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Breyer had. with an open mind, who understands the constitution, interprets it in a way that is consistent with the mainstream interpretation of the constitution. >> that's part of a wide-ranging exclusive interview lester holt conducted with president biden today. we'll get a reaction to that part about the supreme court from our next guest, jamie raskin. who's a professor of constitutional law, and is also a member of the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. the new york times is reporting that the january six committee is quote, finding few records of ...

Scandalous, blockading of my constituent, merrick garland, who of course now is attorney general. but they're refusing to conduct a hearing for him in the last year of the term, a rule which they proceeded to violate the moment that trump got in, and he was able to nominate somebody at the very last minute. given that 6 to 3 majority, i would tend to favor the nomination of someone who will be able to speak out as forcefully for the democratic constitution, that's a small d, democratic constitution. just as scalea did for a right-wing conservative prosecution. if you look at a majority of the ...

Taken about four people and on the deep dive on them, meaning this throwback round checks, and to see if there's anything in the background that will make them not qualified. >> is that important that you believe they'll get a vote from the republican side? >> well, i think from whomever i think we'll get a vote from the republican side from the following reason. i'm not looking to make an ideological choice. i'm looking for someone to replace church prior, with the same kind of capacity judge breyer had. with an open mind, who understands the constitution, interrupts it in the way that is con...

Advantages to it. but the most important quality, as far as i'm concerned, is that they understand the constitution. that there, there aren't biased, and they're willing to roll up their sleeves and go to work. we're gonna do the same thing to this nominee that i've done to almost all the others who are with me, and that is, will go about rural america, and we'll talk about issues that impact rural america. and we'll also talk about the issues that impact the whole country. so, we'll get there if you, and will make sure they have a view that meets the needs of this country, and from my perspec...