in sanyo, and lecturer at harvard moscow. as we get ready to possibly have confirmation of any supreme court justice i'm curious for your thoughts on the role of courts and judges and legal strategy on the left, it is the case over the back half of the 20th century. over this true that broad sweep of american history, courts are incredibly reactionary. i'm curious if the courts have a big role to play? is it something we need to give up on? is there a third thing? what are the thoughts on that? am a hunter and i've written a lot for jacobin. findld say that overall, i int the courts play a role deafening our ability to reshape america anymore democratic direction. obviously i think there is a role for an entire system but i can't conceive of this role being as small as possible, protecting certain freedom rights and so on. >> fundamentally, i can see that we are extending freedom. we will extend freedom by intruding on the freedom of some in certain ways. it will be the freedom to organize or speak or whatnot. it will be thei