writing today at slate.com, the civil rights attorney and legal scholar sherrilynn ifill underlined the urgency of this moment. quote, in just the last three terms alone the court has upended long-standing precedents, wiping away rights it formerly deemed fundamental and upending the protections and guarantees upon which tens of millions of americans had come to rely for decades. joining us now is sherrilynn ifill, one of my favorite people to talk to about anything, but especially the supreme court. sherrilynn, it's really nice to see you. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> you have been an advocate for a long time that the court needs discipline effectively. the court needs reform, that it has behaved in such a way in recent years that rightfully call its legitimacy into question to the public in a way that's dangerous, given the important role of the court in our society and in our system of government. what do you assess as the sort of the weight, the heft, the potential to meet the moment of these reforms proposed today by president biden? >> well, it's going to be