think my fellow guest here would be a great pick for the supreme court, in the future. at the naacp. this is the approach they have taken that lower court nominations. i hope they take it when it comes to the supreme court to. i only laugh because i think it is a great idea as well. i would love to be friends with the supreme court justice. if that were to come about. you have my endorsement, melissa, as well. it does seem like the smart money is on ketanji brown jackson. and there are a lot of reasons for that. can you just tell us a little bit about who she is and why, i think, at least on paper, as a person and judge, there is a very obvious case for her. you are not going to get rid of me that easily, chris. i think you are exactly right. she is the front runner here and she is the front runner for a lot of reasons. she clerk for justice breyer. so, there is nice symmetry there. we saw the same come of symmetry when kavanaugh was she has been a public defender,
at the naacp. this is the approach they have taken that lower court nominations. i hope they take it when it comes to the supreme court to. i only laugh because i think it is a great idea as well. i would love to be friends with the supreme court justice. if that were to come about. you have my endorsement, melissa, as well. it does seem like the smart money is on ketanji brown jackson. and there are a lot of reasons for that. can you just tell us a little bit about who she is and why, i think, at least on paper, as a person and judge, there is a very obvious case for her. you are not going to get rid of me that easily, chris. i think you are exactly right. she is the front runner here and she is the front runner for a lot of reasons. she clerk for justice breyer. so, there is nice symmetry there. we saw the same come of symmetry when kavanaugh was she has been a public defender, she is currently sitting on the d. c. circuit. she was recently elevated to
important, for a supreme court justice, would you rate that experience in the solicitor generals office? i think it s really important, lawrence. the first thing is that, as you say, leondra kruger has [inaudible] for three years. i also know ketanji brown jackson. you have to understand how shortly both of these women are. and you have to think, as black women, to accomplish what they accomplished, particularly decades ago when systems were stacked against them, and they did all this, it is extraordinary. they kind of had to be like obama. just better than anyone else to get to where they are. i ve watched ketanji jackson for two decades. she clerk for justice breyer after me. she is part of the breyer clerk family. and both of these women would be extraordinary justices, not to take away from the others, but these are the two that i. no leondra kruger maybe, if not the best attorney i ve ever
she clerk for justice breyer after me. she is part of the breyer clerk family. and both of these women would be extraordinary justices, not to take away from the others, but these are the two that i. no leondra kruger maybe, if not the best attorney i ve ever worked with, then the top two or three. and this is where your question comes into with regard to supreme court experience. i ve seen them in person. i have read the transcripts. she is extraordinary. yes, you can talk about numbers, like arguing more cases than any other black woman in history. but it is the quality of her arguments, not the quantity, that it so distinguishes her, along with her poise and meticulous attention to detail. she was extraordinary and that is why when i headed the solicitor generals office i gave the white house only one name of someone i wanted to put up as the number two, the principal deputy solicitor general. and that was leondra kruger.