host: russ feingold joining us, president of the american constitution society. this is carl from florida on the republican line. caller: how are you? guest: good, thanks. caller: i was nice and calm for the phone call in the fellow before me rattled me. anyway, originally, were talking about how inclusive biden is in this equity stuff. he put 49 lakh women judges on and he's looking like america. the america i grew up in, i'm 67 years old, and it's somewhere between nine and 13% lakh. -- black. how does that look like america? guest: what this is is 49 new judges, women of color who will start undoing the enormous bias in the other direction. the hundreds of federal judges are overwhelmingly white males and maybe it will reflect the population in the end but with these changes, it doesn't come close. the historic record is that black women and others have not had the same fair chance to be on the word. this is merely making up for historical discrimination. it's very clear to the viewers this does not mean that 49 women on the court or black,. host: democrats li

i wanted to ask russ feingold about right conspiracies.n the world does senator ron johnson able to continue to win with all the lies he spews? guest: well, i am not a political pundit. i will leave that question to others who are more capable. host: what have you learned about the legal system being outside of congress? guest: i knew this but i didn't know it as intensely as i do now. courts really matter i don't care who you are, everybody needs a doctor. people like doctors without borders even though they are not doctors but people care about what we do at the american constitution society because we believe these courts affect everything in our lives, whether it's a business deal or you have a kid in school you think should be able to read a book about roberto clemente and they are trying to prevent kids in florida from doing. the court to where the action is and if you don't have ports that are legitimate where people feel they get a fair deal, that undercuts our whole system government. i knew that but i feel it much more intensely

russ feingold on the constitution society joining us for the conversation he serves as their president. the first call from south carolina, republican line. you're on with our guest. go ahead. >> it's good to see you, mr. feingold. i think what happened with the supreme court was fdr.it he was in office so long that by the time he left he had a really liberal court and itio stayed tt way. that's how roe v wade got to court so it wasn't until republicans started to get the majority in the senate. probably in ten years it's going to be ruling in a way that i don't like but there is a lien in the court that says anything that's not enumerated is up to the states and i am a republican to the core. i think that should be the guiding principle of the united states. there'ste too much federal government. it's good to see you. i miss you guys. hispanic appreciate how friendly. a lot of what you said makes sense to me. i grew up believing the court was on the level. you had a chief justice for oa r bakersfield california. justice brennan many people like me who are on the liberal side considere

also, senator russ feingold of the american constitution society.last but not least, fix the court. without objection, these are entered into the record. >> mister chairman, and i be recognized for unanimous consent request. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, chairman. i would like to submit for the record several more articles. news week, the baseless recusal attack on clarence thomas from newsweek. 40 years of attack and slurs against justice thomas from the washington examiner. the medias war on clearance and ginni thomas. from the washington examiner case against thomas's, one more from the federalist, political. they watch the attack -- thank you, mister chairman. >> without objection, so ordered. the gentlelady from missouri, representative bush, is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. i think the chair for convening this crucial hearing. as i listened to reverend schenck's testimony, i've been thinking about people who aren't dining with supreme court justices. who don't get to launch multi million dollar influence campai