Biden Judicial Nom Argued for Outlawing Offensive Speech, Suggested ‘Microaggressions’ Can ‘Kill You’

Maria Araujo Kahn, Biden’s nominee for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Maria Araujo Kahn

The nominee of President Joe Biden to fill a vacancy at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, is a veteran diversity trainer who has argued against the First Amendment and led training sessions that said so. “microaggressions” can “kill you.”

Maria Araujo Kahn, associate justice on Connecticut State Supreme Court is Maria Araujo Kahn Suggestions In 2020, a 2020 opinion stated that criminalizing speech that offends should be made by courts “oppressed groups.” In 2013, she also presented at least twelve diversity trainings and presentations for lawyers across the country. Titles include “Cultural Competence, Implicit Association and Racial Anxiety,” According to her Questionnaire for the Senate Judiciary.

Participants can prepare to take one of these trainings offered to Fordham Law School graduates. We were instructed To see an animated version, click here Video, “How Microaggressions Are Like Mosquito Bites,” This picture shows a man-sized mosquito talking to a dark-hued college students “try a less challenging major” And then, sucking him dry.

“Some mosquitoes carry truly threatening diseases that can mess up your life for years,” a voice-over says. “And other mosquitos carry strains that can even kill you.”

The video then cuts to a moth holding a gun alongside a body. “I felt threatened,” Officers are told by the insect that the crime was committed. “It looked like he was up to trouble, ok?”

Another clip shows a woman of color killing several mosquitos using a flamethrower.

Kahn may find the revelations a last-minute stumblingblock. You have sailed through There was little opposition to the nomination of her to the Senate judiciary panel. It is possible that the final vote regarding her nomination will be taken as soon as next Wednesday.

As a Second Circuit judge, Kahn would have a say in some of the influential judicial cases in the county—and would bring to the court a controversial view of the First Amendment.

Kahn, in a 2020 opinion, argued for the expansion of the “fighting words” exception to the First Amendment—which bans speech likely to spark violence—on the grounds that some groups are unlikely or unable to physically retaliate against insults. This means that they “must endure a higher level of offensive speech before being afforded legal remedies,” She wrote. Kahn’s plans for reforming the First Amendment law are vague, but the opinion laments that bigots “verbally” can be reformed.