lgbtq rights, things like that, and that's why advocacy groups. abortion advocacy groups maintain that there is definitely judge shopping because they knew what they were going to get. the plaintiffs knew what they were going to get. rosa flores, thank you for all of that background. i want to bring in my panel. we have former democratic congressman mander jones republican strategist, evan siegfried is also back. we have jessica washington, senior reporter for the root and jay michaelson. who is a member of the supreme court bar. he clerked for merrick garland, and he wrote about the high court for several years, so we'll start with you, jay. so um , explain how this one joe federal judge can be have such an effect on the country? well this is a this is a federal judge. and this, of course, is judge shopping. liberal groups. judge shop, conservative groups jump shot, that's not that's not controversial. what's shocking, so i've been writing about matthew cosmetic. for many years. he has said outrageous things over the years, and