and, saikrishna prakash is a constitutional law scholar at the university of virginia, and a former clerk to justice clarence thomas. he will be testifying before the judiciary committee on thursday as a witness in favor of judge barrett's confirmation. hello to both of you. so, victoria nourse, to you firster, what do you ma of the questioning from the senators or, i guess in some cases, statements and the answers she's giving overall, what do you make of it? >> well, i think it was fairly predictable that some senators would take this this occasion tk about their own constitutional philosophy, some of these senators are in very tight races as well, so there's a bit of campaigning going on behind the scenes. you know, i think she is being very cautious, as she should, about not undermining her independence, but it's pretty predictable, given prior hearings, that we wouldn't really understand her view on particularly controversial legal issues as opposed to personal issues. >> woodruff: and professo prakash, predictable to you as well? >> yes, i agree with professor nourse, nominees tend

and saikrishna prakash of the university of virginia.previously clerked for justice clarence thomas, and will testify tomorrow before the judiciary committee as a witness in support of barrett's confirmation. >> woodruff: hello, again, to both of you. and i'm going to start with you, victoria nourse, what did we learn today from judge barrett that tells us something about how she is going to change the supreme court, if she is confirmed? >> well, i think we learned that she is capable of evading lots of questions. but i think that also suggests something important about how she might rule. so she was asked several times to comment on cases, and she can't do that. but the number of things that she refused to discuss, such as did the president have to leave his office peaceably, were often quite extreme in my view. other justices have answered some of these questions, for example. for example, giswald versus connecticut, a case about criminalizing contraception. chief justice roberts answered that question. and she refused to. in the silen

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i particularly want to think professor prakash, am i that right? thank you, professor. you did me a favor, you may not remember it but one of my colleagues in my office sitting behind me, hannah freire, you recommended hannah to me and i wanted to thank you for that. she has made a -- you taught her well, she's made a substantial contribution to my office. also, two of your colleagues, paul stefan and dan ortiz are friends of mine. we went to school together. paul and i were together at one school, dan and i were together at another. i'm pleased to remember them, they are in a word brilliant and good mates. so tell them i said hi. and thanks again to everyone. >> here's one. thanks, senator feinstein. i want to show you a photo of nate low, in this one the photo is eight years old. good looking young man. it's the eighth anniversary of the surgery that saved his life, diagnosed with atresia, he ended up needing a liver transplant. medical care cost more than a million bucks in the first year of his life, of course it continues. he's in the third grade, he plays soccer,

they can deck them out however they like including putting up virtual election prakash's provided in this case by joe biden's campaign team. joe biden's campaign team are trying to reach specific target audience is animal crossing is an effective way to reach a relatively young mostly female target audience. also it's difficult to assess the efficacy of animal crossing or other online games in campaigning in this case they've definitely managed to grab the media's attention. if they're. biden is not the 1st u.s. politician to use online games in 2006 mark warner then a party favorite in the democratic presidential primaries made a campaign appearance in this virtual. universe of 2nd life. this defeated by barack obama went on to set up virtual campaign headquarters in the run up to the 2008 election his campaign ads appeared in both sports and racing games. and political campaigns are interested in people who play online games is the same reason they're interested in all of us it's about reaching particular people every strategist asked themselves how they can mobilize and reach peop

professor prakash? prakash: it is a pleasure and an honor to be here with you today to discuss judge barrett, thank you, chairman graham. thank you, ranking member feinstein and members of the committee. i had the pleasure of working for alan simpson over the summer, so i fondly remember this building. we heard the aba rate the judge is well-qualified. i think the only reason why she wasn't rated higher is that there is no higher rating by the aba. i think she is uber qualified. to use a sports metaphor, she is a five tool athlete. she is brilliant, a tremendous educator, she is an institutionalist, a role model, and an originalist. i think that is a good thing. and i will briefly go over these points, and i certainly welcome your questions. with respect to her brilliance, i think her articles reflect a deep appreciation of complex issues and an ability to break , down those complex issues in a manner people can understand. i would point you to her article entitled "supervisory power over the supreme co

brian: prakash professor at law school and former clerk for justifiable clarence thomas.imony, what did you think going in that she -- how she would present herself under this questioning. some of it harsh and now what do you think now that it is complete? >> so, brian, i had seen her at gave russ conferences and we both clerked for judge silberman be it different years and i always had a tremendous opinion of her. but she just did a smash up, bang up job before the committee. she was so poised and so composed and brill yentsd and she just displayed all her qualities in full. it was a performance on her part. brian: sometimes after the testimony like with kavanaugh and justice thomas something comes out and things get explosive. are you worried about this time period just because we have been through this before? is there anything that could come out that you are worried about being that we are so politically polarized and so much is at stake? >> i don't think so, brian. primarily because the democrats themselves seem so resigned to her joining the court. there were sever

just wanted to thank all of our witnesses for to come by.ime i particularly want to thank professor prakash, am i saying that right? thank you, professor. you did me a favor. you may not remember it, but one of my colleagues in my office is sitting behind me, hannah freire. you recommended hannah to me. i wanted to thank you for that. you taught her well. she has made a substantial contribution in my office. we told your colleagues, rtiz, arehen and nan o friends of mine. we went to school together. though at different schools. paul and i were at one school together, and dan and i and another. please -- they are in a word brilliant, and they are good mates, so tell them i said hi. thanks again to everyone. >> here is one. thanks, senator feinstein. i want to show you a photo of nate. i produce a photo of someone from illinois every day. nate is eight years old, a good-looking young man. it is his eighth anniversary of her surgery that saved his life. he ended up needing -- anniversary of a surgery that saved his life. he ended up needing a liver transplant. medical care cost more than $1 mi

just wanted to thank all of our witnesses for to come by.ime i particularly want to thank professor prakash, am i saying that right? thank you, professor. you did me a favor. you may not remember it, but one of my colleagues in my office is sitting behind me, hannah freire. you recommended hannah to me. i wanted to thank you for that. you taught her well. she has made a substantial contribution in my office. we told your colleagues, rtiz, arehen and nan o friends of mine. we went to school together. though at different schools. paul and i were at one school together, and dan and i and another. please -- they are in a word brilliant, and they are good mates, so tell them i said hi. thanks again to everyone. >> here is one. thanks, senator feinstein. i want to show you a photo of nate. i produce a photo of someone from illinois every day. nate is eight years old, a good-looking young man. it is his eighth anniversary of her surgery that saved his life. he ended up needing -- anniversary of a surgery that saved his life. he ended up needing a liver transplant. medical care cost more than $1 mi