that is what john barrett says this is all about, making sure clients feel good and look good when they leave. adrianna: all right. next, it is the coldest day of the season so far, and it is not going to get much warmer anytime soon. a check but the living room's pretty blank. we did a lot of research online. we just need to have a designer put it all together. mmm hmm. so, it's really nice when clients come in and have... done some of their own research. what do you think about these chairs and that table? working with a bassett designer was really easy. us being young professionals, we're so busy... there's no way we could've designed it ourselves. no. we love it! adrianna: we were actually talking about people being sick in this weather. josh: it certainly cannot help if you have a little bug anyone out there in these temperatures, it is tough to bounce back from so i wanted to start off sunday evening. dinner or anything for new year's eve, 11 degrees for the wind chill in d.c. 7 in winchester. let's fast-forward to midnight dropping down to eight or 10. ifo early monday morning, y

john's university law professor john barrett examines the life and career of robert h jackson, and his relationship with franklin d. roosevelt. appointed to the supreme court by fdr, jackson serves as at --tor josh served served as solicitor general, attorney general, and lead prosecutor at the nuremberg traveled -- trials afternoon -- world war ii. chief justice john roberts introduced a program. [applause] >> good evening, and welcome to the supreme court of the united states. i think for many of you, if not most, it's probably welcome back. this is a four-part lecture series about the supreme court justices who served in the cabinet

please join me in welcoming justice john barrett. [applause] >> thank you chief justice roberts for that generous introduction. thank you to the supreme court historical society for all who have in part of these arrangements. it is a pleasure to be in this room with many friends especially the members of the jackson family, jackson friends, and people connected with the robert h jackson center. mourado pleased to core -- commemorate the person for whom this hall is named. leon silverman's colleague for whichears in the law firm he joined in 1949 and rose to chair, was a lawyer named sam harris who in 1945-1946 was a junior an important prosecutor on justice john roberts nurnberg team. another important name on that schreiber, had a brother-in-law who moved into jackson's former home, a greenhill. he later moved into jackson's former office, the office of the attorney general of the united date. but i am getting ahead of myself. i will begin talking about this majestic building and two point in time in the life of robert jackson. fran

barrett, confirmed to be an appeals court judge. she previously proclaimed that the birth control mandate is grave violation of religious freedom. 52-year-old kentucky lawyer johnppointed to the u.s. court of appeals for the 6th district. npr points out he blogged under a fake name disparaging lgbt rights. he also wrote that slavery and abortion are, quote, the two greatest tragedies in our country. and 44-year-old kevin newsome, he was confirmed to the u.s. court of appeals for the 11th district as alabama's solicitor general, he was criticized for efforts to limit critical protections under title ix. joining me now msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. three of the picks have withdrawn their nominations over questions of qualifications. what's the issue? how are these people being selected? to me, i think that's allowed but is it normal. >> the normal selection process is for the president to consult with nominees. that in a way is a sort of democratic tradition. because those senators can issue or choose not to issue blue slips. and in effect, veto a potential nominee. so, therefore, the president has an incentive to only nominate in states where he has a stro

please join me in welcoming justice john barrett. [applause] mr. barrett: thank you, chief justice roberts, for that introduction. thank you to jennifer low-cut my and all who have been part of these arrangements. it's a pleasure to be in this room with many friends, especially members of the jackson family, jackson's friends, and people connected with the robert h jackson settlement. i wish to begin with a word about leanne silverman. i had the privilege to meet him through his longtime close colleague and friend, lawrence walsh, a teacher and friend, as to drop -- and as to drop further connection to this, he worked for many years and a law firm, harris shriver and jacobson, which he joined in 1949, and went to chair. there was a lawyer named sam harris, who in 1945-1946, was a junior, and important prosecutor on justice robert jackson. thater main partner in firm, shriver, had another law after justice jackson's time, who moved into jackson's former home. indeed, he also later moved into jackson's former office, of the attorney general of the uni