we're joined by caroline fredrickson, president of the american constitution society for law and policy. she was at the white house today. and carrie severino, chief counsel and policy director of the judicial crisis network, which is critical of the president's actions. we welcome both of you. >> thank you so much. >> brown: caroline frederick son your group pushed the white house to make the nomination, all three at one time. why was it so important? >> well, that is really important court. this is one of the courts that people say very frequently is second only to the supreme court and in some ways it's actually as important or more so because it decides so many more cases. and the kind of cases that go to the d.c. circuit are some of the most significant in our country, including major agency appeals, some of the most important environmental regulations, health care, financial regulations, workers' rights, voting, national security, you name it. the most important cases go to the d.c. circuit and it's critical that it can operate at full capacity so that our nation's justice can be