rule accordingly so i mean, robin, i think this idea that you can t stand with someone in a picture to assume that it represents a lack of thd perform your duties as a judge, seems like a pretty big leap. it did to me at first until i read more about that story. this is absolutely nothing to do with catholicism or religion. this has to do with the fact that their stated mission is to roll back, literally, roll back rights for lgbtq americans. that is not okay. the constitution says we the people, not just be the straight people, and [laughs] that s pretty contrived. martha: what i m saying is even if i am anointed with their personal beliefs are about that but even if they had personal prejudices in that regard, what we do when we put people in the supreme court as we assume that they have the ability to leave
martha: a stunning scene in the senate last week. president trump s judicial nominee, lawrence vandyke, in tears over claims by the american bar association that he could not be fair to the lgbtq community. this way, he got a photo of supreme court justices, samuel alito and brett kavanaugh with brian brown, was the president of a pro-traditional marriage group, and it s igniting calls for these two justices to recuse themselves from any lgbtq cases that come before the court and there are a couple pending. take back the court is a liberal judicial activist group that is demanding in the letter, quote, the credibility and impartiality of the current supreme court is in tatters. posing for photographs with the president of an advocacy organization that is filed briefs and matters pending before the court makes a mockery of justice roberts assertion a judge and his role is to impartially call balls and strikes. mark is with us now and robin
matters more what the justice feels and conservatives don t care with the justice feels, the care with the law says, and i m sure these justices will hold up the law. stu and i have to leave it there. robin bureaus, marks, great to see a parade of coming next, taking over city hall after las vegas boat votes to ban homeless people from sleeping on their city streets. las vegas mayor carolyn goodman is on responsibility for that bill, she is here next.