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She taught history at two largely african-american public high schools in washington, d.c. her example taught me the importance of equality for all americans. i teach that the constitutions separation of powers protects individual liberty. and i remain grateful to the dean who hired me, justice elena kagan. my law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view. i am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women. >> youre getting the theme. >> yes, i do. and i would point out my...

Court. the chief justice is one. elena kagan is one. but to have two that worked for the same justice is remarkable. theres that photograph of anthony kennedy standing outside on the lawn in front of the supreme court with his clerks, and there on one side of him is brett kavanaugh and there on the other side is neil gorsuch. you know, brett kavanaugh went to the same high school as neil gorsuch. they clerked for kennedy at the same time. there is a remarkable similarity in their backgrounds. an...

Its the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. no president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people for more backgrounds to seek input about a supreme court nomination. mr. president, im grateful to you and im humbled by your confidence if me. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was judge brett kavanaugh supreme court nominee. kavanaugh was on capitol hill today. the battle lines have already been drawn in this fight over his nomination. got the nods fr...

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Demonstrating those commitments. any of them will be outstanding. steve: kerry, what do you think? >> they are different flavors. they have different backgrounds. all different ways, you can see the left is getting ready with attacks. they are shoehorn in their different angles. i dont know who i would chose. its a great problem to have. the president is having trouble deciding. steve: candace, whats your take? again, would you be happy with any of them or have a particular direction for the pre...

Are going to get. >> shannon: well, three of these judges at least of the four we think are in the running, they have very lengthy records. judge amy coney barrett doesnt. she has a long record as an academic and written and spoken a lot. democrats are saying thats a big problem for them what theyve heard from her. how much do you think the issue of religion will factor in? we saw it in her first senate confirmation. if its her she will get dragged through that again. >> religion shouldnt factor...

Demonstrating those commitments. any of them will be outstanding. steve: kerry, what do you think? >> they are different flavors. they have different backgrounds. all different ways, you can see the left is getting ready with attacks. they are shoehorn in their different angles. i dont know who i would chose. its a great problem to have. the president is having trouble deciding. steve: candace, whats your take? again, would you be happy with any of them or have a particular direction for the pre...

Two british divers with strong backgrounds in cave rescues helped in todays miraculous rescues. those brits were also the first to reach the boys trapped in that cave. they found the group stranded on tuesday, along with a group of thai navy s.e.a.l.s. joining me on the phone now is bill whitehouse. he is the vice chairman of the british rescue council, and has been in contact with those british rescue divers at the scene. bill, first off, let me get your reaction to the news that at least four ...

Upper middle class backgrounds, kethledge doesnt come from that. he came from a lower class background. hes from michigan, outside of the coast. and he didnt go to -- he went to a very good school but not an ivy league law school, a harvard or yale, so it provides a sort of diversity that some people think would be good on the court. julie: i want to get to judge thomas hardiman before i let you go. after a phone interview with hardiman on tuesday, president trump called him again on thursday. n...

President might be interested in pulling someone from another school. judge kethledge, a wolverine, and judge barrett, of course, went to rhodes college in tennessee, i believe. how important is that? how does that manifest itself on the bench over the years when you have people who have come from different parts of the country or different educational backgrounds? >> well, i think that what you see is when their backgrounds are very different, they are very different. i dont know that what law ...