way we only ever stop these people. i want to play a little bit, then you can react here. these are two current justices that were speaking on friday, justices that some on our panel know quite well. 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,
all eyes on the supreme court starting this coming week where associate justice brett kavanaugh will take the bench this week. he s now the trump administration s second supreme court nominee to be confirmed. the bitter confirmation battle may be over, but with 30 days, that s less than a month until the critical midterm elections, republicans and democrats are both hoping kavanaugh s confirmation will energize their bases. in kansas, last night president trump celebrated his newest justice while urging supporters to block a blue wave at the polls. the past few weeks every american has now seen the profound stakes in the upcoming election. you now see it. we have been energized. if democrats are willing to cause such destruction in the pursuit of power, just imagine the devastation they would cause if they ever obtain the power they so desperately want.
there s only ever been one justice that s been impeached and i think talking about it at this point isn t necessarily healing us and moving us forward. all right, democratic senator chris coons on a sunday dismissing the idea of impeaching kavanaugh. several on the house judiciary committee are calling to discuss the allegations against him if democrats win the midterms in november. lots of eyes on that. they will have the power to make it happen if they so choose. but some say the impeachment talk is a potential liability for democrats in the midterm, so most are treading lightly. should brett kavanaugh be impeached if democrats take control? i m much more focused on the here and now which is we have an election coming up. all right. senator hir hirona from hawaii. does this make sense to be
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 harvard or yale. only 5% have been heard. there s a good argument we should add a couple justices. there s lots of issues that are outstanding. we re paying attention to this, but the access to justice and only 80 cases being heard out of 10,000 means that large corporations and individuals like you and me can t get to the supreme court to have our ideas or our cases heard. let s add on to that, and
pete williams also saying this particular court, although they just started without that ninth justice, they did have a docket that reflected the fact that they did have an ongoing nomination process it would seem. so by choice and potentially by number. they ve made a conscious choice to have fewer cases this term because they weren t sure they would have a ninth member to join them, but they obviously do. they can take on more work. the larger point i think you made is that we re seeing a court that has never been as conservative in history than it is right now. the last time we saw a court this deserve was in the 1930s and that court had basically been in place since after the civil war, the redemption court. this is going to be enormously important for questions of individual rights. you asked what justice kavanaugh will mean for questions of reproductive rights, same sex marriage, all of that. will we see the court lurch to the right in ways that would be