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Reverend al? >> james, in his concurring opinion, justice scalia slammed justice sotomayor saying -- he referenced sotomayor's opinion and added, "and doubly shameful to equate the majority behind the michigan ballot initiative with the majority responsible for jim crow." he's calling her opinion shameful. isn't that a little personal for a supreme court justice, james? >> it's way too personal, also inaccura inaccurate. if you want to go through the intellectual history here, we can draw parallels between the kind of racism, institutional racism we see in america today and trace it through th...

An editorial saying, "justice sotomayor has revealed herself as a naked and bare-knuckled political activist with barely even a pretense of attending to the law. in the years she has left to subvert the law will be a generation-long reminder of the violation the obama administration has done to our constitution order." yes, i think the justice had it right when she said they are out of touch with reality. joining me now is james pooets -- peterson and viviana ortato. let me go to you first. these are very tough attacks on justice sotomayor. what's your reaction? >> i have to say, reverend al, ...

Only 7% of the freshmen are black. and in michigan, as said, 19% of college-aged students are black, but at the university of michigan, only 5% of freshmen are black. there are similar numbers for hispanic students. if affirmative action isn't necessary, why then are we seeing such a large gap in the enrollment numbers? >> well, certainly these policies were put in place with the thought that by increasing the participation of these students on our campuses, it's going to feed right into our local economies and into leadership roles. so when all of a sudden you see, as james was just talking a...