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

because we cannot let trump reshape the highest level of country with a pick like brett kavanaugh. reme judge whose record is alarming not only for workers, but for women, immigrants and so much more. working women, like all of us here today. kavanaugh because we know how high the stakes are. and we are not going to lose this fight. so i am proud to introduce a friend and a badass woman warrior. ok. let me switch it up. actually, still a badass woman warrior, senator gillibrand. [applause] >> hey, everybody. [applause] >> quite a day yesterday. >> yeah. >> so, we all know that our president was implicated in a federal crime yesterday. it is a good reminder for all of us that nobody in this country, including the president, is above the law. it is one of the most basic principles of our democracy. and it reminds us about why judge kavanaugh is such a horrible nominee for the supreme court. he believes the president is above the law. he believes he cannot be investigated for any crime while president of the united states. so he is a dangerous nominee for many, many reasons. but i want

[speaking spanish] we are here today because we know that brett kavanaugh, trump's nominee for the supreme, would be a disaster for working women. kavanaugh has a long record of ignoring workers' rights and safety to side with powerful employers. he has ruled against workers fighting discrimination and harassment and supports the exclusion of some workers from legal protection. [speaking spanish] and our industry, sexual harassment on the job is not the exception, it is the rule. along with low wages and poor working conditions, domestic workers have to put up with sexual harassment with very few laws to protect us. the highest court of the land should protect all workers against abuse. [applause] [speaking spanish] kavanaugh also does not believe our labor laws protect undocumented workers. although that is not true. he would only make it harder for women like me who are already vulnerable to extreme abuse and exploitation. [speaking spanish] [applause] when i first came to this country, i worked as a nanny for a diplomat. i faced labor exploitation. but i did not know where to seek help

work with safety and dignity. >> [speaking spanish] >> we are here today because we know that brett kavanaughs nominee for the supreme court, would be a disaster for working women. kavanaugh has a long record of ignoring workers' rights and safety to side with powerful employers. he's ruled against workers fighting discrimination and harassment and supports the inclusion of some workers from legal protection. >> [speaking spanish] ... [speaking spanish] >> that's not true. he would only make it harder for women like me will already vulnerable to extreme abuse and exploitation. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [cheers and applause] >> when i first came to this country i worked as a nanny for a diplomat. i didn't know where to seek help and i was afraid of losing my visa if i spoke up. luckily, i met other workers and organizers, and learned that all workers in this country, regardless of your immigration status have certain basic rights. [speaking spanish] >> i stood up from a rights and that would help other women in similar situations. when people tell you who they are, believe them. wi

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

judge brett kavanaugh went to the same prep school that produced justice neil gorsuch. was told that they went to the same school at the same time. the motto of that school that judge kavanaugh has reflected on is that one's objective is to be a man for others. as you look at the life and work and character of judge kavanaugh, you can see that it's always about others. he graduated from yale, he clerked in the third circuit, and then clerked for the man who he would be replacing. justice anthony kennedy. he served as the associate counsel of the white house, what many regard as the second highest court in the land, the court of appeals of the district of columbia. during his time on the bench, he has been called the judges judge, stunning 39 of his 48 clerks have gone on to clerk at the supreme court. his peers see him as a thought leader, his opinions are cited by courts across the country, on a regular basis, and the supreme court has endorsed his opinions more than a dozen times. i think that is worth a round of applause. [laughter] [applause] judge brett kavanaugh ha

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

when thetching senators look to question brett kavanaugh? est: -- how the senators actually vote for or against the nomination. we saw very strong, partisan support among republicans for kavanaugh and opposition among democrats. i think folks will be breaking out on party lines and there is not a lot of moderate or independent senators. with the rules and the way they changed with -- for simple majority, it seems somewhat likely he would get confirmed even though this gap is tighter compared what we saw with gorsuch and kagan in the past. host: you mentioned how people get their news from the supreme court. it is no secret this network has long been an advocate for cameras in the court. how does the american public feel about that? guest: they absolutely agree there should be cameras. 64% support cameras in the court for televising oral arguments and it is a very serious issue and it is not actually because the public has a right to know or people are feeling it is not cool my taxes pay your salary, it is actually hurting the institution beca

that's who brett kavanaugh is. 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 water, t

it represent a constitutional confrontation if not a crisis if the plan is to make sure that brett kavanaugh is on the supreme court when that happens for just such an occasion. well, that changes the meaning of the kavanaugh confirmation. right? that raises the stakes even further. it sort of changes them as to when and whether cavanagh will be confirmed. we reached out to paul brine this news particularly because he has said that republicans in congress won't pursue anything like this. since kathy mcmorris rodgers is on his leadership team and she is talking about this at a fundraiser in her home state. it raises the question wl republicans have one plan. then once the election is over, they are planning a surprise u-turn. we've had no comment from the speaker's office in response to our questions but we'll let you know if we do hear from him. you smng there is a big new storm brewing when it comes to kavanaugh's supreme court hearing and whether or not republicans are trying on block access to specific gromts kavanaugh's past because democrats say those documents might prove that kavanaug

this shocked people in the left with a new york times op-ed, a liberal case for brett kavanaugh.e 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 elect

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

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

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

look at what the chair of the senate judiciary committee said recently, charles grassley, about brett kavanaugh 's nomination and roe v. wade. later we will see what assistant patty murray had to say. >> another attack on judge kavanaugh is that he is hostile to abortion rights. discotheque misrepresents -- this attack misrepresents his record on the d.c. circuit. there judge kavanaugh acknowledges the court must decide the case on roe v. wade. as itlied the precedent, requires judges to so do. we hear the same fear mongering over abortion every time there is a supreme court vacancy. i remember 30 years ago when sandra day o'connor was going to be the first woman appointed to the supreme court. there was a real worry then that roe v. wade was in the pretty -- was in jeopardy. in a case 12 it 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. i think justice kennedy, now leaving the court, was one of those. even though we did not pursue this in-depth with him at his hearing, those of us who are pro-life, and i am one of the, w

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,

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

in the course of his remarks, brett kavanaugh brought up two landmark supreme court cases. 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, courts have no legiti

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

as always thanks for your time today good to be with you thank you larry in july of this year brett 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 ame

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.ore 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 callin

documents by standards established they have ignored them when it comes 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

campaign many democratic lawmakers are calling for a delay in this court nomination hearings of brett 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

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

many democratic lawmakers are calling for a delay in this green court nomination hearings of brett 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

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 secretar

paul: strong word from republican senator lindsey graham, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh upcomingion 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 schumer said you

wade will be overturned brett kavanaugh is confirmed? caller: the problem is, i hope so.emocrat, 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 that

the president would be a monarch. >> will you fight to the end against brett kavanaugh?ted 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 designed intentionally by republicans to deny the senate and the american people the information they need to evaluate this critically important nomination. >> harris: do you put hunting on a sour grapes to try to sweeten them up? i don't know what's worse, the visual there, and you can't deny this. it

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

supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh.e 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 supreme court. i t

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do solemnly swear. >> brett kavanaugh status as a d.c.er 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 obama

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

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chuck schumer says democrats stand ready to sue for documents regarding supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his work in the white house during the bush administration. he and sheldon whitehouse spoke with reporters earlier today. >> hi, everybody. welcome to the abbreviated week, where two democrats and nine republicans didn't show up, okay? all right. as of yesterday. yeah, that's right. we are. okay. i'm happy to be joined by senators blumenthal and whitehouse, both from the judiciary committee. i want to recap where we're at with the supreme court nomination process. for weeks, republicans have been deliberately withholding the entire record of judge kavanaugh's three years as staff secretary, most senior position he held in the bush administration, and a job that he himself said was formative and instructive as preparation for being a judge. those are his words. meanwhile, the small percentage of documents the judiciary committee will get to see are being prescreened by a republican operative, bill burke, who not only worked for kavanaugh in the bush administration so this is someon

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

brett kavanaugh has been a judge for over a decade.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 of p

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

they said brett kavanaugh represents a threat to the rights of women and many others. >> reporter: todays rally was one of more than 200 going on across the country to protest president trump's nominee to the supreme court. local democrats say this call to action needs to extend beyond this nomination process all the way to november and the midterm elections. the chants of protesters echoed off the walls of city hall as hundreds gathered in san francisco to oppose the nomination of brett 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 pro

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,