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Dew. >> i think its wrong for any candidate for a judicial nomination, any -- especially for the supreme court to tell how they would decide a contested case when they dont know what the facts are and they have to respect either precedent by the courts or by the decisions of congress and apply it. so no self-respecting nominee is going to answer that question ahead of time. ruth bader ginsberg refused to do it and brett kavanaugh declined to answer it as well. >> neil: and you referred to ruth b...

He said the most important thing is to find something that will adhere to the constitution and the laws of the united states. >> neil: and that means respect precedent. >> a judge has to respect precedent. precedent has always -- >> neil: you personally believe we should respect the precedent of roe v. wade? >> ive not been nominated. doesnt matter. a judge would not be doing his job if he didnt sit there and struggle with a precedent and -- a judge has to decide whether a precedent is strong en...

Roberts that would take an act of godly influence to change a precedent thats been established by the court and people have gotten used to for 45 years. do you know whether justice kavanaugh feels that way? >> no one can know what a supreme court justice will do. ill tell you this, this is a court that if you look at trends in history is minimalist in term of when it overturns precedent. it avoids that. thats where we are historically. so the important question is really what senator collins and...

Partners. you want them to buy our stuff. >> thats whats happening. germany and china are talking about doing their own thing. does that worry you? >> were the biggest market, were the biggest economy. they want to deal with us. so ultimately it worried me but not a lot. i think thats one reasons the markets are reacting as they are. lets talk to them as allies. lets negotiate this thing. lets be sure that they know were serious and use the trade remedies where they cant then turn around and ret...

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Originalists and not to go beyond what the intention of our forefathers. youve heard justice roberts talk about not going against precedent. they have done it in the past. do you think with roe v. wade they should? you yourself. >> the most important thing to think about with roe v. wade or any other precedent of the court is, you know what is the role of precedent in judicial decision making. brett kavanaugh is co author of one of the most important books we have on the issue of precedent and h...