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Decided. mitch mcconnell said given the choice to pass a bill or confirm a judge, hed confirm a judge. thats how committed he is to reshaping the courts. hes made it a priority, so the senate is moving at break-neck speed to make that happen. but democrats and many legal experts are alarmed at what theyre hearing from people who are on track to get those seats like civil rights attorney scher lynn eiffel who said, quote, brown should be regarded as a low bar to clear for any judicial or justice ...

Doors to groups, to african-americans, so latinos, but also to women, to members of the lgbtq community. it was a new way of reinvigorating what the meaning of the 14th amendment and equal protection meant. and there are many who are in opposition to some elements of that. by simply refusing to talk about brown, it sends a signal, its a flair, a shot across the bow that we should not ignore and we should not have a failure of imagination with anyone proposed by this administration that they migh...

Reinvigorating what the meaning of the 14th amendment and equal protection meant. and there are many who are in opposition to some elements of that. by simply refusing to talk about brown, it sends a signal, its a flair, a shot across the bow in my estimation that we should not ignore and we should not have a failure of imagination with anyone proposed by this administration that they might carry extreme views. >> speaking of a failure of imagination, sherrilyn ifill, every time i speak to you, ...

Senate is moving at break-neck speed to make that happen. but democrats and many legal experts are alarmed at what theyre hearing from people who are on track to get those seats like civil rights attorney sherrilyn ifill who set said, quote, brown should be regarded as a low bar to clear for any judicial or justice department nominee. that scores of trump nominees have been confirmed despite a refusal to even approach this simple question is a shameful reminder of how far we have moved away from...

Think. is that what they think? chief justice roberts felt comfortable talking about brown, he said, because he put brown in that category of cases like mar berry versus madison, the 1803 decision that established judicial review. he put it in that category that they were unlikely to ever return to the supreme court. so thats what chief justice roberts thought in 2005. are there now members of the legal profession who believe that brown, the question of whether state sanctioned apartheid is cons...

Question because of what wendy vitter responded. and andrew hold am you showed in the clip. this is not an accident. this is orchestrated. what is critical for viewers to know is this is not the norm. this is not a conservative/liberal thing. conservative justices have been asked this question in the past, particularly justices nominated to the united states supreme court, and they have answered the question. they have chosen not to answer, for example, questions about roe v. wade, but theyve al...

And if they did not, they put our very democracy at risk. joining us, sher lynn eiffel, counsel of the naacp, legal defense, and educational fund. good to see you again. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, ali. >> what do you make of senator blumenthals strategy by asking this question of trump judicial nominees? >> its funny, ali. we were with senator blumenthal yesterday on capitol hill. we had a rally to commemorate the 65th anniversaries anniversary of brown. and he confirmed there was n...

So using that as the symbol, theres a lot of political activist -- >> theyre saying, hands up, was still shot. >> exactly. were rehashing the information provided to the grand jury, and the grand jury came out and they came out with their decision, no true bill, wasnt a probability a crime was committed, and yet this hands up is damaging because it actually has a meaning. its not just a symbol that is being used by people that want to support browns family. it has a meaning and it says that some...