richards: well, the concern about wendy vitter is... and, yes, planned parenthood has been actively opposing her nominatio becae has some of the most extreme views even on issues like birth control, trying to link birth control to violent death among women. she has not been rated qr lified by the american sociation. she has no experience stin the federal judicial that would make her qualified. it seems that her only qualifications is that she's on the far right of the repubcan party. who says that contives the views of an anticause cancer.ocatece richards: and absolutely, and then we saw the hearing, you know, her hearing before the senate. she wasn't even willing to say where she was on brown v board of education. i mean, this is the kind of fundamental... this is a fucoamental issue in thitry, and so we're just concerned nominees in the federal benchl that are going to be there . vu: i want to also talk about thstories that you recount in your book. richards: mm-hmm. vu: you've had quite a life. your mother, ann richards, was the gove

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some of them not qualified.bi vu: and thest fight right now seems to be over the nomination of wendy vitter to louisiana district courts. planned parenthood has taken out ads against her nomination. whhe are your concerns abou and what do you think her nomination means for other bench openings across the country? richards: well, the concern about wey vitter is... and, yes, planned parenthood has been actively opposing her nomination because she has some of the most extreme views even on issues like birth control,li trying t birth control to violent death among women. she has not been rated qualified by the american bar associatione she has no expe in the federal judicial system that would make hequalified. it seems that her only qualifications is that shhes on the far right ofepublican party. vu: and she supports the views of an anti-abortion advocate who says that contraceptives cause cancer. richards: and absolutely, and then we saw the aring, you know, her hearing before the senate. she wasn't even willing to say where she was b wn vs. board of education. i mean, this is the kind of fund