preventing protesters from going to judge his doorsteps trying to influence their decision from interrupting church services, a lot of these democrats we talked to are not budging and not backing away from supporting this law breaking behavior. tucker. tucker: thank you for doing that for us, i appreciate it. and by the way, whether or not it is a crime as it appears to be, it is certainly wrong and grows to society. we are not supposed to influence judges, they are not elected, they are not supposed to change something, they do not amend the constitution, do we really want people showing up at judges homes and intimidating their families? it so obviously a terrible idea. the treasury secretary, nobody in this country is more personally responsible for our economic oppression then janet yellen, completely reckless, and affirmative action hire, so you should not be
what s different, you guys? come on, that woman he was talking about, the next summer he nominated sandra day o connor. so, there is a long history of republican presidents taking into account gender, even ethnicity in making their supreme court picks. despite republicans like nikki haley implying the president s pick will be some kind of affirmative action hire. was affirmative action part of the 100 or so i think it was 108 white men who were on the court? was it affirmative action when ronald reagan said, you know, italian american antonin scalia, maybe we should do that. we should do a woman, sandra day o connor. or when trump said, it should be a woman, amy coney barrett. come on, nikki haley. we see you. representation is important. your lived experience matters when you re deciding the kind of
criteria for who he would pick, but when he picked sonya sotomayor, republicans and republican commentators accused her of being an affirmative action hire, of being a mediocrity who only secured her spot because of her race and gender. this is a woman who served on district court, extensive trial experience, served as a prosecutor, served on a court of appeals. she was one of the most experienced judges in the entire judiciary, but republicans accused her of being unqualified. i think it is long past time that we take these complaints seriously and just agree any woman of color nominated to a position of power is deemed presumptively unqualified and mediocre by a large segment of the population. kim, to margaret s point about diversity, diversity isn t just lacking in the supreme court. it can be felt throughout the judiciary, even though biden is working to change that on the u.s. court of appeals.
court if he was elected. i am announcing today that one of the first supreme court vacancies in my administration will be filled by the most qualified woman i can possibly find. one who meets the high standards i will demand for all court appointments. it s time for a woman to sit among our highest jurists. what s different? you guys, as you like to say, what s different, you guys? come on. the woman he is talking about, the next summer, he nominated sandra day o connor. so, there is a long history of republican presidents taking into account gender, even ethnicity, in making their supreme court picks. despite republicans like nikki haley implying the are president s pick will be some kind of affirmative action hire. was affirmative action part of the hundred-or-so i think it was 108 white men who were on the court?
constitutional rights. and yet when she was nominated to a district court in new york republicans complained that she was not qualified. the white men who ran the american bar association said that she didn t have the real qualifications to be a judge. it was nonsense back then. it s nonsense today. it was certainly nonsense when republicans trotted out all these lines against sonia sotomayor in 2009. and i want to be clear about something here. obama never, ever said he would nominate the first latina to the supreme court. he never said he had a specific criteria for who he would pick. but when he selected sonia sotomayor, republicans and conservative commentators immediately accused her of being an affirmative action hire, of being a mediocrity who only secured her spot because of her race and gender. this is a woman who had served on a district court, had extensive trial experience who served as a prosecutor, who served on a court of appeals.