has served us very well but is a precious and fragile and precarious thing. it may be that the supreme court itself stands in the breach. our finest hours as a country, in many ways have come because of the supreme court -- brown versus board of education. it wasn't a congressional bill, it wasn't a presidential decision. it was earl warren, a republican appointee. and some of the our worst moments. dred scott, plesy v. ferguson. there was a history here, but these decision affect the moment and the ages. i think that the president who spent decades -- remember, joe biden came to washington 50 years ago.