party he intended to put the first black woman on the supreme court. i think democrats, you know, we are various shades of blue, so many democrats want the president to expand the diversity on the court, but i think a lot of democrats are making a lot more nuance of the conversation. depending on who joe biden chooses, it is not just racial and ethnic diversity on the court. he has an opportunity to expand the geographic region of the court. thus far clarence thomas is the only southerner on the court. we need more than a northeast ideological spectrum. he also has an opportunity to appoint someone who went to a public school. if you look at the resumes of modern day supreme court they re almost identical, there s a lot of harvard, a lot of yale, a lot of clerkships for various supreme court justices. we can look at it in various
are in serious conversation with students about our policies, expectations and norms. this is federal judge silverman who wrote an email to his fellow federal judges across the country and told them to refrain from hiring some of these yale law students who shouted out loud in the classroom as law clerks. his email reads according to reuters through his colleagues all federal judges and federal judges are committed to free speech should carefully consider whether any such student so identified should be disqualified for potential clerkships. no comment from the judge on this. the same questions about the students stopping free speech can be asked of the judge sending emails that may prevent students from some of these future positions. we ll continue to watch it. dana: they probably didn t expect that reaction. we ll follow this story. thank you, david. trace: let s bring in marc thiessen former speech writer for george w. bush and fox news contributor. always good to see you.
amazing this is the future legal minds of our country. emily, this is lauren silverman on the d.c. circuit. here s what he says, the latest yellow law school in which students attempted to shout down speakers in the dissipating and panel discussions probably suggest that students are identified as those willing to disrupt any such panel discussion, should be noted. all federal judges should carefully consider whether any students who identified should be disqualified from potential clerkships. i think he makes a good point. he makes a great point. it was one of the owners of my lifetime to extern for the honorable jean t of the nights are captured upon receiving that that was to my knowledge every part of my background and every part of my present what a been scrutinized for my for the caliber of me getting that role, right? that s what we did as law students. that s what we do as attorneys. everything should be open for
embodies the same qualities in the justices. you re independent minded and i understand the critical importance of judicial independence. your record speaks from integrity from the championship debate team to harvard and harvard law school. to your three judicial clerkships. throughout your career you ve been a champion for the rule of law, even at the risk of public criticism. at the state sentencing commission, a bipartisan group which reflects america s thinking on law enforcement, you set up a truly represented congressional attempt. and you did it by finding some common ground. during your tenure on that commission, 85% of the