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Heard oral arguments in fisher v. university of texas which challenges the university's consideration of race in a portion of its admissions process. during the proceedings, associate justice scalia made statements which are, well, the audio was released on friday so i'm just going to let his words speak for themselves. >> there are those who contend that it does not benefit african-americans to get them into the university of texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less advanced school, a less -- a slower track school where they do well. one of the briefs pointed ou...

And that's what's going to happen. >> what do you think about the idea of the brokered convention? when dr. ben carson heard about it, he got very upset and said it sounded like people in power in the republican establishment were trying to subvert the will of the voters? >> you know, i watched what ben said. i agreed with him 100%. i even wrote him a little note. i thought it was excellent. and, frankly, he may be right. i haven't seen it yet. i've been hearing about it, hearing about these closed door meetings and i don't like that. that wasn't the deal i made. i signed a pledge, but the ple...

I thought it was excellent. and he may be right. i haven't seen it yet. i've been hearing about it, hearing about these closed door meetings and i don't like that. that wasn't the deal i made. i signed a pledge, but the pledge was a double deal. it was supposed to be honorable. so we're going to find out if it's that way, they're going to have problems. but i hope it's not going to be that way. i hope it's not going to be that way. >> during oral arguments at the supreme court this week, justice scalia raised the issue of whether it might be better for some african-american students to go to a...

Less advanced school, a less -- a slower track school where they do well. one of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the university of texas. they come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're bishop pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them. so i'm just not impressed by the fact that the university of texas may have fewer. maybe it ought to have fewer. joining us for more on those remarks, senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin, the president of jew dish warble, and "washington post" columnist in clinton ...

The bottom of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. quote, deeply disturbing, insulting and racist. those are some words used to describe comments by u.s. supreme court justice antonin scalia. we just got these audio tapes here of what he said during oral argument in an affirmative action case this week. a little bit of the back story. a woman sued the university of texas after she was denied admission. she said the university's policy of favoring some minority students was unconstitutional and justice scalia seemed to agree. here you go. >> there are those who contend that it does not benefit african...