combative and perhaps inappropriate lines of questioning we saw during day two of judge ketanji brown jackson s confirmation hearings on capitol hill yesterday. joining us to talk about associate professor of political science, professor greer good morning great to see you let s start with yesterday we had questions about religion. we had questions from senator josh hawley about sentencing for child pornography. what were some of your impressions what we heard from republican senators clearly grand standing, but also the nominee herself? yeah, good morning, jonathan. i mean, obviously, it s exhausting and quite embarrassing the fact that we have u.s. senators who are still unprepared to talk about the facts of this job. they re really, as you said, testing out attack lines for november of 2022 they re throwing in a little critical race theory here and there.