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Vote to put the nomination on hold. but i think if you look at the senate rules that were passed at that time, it would be possible for senator schumer to discharge the nomination even if it was equally divided in the committee, and then a mere-majority vote is all it would take in the senate. and i think, given that several of the senators, if the nominee happens to be ketanji jackson, for example, several of the senators on the republican side have already voted for her. that really could be f...

National ground swell in support of the nominee president biden selects is going to make it very hard for mcconnell to obstruct. >> randi kaye mentioned the defeat of conservative robert bork. you were one of the witnessed who testified against him. i want to play a clip of what you said to the senate judiciary committee. >> a lot of attention is focused on judge borks quite scornful dismissal of the supreme courts long line of decisions from the 1920s to the present upholding the rights of indi...

Republicans who might be inclined to oppose it? >> well, i dont know. i think if theyre really focusing on whats good for the country and not whats in their short-term political interests, they will give the support and it would be great to have bipartisan support for this historic nomination just as justice sotomayor received when she was nominated and confirmed. so i hope that they will want to be on the right side of history and im very confident that whoever president biden selects will be s...

SEC Enforcement and Exams Likely to Focus More on Private Funds in the New Administration For the next several weeks and months, intense focus will be trained on determining the priorities of the Biden administration. We believe that at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the new administration will ramp up examinations and investigations of investment advisers, and specifically advisers to private funds. The industry has certainly been in growth mode. By the SEC’s own calcula...