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They used him as a stalking horse twice. >> i dont disagree. filter out all the stuff because theres going to be a lot of talking points dispatched from the white house, emphasizing his moderation, his establishment credentials and his independence. and then as jeff pointed out, he did come up through the federalist society. the federalist society was established to ensure that liberal republicans were purged. that said, democrats have a question to confront. theyre angry about merrick garland a...

Nominee with less obstacles to be confirmed. senate minority leader chuck schumer declaring i will oppose judge kavanaughs nomination with everything i have. as opponents express concern that kavanaugh will vote to overturn rulings protecting minorities. >> are you ready for a fight! are you ready to defend roe versus wade! >> reporter: kavanaugh has not outrightly opposed roe v. wade or same sex marriage, but he sided with the trump administration last year to block an abortion for a pregnant i...

That was rather embarrassing. here is chuck schumer on cbs this morning and how he evaluates this race. >> when you say you are follow binding precedent that has been a trick. look what happened last week. justice roberts, justice gorsuch, they promised they would follow binding precedent and they undid 40 years of precedent on labor law in the janus case. when they get on the bench they change the law. >> bill: that dealt with unions about 10 days ago. it is my feeling, sir, with the mid-term e...

Theyre forcing her to bring a pregnancy to term that she didnt want to have. >> correct. i do believe that was their goal. >> if we had not intervened, that would have happened. >> we have no way of knowing from hhs how many girls are in this situation. is the case you were able to win here, is it binding precedent? will this guide what happens to other girls? >> the case keeps going. we have a class action request pending with the district court and were seeing a preliminary injunction as to th...

>> and they believes goal, to hold her hostage until she carried the pregnant sy to term against her will. >> is the -- for young women, for girl who is are in this similar situation right now we have no way of knowing from hhs how many girls are in this situation, is the case that you were able to win here, resulted in hr finally get the abortion yesterday, is it binding precedent? will this guide what happens to other girls? >> the case keeps going. we have a class action request pending with ...

Doing on dont ask, dont tell and they dont want to continue to answer for it. the president ran in 2008 as an opponents of gay marriage. hes now saying, the justice department is saying there is no reasonable defense of doma despite the fact they testified it for two years. you have a president who doesnt believe in gay marriage. and hes saying hes not going to defend a constitutional provision that has been found constitution albie lower courts despite the fact its in complete accord with what ...

Precedent on this law. as such the president has decided there needs to be a heightened scrutiny of the constitutionality of this law. i think hes right to do this because in essence this law is indefensible. i think he and the a.g. have done correctly in saying the basis of this law is take away the same rights and privileges to gay and lesbian americans thatter americans enjoy. its what equal protection under the constitution is designed to protect against. bill: you are saying the same thing ...

From hungary. divers continue to search today but so far no sign. the sightseeing boat called a duck boat that can travel on land and then into water is now said to be at the bottom of the river. officials say it had been adrift about 10 minutes with mechanical problems and a small fire when that barge hit it. the tour company has suspended duck boat operations across the nation but officials say the boat did not have a history of any problems. news from the future now. the national rifle associ...

She said the episode was only six months as the dean. to judge totality of the experiences. >> i hope they will show is a person who listens to all sides, who is fair, temperate. >> in 90s, she recommended compromise on the procedure as partial birth abortion to avert ban and ait to continue. she reversed a ban on assault weapons that many consider threat to gun rights but she was unequivocal about the monday decision upholding the right to bear arms. >> that is binding precedent. that is settle...

Courts decision, heller-mcdonald that the second amendment to the constitution secures a fundamental right for an individual to own a firearm, use it for self-defense in their home? >> there is no doubt, senator leahy. that is binding precedent entitled to all the respect of binding precedent in any case. so that is settled law. >> despite repeated questioning, kagan never answered how she personally feels about gun rights and the second amendment, shep. >> shepard: the question that seemed to t...