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leonard leo has been serving as president trump's adviser for supreme court nominations. he will soon resume his position as the executive vice president of the federalissociety, which the new yorker magazine called "the conservative pipeline to the supreme court." it's the linkedin for conservative lawyers. the federalist society provided ort list of potential supreme court justices to president trump. brett kavaugh and neil gorsuch both came from that list. perhaps the feralist society's greatest influence is on its very interpretation of the constitution. the group embraces originalism, a method of constitutional interpretaon that emphasizes applying the words as they originally written in the constitution it is at the juncture of traditional values and liberty, the frequently bloody inttleground of the culture war itself, where orists and the federalist society find themselves embroiled in controvers a controversy that recently transformed the supreme court confirmation process into politicos and enflamed an already deeply divided electorate. leonard leo, welcome to "

leonard leo head of the federalist society. that's one of the big changes i think because we now have relationships that we didn't have 30 years ago. you couldn't have produced the number of judges for reagan that they're now producing for trump. mark: this came by the way out of reagan administration, sort of the farm team became the team, federalist society, the heritage foundation. many of the people being pointed to the bench, or to the justice department, worked in the u.s. attorney offices under reagan and meese and developed this farm team. >> exactly right. so trump, because he was running as a republican, and because he has no hostility to conservatism, he just doesn't think about it much, and he has enormous hostility to political correctness and liberalism because it doesn't fit how he thinks the world works, so i think we ended up with somebody who i compare frankly to andrew jackson as one of the most disruptive presidents we've had because he's not afraid to take on the establishment every single morning. mark: we

they have come up through conservative legal circles together and he is also very close to leonard leo who runs a conservative group called the federalist society. i think what is interesting is if the vote doesn't end up going through even though the white house is confident, we will see president trump very quickly turn on republican lawmakers on this including don mcgahn and leonard leo and the senators and distance himself. and i think the way that he'll do that is by calling out that kavanaugh used to work in the bush administration and using that as a bit of a diss or distancing mechanism. of a diss r distancing mechanism a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i just turned 80. what's my price? $9.95 a month for you, too. if you're age 50 to 85, call now about the number one most popular whole life insurance plan available through the colonial penn program. it has an affordable rate starting at $9.95 a month. no medical exam, no health questions.

they have come up through conservative legal circles together and he is also very close to leonard leo who runs a conservative legal group called the federalist society. i think what will be interest is that if the vote doesn't end up going through even though the white house is confident, i think we will see president trump very quickly turn on republican lawmakers on this including don mcgahn and leonard leo and the senators and distance himself. and i think the way that he'll do that is by calling out that kavanaugh used to work in the bush administration and using that as a bit of a diss or distancing mechanism. >> well, that's interesting and on that front, kind of, eli, when we hear ben sasse say it shouldn't surprise us that trump attacked dr. ford, is that a senator wanting to have it both ways, wanting us to react with surprise that he's so up front in his criticism of the president, even though he's a consistent and anticipatable yes? >> yes, it is. ben sasse is sort of the poster child for that behavior. but he's certainly not alone. i think the interesting thing about trump

you see leonard leo of the federalist society played a key pivotal role. he is behind ralph reed in the center of the screen in coming up with a list of nominees that the president chose from and bret kavanaugh and kneel gor sich -- neil gorsuch. we go to nancy on the republican lined from ohio. -- on the republican line from ohio. >> hi, as hard as it was to watch the entire process come into play, it is so great it came to a great resolution. in a way i'm glad that he had to go through what he had to go through. he's a judge. i'm sure he really felt what it was like tor pers -- to be persecuted and not given a fair trial. he's a judge and he had to experience what a common being might have to go through. i'm just real proud that he could with stand the pressure and, you know, everything that he had to go through, and i just really hope the american public wakes up and realize that this is a really good truman who was -- true man put to the test. >> and these are pictures from the white house following the swearing in of brett kavanaugh to serve on the su

the republicans, trump, mcgahn, leonard leo, they had a rare discipline to drive this forward. >> whose idea was that? >> putting aside the merrick garland -- >> no, whose idea was that? was that trump's? >> i think as well, i do think the previous administration missed opportunities to get other judges confirmed. there were so many supreme court vacancies because of obama and reid. >> a historic day today. a very historic day. the consequences are enormous. everybody stand by. our special live coverage will continue, right after this. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe dia

the overlap between the groups and kavanaugh's 91% club, and the groups who fund leonard leo, the federalist society's architect of kavanaugh's nomination is telling. the multimillion dollar scorched earth ad campaign by groups like the judicial crisis network is funded by big dark money interests. the n.r.a. poured its own millions into campaigning for kavanaugh. they promised n.r.a. members that kavanaugh will break the tie. they are 91% sure. in the face of all of this kavanaugh feigned impartiality, but then came the tell when kavanaugh returned to the judiciary committee to defend himself against accusations of a sex assault, his have a near -- veneer of impartiality was pulled away and we saw -- america saw the fierce and rabid conspiracy mongering partisan within. his performance was recently described by a right of center columnist as his partisan, unhinged dia tribe and non -- diatribe and nonjudicial demeanor. i ask unanimous consent that the paper be appended to the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: he even blamed bill and hillary clinton