circuit, judge kavanaugh's also taught at yale, harvard and georgetown law. and given his age, his intellectual rigor, his dedication to constitutional principles and his distinguished judicial record, i think it's safe to say he will be one of the half dozen or so judges who will be considered for the supreme court by the next republican president assuming, of course, there ever is another republican president. [laughter] and speaking of the, sorry for the gallows humor there. [laughter] speaking of the supreme court, we meet at, as gary said, a very propitious time given recent events, the death of justice scalia, the great justice scalia, and the nomination of merrick garland to replace him. judge kavanaugh did not cancel his appearance here which was previously scheduled after those events, though he certainly might have. so first question which i are to ask to retain my standing in the journalistic guild, what do you think of judge garland's nomination? >> well, thank you to aei for being here, thanks to gary and paul -- [laughter] and i will answer the