Ketanji Brown Jackson Claims She Can’t Define “Woman” Because She’s “Not a Biologist”

Transcript of Senate hearing for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, March 22, 2022:

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R–TN): Do you interpret Justice Ginsburg’s meaning of “men” and “woman” as “male” and “female”?

Jackson: Again, because I don’t know the case, I don’t know how I interpret it. I’d need to read the whole thing.

Blackburn: Okay, Can you provide a definition for the word “woman”?

Jackson: Can I provide a definition? No.

Blackburn: Yeah.

Jackson: I can’t.

Blackburn: You can’t?

Jackson: Not in this context, I’m not a biologist.

Blackburn: The meaning of the word woman is so unclear and controversial that you can’t give me a definition?

Jackson: Senator, in my work as a judge, what I do is I address disputes. If there’s a dispute about a definition, people make arguments, and I look at the law, and I decide. So I’m not.

Blackburn: The fact that you can’t give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education that we are hearing about.