justice sotomayor: and -- thomas r. govan, jr. and the thing is that in this case, the trial court did consider them and found that notwithstanding those conditions, the fact that he had these strokes and memory loss, he still had a rational understanding of his -- -- judgeuld mayor: sotomayor: well, that's -- -- crime and punishment. justice sotomayor: -- interesting to me because i don't read anywhere in kirkland where he did any analysis of rationality. what he did, as i understood it, is just does he remember his crime or something -- he doesn't remember his crime, but does he understand where he is and what they're going to do to him? that's not the same as rational understanding. he did no memory test to see how long mr. madison retained information generally. he did not describe the extent of his dementia. he didn't do any of the things one would expect if he was going to opine on rationality. so how -- the only one who did that was dr. goff, and that part of his discussion was not addressed by the court below at all. mr. g

justice sotomayor: to be executed? mr. stevenson: yes, that's right. we -- we do not contend -- justice sotomayor: so your loss of memory isn't even what the cause of the loss of memory is. if this person who has amnesia can no longer function because they can't even remember how to eat or how to go to the bathroom or how to think about a problem or et cetera, you would say the cause is not what's important; it's whether their cognitive deficiencies cause what? now fill in the blank. mr. stevenson: that -- that's right. would cause disorientation, cause an inability to understand their circumstances, have the kind of symptoms that we have here. mr. madison can't tell you the season of the year. he can't tell you the month of the year. he can't tell you the day of the week. he can't recite the alphabet past g. he cannot -- chief justice roberts: what if would cause disorientation, he can understand your answer to justice sotomayor's question. if a person -- if a person simply is without memory of his commission of the capital offense, does that in itsel

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conversÓ con sotomayor sobre uno de sus libros.como mujer para llegar a la corte suprema de estados unidos? >> una pregunta muy complicada. despuÉs de ser abogada y juez de dos cortes antes de ir a la corte suprema, la dificultad mÁs grande es la esperanza de otros. que porque era latina, no tenÍa la inteligencia e poder hacer el trabajo. no sÉ si sabe que en ese trabajo habÍa muchos que decÍan, ella no tiene la inteligencia de hacerse trabajo bien. hay muchos cambios en el tiempo. ilia: sonia sotomayor ha hablado abiertamente de su vida personal y su lucha, en su libro para niÑos pasando pÁginas. despuÉs de paso del huracÁn marÍa, le parece justo el trato que recibiÓ? >> esas preguntas de las contesto. no, puerto rico todavÍa necesita mucho. la tristeza de la isla es porque lo que era lo tenemos que volver a ser, pero necesitamos mucha ayuda y nos estÁ recibiendo. eso lo siento mucho. ilia: en sus libros tambiÉn habla del movimiento femenino y la idea de que las mujeres somos capaces y podemos hacerlo todo. seguimos pagando un alt

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sonia sotomayor es uno de los 9 jueces de la corte suprema y la primera jueza de ascendencia hispana interesantes vamos a ver un fragmento. >> acaba de publicar dos nuevo libros, dirigidos a niÑos y adolescentes ¿quÉ la llevÓ a usted de contar de una manera amena y entretenida su historia de vida ademÁs para los jÓvenes y ente >> los jÓvenes son nuestro futuro, nosotros c aduls hemos no hecho un trabajo muy bueno en el mundo que le estamos dejando a los niÑos todavÍa hay mucho que tiene que mejorar y las personas que van a hacer ese trabajo son nuestros niÑos entonces para mÍ, la historia mÍa sÉ que le da mucha inspiraciÓn a los niÑos y pensÉ que si querÍa tocarle el corazÓn de los nenes, tenÍa que escribir libros que ellos entendieran. >> hoy en dÍa en el 2018 es la uniÓn americana el paÍs que usted soÑÓ hace 10 aÑos? >> pregunta difÍcil, hay muchos problemas en este mundo, la cosa mÁs importante es para que los que estÉn aquÍ, de saber que podemos hacer cambios para mejorar las condiciones de nosotros, esos cambios, acogen el Ánimo de tratar de hacer a convencer nosotros de lo que

kagand for sotomayor and and never thought twice about it. i have never done to them what has been done to brett. jeffrey: please, sir. thank you. let me ask you about dr. ford's testimony. somethinge that terrible happened to her, but it wasn't kavanaugh. senator graham: i am not a psychologist, but i am a lawyer. i know if you are going to choose a person for a crime in this country, you are not assumed guilty. what got me upset in the hearing was judge kavanaugh turned to done again. union, is not the soviet this is america. that is what got me going. i think the accusation was made by dr. ford, and i listened. i think she was treated respectfully, because everybody deserves that. i say, what do i have? i don't have a location, the corroborating witnesses go the other way, and everything else in the record i know about brett kavanaugh is he is not bill cosby and he is not harvey weinstein. this is about power, it's not about sex, and if you are a serial rapist and you drug people in high school, you don't get over it. this is about power.

republican sound much object you in sonia sotomayor and elena kagan's records, including sotomayor issuggestion and numerous speeches that a quote wise latina woman would more often than not make better judicial systems and a white male republican, also expressed deep concern about elena kagan's position as thinking of harvard law school to ban military records from office. the didn't launch a withering personal attack or assault. the democrats had leveled against previous republican nominees. they didn't try to filibuster their nominations. republicans as sotomayor and taken pointed questions, to be sure, but did not try to destroy them, as was the one of the democrats. the . the confirmation vote for 60-31 for sotomayor with nine republicans in support and 63-37 for kagan with five republicans and support. sotomayor and kagan received more votes republicans and alito received from democrats. keep that in mind the next him democrats try to pin the blame for the confirmation wars on the gop. i'll say just a few words about president obama's d.c. circuit nominees. president obama appoi

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justice sotomayor talking about the institutional reputation now for the supreme court and how the court holds on to legitimacy in this atmosphere and what a challenge that is. let's listen to that. >> i think we have a chance of holding on to our legitimacy. as elena says, though, we are each going to have to think about how to do that and how to implement and support our institutional reputation. >> and, jennifer that institutional reputation seems like more of a challenge than ever. >> yeah. so sobering to hear her say we have a chance to hold on. >> just a chance. >> just a chance and the one thing that i have not been able to move beyond is understanding that when brett kavanaugh walked into the hearing room last week, he thought he was done. he spoke of his nomination in the past tense. he talked about what, when i still believed there is a chance i would be confirmed so one piece he left out of his op-ed to the journal was the truth. which was that the aryan i gave in the judiciary committee was when i thought i was going to lose. even he thought the republicans would not confirm.

so justice sotomayor, i think the statute congress wrote speaks in temporal terms and if the government -- for whatever reason, doesn't take custody when the alien is released we think same day is fine -- then the person gets a hearing under subsection a that'ses only consequences justice breyer noted. >> you hinged a lot on the language and told us to ignore what's happened after 1996 and in response to justice sotomayor went back to that language when the alien is released. but if we focus carefully on the it modifies the noun limit and limits the class of aliens involved. alien is a noun. add verbs don't usually modified nouns. they usually modify verbs and the verb is shall take into custody. why isn't that the duty shall take into custody is modified by the add verb when the alien is released? okay? and so the government's obligation begins at that moment. we know that's when the shall take into custody duty starts. but the class of aliens, the who, the noun has nothing to do with the add verb. now, that's the question my fifth grade grammer teacher would ask. so i pose it to you.

la aparente falta de entusiasmo preocupa a muchos, por eso magistrada sonia sotomayor envÍo un mensajeota es la persona que no quiere este paÍs, ni su comunidad. votar es la cosa mÁs importante, la obligaciÓn mÁs gndudado. la cosa mÁs importante de cambiar esta vida para nosotros los latinos, es votar. >>> enst entrevista con el programa "un nuevo dÍa" la Única jueza latina en la corte suprema destacÓ lo importante que es enseÑar a los hijos a que no se conformen y cumplan sus sueÑos. es la idea de los dos libros sobre su vida que acaba de escribir y estÁ presentando estos dÍas la magistrada sotomayor. una pequeÑa de 12 aÑos la nueva vÍctima de la epidemia de femenicidio en mÉxico, valerÍa no regresÓ de la tienda, todo el pueblo saliÓ a buscarla, pero la esperanza pronto se convirtiÓ en un dolor infinito. cuando la encontraron sin vida en medio de un terreno baldÍo. el informe de raÚl torres. >>> mi hija se llama valerÍa tiene 12 aÑos >>> desesperada y con mucho miedo adriana pedÍa ayuda su hija valerÍa habia desaparecido el domingo >>> la acaban de llevÁrsela >>> pero a valeria de sol

hasta la jueza de la corte suprema de justicia, sonia sotomayor.io marÍn ex tteso seÁ de los estados unidos es motivo para celebrar. >>> la sangre latina de los latinoamericanos la sangre mexicana, esa sangre que viene en nuestras venas, viene de guerreros. viene de personass que se propusieron a salvar y a salir adelante. inclusive enfrentando problemas muy, muy serios, vanessa hauc noticias telemundo. >>> desde inglaterra hasta california, la emociÓn se ha . sussex. el hijo del prÍncipe harry y megh meghan markle serÁ el primer descendiente. >>> este vestido suelto de meghan markle y las carpetas que llevaba desataron los rumor kz hoy fueron confirmados felicida el bebÉ >>> nada mejor que bebÉ nuevo dijo >>> serÁ el sÉptimo bisnieto de la reina isabel porque esijo de una actriz estadounidense, bi racial y con historia que contar. >>> hace menos de un siglo el rey de inglaterra dejÓ la corona por casarse con una mujer que estaba divorciada. . Á divorciada. >>> se desconoce el tÍtulo que llevarÁ >>> aunque la fila para ascender al trono britÁnico s

nuestra colega ilia calderÓn entrevisto a la cuesta de la corte suprema, sonia sotomayor, y nos tienes de puerto rico y del juez kavanaugh y esto es un poco de lo que me dijo. >> muchos estadounidenses han perdido la fe en la justicia. cÓmo recuperar la fe en la justicia? >> creo que es importante que tengan fe en la ley. las leyes no nacen sinoq ue se hacen y se hacen por la gente y si hay leyes que son injustas es porque la gente lo ha permitido. nosotros tenemos que tener el Ánimo de saber que tenemos que cambiar las leyes que no nos gustan. >> estamos apenas a unos dÍas de las elecciones. sonia: a nosotros no nos van a escuchar si no votamos. ilia: puerto rico es muy importante para usted. despuÉs del paso del huracÁn marÍa le parece justo el trato que ha recibido puerto rico? mucho mÁs de la entrevista en el noticiero de univisiÓn. borja: muchas gracias, ilia. tendremos mÁs de la entrevista en el noticiero de univisiÓn. imperdible. el 13 de noviembre se publicarÁ la ediciÓn sobre sus memorias en espaÑol y prÓximamente tambiÉn estarÁ en la feria del libro de miami asÍ que vamos a

justice sotomayor, i think the statute congress wrote speaks in temporal terms.if the government for whatever reason, does not take custody when the alien is released, we think same day is fine. then the person gets a hearing under subsection a. that is the only consequences that justice breyer noted. >> okay, you have changed a lot of the language. and have told us to ignore what happened after 1996 and then went back to the language of when the alien is released. we focus on the language, that is a phrase you say it limits the class of aliens that are involved. aliens a noun. adverbs usually do not modify a noun. they usually modify verbs. and the verb here is, shall take into custody.so, why is it that the duty shall take into custody, is modified by the adverb, when the alien is released. okay? and so the governments obligation begins at that moment. we know that is when shall take into custody duty starts. but the class of aliens, the who, now, has nothing to do with the adverb. that is the question my fifth grade grammar teacher would ask. all right? so i p

. >> as the accident of timing would have it sonia sotomayor and eliza kagen both appeared at princetonhere. i want to listen to justice sotomayor talking about the institutional rep ruitation now for the supreme court and how the court holds onto legitimacy in this atmosphere and what a challenge that is. let's listen to that. >> i think we have a chance of holding on to our legitimacy. as elena says, though, we're each going to have to think about how to do that and how to implement and support our institutional reputation. >> and jennifer, that institutional reputation seems more of a challenge than ever. >> it's so sobering for her to say we have a chance of holding onto our reputation. >> just a chance. >> and one thing i have not been able to move beyond is understanding that when brett kavanaugh walked into the hearing room last week, he thought he was done. he spoke of his nomination in the past tense. he talked about when i still believe there's a chance i would be confirmed. so, you know, one piece he left out of his op-ed that he gave to the journal was the truth, which was t

>> well, clearly, elena kagan and sonia sotomayor, who was there with her at princeton, are concerned about that, and i'm s, glad, hahat you started here with the oo-- twothe women justices speaking on this point. they're cleay very concerned. and this is an extraordinary thing that they spoke about this. justice kagan wentn to say that the legitimacy ofth e court relies upon public confidence in the court and in its independence, that if the public loses faith in the court, loses respt for the court, and loses a sense of-- of credible, of the court's credibility, that they won't listen to what we tell .hem to do that's basically what she came out and said. "we don't have an army," she said. "we don't have an army. we can't order with masses of force the public to dohings. we order through our legitimacy." and without that, all is lost for the court. and that's her concern. and she said that las and it was a bold thing to say. nd i'm so glad you started there, because ows tremendous concern on the part of at least these two justices about what's hapsepened theast few weeks. >> sreeniv

when president obama nominated sonia sotomayor, it was not an issue. in fact, it was not even much of an issue when george w. bush put the other more recent catholics on, roberts and alito. what we areknow talking about, rounding out the , scalia, justice kennedy, justice thomas. it is unusual to have one protestant, stevens, and the other two are jewish, ginsburg and breyer. it does play out mostly on issues of abortion when the public consciousness comes. as i note in the book, this book courtceived -- supreme received some criticism of the catholicism issue in 2007 when the justices, for the first time, struck down an abortion procedure, which is known by its critics as partial-birth abortion procedure, and the majority of justices happened to be catholic, before justice sotomayor. that is when a lot of the criticism came to the forefront of our people voting their -- of, or people -- of, are people voting their religion. what justice scalia, and since he is conservative, he has a convincing argument at where he is at on the law anyway, even though

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sonia sotomayor, la primera jueza hispana en la corte suprema hablÓ con "univisiÓn".to. no. puerto rico necesita mucha ayuda. la belleza que era la tenemos que volver a hacer, pero necesitamos mucha ayuda para hacerlo y no se estÁ teniendo. yo lo siento mucho. emilia: en su libro tambiÉn habla sobre el movimiento femenino y la idea de que las mujeres somos capaces, y podemos hacerlo todo. pero seguimos pagando un alto precio las que somos mamÁs, que trabajamos. hasta cuando? sonia: siempre, es nuestra vida. me pregunto una muchacha si se puede hacer todo. yo luego que sÍ pero no al mismo tiempo. hay sacrificios que se tienen que hacer, hay momentos que no puedes estar con sus niÑos y otros que no puede estar en el trabajo. uno tiene que aceptar que el compromiso es parte de la vida. emilia: el movimento estuvo muy presente frente al juicio de brett kavanaugh. sonia: siempre hay nada bienvenida. es un nuevo miembro de nuestra corte. tenemos que trabajar con Él. ahora vamos a empezar nuestra nueva familia. trabajan juntos. vamos a dejar el tiempo pasar. alan: quÉ orgull

what is interesting about kagan and sotomayor there, they don't often speak out like that. and that was a long-planned speaking event and it happened to fall on this critical day, but they wanted to make two things absolutely clear, is that they recognize that this court cannot be looked at as just a part of the political branch. that is what makes them so nervous about it. they can't be looked at as republicans or democrat, and right now, and this doesn't always happen, there are four members who were appointed by republicans president, and four by liberals. that doesn't always happen. we have had that switch around before, so they are very, very concerned about this. and they are also, i think that kagan made that interesting note about the swing vote, because now anthony kennedy is gone, and before anthony kennedy, justice sandra o'connor was the swing vote. and right now, it doesn't look like there is going to be a swing vote. and she says that is another concern. because it looks like one side, one side of the bench would be owned in a particular issue. they are very n

republicans found much to object to in sotomayor and elena kagan's records including sotomayor's suggestion in numerous speeches that a wise latina woman was more often than that making -- would more often make wise republicans than a white male republican. expressed concern about kagan's position as the dean of harvard law school to ban military recruiters. but they didn't launch a withering attack or assault. the democrats have leveled against previous republican nominees. they didn't try to filibuster. republicans asked pointed questions to be sure, but they did not try to destroy them, as was the wont of the democrats. 61-38 for sotomayor, nine republicans in support, and 63-37 for kagan with five republicans in support. they both received more votes from republican ben alito received from democrats. keep that in mind next time democrats try to play in -- pin the blame for the confirmation wars on the gop. i will say a few words about the d.c. circuit nominees. president obama appointed four circuit, the d.c. shirley lawson, patricia, robert wilkins. , withdrew hertlin nomination. compa

when she was dean. >> and i should point out that elena kagan and sotomayor was there also as well. and mimi rocha, talk about the change in the court, and also, i wanted to ask you briefly about rod rosenstein and whether there was anything improper as him of deputy a.g. flying on air force one and not a private meeting and so it was onot the moment that a lot of the anticipated with the president, and the president then the reaffirming that he is not planning to replace rod rosenstein. >> well, andrea, the two things that you are asking about are linked in some big principled way which is that we have seen through this process of kavanaugh getting confirmed to the supreme court such a politicalization of the process, and i know that politics have always played a role in the supreme court, but what we saw here where, really, a whole portion of where women and sexual assault survivors felt that it was a thumb in the nose to them to get kavanaugh confirm and then saturday night, the sort of, you know, the swearing in, really was, you know, with the standing ovations, and the statemen

. >> stephanie, your chapter was about the nomination and confirmation of sonia sotomayor to be a supreme at the process of going through, examining and vetting her, the confirmation process, and compare that to kavanaugh, i mean, what do you think? >> i've spent a lot of time reflecting in this last couple weeks, especially around the kavanaugh nomination about the high standard and really quite frankly the double standard that the united states senate held sonya sotomayor to. the worst they could come up with a speech she had given ten years earlier that president obama thought was critical to her being on the supreme court. he was clear as he was searching for his supreme court nominees that he wanted somebody who had the critical proximity to reality, a proximity to reality that i would argue brett kavanaugh did not have and they held that against her, from being somebody who identified as a latina who was outspoken about being a latina and dragged her over the coles for having diabetes and her personal health issues, but those were the worst things they could come up with. in compari

la magistrada sotomayor dijo que cada uno tiene responsabilidad de proteger la legitimidad de la cortecree en el congreso o en el presidente, creemos en los jueces de la corte suprema , y esto, es como una mancha. >>> pero aÚn guarda esperanza, en washington, lory montenegro noticias telemundo. >>> y mientras tanto en las calles de washington y otras partes de paÍs, las protestas, no cesan, miles y miles se manifestaron contra la confirmaciÓn de kavanaugh y muchos g fueron arrestados antea corte suprema , javier vega, buenasco tardes, quÉ ambiente s vive a esta hora en la capital. >>> quÉ tal, jose, buenas tardes, lasnt protestas no se detienen, y, continÚan los arrestos, hace momentos cuando se confirmÓ que el propio brett llegado aquÍ a rompieron el cerco de seguridad y legaron a la puerta principal de lara corte supremo, epÍlogo una semana de protestas por caso kavanaugh. asÍ recibieron afuera de la corte la confirmaciÓn de juez brett kavanaugh, una decisiÓn que como ondas expansiva tendÁ efecto para varias generaciones, ante esto miles lucharon hasta el final. >>> estoy muy enojada

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justice sotomayor, thank you. justice kagan, thank you. and justice gorsuch. i would also like to send our deep appreciation to maureen scalia, the wife of the late great antonin scalia, and also to our white house counsel don mcgahn, thank you, don. we are thrilled to be joined this evening by justice anthony kennedy. justice kennedy, america owes you a profound debt of gratitude for a lifetime of noble service to our nation. and i want to thank you very much. very special and treasured guests tonight are justice kavanaugh's amazing wife ashley. thank you, ashley. and their two beautiful daughters, margaret and liza. and we are also joined by justice kavanaugh's mom and dad, martha and ed. thank you. i would like to begin tonight's proceeding differently than perhaps any other event of such magnitude. on behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation. not a campaign of polit

what a different tone for sotomayor's swearing-in versus last night. last night was revenge of the republicans. republicans in the end zone doing a dance. so to me, the apology out of alignment totally. remember, the poll we showed a moment ago, gosh, we didn't show you but guess what. most americans disapproved of the way republicans handled it as well. >> dana: more so the democrats. >> juan: no, i think it's about the same. 51% of americans did not approve of this man's confirmation. in addition, a majority of americans believed professor ford, not justice kavanaugh. this is going to go on for sometime and if you want to get into women, dana, american women are overwhelming in their disapproval of kavanaugh. when you hear people say oh, my gosh, what we see here is president trump basically having a campaign ad at the white house and throwing it in people's faces. that's what it felt like. >> greg: he was apologizing to a family whose lives were ruine ruined. >> juan: why didn't he apologized to ms. ford? >> jesse: i have owed an apology because i h

maria: for sure, justice sotomayor also speaking out ahead of midterms, in separate interviews with twoic television stations justice sotomayor discussed the importance of voting, she took a partisan stance on the government's respond to hurricane maria in an interview with telemundo the justice said this, the person who does not vote is a person who does not love this country nor this community, voting is the most important thing, the biggest obligation of being a citizen, then when asked of the disaster response to puerto rico was, quote, fair, i'm not supposed to speak about politics but that question i will answer, puerto rico still needs a lot of help and it's not being received. nick, your reaction to this, we just heard justice roberts, john roberts the other day he doesn't want politics in supreme court and you have a supreme court justice sotomayor out doing interviews. >> yeah, associate justice had the first part of the sentence absolutely correct where she said she's not supposed to speak about politics, reflection of the broader political sphere where so many things are bei

justice sotomayor. thank you. justice kagan. thank you. and, justice gorsuch.plause] i would also like to send our deep appreciation to maureen, scalia, the wife of the late, great anthony scalia, and also to our white house counsel done mcgahn. thank you. [applause] we are thrilled to be joined this evening by justice anthony kennedy. justice kennedy, america owes you a profound debt of gratitude for a lifetime of novel service -- of noble service to our nation, and i want to thank you very much. thank you. [applause] very special and treasured guests tonight. we have very special and treasured guests are justice kavanaugh's amazing wife, ashley. thank you, ashley. [applause] and their two beautiful daughters, margaret and liza. [applause] and we're also joined by justice kavanaugh's mom and dad, martha and ed, thank you. [applause] pres. trump: i would like to begin tonight's preceding differently than perhaps ever -- perhaps any other event of such magnitude. on behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrib

justice sotomayor. you. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: at one point he just licking -- [ laughter ] "sotomayor. [ laughter ] thank you." ruth bader ginsberg. [ laughter ] you see this? at a rally this past weekend president trump talked about answering calls on e air foe. but he had a little trouble with the word "phone." check this out. >> i had that phone working. i had that "fern" working on that plane. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: fern. yeah. while he had that fern working, we noticed trump has trouble pronouncing things all the time. so with that in mind, it's time to play "talk like trump." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ talk talk like trump ♪ >> jimmy: all right, so here's how this works. i'm going to see if anyone can guess how the president is going to mispronounce a simple word. and if you get it right you get a prize. if you get it wrong, you still get a prize. [ laughter ] all right, raise your hand to play "talk like trump." who wants to play? come on. [ cheers and applause ] there yo

let's play sotomayor and kagan. >> this is a divine team, people thinking of the court as not politically divided, as not an extension of politic. >> we have to rise above partisanship in our personal relationships. >> we were talking about justice stevens on the lead up to the vote yesterday when we were covering that news story. your thought here, karen? they're saying that partisanship is there. they are missing now the theoretical independent vote is what they're alluding to since we do have a retired justice at the moment. the issues that we have discussed at stake, pregnancy, senators in abortion, rights and religion, trump's travel ban, partisan gerrymandering which elie brought up as well. >> this probably means that congress should start legislating before if gets to the point, especially in the gerrymandering case. the supreme court has been pretty clear that congress should start legislating some stuff so it doesn't have to go up to the supreme court. that would be great. there's a lot of issue, not just with, that but also the elitism. you have nine justices all graduated from

justice sotomayor. thank you. justice kagan. thank you. justice gorsuch. would also like to send our eep appreciation to maureen, the wife of the late, great and also to our mcgahn.use counsel done thank you. we are thrilled to be joined justice justice anthony kennedy. justice kennedy, america owes you a profound debt of gratitude for a lifetime of novel service our nation, and i want to thank you very much. thank you. a very special and treasured tsh e have very special and treasured guests are justice kavanaugh's amazing wife ashley. thank you, ashley. and their two beautiful margaret and liza. (applause). >> and we are also joined by [applause]vanaugh's mom and dad, i would like to begin tonight's preceding differently than perhaps ever any event of such magnitude. on behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to britain and the entire cavanaugh family for the terrible pain in suffering you have been forced to endure. those who stepped forward to serve our country deserve a fair not agnified evaluation, campaign of political and personal instruction bas

>> we've heard from justices kag be and sotomayor but i'm curious brett kavanaugh joins this rank. how do you think he will be perceived by the other justices? will this whole confirmation battle affect the way they behave with one another and interact? >> probably not much. remember, that many of these justices already know brett kavanaugh, the court he works at is just a few blocks down the street from the supreme court, some of them served there with him and know him pretty well. they will try to get down to business. they don't want this whole unseemly mess to affect the way they do business so they are going to try hard to basically pretend like it didn't happen and welcome him as a colleague. he is a colleague, he gets a full vote like anybody else. i think they will try very hard to pretend it's not there and just get on with their business. >> can you compare and contrast justice anthony kennedy with now justice brett kavanaugh, kennedy being the swing vote. is there any expectation that kavanaugh could do the same? >> no, i don't think so. no expectation of it. could he do

political reforms as well so so on this anniversary this is actually the anniversary also sonia sotomayor ascending to the court under president obama it's a real single you know elections have consequences so donald trump out a very good week because he bent the republican party to his will he got a. reproductive freedom supporting republican female senator to vote with him and stead of with her stated litmus test so i think he's had a very good week i think the movement has had a very good week because we have been determined to break the silence to keep talking and to go out there in force and elect people who are going to respect survivors respect women and in many cases be women making better policy will the battle to confirm brett kavanaugh has divided america the difficult confirmation process as exposed huge social divisions fisher looks at how the u.s. supreme court works and why the nominations for the bench have become so important . the u.s. supreme court is normally a panel of nine judges thousands of cases there are a fair to every year but they normally only take around a h

if sotomayor or elena kagan acted that way, there's no way republicans would have been making excuses for it. >> let me play a moment of his testimony when kavanaugh got into a back and forth with senator klobuchar. >> you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about blackout. i don't know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? i just -- you -- that's not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah. i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> nor do i. >> i want to point out as rich also pointed out when he came back from a break, he apologized for that exchange. she accepted that apology. i think rich makes a strong point, which is, had he not -- i mean, if you remember the impact that dr. ford's testimony had, had he not come out, just from a strategic standpoint, you can argue whether he should have been -- had he been the way he was in that fox interview and just sort of judge-like, it's not clear that his nomination would be even be

faced these kind of accusations and on the other side of the aisle neither did elana kagan or sonia sotomayor i mean the fact of the matter is we've had three different justices in the past ten years placed on the supreme court two democrats one republican none of them faced these allegations of you know settling that since you don't think. i don't i don't think the evidence they are to conclude that that brett kavanaugh is a serial sex predator i think there's more than enough evidence to suggest that it was a little bit of a wild child and the reason why these allegations are coming out and they didn't come out on so many you'll gorsuch is because there are none of these allegations against you all right chris or so i can just to kind of condense what brian just said there then then allegation is conviction ok but i don't understand that that's the that's the leap of faith i don't agree with don't understand think it is wrong ok just says he just because other people want to accuse doesn't mean cavanagh is guilty go ahead chris. or i mean first i mean i agree with with robert in terms of th

i think the way to interpret justice kagan and justice sotomayor's comments there and a way to predict what the supreme court will do is think about one person, and that's chief justice john roberts. he's somebody who does care about the court's legitimacy. he's a very conservative person who has often voted to overturn precedent. he cares about the court as an instituti institution. i think ultimately the question will be who will best appeal to roberts about the way to safeguard the court's legitimacy. >> is it safe to describe roberts as the leader of the supreme court? does he have a leadership role in how he brings these justices together? >> yes. he is the median justice right now. a very conservative justice bus that said, there are a couple of times he's done something different. affordable care act is the one everybody remembers, twice. and so i think the question will be how does he see his role moving forward. and i suspect that we don't know how brett kavanaugh will be but i think what all of the liberals on the supreme court are going to try to do is to try to tamp down th

. >> friday night at princeton, supreme court justices sonia sotomayor and elena kagan spoke about thed for trust in the high court. >> people thinking of the court as not applicationicly divided in the same way, as not an extension of politics, but instead somehow above the fray. >> and if bread kavanaugh becomes a justice, the next associate justice of the supreme court will have familiarity with some of those already on the court. elena kagan, for example, had hired him for a job in the past. that will be a transition that will be watched if the vote goes as planned. so far in the white house it's been a restrained response because it isn't over until it's over. there have been tweets from the president and vice president thanking those who support kavanaugh. in to e pika, kansas, we would expect he would be wanting to talk about his victory in the supreme court, one that has been difficult for everyone involved. richard? >> all right. nbc white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. thank you, kelly. >>> will roe versus wade survive? why some believe kavanaugh fooled senators on the

friday night, supreme court justice elena kagan, speaking alongside justice sotomayor, stressed that the court's legitimacy hinges on it remaining an apolitical body. >> it's an incredibly important thing for the court to guard is-- is this reputation of being fair, of being impartial, of being neutral. >> ninan: paula, how will kavanaugh shape the supreme court? >> reporter: well, reena, even though this was a hard-won victory for senate republicans, kavanaugh's confirmation will be transformative for the court. he is replacing the swing vote, justice kennedy. and once kavanaugh joins the court, he will solidify a conservative majority that is expected to last for decades. with him on the bench, the court will be more conservative than at any other time in modern history, and bar anything deaths or illness, that is expected to last for decades. the only downside really here for republicans is all this controversy surrounding the kavanaugh nomination process was helping to mobilize voters ahead of the critical midterms. so now the challenge for the president and his allies will be su

ridiculous what's ridiculous is that republicans like senator lindsey graham voted for people like sotomayor who was hispanic. it was catholic and still voted for her and crossed party lines you don't see a single democrat today crossing a party line to support her i'm going to end it now i mean how many republicans voted for america and for the supreme court yeah well look look at looking at the list of trump's appointees up and down the path look at dr ben carson a very well accomplished surgeon african-american physician they don't like him they don't like nikki haley she's a minority female the son of a daughter of indian immigrants they don't like her nothing's ever good enough for them and i get a break down like peter jensen right there we'll have more politicking right after the break. there are. russian and like us. you know world of big partisan new laws and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad shouting past each other it's time for cri

ridiculous what's ridiculous is that republicans like senator lindsey graham voted for people like sotomayor who was hispanic who was catholic and still voted for her and crossed party lines you don't see a single democrat today crossing a party line to support going to end it how many how many republicans voted for america and for the supreme court yeah well look look at looking at the list of trump's appointees up and down the path look at dr ben carson a very well accomplished surgeon for most most versions of the california republican party. only report is that this is a scary times the young men in america would you make of that peter. i think it is a special kind of sociopath whose main concern when hearing a report of a sexual assault is what am i going to do when my sons are accused of sexual assault that was how he responded that's how his son john jr responded and i think it's very telling when you brag about sexual assault while running for president when you joke about it when you're accused of it in one thousand credible accusations against the president about sexual assault thi