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That really conversations about these very difficult cases are confined to a very small number of people. >> other names circulating, minnesota court judge mimi wright. outstanding, president cherilyn ide ifle. lee. candace jackson and jade michelle childs. a south carolina judge who's been pushed by house majority whip, james clyburn. >> i have a high regard and sin veer appreciation for our legal system, which is the form of order in our court, our democracy. >> during the 2020 campaign, clyburn gave him the endorsement he needed after biden promised to appoint a black woman. >> this country...

Till this point to even have them nominated to this level. >> can we talk about that, laura? because you know a couple of women on the short list. tell us about them. >> i was a year behind at princeton one of them, judge candice jackson. and even then at 17 years old i can tell you that her intellectual might was apparent. and even thenna mong her peer group it was quite clear about the destiny who was before her. and justice wilhemina wright, goes by mimi wright, out of my home state of minnesota. holding the bench at the state appellate level, at the supreme court level, and now as a federa...

Meanwhile, cnn is also recommending a woman called younus lee. niceay be a perfectly act person. we don't know, but she first became a judge in august of 2020 one . that was let's do the math less than six months ago, candacees jackson actually has even lessen experience and that she may be nice as well, but she reached the bench for the first time in july of last year.s the other nominees on cnn'sti list have more judicialil experience. we'll give you three guesses tor how they got that experience. they get their wilhemina mimi, a right, became an associate justice of minnesota's supreme cour...

Columbia circuit. the nomination does remain pending. >> i have a high regard and sincere appreciation for our legal system, which is the form of order in our court, in our democracy. >> other names floated include anita earls, associate justice of the supreme court of north carolina. judge mimi wright, who sits on minnesota's federal district court. judge eunice lee is a former new york public defender who biden nominated to the second circuit. judge candace jackson-akiwumi is an alumna of chicago's public defenders office, appointed to the 7th circuit and sherrilyn ifills who announced plans...

Republicans in support. >> when you become a judge you take an oath to look only at the law in deciding your cases, that you set aside your personal views about the circumstances. >> reporter: a close second choice is california supreme court justice leondra kruger, a former acting solicitor general, she once clerked for the late john paul stephens and argued cases in front of the high court. . >> oral arguments doesn't necessarily change the outcome of cases. occasionally it does. it reveals a new dimension. it is also in the united states supreme court the first time the judges all sit down ...