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Saw toward judge jackson is something that black women deal with every single day. and in many workplaces. what we saw senator padilla and senator booker do to firm hurry something deeply touching, in a way, because we know how deeply disrespected black women can be in so many settings. >> professor goodwin, i am happy to discuss the jurisprudence ill challenges presented to the nominee today. but it really is one sentence. it really is, we republicans believe that the prison sentences that you ...

His comment which got picked up widely on the left and seen as very inspiring to a lot of folks in the party. that was fascinating to me. i think booker knows he had a good moment there >>well, lets go ahead and just play that. >> there you go! [ laughter ] >> for me, im sorry -- its hard for me to not to look at you and see my mom. not to see my -- my cousins. one of them who had to come here and sit behind you. she had to be -- she had to have your back. i see my ancestors and yours. nobody is...

You ascend onto the highest court in the land, im going to rejoice, and im going to tell you right now the greatest country in the world, the united states of america will be better because of you. thank you. >> just your thoughts on that, maya. it touched so many people. >> its bringing tears to my eyes right now. it brought tears to my eyes yesterday. you know, what senator booker said was the gods honest truth about what this country needs to hear. what he said was no one will steal my joy. i...

Many moments from democrats really aggressively -- >> could it have been a mistake? >> i think for booker, it was an opportunity! probably the best moment cory booker had since he came to the u.s. senate. i can hear the voices of his campaign staff saying, yeah, we handled that well. obviously his campaign -- a couple of years ago. >> yeah. for the future of supreme court, you know, confirmation processes, lindsey graham giving us a little bit of a hint this week that we could be in this broken ...

Up for reelection against an african-american challenger. and people in the democratic party, when eta, will write that off. and say, well, thats kentucky, thats a red state. which have somebody who is on the record saying he will be against the civil rights act, running against a movement candidate. and you know, in a case of charles booker. and i wonder if were just -- oh, i think were out of time. but very quickly, is that a problem for the party? do they need to start looking at those races ...

Think we should all be channels senator booker right now and i agree with you, joy, look, this is a day to celebrate because judge jackson will be justice jackson and that matters. its huge. by the way, it matters because not only has she got the highest rating on qualifications, not only because she is the first black woman who actually went through a confirmation progress for the supreme court and will be the first person who actually understands what it means when the government violates peop...

0 christianity, judaism, islam, embraces traditional definition of marriage, correct? >> i am aware that there are various religious faiths that define marriage in a traditional way. >> do you see that when the supreme court makes a dramatic pronouncement about the invalidity of state marriage laws, that it will inevitably sit in conflict between those who ascribe to the supreme courts edict and those who have a firmly held religious belief that marriage is between a man and a woman? woman? >> w...

0 of marriage, correct? >> i am aware there are various religious faiths that define marriage in a traditional way. >> do you see that when the supreme court makes a dramatic pronouncement about the invalidity about state marriage laws, it will inevitably set in conflict between those who ascribe to the supreme courts edict and those who have a firmly held religious belief that marriage is between a man and a woman? >> well, senator, these issues are being litigated, as you know, throughout the ...

0 recommendations, whether theyre in congress, theyre not the kinds of things that i can opine about. >> so you dont want to opine whether 17 years is too long or too short a sentence for murder? >> senator cotton, the congress has prescribed a number of factors that judges look at when they sentence. it may in many cases not be. i cant answer in the abstract in the way that you -- >> these are very concrete. lets turn to rape. do you know how long the average inmate convicted of rape serves in ...

0 first of two long and intense days of questioning from members of the senate judiciary committee began this morning with democrats using their questions to allow jackson to issue a rebuttal to republican accusations that she has been soft on crime and republicans pressing her on her record as a judge and public defender and bringing up a whole host of conservative hobby horses. things like critical race theory. jackson has tried to stay above the fray in her responses. early on in the hearing,...