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Dudes. thurgood marshall was the first person of color to be a supreme court justice, and he won bipartisan potter, as did sandra day oconnor, the first woman on the court. but despite her extraordinary qualifications, justice jackson will be lucky to get two or three votes from republicans. >> what does that say to you about the way that this confirmation process now in the modern era place out for supreme court justices? >> it suggests that were going backwards. and this is actually not just p...

Culture warrior, you haeeard a t of talk about critical race theory, even though its not taught in schools, talking about race more generally, talking about transgender issues. theres an issue in loudoun county, one of the suburban counties in northern virginia, there was an issue about transgender students in bathrooms that became a big hot button. he talked about, you know, covid-19 and mask requirements and kids going back to school and what they should and shouldnt do. he took this whole sor...

Republican appointees, seems poised to use it to undermine and perhaps overturn roe vs. wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. and barred states from banning the procedure before fetal viability. tom goldstein, a lawyer who argues frequently before the court, and publishes the website scotus blog tells nbc news were at an inflection point. "i think were going to look back at this as the year in which conservatives really did fully take over the supreme court...

Contentious issue. does using public money to send children to school offering religious education violate the separation of church and state, and the court might take up the affirmative action controversy considering an applicants race as a factor in college admissions. >> i think were going to look at this where the conservators really did take over the supreme court and american constitutional law, where they got what they were really looking for on the big hot-button issues that affect all o...

>> senior officials telling me that bolton is actually despite the criticism from the president himself is closer to where the president stands particularly on the north korean policy and that it is the state department in particular from top negotiators there whos talking about a step by step process which is not what the president envisions with kim jong-un. >> well, yeah, thats interesting. there has certainly been a lot of reports of divides between national security adviser and the presiden...

At some of the rank and file level, democrats in the house and senate, saying you know what? those tax increases that are set to go in on anybody making over $250,000, on capital gains, that means on dividends, that means on income, we dont want to-- thats going to hurt the economy if it hits. lets not do that. how serious is this revolt? >> the revolt is really brewing and what started this up, a mini revolt is becoming, is expanding, joe lieberman just yesterday said, added to the calls for de...

At some of the rank and file level, democrats in the house and senate, saying you know what? those tax increases that are set to go in on anybody making over $250,000, on capital gains, that means on dividends, that means on income, we dont want to-- thats going to hurt the economy if it hits. lets not do that. how serious is this revolt? >> the revolt is really brewing and what started this up, a mini revolt is becoming, is expanding, joe lieberman just yesterday said, added to the calls for de...