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in our system, judges aren t supposed to make the law, congress is, and justices supply it. that s among the questions going to judge jackson, she has already said at the opening statements that she will be a neutral arbiter of the law. now the question is trying to flesh out whether that is true. todd: she said she would adhere to the limits of her job if confirmed. d buy that? is a very smart thing, the limits of her job can be brought in the sense that as a supreme court justice she gets to decide whether the laws or constitutional or not. that means that she along with her colleagues, if five of them agree, can determine the law and pass it in congress signed by the president doesn t comport the constitution, depending on the view taken of the constitution. if you think it should be interpreted with original meaning or text or if it s an evolving document that changes over time. you might have a different approach and as a result some of your own views can keep in even if you h
part, a couple major things. i review as well as her role as a judge in sentencing child sex offenders, particularly those who engaged in child pornography, and he heard of you heard ofthe points there, bn points on her record, the judge s personal life and the like. and as we all will know, she is the first female african american judge to be nominated to the u.s. supreme court. todd: what do you want to learn from judge jackson over the course of this week? the key issue for any judge being in the supreme court is if they will be evenhanded focusing on the law and not on outcomes and results and creating policy on the bench, but doing with the law says.
academic or law school credentials or your service as clerk and as federal judge. she has all the tickets in terms of her intelligence, education. i don t quite remember the basis for the dred scott opinion. laura: now, what americans saw in this confirmation hearing to the extent that there watching it all is a complete farce. what they saw was a supreme court nominee chosen not primarily for intellect and stellar judicial record, but at least in part for her skin color. the biden pledge to select a female african american justice was both discriminatory and demeaning. as if somehow minorities couldn t make it without joe s affirmative action. how insulting. most of the questioning by republican senators was devoted to hot button cases such as her lenient sentencing in child pornography prosecutions. and of course in an attempt to blunt the revealing moments from
for mr. booker is he s known as being a moderate and working across party lines that he just highlight. this announcement seem and felt a bit rush. it is for two reasons, one, there is going to be a campaign filing report at the end of march. candidates are looking strong and viable. the first way you do that is show a good and healthy bank account. the other thing is they never want to be caught and is also running the category. we have been hearing, it is elizabeth warren, kamala harris and cory booker making it in the first tier name. this is a highly produced video. i think it is familiar to some and it looks like something that perhaps another young african-american senator who ran for president, they have played several years ago. this is a video that cory booker posted earlier. take a look.