better chance when i first applied to independent schools in the seventh grade, better chance was the program that helped me go about that process. that s how i ended up at hewitt, which was my school, in new york. and through that, i was given so many opportunities that i wouldn t have gotten at another school and also i stayed in contact with better chance. i did different new scholar orientations. now i m in the better chance alum. they were there for me throughout every year of my high school career, making sure that i had something to do and putting me in contact with other scholars. and then you took off like a rocket is what happened there. how many hours did you study every day? 20, 22? that s a hard question. it varies, depending on whether or not i have a test that i procrastinated for. be honest with me, how many hours? three hours, are you a whiz or does it take you 30 minutes to learn everything? no, no, no.
i happen to believe there is some way they re going to figure out to say you can t buy a stinger missile and hang out by the airplane. but there is not anything in the opinion that tells you exactly how such a law might be written. so then donna, how does this play out if gun rights groups can go to any city and state and test, test any restrictions that are in place, i haven t read the opinion, but i m sure that today many people are worried the gun lobby will use this ruling to strike down sensible gun laws across the country. as you know, mayors and others have worked hard over the years to come up with commonsense reform measures to ensure guns are not in the hands of criminals and others who shouldn t possess them. struggle this cause, i think, people to really worry how far the courts will go to just basically tear down all of these rules across the country. as i understand the chicago case, it was a complete ban,
he is leaving, long-time member of this panel of the judiciary committee. this will presumably be the last time that he is involved in confirmation hearings, and we wanted to take a listen. since 1996 on congruence and proportionate ality, an impossible standard to accept as justice scalia described as a flabby test whichnabled judicial legislation. we have had had nominees who the sat where you sit not too long ago, who said they would the not jolt the system, and then agrieved the system. assured this panel that the legislative finding of facts is not a judicial function, and then turned that on its head in citizens united on a record that is 100,000 pages long, and
second circuit bows to the executive position, saying, well, that ought to be decided between italy and the united states on how that s to be handled. i think that s wrong. but at least the supreme court ought to decide it. i m not going to ask you how you would decide the case, but would you consider it? republicans and democratic senator arlen specter of pennsylvania, a veteran of many processes, laying out how he views the test ahead for elena kagan, on the right, the solicitor general of the united states. now the president s choice to replace justice john paul stevens on the supreme court. we are waiting next one of the leading republicans of the committee, lindsay graham of south carolina, a key conservative voice. we want to listen to his statement. we ll take a quick break. the kagan confirmation hearings will resume in a moment.