the civil rights division at the justice department. cynthia, i'd like to begin with you if that's okay, and that is this. the center, the center left, and the left woke up this morning after the fog of the news about justice kennedy leaving the court with the realization that this president will be selecting a judge, a man or a woman who will be seated on the court presumably in time to potentially adjudicate the president of the united states. what's your thinking about that? >> well, i think their first thought was this was -- this would probably be somebody who would help overturn roe v. wade and that abortion would be illegal within the next year. that was the first thought. the second thought is, of course, you know, one more tragedy for what's happening to our justice system, and it doesn't appear to me that there's really a way to stop it. the president is meeting with