that is an issue where brett kavanaugh has changed his position dramatically. involved in ken starr's commission investigating president clinton. he was dramatically and personally involved in it, is a you know from reading the document. a few years later he wrote an article for the university of law review where he reversed and came to the conclusion that a sitting president should not be subject to either indictment or investigation of prosecution. i him about this. it is a timely and important question. issue ofnow if this legal culpability is going to rise to the highest levels, but i would like to know how a new member of the supreme court of use it. he tried to draw a distinction university of minnesota long review did not have anything to do with the constitutionality of such a decision. he was, in his words, making a recommendation to congress that members -- that a president should not be prosecuted or investigated during the course of his time in office but only after he leaves office. that is much different than what we met -- read at the long review

it was never ok to hide millions of pages and brett kavanaugh's -- in brett kavanaugh's record. it is certainly not ok to continue to hold hearings as if nothing is happening in the world when yesterday, we saw the news about a president who has now been implicated in a criminal conspiracy. i am counting on all of you to rise to say, stop this sham process. stop this nominee. i really am lucky right now because i get the pleasure of introducing two different people. i am lucky enough to introduce senator dick durbin thaw who is here -- senator dick blume nthal. if you sell it he had to say about the process, i know you want to hear from him. >> thank you so much for being here. thek you for giving us inspiration to carry on this fight. it is a fight about the future of our rule of law in this country. it is a fightit is more than jus and the roads. it is about the effect of the nomination on real people and real lives. it will probably decide whether or not women have the right to decide whether and when they will have children. whether people have the opportunity to marry the o

brett kavanaugh fails everyone of these tests. let's do what working people do best and stand together and keep him off the supreme court. [applause] >> thank you so much. the next person i am proud to introduce today, she has been leading this whole damn fight. the president and ceo of the leadership conference for human rights. >> hey, everyone. you guys are standing out in the rain. what do we want? we want justice. what do we want? justice. when do we want it? now. women know that everything is at stake for our freedom. do we know that? all of the groups represented today are fighting for the soul of our country. that is exactly what is at stake. let's take a moment to reflect on what happened yesterday. we have a president who is un-indicted co-conspirator. he has nominated somebody who believes a president should not be investigated or indicted in matter what the wrongdoing is. we know exactly why he nominated him. there is no secret about what is going on. the senate should simply not confirm a man who believes that there i

brett kavanaugh does not fight for working people. he stands with big corporations, the leaners, special interests, and against people like you and me. he is against safe workplaces and worker protections. he puts the corporate bottom line above ordinary people every time. my coworkers and i recently voted to stand together in a union. we disagreed with management on our first contract. [applause] lindsay: we are speaking up not just for our selves but for the people we serve in our city every day. but with kavanaugh on the supreme court, the attacks against working people will continue and get worse. kavanaugh was hand-picked by billionaires and corporate special interests because he rules against working people. we deserve justices who will protect our rights, who will be on our side when the boss does not care about safety, who cares about women and people of color on the job, who will stand with the people instead of the powerful few. brett kavanaugh fails everyone one of these tests. let's do what working people do best and stand

[cheers] >> i'm fired up and brett kavanaugh's got to go. i am lilly ledbetter and i'm here because i know personally exactly how deep it can cut into a family and into an individual when those 5-4 says no. this is not right. and i'm here to say that brett kavanaugh is not the one we need in the supreme court. [cheers] >> when he gets there, he's 53 years old. he will be there for life. for about 20 years i had what i thought was a pretty good job at goodyear tire and rubber in alabama and then -- i learned when someone gave me an anonymous type how much less i was making than the white men doing the same job i had. it was a drastic difference and what affected me, it was my overtime and my retirement, and today, my social security. i sprang into action and i filed a charge with equal employment opportunity commission and i took goodyear to court. the jury recognized that what had happened to me it wasn't right. they awarded me three and a half million dollars that goodyear appealed and we came to the supreme court. goodyear had paid me less

with brett kavanaugh, i can't tell you what's going on. there's concealment which is impossible to explain. what would we find in the documents that have been carefully screened by mr. burke and then again by the senate judiciary committee and the republican majority? this is a lifetime appointment to the highest court of the land. we know the court is carefully divided. it is legitimate for us to ask questions about judge s-uppercase-letter background because of the constitutional responsibility to advise and consent. we can't ask the questions if we don't have the documents. my colleagues can come to the floor talking about judge kavanaugh's record. they are limited in the information they have been given. the limitations are unprecedented in the united states senate. the republicans just rewrote the rules. merrick garland, president garlands nominee, sorry, no thanks. no interest in even considering him. when it comes to judge kavanaugh, the production of documents by standards established they have ignored them when it comes to the nom

be justice brett kavanaugh. tell the story. we need you to get out and do it. [applause] all of the leaders in this room, the respective command in your communities, go out and tell the stories of this man who will be an extraordinary justice for the supreme court of the united states. so i will close by saying thank you. thank you for the work you have done to support this administration, past, present, and future. your support has made it possible to deliver on roms is, , that growingises economy, strengthening american security, everything we've been able to do has been because because of your support and the strength of your support. i want to challenge you that right after we get him confirm -- confirmed to the supreme court of the united states, i don't know if you have noticed that we have elections coming up in and i want everyone in the november rnla, i want to do everything in your power to reelect republican majorities through the united states senate and the house of representatives. we have to get o

do they have a right to know what brett kavanaugh's role was? i think it goes without saying that they do. the last point i want to raise with you is when i raised with him that is timely. timely because of the events of this week. the prosecution and conviction of paul manafort and the guilty plea arrangement for michael cohen. the question is the vulnerability of -- or culpability of a sitting president of the united states. if that is an issue where he has changed his position dramatically? he was involved in 10 starts commission investigating president clinton. he was dramatically and personally involved in it as you know from reading the documents. a few years later he wrote an article for the university of minnesota in which he reversed his position and came to the conclusion that a sitting president should not be subject to either indictment investigation or prosecution. i asked him about this. it is a timely and important question. i don't know if the issue of legal culpability is going to rise to the highest levels, but i would like to

that's who brett kavanaugh is. workers across the country know that he is sody who will undermine worker safs.ety law >> woodruff: what do you think about that. >> i can't speak to that specific case, but time and time again we've seen that he will only let agencrs act as fa as their statutorily authorized to do, and i have noreason to doubt that in th case. congress is there to make the laws, they're the ones accountable to all of us, and be han very, very clear in his work that, if there is a prlem with the statute, that if itr doesn't go enough to do a protection, that's on congress, not on the agency to gap fl, and we think that gives the certaintiy that small business owners i represent can rely on because it's hard enough for them to know what the laws are on the books to know what othenr es may be promoting. >> woodruff: looking at the e.p.a. regulations and rules, what do you see there, daniel imgoldberg? >>ar to the worker situation, where congress has madenaa deteron that we want clean air, we want clean

please vote against brett kavanaugh. host: "washington journal" is getting your message to your senators on brett kavanaugh's nomination. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. jim in new york, independent. go ahead. caller: i have two comments. i think they should confirm kavanaugh because we are not supposed to be judged by our religious beliefs. know why the doj hasn't gone into an investigation as for the sleep -- fervorously as they have done on donald trump. that has been all over the news, everybody has talked about it. all of a sudden, after she lost, it went away like everything else did. that is why i have asked my -- what i have asked my senators and the few i have talked to -- why they done that and there is supposed to be a separation of church and state and they keep bringing up kavanaugh's catholic religion. i don't care what religion you are as long as you are fair and square and do things according to the constitution of the united states. host: you say they keep

all of these rights and liberties will depend on brett kavanaugh. what do i think will happen in terms of timing? i think the republicans will try to rush through this nomination. my question is, what are they hiding? what are they afraid of the american people seeing in the thousands of pages of documents? >> republicans think they have an election issue that could swing either way in terms of of this coming up. they think the fight against kavanaugh will like will you be the most potent issue for the democratic party in this election as well. senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, thank you for being here. >> much more ahead. stay with us. whoooo. tripadvisor makes finding your perfect hotel... relaxing. just enter your destination and dates. tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want for the lowest price. dates. deals. done! tripadvisor. if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic de

but -- [laughter] road, noars down the things are about to change. >> with brett kavanaugh. >> correct. if brett kavanaugh is confirmed this fall, we will have about five justices who think roe is wrong, believe abortion is immoral, and the question is, do they come together and overturn or someack on it, combination thereof? >> at this point, how have groups opposed to abortion tried to overturn roe v wade? david: there is then and now. in the last 25 years, they have tried regulations. they know they can't go to the court and say, overturn roe, allow our state to make abortion and crime across the board. there have been restrictions on how clinics operate. there has been a lot of litigation on that. they say, you have to the amount patient -- to be an outpatient surgical center. or they will say you have to have doctors on your stuff who have-- your staff who admitting privileges at your local hospital. a lot of hospitals don't want doctors who practice abortion because it isn't a popular thing. that has shut down clinics. it is also on the margin. it is about regulation. the reason

if anybody deserves to be on the supreme court, brett kavanaugh certainly done. i want to compliment senator grassley and the other members of this committee for being as strongly behind him as they are. i want to really compliment the democrats who have stood up and are willing to stand up for judge kavanaugh because they realize that we cannot keep going down this partisan, picky, dumbass rolse that has been going on -- role that has been going on. we did not treat their candidates for these positions the way they are treating hours, and i would like to the us breakthrough and change that attitude with regard to judge .avanagh's confirmation i am grateful to stand here with my colleagues. these are good people. they know what is going on. and some are really great lawyers as well. i just hope we can get through this and do it in a way that will be uplifting to the country the mess we had been in some of the other nominations. >> i am excited for this process which is going to be the most transparent in history. if you stack these documents, they would be taller

this shocked people in the left with a new york times op-ed, a liberal case for brett kavanaugh. a yale law school professor will be testifying in favor of his nomination despite serious back lash. welcome to fox news at night. you know there are a lot of folks not thrilled about your decision to step up, based on his qualification. folks who say you can't just look at his resume, what is your case? >> the most important task of the supreme court justice is to get the constitutional right, study it with care, the supreme court decides things beyond the constitution, having read a lot of brett kavanaugh's opinions and speeches, articles and essays i have come to the conclusion that he has studied the constitution with care. it is a hard thing for lower court judge to do because lower court judges, most of the docket is not constitutional issues so you have to do it for some extent on the side to do research and study and brett kavanaugh in my view has done that and he has studied the constitution with more care than any other federal judge i know should matter to liberal democrats

what democrats cannot question is brett kavanaugh's credentials. after all the drama and history ontics, democrats should put politics aside and vote to make him the ninth member of the supreme court. mr. president, judge kavanaugh is one of the most qualified nominees ever for the supreme court, and he's been nominated to succeed justice kennedy, man for whom he once clerked and called a mentor. with over 300 authored opinions and 12 queers of service -- 12 years of service on the benefits, he -- bench, he has demonstrated that he applies the law as written and enforces the constitution. he values precedent and has written, along with justice gorsuch and others, the law of judicial precedent, a scholarly piece on the responser of stare decisis. many argue that a judge kavanaugh would be the key to unlocking any number of supreme court precedents. i wonder, though, how many have read this book and understand he is someone who has given exhaustive and weighty consideration to important legal questions. but we should take him at his own words. quote,

wade decision will likely be discussed in confirmation hearings for brent cobb and he -- brett kavanaugh. with davidscussion savage on the judge kavanaugh nomination. in 1982, you wrote justice kennedy's opinion had affirmed the right to an abortion "probably for all time." how does that statement hold up today? mr. savage: what i remember about 1982, when they decided that case in late june, it was the most surprising decision i had seen in the 30 years i was doing it. because in the spring of 1992, it looked like there were 5, 6, maybe seven votes to cut back on the right to abortion or overturn roe v. wade. that seemed to be where we were heading. i spent the summer talking to the justices. i remember sitting and talking to justice scalia, and he was steamed up about what happened. i wrote a long story in the fall , sort of reconstructing what had happened inside the courtroom and that is where that quote must have come from, because i remember i was trying to explain to the editors, this was not just another abortion decision, this was an earthquake. and there is now a majority that

supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh part of a national day of action. with similar protests around the country. th more now on the message from demonstrators. >> the rally in san francisco started with a somber march through civic center plaza. women drapped in red. a reference to the book and tv show where women are property of the state. >> this is the single largest day of action ever in american history to to oppose a supreme court nominee. >> reporter: they say judge brett kavanaugh poses a threat to women's rights, lgbtq rights and other freedoms. other freedoms. >> this is a life time appointment. one we have to do everything we can to stop it. >> reporter: many officials attended the event. including san francisco mayor. >> one thing that has a president that continues to lie to the american people, another people, another to have someone who can use the legal system to roll back the clock. >> it will bring a political agenda to the supreme court. so much is at risk. the over turning of roe v. wade. putting women in back alleys to have abortions

supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh took part in a swearing-in ceremony for a former law clerk to sit on the 11th circuit court of appeals. spoke on theh importance of judicial independence. >> good afternoon. welcome to the united states courthouse. i have the high honor of administering the oath of office jerry he was a clerk for me on the u.s. court of appeals along with three amazing co-clerks who are here today. their time in this courthouse, he has risen quickly to the ranks of the legal profession. as solicitor general of the state of georgia. as the youngest on the georgia supreme court at age 38. , as a judge on the u.s. court of appeals. in our constitutional system, a judge must be independent or keeping an open mind on every case and solve cases based on the facts and the law, not based on personal. brett understands the role of a judge. she reveres the constitution and she will work every day to preserve it the american rule of law. just as importantly, she is an exceptionally good and decent percent. -- person. you travel through the valley of good mountains of life. and

it was about brett kavanaugh's nomination and roe v. wade. right after, we see what assistant minority leader patty murray had to say. >> another attack on judge kavanagh is that he is outspoken to abortion rights. this attack misrepresents his record on the d.c. circuit judge. there, judge kavanagh acknowledged that they are beside the case based on roe v. wade. applied the president as president requires judges to so do. the same fear mongering over abortion every time there is a supreme court vacancy. ago,ember from 38 years when sandra day o'connor was going to be the first woman appointed to the supreme court. it was a real worry then that roe v. wade was in jeopardy. she is one of those that preserved it. in the versus planned parenthood case, 12 years later as she got on the court. yet, roe v. wade is still the law of the land. justices have a way of surprising us. justice kennedy now leaving the court was one of those. even though we didn't pursue this in depth at his hearing, those of us that are pro-life, i am one of them, were pret

in the course of his remarks, brett kavanaugh brought up two landmark supreme court cases. the first one was planned parenthood v. casey, which affirmed the right to have an abortion. it is sort of part two of row versus wade. but the other case he cited is much more recent. that's the case that ruled that same sex couples in this country have the same right to get married that straight people have. he dissented in both of those cases. he voted against an equal right to marriage. so what you are about to hear is brett kavanaugh talk about those two supreme court rulings and specifically scalia's dissents. if you are wondering how brett kavanaugh might vote if abortion rights or marriage votes came before him. here more clearly than anywhere else we have found he spells it out. again, he is talking about scalia's dissent here, against abortion rights, against marriage rights. watch what brett kavanaugh says about that. >> justice scalia was a fierce guarantor of rights. he upended settled practices that infringed on those rights. no deference there. but on the flip side, cou

kavanaugh was nominated by donald trump to replace retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy there has been a push by democratic lawmakers of many progressive groups to block kevin those confirmation with many stating that his placement on the high court would put a woman's right to choose in jeopardy once the group operates under the banner rise up for oh they're planning a series of marches that events with speakers like senator elizabeth warren cecile richards and actress alyssa milano lauren duke is one of the leaders of the movement she is a journalist and columnist and she joins us from denver. what do you is what are you asking people to do this rising up movement or. hi larry thank you so much for having me we are fighting against the attack on reproductive rights through that this is justice and what he will mean in terms of not just the question of overturning roe but gutting it however given the news of the past twenty four hours i feel that this conversation is one that all americans need to have with their son of various regardless of ideology we have a president who i

kavanaugh which is scheduled to begin september fourth there are calls however being ignored. the role of republicans let's talk about that and more with david jolly former republican representative from florida. what do you make of the democrats calling to hold to the supreme court hearing for kavanaugh until all is blows over. well look strategically larry it is the best argument they've got and they're tool box right now to suggest that this is a president who might be facing some type of legal culpability or liability the recent plea deal by michael cohen might touch on donald trump i think that could be assumed at this point so if you're a democrat opposed to the nomination of kavanagh this is your best argument to the american people to delay it at the end of the day though the votes simply aren't there republicans control the senate and if they stand as a bloc in favor of kavanagh he likely will be confirmed and all this is in the shadow of the merrick garland delay orchestrated by mitch mcconnell i mean you really are seeing a power play by republican senators to contr

to the nomination of brett kavanaugh. we will be given limited information because of this process. we will have to do our best to carefully review this nominee before he's consider for a lifetime appointment to the highest court and on land. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. >> mr. president? >> senator from iowa. >> i ask unanimous consent that nathan williams, law clerk with my judiciary committee staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. >> as i have for several weeks now spoken to my colleagues about the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh, i returned to further elaborate on where we are in that process. two weeks from today, judge brett kavanaugh will appear before the senate judiciary committee for the first davis confirmation hearing. i'm quite excited to finally hear from him. he is one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court. he has contributed a great deal to his community and the legal profession, besides being an outstanding judge on t

senators wanted to know what role brett kavanaugh, what role brett kavanaugh might have played in forming those policies if any. but each time they asked him about it, the response from him was nope, not me. had nothing to do with me. >> i was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants or and so i do not have any involvement with that. >> what about the documents relating to the administration's policies and practice on torture? did you see anything about that or had you -- did you first hear about that when you read it in the paper? >> i think with respect to the legal justifications or the policies relating to the treatment of detainees, i was not aware of any issues on that or the legal memos that subsequently came out in the summer sometime in 2004 when there started to be news reports on that. this was not part of my docket either in the counsel's office or as staff secretary. >> i was not aware of any issues on that. this was not part of my docket. that actually that answer got its own national headline at the time. because ca

supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh part of a national day of action. more now on the message from demonstrators. >> the rally in san francisco started with a somber march through civic center plaza. women drapped in red. a reference to the book and tv show where women are property of the state. >> this is the single largest day of action ever in american history to apose a supreme court nominee -- to oppose a supreme court nominee. >> reporter: they say judge brett kavanaugh poses a threat to rights and freedoms. >> this is a life time appointment. one we have to do everything we can to stop it. >> reporter: many officials attended the event. including san francisco mayor. >> one thing that has a president that continues to lie it the american people, another to have someone who can use the legal system to roll back the clock. >> it will bring a political agend to the supreme court. so much is -- agenda to the supreme court. so much is at risk. the undermining of the lgbt community, the over turning of civil rights laws. >> reporter: democrats are call

kavanaugh which is scheduled begins a time before there are calls. however being a norm the role of republicans let's talk about that and more with david jolly former republican representative from florida. what do you make of the democrats calling to hold to the supreme court hearing for kavanaugh until all is blows over well look strategically larry it is the best argument they've got in their tool box right now to suggest that this is a president who might be facing some type of legal culpability or liability the recent plea deal by michael cohen might touch on donald trump i think that could be assumed at this point so if you're a democrat opposed to the nomination of kavanagh this is your best argument to the american people to delay it at the end of the day though the votes simply aren't there republicans control the senate and if they stand as a bloc in favor of kavanagh he likely will be confirmed and all this is in the shadow of the merrick garland delay orchestrated by mitch mcconnell i mean you really are seeing a power play by republican

mcgahn was expected to leave the white house after the confirmation of brett kavanaugh, the nominee for the supreme court. mcgahn had been at the white house since the very beginning of the trump administration. our sources tell us he has had an estranged relationship with president trump for over a year now. in that period of time, mcgahn has also become a witness in special counsel robert mueller's russia probe. president trump responding to the news that he broke himself over twitter had nothing but praise for mcgahn when we spoke to him at the white house on wednesday. listen. >> excellent guy. don mcgahn is a really good guy. been with me for a long time. privately before this. he represented me. almost two years. a lot of affection for don. he'll be moving on probably to the private sector. maybe the private sector. he will do very well. he has done an excellent job. >> reporter: president trump also said he is not concerned what don mcgahn told the special counsel in the interviews. we will see who the president names as mcgahn's replacement. our sources say emmet flood. he was b

democrats are asking for every document that brett kavanaugh has ever held in his hands. it's overbroad clearly but there are timing considerations, there are archive considerations, anyway, his career is he served as associate counsel in the bush white house and then served as staff secretary. seems to me the issue is work product. when you're staff secretary, when you're assistant counsel it is work product. help them understand the stakes of this document fight and why it matters in terms of the timeline. >> we are past the roll-out phase and fully into the phase and fight over document production and that's really a fight over time and the democrats know that they have a chance to try to focus on these potentially a million plus documents that are in his word because he served in white house because this was in year when the thing called e-mail got really big and in those years a lot of people liked to copy a lot of people on emails and you might see an e-mail that you were copied on and has nothing to do with you but especially if you were in the job of staff secreta

paul: strong word from republican senator lindsey graham, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh upcoming con confirmation battle promising failure for any democratic opposition. this as associated press goes on fishing expedition for work emails of judge kavanaugh's wife ashley hope to dig up who knows what as town manager for the village of chevy chase, maryland. so, bill, what do you make of where the kavanaugh battle stands? >> yeah, i'm with senator graham, look, there's an effort as senator hatch said for the democrats who have gone mad to take brett kavanaugh down, but, look, i -- i look at elizabeth warren's attacks on this. i remember ted kennedy, elizabeth warren is no ted kennedy. it has this feel that they're going through the motions and the reason for that is that the weak spots on the republican party in the senate rand paul seem to be solid whereas on the democratic side, a lot of the senators running in trump states are under a lot of pressure, each heidi heitkam is meeting with kavanaugh. i think he gets 52 points. paul: what about document demand fights, mary, chuck sch

where life meets legal. >> there's a lot of doubt in this world when it comes to brett kavanaugh. i have zero doubt he will be on the supreme court before the end of october, he's highly qualified, well deserving, we are going to break the back of every democratic effort to stop this good man from being on the supreme court. the president could not have chosen better. he's going to get confirmed with democratic votes. paul: strong word from republican senator lindsey graham, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh upcoming con confirmation battle promising failure for any democratic opposition. this as associated press goes on fishing expedition for work emails of judge kavanaugh's wife ashley hope to dig up who knows what as town manager for the village of chevy chase, maryland. so, bill, what do you make of where the kavanaugh battle stands? >> yeah, i'm with senator graham, look, there's an effort as senator hatch said for the democrats who have gone mad to take brett kavanaugh down, but, look, i -- i look at elizabeth warren's attacks on this. i remember ted kennedy, elizabeth w

we can't get brett kavanaugh on the supreme court he needs to be confirmed as the new justice because this case may end up very eventually. there are three legal problems, a federal law how agencies implement statutes, the administrative procedure act. when d apa, the later version of the aca it did not go through the epa. if you go through the apa if a regulation violates another federal statute it is illegal, congress determines these immigration issues through immigration and nationality act but even all that aside, every president has a duty under article 2 of the constitution to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. the fifth circuit appeals court helped the bigger version to be unconstitutional because it violated the administrative procedure act and was inconsistent with immigration and nationality act. the courts didn't read the constitutional question because there are multiple ways that is unconstitutional. all that went on here is the president and his dhs secretary and attorney general looked at the fifth circuit decision and said when d apa is illegal then the a

kavanaugh is going to destroy women's reproductive freedom. >> note to brett kavanaugh serving on the supreme court of the united states. >> brett kavanaugh is in effect a get out of jail free card for president trump. the president would in effect be a monarch. the president would be a monarch. >> will you fight to the end against brett kavanaugh? >> we will not rest until brett kavanaugh is defeated in the american people win. >> jessica: senate democrats coming down the calling of the president supreme court nominee, now saying it will take until october to review all of the documents requested from kavanaugh's white house service. republicans plan to begin confirmation hearings in september and say the bush presidential library will likely be able to expedite the documen document. senate minority leader chuck schumer saying "the national archives confirmed our worst fear, that the vast majority of these in a small portion of records the american public will see will be prescreened by political operative and attorney for george w. bush. this unprecedented process appears to be desi

supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. tell us why. >> the president is an unindicted co-conspirator and i do not owe this president the courtesy to meet with his nominee, brett kavanaugh, who by the way is being nominated because the president expects justice cavanaugh should he make it to the supreme court to protect the president. >> your colleague on the committee, richard blumenthal is calling for delay in the scheduled hearings, supposed to start september 4th for brett kavanaugh. is that realistic? you're the minority, republicans are the majority. >> from the beginning we democrats have called for delay in terms of the hearing and we said what's good for the goose is good for the gander, whatever the saying is becau, mitch mcco held that seat for a year, we are asking for delay until this election so the american people can weigh in. we called for delay. even more so now with what's transpired, we think it is important for us to get all of the documents we need and what is the all fire rush to get the person on the

wade will be overturned brett kavanaugh is confirmed? caller: the problem is, i hope so. democrat, there will be accomplices. it is a crime of huge proportions, that we cannot fathom, the consequences. parks, and, i go to they are empty. how many children have been killed as a consequence? the problem is, the problem is, the real problem is, one of them, if it is legalized, a lot of people think it is ok. host: scott is in new york, independent. caller: good morning. i am scott and i am a human christian who doesn't have my christianity mixed up with judaism. to all the christian right and donald trump, read revelation 19:11. why are we so scared we have to have a branch of the service in outer space? are we afraid that we need to fight what they were talking about a 1911? christ coming back? number two. a true christian has to go by what christ tells us to do. christ gave us an example of what to do, especially our enemies. christ told us to love, forgive, except and work with our enemies. at no point did he tell us it is ok to kill our enemy. for a christian, a true tha

the koch brothers are spending a lot of money to support brett kavanaugh, his nomination, why you wouldial -- would alienate someone like that? they have pretty good record. paul: steve bannon, dan, piled on afterwards and said to republican candidates, if you take koch money there will be punishment. that was his word. bannon wants to remake the republican party to protectionist party into an immigration restrictionist party, not just illegal but also legal immigration, really cut it down, and i think this is the fight in many ways for what the republican party believes in. >> yeah, it is, and what we are doing here is getting mixed up between partisanship, the party, and ideological beliefs, the koch brothers are fundamentally an ideological organization not a partisan organization, most of the time that corresponds with the republican party but since the trump presidency some of the splits have become evident as steve bannon trying to create a trumpian party. sure, he's entitled to do that, but in the next 3 months between now and november, i mean, you have about 25 republican house sea

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circuit court justice brett kavanaugh 's nomination to the supreme court. take a few minutes each of you they will come back and talk about specific things. mario?>> thank you. and i want to thank gary for the panel and eric for this wonderful conference. it is always great to be in texas with beautiful people and some conservatives. i love it. coming in from the swamp you know is always -- refreshing to come here. [laughter] i would like to set the stage for you where we are. we've a terminus opportunity and we should not take it lightly. if you remember, the nomination and confirmation of justice neil gorsuch, which we celebrated and worked so hard for, the replacements of justice antonin scalia. you are basically replacing a strong constitutionalist with a strong constitutionalist. we were basically trying to preserve the status quo, if you will. if you remember it was kind of an amazing thing how we got there because you heard from selena and before, they said hillary was a shoe in. she was going to win and going to get to nominate the replacement for a

kavanaugh do solemnly swear. >> brett kavanaugh status as a d.c. power player first gained national attention in 2006. with the rose garden swearingen to become a federal judge, surrounded by the two men who helped put his professional career on the fast track. >> i chosen because of the force of his mind. >> given the oath, the men he would now replace, kennedy for whom he served as a clerk in 1993. the new job came after two years of contentious delay tactics by senate democrats. >> this domination appears to be judicial payments for political services. >> sources said opposition from the left was fueled by brett kavanaugh could one day sit on the supreme court. >> the white house experience made me far better judge than i otherwise would abound. terms of understanding governments. >> brett kavanaugh brings a stellar resume, yell law school, private attorney, a top w-2 special prosecutors under bill clinton. on the bench, the 53-year-old has been a reliable conservative on his court. voting to rein in dozens of administration decisions from the o

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so it matters what brett kavanaugh thinks about this, because this case may come to the supreme court relatively soon. before we elevate someone to the supreme court, we may have to rule on the issue of presidential subpoenas. the senate and the american people deserve to know what the nominee thinks. so we have unprecedented and historic obstruction by senate republicans. they used to demand transparency. we gave it to them. the issue is not how many documents, it's the percentage. we gave them all of kagan's documents. we gave them all of sotomayor's documents. they are giving us about 7% of kavanaugh's documents. the question that looms, what's in the 93% that they don't want to show us? that is what's happening here. so because republicans have chosen obfuscation over transparency, democrats on the judiciary committee led by senator blumenthal issued a foia request to the national archives seeking the full gamut of kavanaugh's records, including his time as staff secretary. we would much rather follow the bipartisan process that's been around for years. mitch mcconnell is tearing

a discussion about brett kavanaugh with a panel of his former law clerks. and political commentator ben shapiro speaking at the national conservative student conference. this year's meeting at the u.s. conference of mayors in boston included speakers by youth activists who talked about their work on gun violence, the environment, and sexual harassment. this part of the meeting begins with mayor stephen benjamin. mayor

this afternoon on c-span, vice president mike pence on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court. he is speaking at the republican national lawyers association meeting in washington, d.c. he will be able to watch it live here on c-span. president trump will be at a federal -- fundraiser in ohio. speech istrump's scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. eastern and he will be able to see it live on c-span. coming up this evening, the national institutes of health director testifies before the senate health committee regarding medical and scientific research at the nih. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> he is one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court. he has contributed a great deal to his community and the legal profession besides being an on the d.c.judge circuit court of appeals. >> judge kavanaugh has a special obligation to make his views clear given the president's litmus test that he would only appoint judges who would overturn roe. on that obligation, judge kavanaugh failed spectacularly. >> i look forward to watching his co

brett kavanaugh has been a judge for over a decade. not like he is a secret guy and he has been on the donald trump list of potential supreme court nominees for over a year. they had ample time to look at his record and request documents about him going back a year. it is really their fault. jillian: is there a chance it gets delayed? >> know. i tell you why. there is a practical reason why it doesn't get delayed. we have midterm elections coming up and one third of us senators are up for reelection, they want to go back to their home districts and campaign. they don't want to be in washington. they want to get out of washington as soon as they can to the campaign trail so there is a self-interest reason for one third of senators to get out of town. jillian: the arguments i was hearing last night, one of the concerns even from some republicans, the support of executive power but republican said it would be concerned about that if i thought that was a reality but democrats seem to keep pounding that right now. >> the president has a lot

kavanaugh, president trump's choice for the supreme court. >> brett kavanaugh will be a rubber stamp for the trump agenda. >> speakers like congresswoman barbara lee urged everyone to quote stay woke. >> we have to understand we're part of a national movement and what we do here in the bay area ripples throughout the country. >> just two days ago vice president mike pence defended brett kavanaugh saying he is extraordinary and is being unfairly attacked. >> some have gone after judge brett kavanaugh for literally just doing his job while he worked in a prior administration. >> but organizers of todays protest say if he's confirmed they worry he could try to overturn row v. wade the landmark supreme court case that legalized abortion in the united states. >> this is a nomination that is up to determine what the courts will be valuing and doing with our civil liberties for the next generation. >> california state senator says no one should be appointed to the supreme court until after the midterms. >> donald trump is so out of control, we need to just slow this down, let the elections

what sort of judge and what sort of a person's brett kavanaugh? we are very fortunate to have with us today for people who are very -- four people who are very well-positioned to answer both of those questions. the first person we will hear from is rebecca tableson. clerked for judge kavanaugh before clerking for judge scalia on the supreme court. she is currently a prosecutor and has previously worked for the washington dc firm of parkland and ellis. we will hear from sarah next -- after rebecca. career her undergraduate from boston college -- degree from boston college. she got a masters degree in applied biomedical ethics from the catholic university of leuven in belgium, and her law degree from yale. after practicing for several years in firms and in washington, she currently serves as special counsel for the thomas more society. after her we will hear from porter wilkin. he clerked for judge kavanaugh before clerking for chief justice john roberts on the supreme court. undergraduateer degree from the university of north carolina, chapel hill,