york, and both join me now. professor robinson, i wonder if you could make the case on the merits you do in your op-ed on why this is an important time to do precisely as joe biden is doing. this is a demonstration of black women excellence, in the legal profession, and especially in the judiciary. it is 150 years in the making, the first black woman lawyer was 150 years ago, and it is taken this long for black women to have the opportunity to sit on the highest court in the nation. so this is time to demonstrate the excellence that we have. one of the things that i think people don t get, maya, is that this the supreme court has always had these kinds of considerations, these demographic considerations, having to jewish justice was a very big deal, and very groundbreaking, having a catholic justice when it first happened was a big deal, and there is a catholic seat and a jewish seat. they were understood to be,
for the southern just to have you new york and both join me now. professor robinson, i m wondering if you could make the case as to why this is an important time to do precisely why joe biden is doing. this is a demonstration of black woman in the legal process profession. the first black woman lawyer was 150 years ago and it s taken this long to have the opportunity to sit on the highest court in the nation. so this is time to demonstrate the excellence that we have. what are the things that people get, maya, is that this the supreme court s always had these kinds of considerations, having edges justice, which was a big deal and very groundbreaking. having a catholic justice when it first happened when it was then there was a catholic seat and a jewish seat that were understood to be that in
is that if you look at we ve had 17 chief justices of the supreme court. they have all been white men, and nine of them never set a day on the bench. of nine of them. and if you look at how many black people have been supreme court clerks which is one of the ways we are told someone is qualified, well, between two white 2005 in 2017, 85% of them were white men. so, the reality is, we ve had qualified candidates who have been blocked from entry into the all-boys club because it s all about network, it s not about know-how. it s such a great point and i laugh at the ted cruz clip, professor robinson, that we played coming in when he says, it s an insult, there s 333 million americans, as though every supreme court surge starts with all 333 million
As the book jacket says, “Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold.” There are four or five murder suspects and like any good mystery, it’s not solved until the last pages of the book.
As the book jacket says, “Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold.” There are four or five murder suspects and like any good mystery, it’s not solved until the last pages of the book.