director for center of the law and government and unc school of law. i assume that is chapel hill? >> that is correct. >> kelly: good school and good place. let's talk about what is going on with congress. what we are seeing right now, it's unprecedented? >> yes, it is. we haven't had a filibuster of a cabinet level nominee basically in american history. usually controversial nominees get defeated in committee, forced to be withdrawn or they end up with a floor vote but we have a committee approving the nomination and a delay or instruction to prevent it from getting to the floor. >> kelly: why now? what political expense is this for the republicans who have decided to take this move? >> i suppose the short answer to the question it's because they can at this point. they couldn't defeat it in compete because they didn't have