SHE’S A WOMAN.
SO THAT WAS DELIBERATE, I THINK.
JACKIE: "THE VIEW" HOSTS
SLAMMING JUSTICES CLARENCE
THOMAS AND AMY CONEY BARRETT.
REACTION NOW FROM FORMER CLERK
FOR JUSTICE THOMAS CARRIE
SEVERINO.
CARRIE, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU
AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.
NOT MUCH SURPRISE THERE BECAUSE
IT IS COMING FROM "THE VIEW" --
[LAUGHTER]
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT REALLY
SURPRISING BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT -- FIRST OF ALL, THE
POLITICS GETS A LITTLE OLD.
IT’S NOT EVEN ABOUT IDENTITY,
BECAUSE THEY SAID CLARENCE CHOMS
DOESN’T -- THOMAS DOESN’T COUNT
BECAUSE HE DOESN’T BELIEVE WITH
THEIR VIEWS.
HE’S A PROUD BLACK MAN, AND
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE
THAT.
AND AMY CONEY IF BARRETT COULD
BE DISCOUNTED AS A WOMAN SIMPLY
BECAUSE OF HER VIEWS OR HER
PRESUMED VIEWS, I DON’T THINK
THEY EVEN KNOW FOR SURE HER
VIEWS ON THE LIFE ISSUE, IS
ABSOLUTELY INSULTING AS A
PRO-LIFE WOMAN MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, SO THEY’RE NOT
INTERESTED REALLY EVEN IN THESE
BROADER GROUPS.
THEY REALLY JUST WANT PEOPLE WHO
WILL LINE UP WITH THEIR LIBERAL
AGENDA.
JACKIE: RIGHT.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GETTING
AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE
SOMEONE TO THE SUPREME COURT.
HE HAS SAID, YESTERDAY HE
CONFIRMEDDED, IT WOULD BE A
NOMINATION OF A BLACK WOMAN.
IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE OKAY TO
USE SEX OR RACE TO CHOOSE A
CANDIDATE, BY THE WAY, NOT ANY
OTHER CASES PER SE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ESSENTIALLY
WAS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT HE
MADE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
HE IS GOING TO SEE THROUGH HERE.
>> YEAH.
AND YET THAT’S THE COMMITMENT HE
MADE.
YOU KNOW, IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO
ME BECAUSE I THINK NO ONE SHOULD
BE DISQUALIFIED FOR THE OFFICE
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE OR
THEIR SEX, AND I THINK THERE’S
LOTS OF OTHER CANDIDATES FROM
EVEN OTHER DIFFERENT ETHNIC
GROUPS THAT ARE JUST BEING NOT
CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF THIS
CAMPAIGN COMMITMENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT’S
MOST CONCERNING AT THE END OF
THE DAY IS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T
MATTER WHAT COLOR THEY ARE
WHETHER IT’S A MAN OR A WOMAN,
REALLY WE NEED JUDGES WHO ARE
FAITHFUL TO THE CONSTITUTION AND
THE RULE OF LAW.
AND WHAT WORE WORRIES ME IS THAT
HIS APPROACH TO THIS IS
ELIMINATING PEOPLE, AGAIN, LIKE
CLARENCE THOMAS, LIKE AMY CONEY
BARRETT, HE’S ELIMINATING THOSE
PEOPLE EVEN MORE STRINGENTLY
FROM CONSIDERATION.
JACKIE: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT.
AND YESTERDAY AS HE WAS PRAISING
OUTGOING JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER,
WHEN BREYER TOOK THE MICROPHONE,
HE TALKED ABOUT THE
CONSTITUTION.
HE PULLED OUT A COPY OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND SAID THIS IS,
YOU KNOW, OUR JOB, THIS IS WHAT
WE HAVE TO UPHOLD HERE.
AND SO I WOULD SAY YOU’RE 100%
RIGHT.
WHY WOULDN’T THE PRESIDENT SAY
THAT HE IS GOING TO CHOOSE THE
BEST PERSON TO DO THAT JOB?
IT’S ALMOST LIMITING TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT WHAT HE IS TRYING
TO DO HERE.
>> YEAH.
THIS IS ABOUT A FINDING SOMEONE
WHO’S GOING TO BE ONE OF NINE
FINAL INTERPRETERS OF OUR
FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AND OUR
FEDERAL LAWS.
THAT’S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY.
WE SHOULDN’T BE PICKING THEM
BASED ON WHAT COLOR OR SEX THEY
ARE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT’S
SOMEONE WHO HAS A FAITHFUL
APPROACH TO THE CONSTITUTION.
AND THAT’S GOING TO MEAN WE DO
END UP, JUST LIKE DONALD TRUMP
DID, WITH A DIVERSE BENCH OF
PEOPLE WITH ALL SORTS OF
BACKGROUNDS, RACES, PERSONAL
STORIES, BUT THE THING THAT
HOLDS IT TOGETHER SHOULD BE A
COMMITMENT TO THE LAW.
AND IT’S DISTURBING THAT THE
PRESIDENT ISN’T FOCUSING ON
THAT.
EVEN THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE
LEFT THAT WE HEAR AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, THE LOUDEST
VOICES FROM THE BIG,
DEEP-POCKETED DARK MONEY GROUPS
IN THE LEFT WHO HAVE BEEN
PUSHING BREYER TO RETIRE IN THE
FIRST PLACE, WHAT THEY’RE
TALKING ABOUT IS GIVE UGH --
GIVE US AGENDA RESULTS, NOT
SOMEONE WHO’S FAITHFUL TO THE