confirmation should take place this close to the election, but here's a more fundamental fact. i was a supreme court law clerk. i worked for justice harry blackman on the court after -- right after he wrote the roe v wade opinion. i've never seen a time when the court is so polarized and politicized and i've never seen a time when it is more important that it act as a bull work and check against potential abuse and destruction of individual rights. we're talking about a woman's rights to health care, reproductive rights, worker rights, gay rights. all kinds of fundamental rights and liberties where the supreme court will play a role and that's why deliberate consideration and peoples' voice is so important. >> we know that they're not