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And the point, senator, is that up before, the probation office is making recommendations and they do so on a case by case basis. that is what congress requires. this is not done at the level of -- >> but you admit that, right? >> sentencing is a discretionary act of a judge. but it's not a numbers game. it's not -- i understand that congress wanted the guidelines to be mandatory. the supreme court in 2005 determined that they couldn't be. an opinion by justice scalia determined they couldn't be, and congress since then has not come back to amend them or to change them or to make them mandator...

Sentencing this way -- >> sentencing is a discretionary act of a judge, but, it's not a numbers game. it's not -- i understand that congress wanted the guidelines to be mandatory, the supreme court, in 2005, determined that they couldn't be, in an opinion by justice scalia, determined that they couldn't be. and congress, since then, has not come back to amend them or to change them or to make the mandatory again. so there is discretion at sentencing, and when you look at the sentencing statutes, congress has given the judges, not only the discretion to make the decision, but require judges to ...

0 first of two long and intense days of questioning from members of the senate judiciary committee began this morning with democrats using their questions to allow jackson to issue a rebuttal to republican accusations that she has been soft on crime and republicans pressing her on her record as a judge and public defender and bringing up a whole host of conservative hobby horses. things like critical race theory. jackson has tried to stay above the fray in her responses. early on in the hearing, she told democratic senator, dick durbin, quote, i tried to stay in my lane. along with me are clai...

Other than district, barbara mcquaid. walk us through both sides of the case. >> what texas hoped to do was build a law that was challenge proof, that couldn't be -- the subject of a challenge in federal court. and today the supreme court opened the door to those very kinds of challenges. did find some ching in the armor of the law. it bans abortion after six weeks, but it doesn't say that state officials are the ones who enforce it. the enforcement mechanism is allowing anybody anywhere to sue any abortion provider. now, the question was if the texas authorities weren't going to enforce it, t...

Before. he was sure of it. in connection with a murder case. way back in the late eighties. and that memory lit up another one. clear as day. the indelible memory of a bizarre story of college roommate told him one night in 1993, or so. he could hardly believe it then. but now when he saw mary's post, no, it couldn't be. were those old stories somehow connected? maybe mary couldn't tell it. >> i sent back to her, they wouldn't happen to be in prison for killing old man bob? and she got back and said, yes, they are. in prison for killing old man bob." >> old man bob was robert karey, our well-k...