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Changes how they view the rest of their life, especially with 12 years of history seeing both liberal and conservative causes come before him and weighing those things and determining the out comes of those cases impartially. >> do you get to write a ruling when youre a supreme court justice and the next day say, after it has been ruled upon and, you know, do you get to say, you know what, that ruling i did, im sorry, i did it the wrong way? >> this was about himself. this was -- he was implicat...

As a neutral arbiter from the highest bench in this country, and i do think that justice stevens might be one of those people who prompted jeff flake, lisa murkowski and susan collins to have more pause. it is important to recall jeff flake said at the atlantic festival earlier this week in washington that we cannot have that kind of behavior on the court, that the temperament judge kavanaugh displayed during that hearing, that that could not proceed. >> garrett, we continue to cover this split,...

Several of our colleagues that it does appear that judge kavanaugh will be seated on the supreme court without my vote. it is my hope, it is truly my hope that judge kavanaugh will share that same hope in rebuilding, maintaining a level of public confidence that he will strive for that ideal every day. it is my hope that he will be that neutral arbiter, the umpire who only calls the balls and the strikes. that he will be that force for stability. i believe judge kavanaugh is a good man. he is a ...

Regretted. and i think you have to take that in the context of an entire career of both serving as a judge and being political and weigh it against each other. that was a moment, a very intense and incendiary moment in ones life. so i dont know if hes the kind of person or anybody is the kind of person where one moment changes how they view -- the rest are like -- especially with 12 years of history of seeing both liberal and conservative causes come before him and weighing those things and dete...

Rallying cry on some levels with donald trump saying that hes scared for young men. its -- you know, who you believe should be on the court and what politics you believe they should have or what ideology you believe they should have is a conversation weve been having for more than 250 years in this country, and its a relevant and valid conversation. but its becoming something else. this has become a strange wedge issue. you believe kavanaugh if you want a conservative on the court, and you belie...

That have been floating around judge kavanaugh since he testified last thursday. around his temperament and his veracity. and the issue of his veracity can be cleanly investigated. hes lied apparently about a number of issues. we know he has lied about a number of issues. so we have someone moving towards the court whos going to be an arbiter of the truth who has a fairly flimsy relationship to it himself. and the fbi probe could have tested that in much more depth and at much greater length tha...

United states political system of the early 2000s, what goes around comes around. >> all right, joining me now from outside the department of justice is pete williams. here in studio with me, nico lus christoph, column nus for "the new york times." pete, in a speech weve heard parts of from brett kavanaugh, he talked about, you know, what happens at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep, and thats the part that most people heard. he talks about being a supreme court justice or being a judge a...

Its -- you know, who you believe should be on the court and what politics you believe they should have or what ideology you believe they should have is a conversation weve been having for more than 250 years in this country, and its a relevant and valid conversation. but its becoming something else. this has become a strange wedge issue. you believe kavanaugh if you want a conservative on the court, and you believe christine blasey ford if you dont. >> this is the tribalization of all of our pol...

We are talking about his temperament. listen to this. >> over the past eight weeks i have witnessed firsthand the senates deep appreciation for the vital role of the american judiciary. you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. a good judge must be an umpire, a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy. >> the behavior of several of the democratic members of this committee in my hearing a few weeks ago was an embarrassment. >> the supreme court must never...

Democratic party, even though they still definitely support donald trump as president, theyre not quite sure about the republicans in congress. >> its interesting because you dont see that many democrats running on that issue right now ahead of the midterms. democrats by and large -- and grant it, there are a handful of exceptions out there, no ones running under the obamacare banner. >> theyre not running under the obamacare banner, but they are running under the idea of health care security. d...