>> TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION INCLUDED THE RACE FOR A SEAT ON THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT PITTING INCUMBENT JOY, CUTTING HIM AGAINST COOK COUNTY APPELLANT COURT JUSTICE.

THE CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTED THE LACK OF LATINO REPRESENTATION ON THE STATE'S TOP COURT, WHICH HAS LONG BEEN A CONCERN OF MANY IN THE LATINO LEGAL COMMUNITY AND BEYOND DESPITE A LOSS FOR REYES EFFORTS TO BRING LATINO LEADERS TO THE COURT SYSTEM CONTINUE.

>> JOINING US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT IN COOK COUNTY.

APPELLANT COURT JUSTICE IS JESSE REYES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

OF COURSE, OUT AT FIRST QUESTION, THE COURTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BLIND.

WHY THEN DO YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT?

HAVE LATINO ON THE STATE'S HIGH COURT'S?

WELL, I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE CARD LADY JUSTICE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LIFE FOLLOWS.

>> BUT IT'S THE PERSPECTIVE, THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SIT ON THE BENCH TO MAKE THE DECISIONS.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY THE COURT TO REVIEW.

YOU NEED THAT EXTRA ADDED PERSPECTIVE, A LIVED EXPERIENCE ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A YOU KNOW, MY VIEW, IT WILL ONLY MAKE DECISIONS WERE NOT ONLY MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE LITIGATION.

>> BUT WE'RE ALSO MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING SOCIETY.

THE HOUSE JUST IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM OUR DECISION.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE PERSPECTIVE REALLY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION NOT ONLY FOR THE PARTIES BUT ALSO FOR SOCIETY, SOCIETY IS MADE UP OF VARIOUS PEOPLE IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES, VERY ETHNICITIES, RELIGIONS.

IT'S ON US SO FAR AND ORIENTATION.

SO YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

THEY ARE STILL EAGER TO ACCOMPLISH?

WELL, I'M CONTINUING ON THE CAUSE OF DIVERSITY.

I BELIEVE THAT DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, DURING CAMPAIGN WAS VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE BROUGHT OUT ISSUES ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE COURT.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.

AND I WILL YOU KNOW, STRIVING TO BRING THAT MESSAGE OUT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A TIME BELIEVER OF DIVERSITY BACK IN THE 2000 SIGNED A SMALL GROUP OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS STARTED WAS KNOWN AS THE DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION.

WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF DIVERSITY OUR LEGAL PROFESSION AND OUR COURTS.

AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, ENDEAVOR IN MIND TO TRY TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN TALKING ABOUT.

WOULD JUST SHARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOUNG EXPIRING LAW STUDENTS HAVE WHEN TRYING TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.

>> AGAIN, I THINK IT'S THE FINANCES, THE FINANCES OR ARE, YOU KNOW, THE LAW SCHOOL NOW IS VERY EXPENSIVE THAT IT WAS AN MORE OR LESS.

>> EXPENSIVE WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTEN VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MORTGAGE PAYMENT.

NOW, IF YOU GO TO LAW SCHOOL AND ALSO YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT THEY DID, CONNOR IS WITH REGARDS TO THE BOTTOM STAMP.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S GOT TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE.

ALSO.

SO I THINK ONE OF THE OBSTACLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING INTO LAW SCHOOL AS FINANCE IS THE SECOND ONE ALSO IS REGARDS TO EDUCATION.

I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I RAN TO QUOTE YOU KNOW, MARIAN WRIGHT YOU CAN'T BE WHAT YOU CAN SEE.

AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRIVING I CAN PAY WAS STRIVING TO GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS USE OF YOU SAID YOU GREW UP IN PILSEN.

SO YES, STILL GO BACK.

YOU MENTIONED GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN SPEAKING WITH STUDENT THAT?

SO I GO BACK TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND I GO BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

>> FOR THEM TO SEE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.

MANY PEOPLE THEY GROW UP IN THAT TYPE OF A COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL THEY KNOW IS THERE.

THERE'S THEIR SURROUNDINGS RIGHT?

AND SO IF YOU WHEN YOU GO AND TALK TO AND THEY CAN CREATE SOMETHING, YOU CREATE A PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS A YOUNG MAN.

YOU KNOW WHO I'M JUST RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, CAME UP TO AND IT BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT?

YOU AND THAT MOTIVATED HIM?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

WE'RE REALIZING THAT MOTIVATED HIM NOW?

HE'S THIRD-YEAR LAW AND AND HE'S GOING TO GRADUALLY AND PRETTY SOON.

BUT THAT MESSAGE OF WHY NOT YOU RESONATED WITH THIS YOUNG PERSON.

AND SO VERY PROUD OF FACT, WHEN I DO GO TO SCHOOLS THAT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE IS LISTENING THAT HE'S PURSUING NOW.

WAS THERE A TIME BEING A LATINO PLAYED A ROLE OR WAS IT A FACTOR IN THE CASE?

>> I'M SORRY.

YOU MEAN ALL SO, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S THAT PLAYS A ROLE.

AND THEN ALSO AS A AS A IT WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS IN FRONT OF WHEN I WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT AND HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED BECAUSE HE WAS DISCIPLINING HIS CHILD.

>> YOU KNOW, HE GOT UNDER THE BELT AND WAS WAS HITTING THEM IN HIS NEIGHBORS CALLED THE POLICE.

AND SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY ARRESTED HIM.

AND SO THE PROSECUTORS AT THAT TIME ON NEED TO INCARCERATE HIM.

BUT I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, CULTURALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IN OUR CULTURE AND WANTED A CULTURE, ME AND MANY OTHER CULTURES THAT THERE'S A FORM OF PHYSICAL INFORCEMENT OF THE RULES, YOU KNOW, MY MOM USED TO ALWAYS USE WHAT WE CALL THE CHINA CLUB, EYE.

THAT STORY IS WHAT HIS MOTHER WOULD THE BILL.

AND SO THIS GENTLEMAN BECAUSE HE WASN'T BORN HERE.

>> YOU KNOW, HE RECENTLY COME TO THIS COUNTRY.

HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CULTURALLY.

YOU KNOW WHAT SOCIETY HERE IN REQUIRES IS ABUSE PHYSICAL ABUSE.

YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY FOR HIM, HE YOU KNOW, HE JUST DID WHAT CULTURE BECAME, YOU KNOW, NATURAL TO HIM.

I THEY DID THE SAME THING TO HIM GROWING UP.

SO HE WAS JUST TRYING TO DISCIPLINE HIS UNDERSTOOD THAT.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LATINO OR PRESENTATION THAT WHAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SUPPORTED?

BECAUSE THERE'S TO AGAIN THAT THERE'S THAT PERSPECTIVE RIGHT?

I UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WASN'T YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T TRYING TO TORCH IS CHILD.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO DISPLAY HIS AS A RESULT OF IT.

YOU KNOW, WE PUT THEM UNDER SUPERVISION.

WE DON'T INCARCERATE HIM.

AND WE GET A HANDLE GO TO ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES.

SOME CURIOUS ABOUT THE THOUGHTS ON THIS DISCUSSION THAT THERE'S A DIVIDE AMONG LATINOS AND THEY DON'T AGREE ENOUGH ON THE ISSUES.

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A JUDGE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS THAT THE LATINOS DON'T AGREE ON THE ISSUES?

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GENERATION.

RIGHT.

THEN AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I MEAN, I DISCUSSION A LIVELY DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES IS VERY IMPORTANT >> IT ALSO FOR MY GENERATION, THE BABY SHOW.

>> TO TO TO THE NEXT THING WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS, A DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS ON VARIOUS ISSUES.

AND PROVIDES A VERY LIVELY DISCUSSION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY THAT ASPECT OF IT.

AND I GUESS OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE WHEN ELECTING OFFICIALS?

WELL, AGAIN, THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE LOVE IN IN A SOCIETY THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL VIEWS, DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL LAW OUTLOOKS.

AND SO AS A RESULT OF IT, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ELECTED LEADERS OR OFFICIALS NEED TO LISTEN TO THE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OUT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS?

YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT DIVERSITY.

SO MY QUESTION IS ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT IN PARTICULAR SCENE IS SEEN AS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE IN THE COUNTRY.

DO YOU SEE IT THAT WAY?

>> I SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN HAS BECOME DIVERSE, BUT HE NEEDS TO BE BETTER.

AND THAT'S WHY I RAN BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LOT IN A VOICE AND A LOT PERSPECTIVE.

A LIVED EXPERIENCE PERSPECTIVE AND THEN ALSO SOMEONE FROM, YOU KNOW, BLUE COLLAR BACKGROUND, COLLAR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU KNOW, THEY ADD THAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE DECISIONS THAT BY ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT LIVED EXPERIENCES ON THE BENCH.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT AFTER ALL IN COOK COUNTY, 20% OF THE POPULATION IS LATINO.

I 20 ALMOST 30%, SHOULD SAY IN COOK COUNTY, 20% IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TERMS OF HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE ON THE BENCH.

AND LAST QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS ONE OF YOUR MODELS MODEL WHAT IMPORTANT MY MILES O?

>> THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT I KNOW THAT NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FORTUNATE TOO, HAVE ROLE MODELS IN FRONT OF ME LIKE IT WAS GORE'S WARTIME.

YOU KNOW WHO HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT SAYING TAKE IT ON TO MYSELF AS SOMETHING THAT THAT ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WE