>> commissioner honda: my concern is we don't have one appellant, we have three separate appellants, and they all need to come together because that is the situation. and i feel like they have the ability to do so. because the thing is everyone's hands are up right now. if we continue this, we're going to go around another hour before it gets done. it's better that they communicate and come back to us after this is done, with the cooperation that the department and the project sponsor have. -- basically, we're going to grant the appeal and condition the permit. that's the action that the board is taking, and they have to create the language that the three appellants are happy, and that everyone is kum-bah-yah. >> clerk: i'm sorry. it's almost 9:00, and we've got three cases, so i think it's going to be difficult for all the parties to coordinate and then get back to us. >> vice president lazarus: what if we craft a motion, and if it doesn't fit the bill and doesn't accomplish what we intend, we can weigh-in? and madam executive director, please feel free to weigh-in. but my motion wo

we did reach out to the appellants. we reached out to other neighbors.no other neighbors expressed concern or issue with this noise. and as requested by the appellants we would happily work with them to develop a process and a plan to blockany noise going towards them if the design is notworking on illinois. that's not our goal . our goal is to serve our neighborhood and be a great neighbor . there's been probably 12 or more times where various agencies have come out which have been told to us by one complainants calling the abc which has the ability to regulate and monitor our noise and if we are about our noise limits they can issue petitions. they've come out. the last time they came out was a couple saturdays ago with the awning in place " was passing carsare lower than the noise from the business . the entertainment commission has come out a number of times. all these visits are unannounced. the entertainment commission in their hearing which the meeting minutes were provided as part of our brief, they de-prioritize any complaints with regard to our

we did reach out to the appellants. we reached out to other neighbors. no other neighbors expressed concern or issue with this noise. and as requested by the appellants we would happily work with them to develop a process and a plan to blockany noise going towards them if the design is notworking on illinois. that's not our goal . our goal is to serve our neighborhood and be a great neighbor . there's been probably 12 or more times where various agencies have come out which have been told to us by one complainants calling the abc which has the ability to regulate and monitor our noise and if we are about our noise limits they can issue petitions. they've come out. the last time they came out was a couple saturdays ago with the awning in place " was passing carsare lower than the noise from the business . the entertainment commission has come out a number of times. all these visits are unannounced. the entertainment commission in their hearing which the meeting minutes were provided as part of our brief, they de-prioritize any complaints with regard to ou

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there are five black women who are on the appellate court and president biden had done a good job of who had been on the federal appellate bench before but i will say that the bench is deep beyond the federal federal district courtjudges, they are academics, they are deans, law professors, there are so many talented black women who can serve on the supreme court and one of the things that we have seen with president biden's nominees is that the bench is really deep. and there are lots of people who can serve in this capacity. of people who can serve in this ca aci . �* ., , , capacity. and the other issue is whether — capacity. and the other issue is whether president - capacity. and the other issue is whether president biden i is whether president biden seeks to expand the supreme court. how much of a debate is going on around that because it has been nine and to take it to 12 would really rebalance that potentially, wouldn't it oh yes, there president biden appointed a commission of looking at these questions seriously and i don't know what the outcome of that commission's proposal

appellate court last year. she got 53 votes in june 2021. that's a 50/50 senator including from susan collins, lindsey graham and lisa murkowski. you're looking at that vote and saying essentially, you voted for her just a year ago. here we go. >> she spent eight years on the federal district court in washington. she was an appointee of president obama's. the other thing about that vote last year, john, it was understood at the time whenever there was going to be a short list for a supreme court seat in the biden administration, she was going to be on it. she got the three republican votes. it was a pretty good sign that at least going into this conversation she is going to be in the mix and that she's going to be very high on a lot of folks' lists. john, i think another point it's worth not losing given the politics of the last couple of weeks is look how big a deal now in retrospect the georgia runoff elections last january were. yes, we've had a lot of frustration on the left with west virginia senator joe manchin, with senator kyrsten si

we did reach out to the appellants. we reached out to other neighbors.no other neighbors expressed concern or issue with this noise. and as requested by the appellants we would happily work with them to develop a process and a plan to blockany noise going towards them if the design is notworking on illinois. that's not our goal . our goal is to serve our neighborhood and be a great neighbor . there's been probably 12 or more times where various agencies have come out which have been told to us by one complainants calling the abc which has the ability to regulate and monitor our noise and if we are about our noise limits they can issue petitions. they've come out. the last time they came out was a couple saturdays ago with the awning in place " was passing carsare lower than the noise from the business . the entertainment commission has come out a number of times. all these visits are unannounced. the entertainment commission in their hearing which the meeting minutes were provided as part of our brief, they de-prioritize any complaints with regard to our

the appellant said the department been misled. i'm notsure where that's come from . revisions andchanges are fairly commonplace . it's not dpi's duty to provide the applicant's motive. i will say if the permit holders had completed the work in the 2005 permit they would havereceived their certificate of final completion and it would have complied with the notice of violation that's outstandinghere . >> we have a question from vice president swig . >> vice president: to the argument that things have changed, that would be the appellant's argument and to the argument that sorry, to the argument that the permit holder changed the game , change the design which the appellant made and then to the argument which is while the standards by which the project has to be done now have changed, may i have your thoughts on that. who overrules whom on this? if this were there was a plan that was submitted to you that was according to something which was acceptable 20 years ago was presented to you today, but it was not code compliant, would you honor that plan or would you say to t

you may file a motion for a new trial or appeal your case directly to the appropriate appellate court of georgia for review. you are also advised that the statute of limitations for habous corpus is four years in the case of felonies, and one in the case of misdemeanors, the statute runs from the date the conviction becomes final. i don't have a blue or black pen. is there a blue or black pen down there? >> thank you. the court has executed the statement of appeal for travis mcmichael, greg mcmichael, and william r. bryan. if i could please have counsel and the defendants execute the statements of appeal to confirm they have been given. have the notices been given? anything further from the state. >> the state would ask for a condition imposed along with the sentence, and that is this, that the defendants are not allowed to make any money off of their actions, such as a book deal, a movie deal, social media deal or anything along any way, shape or form make any money off of this experience, this conviction, and this trial. and that should any money be made that it go into a fund for t

served at the state appellate level and now a district judge. that's one of the people being talked about. not a dearth of actual experience or integrity. the idea of why this is so important is because listen, i know we talk about this being an apolitical group of nine and they should be and they should be impartial, but they've got to bring their entire selves with them and the diversity of experience, of what their lived or legal experience is always very important in the evaluation of some of the most important cases of not only my lifetime, but my parents and my childrens lifetime. look at what's before the court right now. the idea of a ban on a woman's right to choose. the idea in mississippi where it's an overwhelmingly disproportionate impact on black and brown communities. i want to have a black woman on the bench to really evaluate that. how about affirmative action, it's important to have somebody who could render an opinion based on the law and value of precedent. that all requires there not just to be continued inertia of having wh

appellants, permit holders and respondents are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for about. people affiliated must include theircomments within a three-minute period . members of the public have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. mister long way our legal assistant will give you averbal warning 30 seconds before your time is up . four votes are requiredto grant an appeal or modify determination . if you have questions about requesting a rehearing please email board staff and board of appeals at sfgov.org. public access is of paramount importance andevery effort has been made to replicate the inherent process . to enable public participation , sfgov tv isstreaming this live and we will have the ability to receive public comments for each item today . sfgov tv is providing close captioning for the meeting. to watch the meeting on tv go to check cable channel 78 notes it will berebroadcast fridays on channel 26 . our link to the live stream is on the website at tram slip sfgov.org / boa. you can join the zoom meeting by computer, go to our

you may file for a new trial or appeal to the appropriate appellate court of georgia. you're also advised that the statute of limitations for the habeas kour pos is n this state is four years in the case of felonies and one year for miss demoans. it runs the date the conviction becomes final. mr. bryan, you are hereby notified by the court in georgia you may appeal. you're also informed you have the right to retain a lawyer at your own choice to the appropriate appellate court of georgia. if you cannot afford a lawyer t court will appoint one for you. you're entitled to and will be give an tran skrint of all pretrial, trial arngd post trial matters at no cost to you if you cannot afford a transcript. you may file a motion for a new trial or appeal your case directly to the appellate court of georgia for a court of review. you're advised the writ of habeas kour pos is four years in the case of felonies and one year for misdemeanors. the conviction runs if date the sentence becomes final. i don't have a blue or black pen. the court has executed the statement of appeal fo

c is the most prestigious of the appellate courts.ts a lot of major policy decisions, so it's similar in some ways to the dark of the supreme court has. do you think these strategic retirements and how we're talking about these approvals coming and just needing? you don't 50 plus the tying, you know, vote from the vice president harris should make us although really look at how the supreme court is being formed. how these justices are being confirmed. a lot has changed within the last several years about how this process has gone. well i have to say it's always been political. the confirmation process. it's now much more public live television coverage of hearings and interest groups treat these as though they were ah candidates for elective office, so they mobilized supporters for and against. and we're much more polarized as a country and in the in the congress now, so this reflects all of those changes. so i expect that there will be attempts to make this a tough fight, but as long as the democrats hold together, the republicans ha

an appellate court is best when you have a diversity of perspectives and different life experiences andhose experiences, all of these insights, how they read a case, how they understand the doctrine and how they apply it and how they come together and how they think about they are creating doctrines that apply to the entire country. and having a black woman, someone whose life experiences are shaped by how race, how gender have shaped their perspectives, will be really important on the bench. it will be really important, given the kinds of controversial cases coming up, roe versus wade, affirmative action, having somebody who might bring that lens, who might see something that a fact that may see a legal doctrine, who might — the harms of a particular case from someone who has not had that life experience, might not understand them, is really, really important. it's also really important because even if you don't have the majority, it will shape the nature of the conversation that's happening behind the doors when the supreme court justices are discussing the cases, right? and that conv

nonetheless, if she moves forward, there will be decisions made on the appellate level.nd if there was a conviction at some later time, that could be who will have to survive tough scrutiny by the appellate judges here. >> one reason also is to go beyond brad raffensperger. lindsey graham, mark meadows. you might be trying to prove conspiracy or racketeering. they are different words with different meanings, but this district attorney has acute experience with, michael. stkpwhrb she does. she was involved in a cheating scandal here with the school system. so she does have some experience with the rico charges. conspiracy is just an agreement between several people to do something wrong. and so she may, in fact, be looking to broaden it out. recent news reports talking about, you know, this coordinated effort with the campaign, giuliani and what was going on with false electors in states. it may be an opportunity for her to get information that sort of becomes a cog in the wheel. if it became a federal investigation, looking at those states that, this could provide inform

in my own home state of minnesota, judge mimi wright who sat on the state appellate court, state supreme court and federal district court, not someone who is inexperienced. sherrilyn ifill, everyone knows her work and everyone down the line, you can talk about. i highlight only a couple of them, but not because they could be excluded from the overall conversation. but this is the point, i am very curious going forward as to how these women will be treated, and vetted, and viewed. i've already seen rumblings on other networks about, well, are they qualified enough, have they had a long enough tenure, questions that were not asked of those recently stated, who had shorter appellate histories. i'm looking to see how america receives this embarrassment of riches. >> do you believe, gloria brown marshall, that this might get some republican support, granted it is such a partisan process now. i'm not talking about a lot, but some republican support, given the historical nature of this potential pick? >> i think as the historical nature of it. but you think about the states from which the women

court and then there will be argument and we'll see how the appellate court rules on this issue.w yesterday where the state of new york is really going with this, talking about that if masks are not in place, that children won't have to wear masks in school, that indoor gatherings, people won't have to wear masks. it is all about irreparable harm. let's look at what leticia james said yesterday. she said, quote, nearly three years into the covid-19 pandemic, we know that wearing a mask saves lives. this mandate and today's decision are critical in helping to stop the spread of this virus and protect individuals, young and old. we will continue to do everything in our power to prioritize the health and well-being of all new yorkers. now the other side, because this is originally the plaintiffs, now they are the petitioners and respondents, they are saying, quote, my comment is that the states' argument is speculative and ignores that nothing justifies an unconstitutional law, further folks could wear masks and still take whatever protective measures they feel is appropriate, and w

circuit, the highest appellate court here in washington, d.c. trial judge before president biden appointed her to that court. she was approved last year with the support of three of the republican senators for her confirmation. so that already gives her a little bit of an edge, including that she was already vetted and met with president biden then. she has a background that connects her to justice breyer. she was a law clerk to him and also served on the federal sentencing commission which is part of his background, too. she is 51 years old. another very strong contender is judge leondra kruger who is out on the california supreme court. she's a justice there. she was appointed, i think in 2014, so she served for about eight years out there. but she has strong washington connections that might help her in this selection here. she used to work in the solicitor general's office. she was in the obama administration. she has plenty of supporters out here. also a former supreme court law clerk like judge jackson. she work forward john paul stevens.

his legacy as far as you're concerned. >> 40-plus years, 14 as an appellate judge and nearly 28 on thereme court, that's a significant public service. i had a chance once to have dinner with justice breyer as part of a huge banquet in washington, and the guy is so learned. we saturday there talking about what was the most influential work of art in the 20th century. he could deliver a really persuasive case on virtually any topic, encyclopedic in his learning. and the court will miss him. but mooib has a superb opportunity to put his own stamp on the court and i'm excited about that. >> a great description of breyer as learned. i feel the same way, like, my god, he's just one of these interesting people. he is the perfect dinner party person, and i say this not as anything other than you just can't believe the level of knowledge that he has. let's move to what president biden wants to do. look, we're going to have an african american nominee. he's promised that. what is the importance of identity to you and the court, number one? and then what's the next criteria you're looking for? >>

he didn't even try to do that at the appellate court.ally resolve the issue of a dispute between a former president and a current president. he just didn't make his case. and so, we are going to get these documents and we are going to go through them and help piece this picture together. >> well i know, you know, promptly obviously is important and i know time is of the essence in your work. i -- i do know congresswoman or understand that you were supposed to obtain four pages of trump's white house documents from the national archives about an hour ago. and did you receive those? and are you able to -- to tell me anything about what's in them or how important they may be? >> we did receive some material from the national archives today. um, the staff is going through the material. the members have not yet had a chance to look at it but yes, the material is starting to flow in. >> so, a source who's seen the subpoena that your committee issued to trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani says it demands information about his contacts with

the appellant did mention that the variance would be on the ballot forthree years which is true .nd planning department and commission to get behind them . is that big picture wise? >> that's generally correct. thevariance doesn't reference that legislation . that's more just informational. that's kind of additional information relative to the bigger picture policy discussion .fundamentally the variance is thesame. this is a standard corner lot . it is proposed to be split 100 percent density with no extraordinary circumstances . if the rationalefor doing that is that there is a housing crisis and we should build more housing , then granting that variance would mean we should glass grant that samevariance for every corner lot in the city . 100 percentlot coverage, double density that is effectively a policy decision .that's basically a rezoning because it wouldn't be a variance decision because there aren't any real exceptional circumstances here. it would be easy to replicate and argue under any circumstanceanywhere . we can't really base avariance decision on a policy rationale

appellate court many times in just the last few years.have to wonder at this point, since we are going by skin color and gender, why joe biden is ignoring the obvious choice. why doesn't bite and strike a real blow for equity and just nominate bridget floyd, george floyd sister. she's not a judge or a lawyer or whatever, but in this case, who cares? that's not the point anymore. nebraska senator once said, defending one of richard nixon's lower nominees. there's a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers for their entitled to a little representations, aren't they? sure they are. bridget floyd could be a justice for the rest of us, or at least a slice of the rest of us. matt walsh is the host of the matt wells show, and he joins us tonight. thank you so much for coming on. it's hard to believe that a series country that still leads the world could go about the process in such a nonserious and childish way. not a result of that person's effort. >> i'm glad you brought it up, because i was looking forward to having our first trans-nonbi

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a was linked to appellation. and through my research, i found out the air pollution as much as i might feel. it's affected. my daughter, it affects medians. well, it wides. ella suffered for 2 years before she died from an asthma attack. through her daughter's death, rosamond cassie deborah became an activist. she was able to prove in court that ella's asthma was much worse on days with a levels of pollution in the area. we're extremely high. 28 moms of her suffocating in her mucous, basically. she deserved to have that moment. i don't want other children in this country to go through or what my lay daughter went through in london maximum pollution lever set by the world health organization. i exceeded almost everywhere . saint mary school is located in south west london, on one of the cities, dirtiest streets, parents of school children there have now taken the meta into their own hands. i remember thinking, my son to school one day and got into the playground. the noise windows from the street was just deafenin

if anyone has a report from the board of appels, feel free. if not, then i will report that the historic preservation did meet yesterday. they had their election of officers where they elected commissioners matsuda and nag sworn for a second term. the only other item of interest to the commissioners they adopted air recommendation for land mark designation of the clay theatre on fillmore street. there are no comments or questions related to board reports. we can move on to gyp rallying public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission to items except agenda items. your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached. each member may address for three minutes. when it exceeds 15 minutes it may be moved to the end of the agenda. you have two minutes. >> good afternoon. georgia. congratulations to the officers, past, present and future. i sent an e-mail. i asked if a picture could be on the screen. can i ask you before i start. >> it is there. >> you see it. one picture was subject of my

now an appellate judge. he's 51 years old and most importantly, for the way you and kaitlan set this up, she's been supported in the past by senator joe manchin and all democrats, and she won confirmation last year with the help of three republicans. so there's probably a cushion there for her appointment. another leading candidate, i believe, would be california supreme court justice leondra kruger. another person with sterling credentials who has been a judge for a long time. she's only 45. she would be one of the younger choices for a president, which would be, you know, these are lifetime appointments. quite a legacy. and then another one i want to point out because of the politics of the situation is a woman who is now a district court judge. michelle childs. she is now on the trial court in south carolina. but she's been nominated by president biden to that prominent d.c. circuit bench that judge jackson is currently sitting on. and what is important for her is that she has been house whip james clybur

that was ruth and using appel grant to be a nurse practitioner.t is never too late for any american to go back to school. and to rethink that link to higher education so more people like ruth can discover new passions. the department of education we will do better as a service agency. as we continue to get out in the field, i visited 25 states in the last 12 months and i recognize the field is in great need. they need the department of education that supports it and that values them and leads with students at the center. with mia secretary of education we will. we will listen and engage partners inte our work through intentional collaboration. this collaboration include students, parents, families, eds and leaders across sectors because we cannot accomplish any of this if we try to do it alone. the proactive webinars, we have listened to0 nearly 8000 parents thousands of educators and students. and my goals and actions today are driven by what we are hearing. it is time to level up education in this country. also removed between systems designed t

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our appellate courts are dominated by republican appointees. it's not the beginning here or the end of it. it really will be just getting the ball rolling as it moves through the criminal system if that's the way she decides to go. >> carrie, let's talk about this request for ivanka trump to appear before the special committee. there was this phone call as our reporter paula reid just laid out. this was the phone call between president trump and vice president pence. just to remind people, i'll just recap, it's been reported that the president said to the vice president you don't have the courage to make a hard decision, maybe not those exact words. do you remember anything like that? and then it has already been testified to general keith kellogg answered something like that, like you're not tough enough to make this call. another reported phone call is trump said, mike, it's not right, i'm counting on you. if you are not, you're going to wimp out. ivanka trump was there in the oval office for that phone call, but they already have what sounds

think about amy coney barrett and her relative little experience in the appellate world. justice elena kagan, never having been a judge. i can go on. i'm cautioned looking at people who are thinking about this notion and saying i hope this women will get a farrakhan fir! hearing, that they are intellectual prowess will be on full display and politics and hypocrisy won't play a big role, particularly given the fact that, wolf, several of them have already received bipartisan support at the so-called lower courts, albeit high ones. i hope nothing changes between that and the supreme court as well. >> gloria, what are you learning about how quickly breyer's successor could be named and confirmed? >> as fast as they can. it's very clear they want to take a page from the mcconnell book which was -- the latest was amy coney barrett. it took 30 days from nomination to getting approved. i think that from chuck schumer and down, the democrats see absolutely no need to delay. this really in many ways was not a surprise to the white house. we know justice breyer had been deciding th

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determined by the supreme court if can a requesting state in an extradition give assurances to an appellate court to us to an appeals court that were not given that were not provided in a magistrate support. so this isn't just important to julian assange, it's important for all extradition, and it is 100 percent relevant to british common law and to the public. and we have to keep in mind that even if julian does end up free, he's not safe and other jurisdictions. if he's step foot in france or germany or anywhere else where the u. s. as an extradition treaty, that again start a new thing. i certainly hope that the supreme court will do the right thing. well, we'll continue to follow it as we have all the she has said. now that's a snapshot of some of the big headlines who brought year of the last 7 days. i live from moscow. it's kevin, now in a big thank you for watching the weekly and for checking in with our international . ah, join me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics, sport, business and show business. i'll see you then me a

it will be in the hands of a judge and perhaps an appellate court as well. but we know there have been taxes and fees on guns and on bullets that are sold in this country since roughly 1919. so it's nothing new that there might be a fee attached to gun ownership. >> does this seem to penalize the legal and law-abiding gun owners and not the criminals? >> no. i think that's a very narrow view of the nature of gun harm in our community and throughout the country. what we know is that the majority of deaths that are inflicted by firearms are suicides, not homicides. about more than a third of the injuries seen in emergency rooms across the country that are gun inflicted injuries are from unintentional shootings. the harm is felt throughout the country every single day in families that are devastated by the loss of loved ones or very serious injuries . these are all very preventible tragedies. we know we can prevent a lot of intentional shooting as well, for example, interventions with domestic violence prevention. mental health where we know a gun owner may be

but it was not a requirement that she had a lengthy tenure in the appellate court. and justice elena kagan on the other side of the aisle, so to speak, never a day as a judge before becoming a supreme court justice. and so, i hope these women get a fair opportunity for a confirmation hearing. and that, we don't just continue to think about this inertia of the knee-jerk reaction that it must be a white man, in particular ivy league school, who has the intellectual prowess to be one of the supreme judicial nine. >> well, guess what? you mention princeton. that is ivy league, so there you go. that part is -- that part is -- yeah. go on. >> that's true. >> yeah. >> that's true. and of course, it's the idea their -- their resumes and backgrounds. there is a baseline, it seems, for what is required to be extraordinary when it comes to women of color in this country, and we see it at play in so many different fields. >> well, i am just saying if you are looking at -- if you look at the list, qualifications. i mean, all of these women are -- are extremely qualified to, you

after his clerkships and he became one of the countries' premier appellate and supreme court litigators. from 2019 to 2021 he was our ambassador to mexico. greg was a co-clerk with chris and me in ot 91. he joined us after clerking for judge joe sneed and justice kennedy of the supreme court. after clerking he became a distinguished law professor at gw, and in that capacity taught many courses with justice. he served for almost three decades in the army reserves and he is now a judge on the court of appeals for the armed forces. eric, clerk for justice thomas ot 1996. after a clerkship with my colleague doug ginsberg. he is a founding partner in the firm and like chris has some three decades of experience as an appellate and supreme court litigator. last but not least, jim ho, worked for the justice in ot 2005 and after a clerkship with jerry smith on the fifth circuit and asked -- a stent on doj in the bush 43 administration. after clerking he became a partner at a law firm. he also served as solicitor general of texas and he is now on the court of appeals for the fifth circuit. we are

. >> reporter: on the short list of nominees, a federal appellate judge and a california supreme court justice. the man they could replace offering the same words he gives to students. >> i want you to pick justice up. it's an experiment that is still going on. >> reporter: a call to embrace democracy in a time of deep division. justice breyer also quoted president lincoln speaking of our democracy enduring through a great civil war. clearly sending a message with that choice of quote. president bidn commended him for seeking common ground. >> our coverage on justice breyer's retirement continues online. get an explainer on the nomination and confirmation process. >>> a california senator is trying to encourage everyone to get the vaccine. he led a virtual meeting with doctors and representatives from hospitals across the state. they are trying to get the word out for kids under 17 to get vaccinated. they make up over 18% of all covid cases in california. >> make your appointment now. they are safe. they are effective. the best way to protect your health, of your family, of our communi

. >> reporter: biden's likely short list includes 51-year-old federal appellate judge ketanji brown jacksond under breyer. >> the most likely candidate is judge ketanji brown jackson, a very well respected judge on the d.c. circuit. she was on the sentencing commission. she served as a federal defender and also in private practice. in addition to now a number of years as a district court judge. and now a sitting judge in the d.c. circuit. >> reporter: 45-year-old california supreme court justice leondra kruger. 55-year-old south carolina u.s. district court judge michelle childs. >> nominees are fond of saying, well, they're not voting as people, they're voting as judges, and their job is to interpret the law. but of course our backgrounds and lived experiences impact how we view the lay. >> reporter: stephen breyer's a crucial third of the supreme court's liberal minorit along with justices elena kagan and sonia sotomayor. in recent years the court became an ideological battleground, creating a super majority, and breyer often mediated between extremes. >> justice breyer used to say, disse

get every representation >> reporter: president biden has nominated eight black women to federal appellate courts so far and one of the top contenders for the supreme court opening comes from that list. 51-year-old ketanji brown jackson, a harvard law graduate who formerly clerked for justice breyer, nominated just last year by president biden for the influential u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit >> i'm even-handedly applying the law in every case. >> reporter: jackson won confirmation in the democratic-controlled senate with support from all 50 democrats and 3 republicans. another likely front-runner, 45-year-old leondra kruger, a justice on california's supreme court. kruger, a former justice department lawyer, has argued several cases before the u.s. supreme court. the white house tonight brushing off speculation that president biden might nominate vice president harris >> the president has every intention, as he said before, of running for re-election and running for re-election with vice president harris on the ticket as his partner. >> reporter: the pick will not change the

the federal appellate judge jackson, california supreme court justice, londona kruger and judge michelles. >> experience is the life of the law. >> reporter: the retired alameda superior court judge says historically speaking, a black woman's experience has never been heard on the bench. she said justice stevens knew long ago that diversity was important. >> justice marshall told us things that we would rather fet but also that we could never know. >> she said if confirmed, a black woman is about to make history on the supreme court. nbc bay area news. >>> we are back in 60 seconds. still ahead, how they're hoping this weekend's lunar new years celebration will be a fresh start. the problems are piling up. the latest merchants for many merchants. >> must, the new law that could make it tougher to find a place to stay. >> i'm m >> the year of the tiger is upon us. in san francisco, the community is banking on the celebration. >> reporter: tourists are trickling back into chinatown. >> more people because the chinese new year is coming. people are not afraid to come out anymore. >> he says

. >> hansen's lawyer argued the "john doe" indictment should be dismissed and the judge ruled an appellaten before the trial even got underway. a huge victory for justin hansen and a major setback for prosecutor david waymire who knew the "john doe" indictment was uncharted legal territory. >> although that had been done once before in new mexico in a different case, it had never actually gone up and been reviewed by the appellate courts to ensure that it was legally allowed. >> waymire had been concerned about the strength of the case all along, he'd even offered hansen a plea deal. but now, apparently emboldened by the judges ruling, hansen rejected the plea offer, hoping instead to have the entire case against him tossed out. >> coming up -- >> brittani was robbed of the life that we all have. we want him to pay dearly. >> would he? the final scene in this 9-year mystery is about to play out in court. when "dateline" continues. >> justin hansen insisted to us he was an innocent family man accused of a crime he didn't commit. but the marcell family wasn't buying any of it. they were cert

appellate court multiple times in just the past few years. so g you have to wonder at this point since we're going by skin color and gendernd, joe biden is ignoring the obvious choice. what is it? biden strike a real blow for equity and just nominee bridget floyd who's that was george bush's sister. she's not a judge or a lawyer or whatever . but at this stage, who cares?re clearly that's not the point anymore. that'sth lost up as nebraska's roman usca once said in defense of richard nixon's dummer judicial nomineess , quote, evenmi if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges, people and lawyers. they're entitled to a little representation, aren't they ? edwell, sure they are.d bridgitte floyd b could be a justice for the rest of us or at least a slice of the rest of us . imatt walsh is host and matt walsh show. he joins us tonight. matt walsh, thanks sonifo much r coming on .d it's hard to believe that at serious country that still leads the world could go about the process in such a nonserious, demeaning, dehumanizing, stupidon, c