and, yes, things are dark right now, and ruth bader ginsburg can't save us.ou know what? we can do that. what? acceptance? forget that, i'm not accepting shit. we need to fight like hell. [rock music] i know what you need to do. you know what we all need to do. - vote. - vote. - uh, vote. - vote. - boat. - vote. - vo-- - no, no, no, guys. i mean--yes, you definitely have to vote. go vote, but, also, we should be thinking long-game. just like rbg herself said, real change, enduring change happens one step at a time. so no matter what happens on november 3rd, we have to keep fighting for change. here are a few organizations that you can get involved with to do that. there's the aclu women's rights project founded by ginsburg herself. or, how about, "she should run"? it's a non-profit that encourages more women to run for public office. there's equal justice works, which funds young lawyers to work on public interest projects, and "ms. jd," which inspires and supports women to pursue legal professions. they're basically funding the rbgs of tomorrow. and, most im

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be on a desert island with a lawyer, he wishes it were with ruth ginsburg. >> on this day in 1993, president bill clinton nominated ruth baderter being confirmed by a 96-3 vote in the senate, justice ginsburg would serve 27 years on the high court until her death from pancreatic cancer last september. >> what day in history >>> hollywood is mourning the death this morning of the legendary actor ned beatty perhaps best known for the 1972 survival film "deliveance" in which he plays a pudgy vacationer who is brutally sexually assaulted by a back woodsman in a ten-minute scene that many found difficult to watch. four years later, he received an oscar nomination for his role as a corporate executive in the 1976 film "network." >> you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, mr. beal, and i won't have it. is that clear? do you think you merely stopped a business deal? that is not the case the arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back. >> he was so good. beatty also had memorable roles in such classic films as "all the president's men," "nashville," "the big easy" and later on tv

professor tyler clerked for justice ruth bader ginsburg and their book justice shall pursue is an outgrowth of the visit to uc berkeley in 2019. tyler interviewed her about her life. on that it is a compilation of materials exploring justice ginsburg's life and her lasting legacy. we will hear more about her work to end gender discrimination, fighting for equality and protecting the constitution. a quick reminder to the viewers if you have a question please submit that question into the chat. professor, what a pleasure to talk about your book and i am going to begin by asking you where it all started. not the conversation, but the core thing that you did with justice ginsburg in the late '90s, early 2000. how would you describe your relationship at that time? a lot of people that have an opportunity to clerk for a judge wouldn't necessarily. how would you describe it? >> that's interesting because i had to absolutely amazing clerkship experiences and i was lucky to have bosses who became lifelong mentors and also friends. that isn't to say in both cases especially at the supreme court that

and who -- who do you have with you, tonight >> this is my baby tortoise, ruth bader ginsburg. [ cheersung to have a talent. what is -- what is her special talent >> when i put her in her house, she gives me a high five >> jimmy: like, right now if you put your finger, would she give you a high five now, not in the tank? >> hm. >> jimmy: yeah, there you go there you go now -- [ cheers and applause yep, she's thinking about it she's think -- yes [ cheers and applause ♪ that's what i'm talking about! that's what i'm talking about! that's what i'm talking about! yes! that is a talented, talented tortoise, right there! thank you for that i loved it all right, let's meet our next pet. hello. welcome. what is your name, and where are you from >> my name is caroline, and i'm from nashville, tennessee. >> jimmy: oh [ cheers and applause ♪ we love nashville, tennessee i had some great times over in nashville, tennessee now, who do you have there with us what's the name of the dog here >> this is tuesday she's a golden retriever >> jimmy: oh, hi tuesday hi tuesday hi tuesday tuesday! hi, tuesday.

six years earlier, senator moynihan gave bob katzmann the job of guiding ruth bader ginsburg through ginsburg said, when president clinton nominated me, senator moynihan thought it would be useful for me to have a savvy, sympathetic counselor as i made my way from one senator's office to another's. bob katzmann was that counselor. he died yesterday after a long illness. today, the attorney general of the united states said, we lost a giant yesterday with the passing of judge robert katzmann, humble and modest in demeanor, he leaves behind a legion of family, friends, and colleagues who will feel his loss because he enriched our lives through our relationship to him, but that number pales in comparison to the lives he touched through his work, people who will never know the name of the man who helped make their lives better. attorney general garland spoke for all of us who were lucky enough to know bob katzmann and call him a friend when the attorney general said, bob was my friend. i saw firsthand his decency, compassion and humility, his wife, sister, and brothers have my deepest sy

i returned it to the library the day ruth bader ginsburg died. this is the most pro-corporate court that we've had under justice roberts. the most. i mean, they've overturned state decisions on lawsuits for fishermen in alaska getting money from oil spills. when we think about all these huge decisions, but we don't hear about a lot of the ones, the small ones that really affect us on a daily level, and it's gotten much, much more politicized. i don't know what the answer is. if they overturn the affordable care act, it's going to be a real problem in this country. and i do think that they have tried in their interpretation of the constitution, because the law is very complicated and can be interpreted in different ways -- >> valerie, the court certainly had the opportunity to overturn the affordable care act before and notably did not. >> caller: and they did not. but it's been law for 11 years and they accepted another case, john. >> you think they will this time? >> caller: i have no idea. i actually do not think that they will, because i think

yale among the many accomplishment helping to launch americorps national service program with ruth bader ginsburg and then worked in washington dc serving on numerous boards with the governing board of the american constitution society a visible speaker and writer in the public dialogue of anti- asian hate when connecticut attorney general took office became the first asian-american elected to state office. prior to taking office he practiced for 18 years as a litigator in state and federal courts with 12 years in the connecticut general assembly. a connecticut native grip the son of immigrants enter degrees from brown university and university of chicago school of law. through his leadership role to state attorneys general and his own office general has advocated on a wide range of issues including advancing civil rights fighting the opioid crisis and for violation of antitrust laws taking on big tech and protecting the environment. he andar the district of columbia attorney general recently hosted a c landmark national convening state attorney general's there into asian hate. before turning to

goodbye discussing the life and work of ruth bader ginsburg. >> justice ginsburg many people may know if you worked for her was one of the hardest working individuals ever to live. she had an extraordinary work ethic. she expected the same of her clerks. she had exacting standards and held us up to those standards but never asked more of us then she asked of herself. and that is a special thing about her leadership and mentor ship because she carried you along with her and you wanted to prove yourself to her and rise to your very best i analogize working with her i'm big on sports analogies it's like playing on a sports team is michael jordan. she weighed just push you to rise to be your best but also very much invested and did it in real time. it wasn't something that came later. for example when we would go back-and-forth with her one of the thing the clerks do is work with justices to write opinions we would give her a draft and give it to her triple spaced pages and come back completely covered in ink. and this is a theme because this happens again with about 20 years later. we co

said -- glia, in our final clip will have a bit of him talking about a decision along with ruth bader ginsburglisten. >> you can be using your first amendment rights and it can be abominable that you're using your first amendment rights. i will defend your right to use it, but i will not defend the appropriateness of the manner in which you're using it now. that can be very wrong. >> justice scalia, was praised by some, criticize for others for his decision in the flagburning case. i imagine that you thought the act itself was reprehensible. justice scalia: i would have sent that guy to jail if i was king. [laughter] >> but you are ruling that you -- he had the right to burn the flag. justice scalia: yes, you have your right to express content -- express your contempt for the government. it does not mean it was a good thing for him to do that, in that manner by burning a symbol that meant so much to so many other people. but he had the right to do it. susan: two of the justices on today's supreme court talking about the evolution of free speech in society. he said that the schenck case was an

again, ruth bader ginsburg was a hero to a lot of the progressive community.we are told these mobile billboards are going around washington, d.c., with his message for breyer to retire. it's amazing to see aoc answer that question, saying she is not taking a hard stance on it. why do you think that is? >> because i think she recognizes that she has no influence over justice breyer to the degree that is being publicly pressured. i think it backfires. i think she resisted. if you put a billboard in front of my house or something, my inclination would be to do the opposite of what they do. i think it's a very tough, it's a very tough thing to ask much less demand. i also don't think though justices feel allegiance to the political party, even the parties whose president may have nominated them to the bench. i'm not sure they are supposed to. i am rooting for justice breyer to hang in there. >> sandra: having interviewed one of the justices myself, neil gorsuch, promises to always put politics aside when he makes his decision. justice breyer obviously caught up wi

she's also the author of notorious rbg, the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you for having me, zerlina. >> erin, speak to why eel law school in particular, is really a power center. and how these two professors were at the center of it? >> sure. one of the reasons i was interested in reporting on this piece is precisely this nexus of power that you mentioned. that four supreme court justices that are sitting on the court right now attended, including brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch, sonia shorter mayor, samuel alito. and the kind of pathway to power those go through law school. but it also go through very powerful professors to correct men students for all kind of opportunities. chief among them the clerk ships. if you get one of these clerk ships on the supreme court puts you on a big path in corporate law can involve a 400,000 dollar bonus. just to sign a deal with a law firm. six of the nine current supreme court justices clerk to on the supreme court themselves. so it might even lead you to the supreme c

>> justice ruth bader ginsburg. that's the answer. well, there's actually two answers. that hillary clinton would be elected president and that she would be able to retire and have her successor named by the first woman president. it didn't work out that way. the second reason is mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell not only, obviously, denied merrick garland, now the attorney general a seat on the supreme court or a hearing about the seat on the supreme court but rushed through justice barrett as justice ginsburg's replacement. he had a thing that pushed me over the edge to writing this was really two things. first of all, senator mcconnell had an interview with our colleague -- >> ah. ruth, ruth, actually, we have some sounds. let's play it and then we'll pick it up on the other side. >> but it -- >> the rule you applied in 2016 to the school ya va -- scalia vacancy apply in 2024 to any vacancy there? >> well, i think it's in the middle of a presidential election. if you have the senate of of the opposite party of the president, you have to go back to the 1880s to find th

>> amanda tyler is a berkeley law professor former clerk for the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburgussed her life and work. here's a portion of the program. >> justice ginsburg too many people may know but certainly if you worked for her you know is one of the hardest working individuals ever to live. she had an extraordinary work ethic and she expected the same of her clerks. she had exacting standards and held us up to the standards but she never as more of us then she asked of herself. and i think that is a real special thing about her leadership and her mentorship, because she sort of carried out you along with her. in effect you wanted to prove yourself to her and you wanted to rise to your very best. i have analogized working for her to playing on, i think a sports analogies. it's like playing on a sports team with michael jordan or to bar for soccer, -- she dutifully pushed you to rise to be your best but she also very much invested in her clerks and she did it in real time. it wasn't something that came necessarily just later. so, for example, when we would go back and forth

chris: susan, the stakes for this have clearly been heightened, one because of the death of ruth bader ginsburgsh her replacement through the court in about a month, and two, because you've got mitch mcconnell who after what happened with merrick garland back in 2016 has this week indicated that if he takes back -- if republicans take back the senate and he's the senate majority leader in 2024, the final year of joe biden's term that he might block a biden appointment. so both of those make the question of whether or not briar steps down now a little bit more pressing. >> it's really focused the attention of democrats. i agree with karl that an ad is not likely to persuade the justice to step down. joe biden was a member of the senate judiciary committee when steven briar was a counsel to the senate judiciary committee. they've known each other for decades a. this is an issue that must be -- would certainly be approached with some delicacy but i don't think it's impossible that justice briar at age 82 would take into account this timetable that mitch mcconnell has set, saying not in 2024, no co

let's take a look at this date in history. 28 years ago, president bill clinton nominated judge ruth bader ginsburg court. >> the announcement the president just made is significant, i believe, because it contributes to the end of the days when women at least the talent pool that our society appear in high places only as one at a time performers. my nunormal? fewer asthma attacks with nucala. a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. nucala reduces eosinophils, a key cause of severe asthma. nucala is not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your doctor about nucala. find your nunormal with nucala. >>> welcome back. ahead of wednesday's big meeting, vladimir putin sat down with nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons last week for his first

so i certainly wish we could have filled that seat that ruth bader ginsburg had retired a little earlier. i wish that for steven breyer. but i won't be calling him up and asking him to do so. >> the difference between your side and the other side. either you play to your advantage or you don't. let me check a couple of other boxes while i have you. one, the talking filibuster. everybody wants to know what you have with biden only. biden isn't your obstacle. it's manchin. have you gone to senator joe manchin and said let's keep the filibuster but let's put back the old rules so it is not an inexhaustible effort? >> i did briefings for every mental of my caucus that talk about these different strategies, to restore this broken instrument. this is the no debate version of obstruction. >> any buy-in? >> so, since then i haven't had conversations with him about it. he did speak publicly at some point and said he supported the talking filibuster. it makes sense that those who want to obstruct have to show up and have to be speaking on the floor of the senate to earn that right to a delay. >> s

supreme court for justice ruth bader ginsburg and worked in washington, d.c. he served on numerous boards, among the most notable, of course, is on the governing board of the american constitution society. he's been a visible speaker and writer in the public dialogue on anti-asian hate. connecticut attorney general william tong took office in january of 2019, he became the first asian-american elected to state office there. prior to taking office, he practiced for 18 years as a litigator in both state and federal courts and served for 2 years in the connecticut general assembly. a connecticut native, general tong grew up the song of immigrants and earned degrees from brown university and the university of chicago school of law. through his leadership role, among state attorneys general and his own office, general tong has advocated on a wide range of issues, including advancing civil rights, fighting the opioid crisis, pursuing the drug industry for violation of antitrust laws, taking on big tech and protecting the environment. he and district of columbia atto

ruth bader ginsburg when she was still on the court, there were calls for her to step down when obamasident and the democrats control the house. she did not step down at her seat is now filled by president trump with amy coney barrett who could cast the deciding vote to overturn roe v. wade. i agree with dolly yet would be great to have forms but democrats two play the small boardgame, too. " out of turn to one of those decisions just made. yes, the supreme court's unionbusting decision last wednesday in which the justices ruled 6-3 that the california labor law violates the constitutional rights of property owners by giving union organizers access to workers on privately owned-farms during their work breaks. the ruling strikes down a crucial part of a landmark 1975 labor law that was the nation's first to recognize agricultural workers' rights to collective bargaining and grew out of efforts by the united farm workers to demand better pay and working conditions for california's agricultural workers. for more, in addition to adam cohen, we are joined by camila chavez, executive direct

she is also the author of notorious rbg, the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg.ar is really a power center, and how these this two professors were at the center of it. >> sure. one of the reason i was interested in reporting on this is this nexus of power that you mentioned. that four supreme court justices sitting on the court right now attended, including brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch, sewn ya sotomayor and samuel alito. the kind of pathway to power goes through law school, but it goes through professors who can recommend students for all kinds of opportunities, chief among them the clerkships. if you get one of these clerkships on the supreme court, it puts you on a glide path. in corporate law, it can involve a $400,000 bonus just to sign a deal with a law firm. six of the nine supreme court justices clerked on the supreme court court themselves. it might even lead you to the supreme court. it's sort of a pipeline to a lot of the powers that be right now. so for two individuals who happen to be married to each other, happen to be pretty colorful characters

do you remember what happened with president obama and ruth bader ginsburg.ed up getting another seat. what do you think? should -- should he retire? >> well, i think he's got too thto think about this. and there is no question that i think mcconnell's statements today is going to put a little bit more pressure. but, you know, justice breyer was ted kennedy's chief counsel when i worked on the senate judiciary committee, 40-something years ago. he's been an amazing supreme court justice. he is -- he understands, both, the judicial, as well as the political dynamics. and he is going to do, i believe, what he feels like is in the best interest of the country. and i'm going to trust that judgment of his. i have trusted it ever since i saw him as chief counsel for ted kennedy. as a supreme court justice. and i think he will do what he believes in the best interest of the country. >> all right. thank you, gentlemen, that's all we have time for this evening. i will see you soon. appreciate it. >>> new tonight. we are learning the trump justice department went after

the shelby county decision was when ruth bader ginsburg was still on the supreme court this is a different court, a court with gorsuch, amy coney barrett, three republican appointees plus clarence thomas plus samuel alito. even if john roberts were to join the three remaining liberals, there's not five votes for the moderation that democrats hope for. >> a very interesting point. i will say thank you for your "star trek" analnalogy. i found it illustrative. >> we were skeptical. >> i was initially. he turned me around. >> i'm not even a trekkie but it deals with a system you can't win in. there's no way to succeed unless you change the rules. >> you have to break the system. >> exactly. >> is the lesson. >> kirk taught me that. >> we'll see if democrats are learning -- >> i would say may the force be with you but that's the wrong one. >> you caught yourself. twitter won't let it go. we will. jeffrey toobin, thank you. the votes are still being counted here in new york city's mayoral primary. we will break down where things stand. plus, a significant potential upset in buffalo looking more

his colleague, that happens to be the leader of the left, stephen breyer, after the death of ruth bader ginsburg, is now the most senior on the left. this was the court's verse of bipartisanship. the version of a cross ruling. we have several other decisions that are to come in this term, including on voting rights. the chief will show a conservative turn. but for now, he shows much more unity. >> that's exactly how he wants this court to appear to the american people. joan, a pleasure. thank you very much. to everyone, to jeffrey toobin, jess schneider, abby phillip, john harwood, to our excellent team digesting the breaking news, we appreciate you being with us. we'll see you back tomorrow morning. i'm paoppy. kate baldwin is next. medicare supplement plans help pay the out-of-pocket expenses medicare doesn't... giving you greater peace of mind. you could also see any doctor, any specialist, anywhere in the u.s. who accepts medicare patients. call today for your free decision guide. ♪ hey, mom. call today for your free decision guide. i'll never say this but.... - thanks for telling me everyon

and it sort of reminds me of the ruth bader ginsburg situation, which is, i don't think he wants to retireknow, i have covered justice breyer for a long time. i don't have access to his innermost thoughts. he has a very different approach to the supreme court than even ruth ginsburg did as a political matter. he gave a speech at harvard recently along these lines. he thinks the court should be seen as a nonpolitical institution. he's told me, i hate it when you say, you know, the democratic appointees say this and the republican -- we're all just judges. democrats are beside themselves with rage about that attitude, because they see how donald trump, how mitch mcconnell, in a very intentional way, used their power to move the supreme court to the right, and here's breyer saying, well, you know, maybe i i'll just leave when the next president comes in or maybe i'll leave when there's a republican senate. he's not saying it explicitly, but he's saying it implicitly, and democrats are saying, how can you do that when everything you stand for is up for grabs now in the supreme court? and, you

now, this one is not legislative but he appointed ruth bader ginsburg to the supreme court.e's -- here's a common theme. george w. bush. what does he do in 2001? this is pre-september 11th, obviously. what does donald trump do? i am coming back to obama. what does donald trump do his first year in office, 2017? lowers the marginal rate. okay. so, this -- this keeps happening. is this what republicans do, in their first year in office. obama. now, i just had to note this because he doesn't sign the affordable care act until march, 2010. so the -- technically, what -- we're fudging, a little bit, on first-year accomplishments. but this is the defining element of barack obama's presidency, in many ways. his -- his -- one of his biggest legacies is the affordable care act, which is his biggest priority. and he pushes it through, not easily, remember, that massachusetts-special election to replace ted -- the late-ted kennedy. there were a lot of political impacts, both, right in the moment and beyond, from that. but that's his accomplishment. now, what does all this tell you? and

judge brown brought up sandra day o'connor and she came to my might as well but also the late ruth bader ginsburg along with sandra day o'connor together. their presence on the court was so powerful and impactful on me in my own life and my career as a judge. i know the opportunities that i enjoy would not be possible without them breaking the barriers first. i don't know if they are roles can be understated. as much progress as we have made there's a lot more progress to be made for women of color. it's so important to have that discussion in today's -- when i was confirmed to the court of appeals in 2012 i had the honor of being the first asian-american woman to serve on the federal circuit court and it was unbelievable to me. in history there there's never been an asian-american woman on the court of appeals so i know that it would not be possible without their presence first on the supreme court in my stand on their shoulders. i meet with a lot of young lawyers and they always say wow representation is really important and so i think it's critical that we focus on continuing to build on the p

it was by a bare majority that an opinion by ruth bader ginsburg upheld the state's authority to create districting. there was a recent op-ed in bloomberg saying senate bill 1, including its creation of the independent districting commissions, could likely be invalidated by the current supreme court. it has been skeptical of congress's efforts to increase the franchise, protect voting rights and expand voting rights. so if you care about making our elections more democratic, if you care about making our country more democratic, which i really think it is, the first and foremost concern we should be focusing on, that has to include some consideration about what you're going to do about the courts. again, given the likelihood that this court could invalidate many congressional efforts to protect voting rights. >> professor, i'm so glad you mentioned that. it was a few months ago, shortly after i had been elected to congress in the general, that i made a call to someone who would be leading on hr-1. i said, look, there's this arizona case. commissioned from a few years ago. it gives me gre

it was by a bare majority several years ago, that an opinion written by justice ruth bader ginsburg, to create independent distrusting commissions. and professor feldman from harvard from harvard, as he said that he is skeptical of congress effort to increase the franchise, and expand voting rights. so if you care about making our elections more democratic, if you care about making our country more democratic, i think the first and foremost concern that we should be focusing on, and that has to include some consideration about the courts, again given the likelihood that the court could invalidate many congressional efforts to protect voting rights. >> professor i'm so glad you mentioned that, because it was just a few months ago, shortly after i'd been elected to congress, that i made a call to someone who would be equipped leaning on hr one. and i said here's the case. without commissions, from a few years ago, that gives me great pause to know what the supreme court will do. how can we limit the jurisdiction of the supreme court in hr one. and that is what my office is working to d

i returned it to the library the day ruth bader ginsburg died.his is the most pro-corporate court we have had under justice roberts. the most. they have overturned state decisions on lawsuits for fisherman in alaska getting money from oil spills. we think about all these huge decisions but we do not hear about a lot of the ones, the small ones that really affect us on a daily level. it has gotten much more politicized. i do not know what the answer is. if they overturned the affordable care act it is going to be a problem in this country and i do think they have tried in their interpretation of the constitution because the law is complicated and can be interpreted in different ways. host: the court certainly had the opportunity to overturn the affordable care act and did not. caller: and they did not appear it has been law for 11 years and they accepted another case. host: so you think they will this time. caller: i have no idea. i do not think they will because i think the court is conscious of the weight of his decisions. i think it tries to ke

when ruth bader ginsburg was on the court i wrote a couple column saying she was a heck of a gamble. by hanging by 5-4 vote. keep in mind, she was 87 years old when she passed. that is five years older than breyer who does not have the same serious health problems. now it's okay to run literal billboards in washington telling prior to retire. can you imagine if someone had done that with ginsberg? it's up to breyer. he has not given any indication that he is retiring. there is a real question here whether breyer and others on the court will push back a bit on this type of concerted campaign. >> dana: we will watch. the last day of the court session is june 30th. we will be keeping a close eye. thank you for being with us here this morning. >> bill: in a moment here, the family of a missing mother accusing detectives to drag their feet. plus, a north korean defector sending a warning to americans. after she got a peek inside of what is going on in schools. why she believes that u.s. higher ed is way over the line when it comes to being woke. , o♪ ♪shhhh shhhh♪ ♪and so peaceful until..

he also clerked for ruth kidder -- ruth bader ginsburg. new may proceed. >> members of the committee, my name is richard primus. i am the collegiate professor at the university of michigan law school. i am honored by your request to participate in these proceedings . chairman peters is my senator, and -- [indiscernible] the constitutionality is straightforward. the admissions clause of article four section three empowers congress to admit new states subject only to the limitation that congress cannot -- reconfigure existing states. this would not reconfigure any condition to -- >> some say that this admission would require a constitutional amendment, but the constitution does not say that. the constitution gives power to admit new states the congress. still, some americans have the intuition that something would be constitutionally remiss about making washington, d.c. into a state. that intuition, which people do on a good-faith basis, is based on our knowledge that the founding generation did not intend washington, d.c. to be a state. whi

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answer, but what i will say is the smartest piece of analysis i heard in all of 2020 is justice ruth bader ginsburg died and i had a democratic store say the back in september this puts all the more emphasis on winning the state house back when democrats thought they had a shot and the problem is many people don't voted for joe biden and he lost by six points which is the closest margin in a generation. but the problem with the texas state legislature and white people outside of texas should care if they don't agree with the legislature is this is where the laboratory of cases go to the supreme court. the democrats were not able to take back power. it means they can pass laws like this and keep pushing the enveloped and now you have the supreme court that's in much more favor of conservatives. >> neil katz yell before we lose you let's talk about mike flynn. he was a national security adviser. if you can believe it for all of 22 days and now a story that has gotten a lot of exposure at a qanon convection he was asked by a member of the audience why would happen in myanmar can happen here. as the au

will say, the smartest piece of analysis i heard in all of 2020 came morning after justice ruth bader ginsburg died. source said in december this puts the emphasis on winning the state house when democrats thought they had a shot. many voted for joe biden and lost by six points, closest in a generation. but problem with texas state legislature and why people outside of texas should care, this is laboratory of cases that go to the supreme court. so that the democrats were not able to take back power means they can pass laws like this and keep pushing the envelope. now there's a supreme court much more in favor of conservatives. >> neal katyal, before we lose you, talk about mike flynn. he was national security adviser, if you can believe it, for all of 22 days, now a story that has gotten a lot of exposure at qanon convention he was asked by member of the audience why what happened in myanmar can't happen here. as the audience of conspiracy theorists cheered, flynn responded, no reason, i mean it should happen here. neal, people have been casting about in a country where we consider speech prot

you know, 82 i think it is right now, you think back to justice ruth bader ginsburg, she was 84, 87,e was 87 when he left the court, in both cases the republican nominees replaced them and again, contributed to the tilt of the court as it exists today, which is 6-3. and so democrats are saying, you can't wait to give them what said yesterday, president biden needs the opportunity to try to just hold on to that 6-3 weight right now, i think the majority of americans think that there should be some age limit on these justices. >> john: jason, quick answer for you, running out of time here, clearly democrats are worried about what is going to happen in november 2022, but can mitch mcconnell do in 2020 for what he did to merrick garland in 2016 if there is another vacancy? >> i understand why the democrats are concerned. i also understand that as with advice and consent they don't have to bring it up for a vote. but i think it is wrong. there should be more voting in the senate, not less voting. even if it is a supreme court justice, go ahead and bring it up for a vote. >> sandra: all ri

after george floyd's murder, all of these things and what happened with the supreme court after ruth bader ginsburgbefore the election and the economic crisis. everything that has changed what we are all thinking about and what the presidency is. i did another interview with biden at the beginning of february for the book and i said we are going to call the book battle for the soul and he laughed in the short sarcastic way he does some time and said the difference between you and me is i actually believe it. i said when you look at all the things here you are actually on to something. host: those dynamics you outlined happened after the primary. how does joe biden the candidate traverse the landscape when he has all those competitors running? edward: it was hard for him and what you see in the book is how there were so many moments when things could have turned a different way. not just a biden campaign looking at several important parts of the story like it was just over including to him, but how it was that bernie sanders surged, and what ended up bringing him down in the end. how close pete butt

he worked for daniel patrick moynihan, wetting his chops working on the confirmation of ruth bader ginsburg to the supreme court. the rest of his life he was maybe the most important writer on the topic of legislative judicial relations. later in his life, even when he had obtained one of the highest judgeships in the country, judge katzmann never lost his passion for helping those who were just starting their careers. he taught at n.y.u. at scwhrornlgtown and -- n.y.u. and run an acclaimed course. he also lectured widely for the cause of proper legal representation for the poor, especially the immigrant poor. just so happens that yesterday morning i was able to introduce a nominee to the second circuit, judge katzmann's circuit who dedicated her career to providing topnotch legal counsel to those who couldn't afford it, ms. eunice lee, a former federal defender. it's a fitting reminder that his legacy lives on through the principles he advanced. we send our deepest condolences to his wife, his brothers and sister and the innumerable number of students and colleagues who judge katzmann insp

a poll on this topic from last fall, before the death of justice ruth bader ginsburg, finding 56% of americans viewed the supreme court as middle of the road back in the fall rather than too liberal or conservative. republicans were more likely than democrats to say the court is middle of the