this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
dated same doesn t appear in pacer, which you and i know it s the federal court s case system across the united states. she may have significant state court experience with deep injunctions and car accidents. but barb let s speak not on the substance of legal issues, but of ethics right? what happened here with a professional credibility serving as local counsel for walt nauta? well, i m a believer that everybody has a right to a defense, so representing someone in a case that is as egregious as this is certainly something that many defense lawyers do, because they believe their job is to defend the constitution and the rights of the accused regardless of how egregious the conduct may or may not be. i think her absence of experience in the federal system could be harmful. you know, the whole reason for local council is you want to have a local expert in the process and procedure psycho on their. she hasn t experience she is an experienced public
atmosphere when we pretend the only way you can demonstrate qualifications is to go to certain schools. well, i don t think that s right. melissa, he s advocating for a south carolina federal judge. do you think that s dispositive with this white house? i don t know if it s dispositive. i would like to push back on representative clyburn s view that own lee the quality of one s school projects a diversity at the court. in fact, all three of these perspective nominees have very diverse work experiences. judge jackson was a public defender before becoming a judge. justice kruger would be the first justice to have state court experience since david suitor and sandra day o connor. i want to say the fact of going to a public school will be a great asset. we saw that with amy coney barrett who attended schools outside of the ivy league. that s not the only diversity
lower courts, state courts, how to try cases, how to deal with evidentiary matters, how to deal with confessions, how to deal with police misconduct claims. and finding judges that have a deep background of either having tried cases or been trial judges can be really helpful because a lot of the court s docket is ultimately about that. i m intrigued when i see judges mentioned whose experience has been on state court benches not just federal court benches. one of the kanld dits is a supreme court justice in california. you know, that used to be more common. justice brennan was a state supreme court justice. justice o connor came off a state appeals court. it s been more common recently to go with judges from the federal bench. but i think judges who have significant state court experience can be important because a lot of the supreme court docket is review of state statutes to see if they comply with the federal constitution. so i think that can be an important experience.
0 retirement. after nearly 28 years on the court, breyer will retire in june, allowing president biden to name his replacement and fire up his shrinking support among black voters ahead of the midterms. while democrats still control the senate. this would pea the first conformation in the supreme court justice in the history in a 50/50 equally divided senate. at the south carolina presidential debate, under pressure from congressman clyburn, biden promised to nominate a black woman to the court. i m looking forwardo making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court. that we in fact get every representation. also this hour a massive escalation in russia s front line mobilization. war ships in the black sea, tanks rolling across the frozen tundra. multi-front threat sending shock waves through the european capitols. ers and in a letter to the russians proposals for a diplomatic off ramp but a flat rejection of vladimir putin s call of sweeping reversal 06 nato s expansion. and e