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as soon as march and leaving hope more rate hikes throughout the year. joining us former clinton treasury secretary, larry summers, and the president emeritus of harvard university. thank you, larry, so much for waiting while that ceremony unscheduled previously, waiting, but, you know, from your boston roots you know steve breyer so well, from government, from washington and boston. so you know the importance of this -- >> steve is a great man, and he was true to himself in the way he emphasized teaching and lecturing and engaging with people and engaging with people younger than i. i know that as a former member of the harvard faculty, he was an inspiration to a large number of our students. some of the things he emphasized at the very early part of his career, progressive deregulation, for example, of
>> you know steve breyer so well from your years working together, as you point out on the committee as well. and one fact of history is that he got to the federal bench because jimmy carter had an opening, a nominee, and didn't want to go along with ted kennedy, a fellow member of the committee. his initial preference for arch bald cox and came back with the recommendation for the general counsel, steve breyer, supported by straum thurman and at the behest of allen simpson. do i have that history correct? >> that's basically correct. he got strong support. there had been some delay by one senator, who, a democrat, who had been discouraged by the fact that steve breyer had opposedthem review of posing his nominee to a federal court. in fact, i agreed with steve
of the gettysburg address written by lincoln in that bedroom. in the sitting room. and so i you got to come and see it and even if you can't come and stay, bring your grandchildren so they can see it as well. thank you for being here and i'm not going to take any questions because i think it's inappropriate to take questions with the justice here. he's still sitting on the bench and i'm giving you your mask back. but you'll have have plenty of opportunities to get me later today and for the rest of the week, next week too. so, thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> a really notable moment. michael is still with me. michael, that was classic steve breyer. he always carries that copy of the constitution. it should make your historian
alan dershowitz. i know that you ruled out the possibility that a joe biden will nominate kamala harris to the supreme court. what are your thoughts on the idea that kamala might be the deciding vote on who gets the job? we have separation of powers to prevent one branch of government from having too much control. your thoughts. >> yeah. and i think the historians and academics are divided as to whether or not the vice president gets to break a tie on confirmation as distinguished from legislation are. and you don't want a justice of the supreme court to be both nominated and confirmed by the executive branch. the senate is supposed the advise and consent. and so i think it would really delegitimate a justice who was not voted by a majority of actual senators. and i hope the president appoints somebody who will get some republican support, somebody who's more like steve breyer, a kind of moderate, progressive, centrist but not radical leftist who will be a
comcast business. powering possibilities. to replace retiring justice steve breyer, president biden renewed his pledge to nominate the first black woman to the supreme court. the white house said biden is considering multiple potential nominees. and they confirmed one name, judge j. michelle childs of favorite of house minority w.h.i.p. james clyburn.
member in the senate judicial committee and joseph r. biden is a member of the committee. stephen breyer is counsel to that committee and there's a vacancy in the federal appeals court out of boston, massachusetts. senator kennedy, who was obviously having a contentious time with jimmy carter running against him in a presidential primary, wants archibald cox to get the open slot. carter says, no, not happening. time passes. kennedy withdraws from the presidency, and ken feinberg, who went on to become the pay czar, ran ted kennedy's office suggests that steve breyer, the counsel, get the slot. kennedy asks carter to nominate breyer to the federal appeals court in boston. carter agrees to it. he becomes a federal judge in 1980, and 14 years later when there was an opening on the court ted kennedy asks bill clinton to put stephen breyer on
alan dershowitz. i know that you ruled out the possibility that a joe biden will nominate kamala harris to the supreme court. what are your thoughts on the idea that kamala might be the deciding vote on who gets the job? we have separation of powers to prevent one branch of government from having too much control. your thoughts. >> yeah. and i think the historians and academics are divided as to whether or not the vice president gets to break a tie on confirmation as distinguished from legislation are. and you don't want a justice of the supreme court to be both nominated and confirmed by the executive branch. the senate is supposed the advise and consent. and so i think it would really delegitimate a justice who was not voted by a majority of actual senators. and i hope the president appoints somebody who will get some republican support, somebody who's more like steve breyer, a kind of moderate, progressive, centrist but not radical leftist who will be a