it. >> these days it's often an institution by simple mathematics. this is a justice who has left his mark on that court and he was appointed by bill clinton and replaced harry blackmun. he has been a quite reliable liberal void on the court, it's been one of those voices on the decision on some of the most important issues of our time, from abortion to the use of international law. he is considered to be quite brilliant legal mind, he taught at harvard law school and he is an extremely -- extremely erudite and how he approaches the law. obviously these moments have to be translated through a political left. we have it divided congress, a