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>> i think this is an activist court. >> getting rid of roe v wade was an incredible thing for pro-life. >> simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court. >> is the u.s. senate confirmation process to blame for polarizing the entire judicial branch? >> what you want to do is destroy this guys life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. >> donald trump, mitch mcconnell and their republican buddies are shoving aside the ...

Clarence thomas is almost the conservative leader these days. is that your read? >> i think there is a block on the court that is justice alito and thomas and sometimes justice gorsuch that are very much doing their own thing that is very separate from what the more centrist bloc of roberts and kavanaugh and sometimes barrett are doing. i think that that to the extent you can call it a centrist bloc. >> i was just going to say, there will be some people listening going, "thats a centrist bloc?" ...

Comment in 2010 when the ethics situation was going on saying he hoped you would retire back then. a lot of people said this stems back to back in 2007 when you had a choice, hillary clinton or barack obama, and you went with hillary clinton. is that a decision you look back at now and regret that at all? >> no. in politics you do what you think is politically correct, but you should add to it what you think is morally correct, and if a young guy from illinois was going to run against my senator...

He voted monday night on that proposal. he would not say. the reason why he is able to not say is that was a private vote. the question moving forward to a public vote today, how would members vote that and they could endure backlash especially after the outcry that occurred when this issue became public. >> of course his seeming shame in wanting to tell you that says a lot about the perception of this in the public eye. thank you. jeff, the president is going there tomorrow trying to defend oba...