. >> carolyn shapiro is here with us. troy is on the republican line with caroline shapiro. >> good morning. it is interesting that justice fortis was brought up. it has been a couple of years since i read "the brethren" but i was wondering if ms. shapiro could go over the attempts in the 1970's by the nixon administration, i think, to try to impeach -- i'm forgetting the justice now. he goes back to f.d.r. justice douglas. >> justice douglas was extremely -- i think he could be the longest-serving justice on the court. he was famously extreme lyly further lacked any other justice according to many scales as people measure them. the interesting thing about justice douglas is that he was personally something of a wild man. he was certainly known as a woman eiser, among other -- womanizer, among other things. when he was confirmed, he didn't have a confirmation hearing because that didn't happen back in those days. the stories that he told about himself and his biography turned out not to be true. so in later years there's b

host: again, carolyn shapiro is our guest. steve, go ahead. caller: good morning. i am curious, had the allegations been nonsexual, say about fraud or bankruptcy, with the investigation had taken a different tone as opposed to what i am understanding, is because it was sexual it was pushed under the rug, but had there been another type of allegation, would the investigation gone a different way? guest: i would say that there are two different ways of thinking about that. one is that, of course it is impossible to imagine that this wayhat the allegations, the the allegations are responded to has a lot to do with the historic moment we are in, with the me too movement, anger about things president trump has been with respect to women. so the moment

host: again, carolyn shapiro is our guest. steve, go ahead. caller: good morning.curious, had the allegations been nonsexual, say about fraud or bankruptcy, with the investigation had taken a different tone as opposed to what i am understanding, is because it was sexual it was pushed under the rug, but had there been another type of allegation, would the investigation gone a different way? guest: i would say that there are two different ways of thinking about that. one is that, of course it is impossible to imagine that this wayhat the allegations, the the allegations are responded to has a lot to do with the historic moment we are in, with the me too movement, anger about things president trump has been with respect to women. so the moment we are in, the cultural moment, informs people's response to the specific allegations. but the other thing i would say is if there was some kind of financial fraud or concern about -- that could be just as major a scandal. there were a lot of people who wanted to know more about judge kavanaugh's finances, people who are concern

monday morning, a discussion on the races to watch in campaign 2018, and carolyn shapiro of the institute on this up in court of the united states at chicago college of law talks about the history of supreme court confirmations in the senate. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern, monday morning. joi the discussion -- join the discussion. >> on monday, president trump will perform the ceremonial swearing-in of justice breyer kavanaugh -- brett kavanaugh. our coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. on c-span. >> british prime minister theresa may gave the closing keynote speech at her party's conference in birmingham, calling for unity as britain prepares to exit the european union. this is about an hour. ♪ [abba's "dancing queen"] ♪ ♪ you can dance, you can dance, having the time of your life see that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen ♪ [applause] p.m. may: thank you, thank you very much for that warm welcome. now can i just say you will have to excuse me if i cough during the speech. i've been up all night supergluing the backdrop. [laughter] [applause] mind you, i suppose

monday morning, a discussion on the races to watch in campaign 2018, and carolyn shapiro of the institute up in court of the united states at chicago college of law talks about the history of supreme court confirmations in the senate. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern, monday morning. joi the discussion -- join the discussion. >> on monday, president trump will perform the ceremonial swearing-in of justice breyer kavanaugh -- brett kavanaugh. our coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. on c-span. >> british prime minister theresa may gave the closing keynote speech at her party's conference in birmingham, calling for unity as britain prepares to exit the european union. this is about an hour.

carolyn shapiro at the chicago camp college of law talks about the history and evolution of supreme court confirmations in the senate. the sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at seven eastern this morning. join the discussion. hosts a president trump ceremonial swearing-in for supreme court associate justice brett kavanaugh in the east room of the white house. life coverage begins at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. tonight on the communicators, assistant homeland security secretary for cyber security and communications talks about cyber threats against the u.s. and how the country is working to foil foreign efforts to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections. , everyy single day system, whether it is a federal agency, a bank, a local government office, you are constantly battling if you will actors who are trying to get into your networks. if you have sensitive data, if you have some system that powers something important, you have everything from your everyday hacktivits, two criminals, which is still the majority of what most people deal with. again come all the way to gainnstates

carolyn shapiro, director of the institute on the supreme court of the united states, talks about the history and evolution of supreme court confirmations in the senate. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. trump hostsesident a ceremonial swearing-in for supreme court associate justice brett kavanaugh in the east room of the white house. live coverage begins at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. communicators,he assistant homeland security secretary for cyber security and communications talks about cyber threats against the u.s. and how the country is working to foil for an effort to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections and emergency communications. >> every single day, every system, whether it is the federal agency, a bank, a local government office, you are constantly battling, if you will, actors who are trying to get into your networks. if you have sensitive data, if you have some system that powers something important, you have everything from your everyday activist trying to deface your website for some purpose they believe is impor

a history of that process with carolyn shapiro from canton college of law at the university of chicago. that is tomorrow morning. newsmakers is coming up next. thank you for being part of our sunday. enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great weekend. ♪ >> next, newsmakers with brian walsh, the president of the american first action pac. president trump speaks at a rally in topeka, kansas. and the vote to confirm brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. >> our guest is brian walsh. in april of 2017 he assumed the leadership of american first action pac, which is a pro-trump and pence super pac. with lots of attention going into the midterm elections. he brings 15 years of republican experience to the role. thank you for being our guest.