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Justice. one we should note, she clerked for in the past. that having been said, this is a defining moment for any president. >> historic pick, ground breaking pick. first black woman on the supreme court and first black woman nom n nominated and first woman of color to be the vice president of the united states. no doubt that the fact this is a historic pick will be central to this confirmation process going forward, and potentially could make it even harder for some republicans to mount a knoc...

Justice warren berger who also was from minnesota in his very, very conservative views. and as it happened, justice blackmon became one of the most progressive members of the court over the years that he served. he had a capacity for growth. and for learning and listening, which i believe you have and i think it is one of the most important characteristics of anybody who serves on the court. but i do think the courts crisis of legitimacy is the result of divisions within the court, the polarizat...

To be exactly like then chief justice warren berger who also was from minnesota in his very, very conservative views. as it happened, justice blackmon became one of the most progressive members of the court over the years that he served. he had a capacity for growth and for learning and listening, which i believe you have and i think is one of the most important characteristics of anybody who serves on the court. i do think the courts crisis of legitimacy is the respect of divisions within the c...

Was from minnesota in his very, very conservative views, and as it happened, justice blackman became one of the most progressive members of the court over the years that he served. he had a capacity for growth and for learning and listening, which i believe you have, and i think it is one of the most important characteristics of anybody who serves on the court. but i do think the courts crisis of legitimacy is the result of divisions within the court, the polarization and politicization that has...

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,...

>> he actually thinks these supreme court judges are his judges, right, his attorney general, they advocate for him, when, in fact, that is not their job. >> thats exactly right. it is their job to rule based on the constitution, and he talked to us about the supreme court as if he saw it as a transaction. in fact, he brought up brett kavanaugh who, of course, faced those sexual assault and harassment allegations during his confirmation proceedings, and trump said, look, you know, a lot of peopl...

Donald trump, despite the judge is not qualified rating from the american bar association, lets go to carry sabrina, author of justice on fire, the inside scoop on the cavanagh confirmation proceedings, hard to believe a year has gone by but lets talk about this. this is part of the presidents record-breaking speed along with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell get a number of judges from district, appellate and supreme court level and not everyone is happy about it. >> theres a lot to be exc...

Trump seek to quash this and president recognizes that hes then how will this play out in at risk of being boxed in here. court, wolf? >> a lot of questions. look, on the one hand if it is the case that iran is kara, thank you very much. some of the democratic responsible for these attacks presidential candidates are now and there is a lot of reasons to think at this point that that calling for the u.s. supreme might be the case, the president court justice brett kavanaugh to recognizes that h...

New plans are set to kick in in january. right now everything is in place. this will set off a really interesting legal argument that could be decided in the supreme court about whether if a court deems one portion of obama care illegal, whether that means the entire program has to be dismantled. it will be really interesting with judge kavanaugh who was asked about this by democrat lawmakers during his confirmation proceedings. well find out if he turns into someone like john roberts who choose...

Attorney general to replace jeff sessions. you worked under barr in his office in the early 90s. whats your read on the pick from the president, knowing that he has been somewhat critical of the mueller probe and of the prosecutors that mueller has hired because of some of their democratic contributions? >> i think hes had experience, so thats really the best aspect of the choice, is that he believes strongly in the institution of the department of justice. he served in a number of critical capa...