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Justice john roberts and justice elena kagan. and the question will be, will this new individual add to that sort of middle seeking group or will it mean that the court becomes a much harder, very dominant six-member conservative court versus three liberals on the left. >> elliott, representation matters. having diverse perspectives, diverse backgrounds and experiences, that can make a difference. how do you see a black woman changing the dynamics behind the scenes, among the justices, to have a...

Saying g, ive never known a president who had so much control over my everyday decisions in my life. thats really bad, not just for joe biden and kamala harris, for the democratic party. we have more people calling themselves republicans now then since 1994 when you had a much more popular president and bill clinton and they still lost 54 seats in control of all three chambers. theyve got a problem all the way around. all this nonsense about putting kamala harris in the supreme court, she is unq...

Theyve been on the bench long enough. i just direct people to think about and compare and contrast how they might be reviewed compared to, say, a sitting justice of amy coney barrett who certainly is a legal scholar in her own right, and i do not want to take away from her qualifications. but it was not a requirement that she had a lengthy tenure in appellate court. and justice elena kagan on the other side of the aisle, so to speak, never a day as a judge before becoming a supreme court justice...

Justices. the vice president, a former member of the senate judiciary committee, has also been a member on the committee, questioning potentially supreme court nominees under the trump administration. and then, there are, and it has been reported out there and i will tell you is absolutely true, that the judges piece in the judicial piece is something that then biden harris campaign was that extremely focused on. if in fact joe biden were to win the nomination, what would be the plan for judges?...

House. the other names, like you said, theres 13 names on this list, and of course biden said he has until the end of february before he plans to make an announcement. but the other names were hearing very much circulate on capitol hill are ketanji jackson, of course a dc district circuit judge, and leondra kruger, a california supreme court judge, both very qualified, both have gone to very good schools. thats where also michelle childs is a little different and why some lawmakers say they actu...

60. i think we can make decisions for ourselves. >> laura: bruce i think youre putting together a wide coalition of voters across multiple ethnicities, races, religious backgrounds, and i think it can be fascinating to watch thank you bruce. and states are rationing covid care, but not based on science. kind of a critical race theory thing. what is worse is that the biden, is encouraging what are at racist policies, we have the shocking details will be returned. ♪ ♪

Lived experience and made her racist. thats a drop in the bucket that the nominee will be facing in this. not only do democrats have to speak clearly in denouncing that but they should speak about the importance of lived experience, the importance of diversity and of backgrounds and work experience that need to be all throughout our judiciary in order to make more just rulings and to have rulings that impact -- that take into effect how they impact america. >> i want to show you, kim, something ...

All socioeconomic backgrounds, races, religions. it doesnt matter. why dont we look for the right person, period. >> if youre looking for two things im looking for merit and im looking for judicial philosophy. not going to agree that the democrats have the right -- that is what it should be. but we should expect nothing other than those from joe biden and kamala harris bear let me tell you why. this is the least merit-based presidency in american history. as donald trump pointed out, barack obam...

Selecting his successor. someone sitting on the supreme court i believe is one of them most serious constitution response abilities a president has. our process will be regressed. i will select a nominee worthy of justice breyers legacy of excellence and decency. while ive been and studying candidates backgrounds, ive made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity and that person will be the first bla...

The court. talk about the opportunity democrats have to have this conversation with the whole country around a qualified nominee. >> yeah. its a crucial thing to be able to do. it is more than deflecting attacks that the candidates are undoubtedly going to face and meant to frame them as somehow unqualified just because they look different and have different backgrounds from the plethora of white men who have ascended to the supreme court before them but just at the importance of having court, n...