candidates and nominees is really a problem for america, but not because there was a dearth or absence of people who are qualified. so i m very heartened to know that these extraordinarily qualified women will find themselves with the opportunity to have a confirmation hearing. i certainly hope it will be fair. and at the same criteria that was used to evaluate other members of the bar including those with limited appellate experience, those who have never even been a judge, that they will be given the same benefit of the doubt, an opportunity to demonstrate their intellect the way everyone else has been. gloria brown marshall, it is quite a term, right, this term and the next term, so this justice along with the other eight will be facing crucial, crucial decisions for this country on a whole host of things, from gun rights to abortion rights, to affirmative action perhaps. tell us, you know, what this means for the court.