical activist judges, like Kasubhai, as possible on the federal bench before the new Congress is sworn in on January 3, 2025. It’s really one of the few powers remaining for the neutered Democrat Party.
Judge Kasubhai is a real piece of work. Democrats have been trying to push through his approval to the U.S. District Court, which is a lifetime appointment, for well over a year now. Kasubhai is as radical as they come, and Republicans have pushed back hard against his nomination.
Take, for instance, this interaction between Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Kasubhai at a confirmation hearing in October of 2023:
“You included the following in your remarks: ‘DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion — is the heart and soul of the court system. Can we say that? Yeah, I just did and I say it proudly.’” Lee said, quoting the nominee. “Judge, could you explain what that means?”
Kasubhai replied: “Access to justice is at the heart of the work that I do within the courtroom and ensuring that everybody is dignified and treated with dignity when they come into the courtroom and from me to preside over those cases.”
Kasubhai, the first Muslim American to be appointed to the federal bench, was back on Capitol Hill Thursday, and this time everyone’s favorite southern senator, John Kennedy (R-LA), had some things to discuss with Judge Kasubhai. For instance, why does Kasubhai insist that those appearing in his court give their pronouns?
It’s always entertaining to see Sen. Kennedy at work, and this was no exception.
KENNEDY: Judge Kasubhai, I’m looking at an order you issued as a magistrate judge here requiring the use of pronouns in your court. Do you require the use of pronouns? The declaration of one’s pronouns in your court?
Kasubhai looked visibly uncomfortable answering the question, and stammered, “It’s an invitation for people to identify their pronouns or their honorifics.”
KENNEDY: I’m looking at the requirement that you issued to all people in your court. You say, “When you introduce yourself in a meeting, you should say, ‘My name is Judge ___ and my pronouns are ___.'” Is that right?
KASUBHAI: Senator, those were not requirements or rules, those were suggestions and invitations for people to use.
This is where Kennedy’s seat mate, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), starts to lose it.
KENNEDY: And you also, in your directive, say, “I’d like counsel to introduce themselves giving your full name and your honorific, such as Ms., Mx,, or Mr.”
It’s the “Mx.” that first did Tom Cotton in, and who can blame him? It’s hilarious, made-up stuff that deserves to be laughed at, which is something voters seemed to agree with last week. Then, when Kennedy noted that “Mrs.” wasn’t to be found in Judge Kasubhai’s directive, Cotton totally lost it.
It’s well worth a watch:
We are all Tom Cotton as this point, having ourselves a good laugh at the Democrats as the vise tightens around them. Not only are they in political exile, they’ve yet to realize that one of the messages voters sent them last week was a total rejections of the pronoun garbage pushed by radicals like Judge Kasubhai. He’ll probably get approved as a last gasp by Senate Democrats, but his brand of nonsense “justice” is quickly being rejected by the American electorate.
Democrats will be busy these next several weeks trying to push these leftist judges onto the bench, and you can be sure there will be more epic John Kennedy moments coming up.
Ha, love John Kennedy and Tom Cotton. They have a place in comedy. Much better than Colbert, Kimmel or Meyers.