already nominated an openly gay federal judge. happens to be a friend of mine. a couple of years ago. judge etkin. this is something where, you know, a lot of people spend a lot of time focussing on these marquee issues, whether it's same-sex marriage or immigration, and if the president doesn't move fast enough, he is against us. he is not leading. he is not doing anything. if you just scratch below the surface just for a minute, you will find a slew of things the president is doing out of the public glare that will have enormous impact on the country and on american society and on the way society views itself, and this is -- this is a prime example. people don't understand the judiciary. they just think these are folks who are in robes and who render judgments, but if you have a judiciary that looks like america and there are people on the bench who look like you -- >> it changes our justice system. >> it changes the way americans