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Comes to these social gender issues. but if he gets replaced by a hardline social conservative, it is -- the democratic leadership will have hell to pay. they cannot let this happen. they have to play hardball. theyve got to do exactly to the other side what mitch mcconnell did to them, play hardball and win. they must prevent the republican-controlled 1234 republican-controlled senate to pick another justice on this court. look at the decision starting with bush/gore. the heller case where ever...

Is on the court. in a rigsal world, i would bet on one of the judges who were recently already confirmed by the senate. thats the smart political way to go. but with donald trump, it is always a wild card. if you really -- judge judy pops up or something, people could buck. we could be into a whole new world. it is just hard to predict with him. but the standard play would be to get somebody who is more center right and do it quick and get it done. >> mike murphy, thanks for joining us. >> this ...

Retirement from the supreme court. we are scrambling to get -- i think we have hans nichols standing by. anthony kennedy has been on the court since 1988. remember, it was ronald reagan who appointed him. it sounds like we have pete williams now standing by. pete williams, this is a seismic announcement. >> so im having a little trouble hearing you, but ill just tell you justice kennedy of the supreme court today just handed us this letter dated today from justice kennedy. ill read it to you. it...

The decision was bush v gore. it reminds us -- as if we needed another thing to remember that elections matter enormously. >> chris matthews, listening to the president there talk about this. again, this will be his second pick to the supreme court potentially in two years of office. he will have had two justices nominated and confirms for this. what is your reaction? >> i dont think we are looking at the fresher history of this 5-4 court. they were the ones who through threw the election, took ...

[ inaudible ] with the pi >> were going to work on your phone signal there. getting a little tough to hear you. wile we work on that, im going to pick it up here again with danny cevallos. talk a little bit about the political backdrop of this. democrats are of course politically still up in arms over the fact of donald trump having that first appointment last year to the court, neil gorsuch. that was the scalias passing during the 2016 campaign, the decision by mitch mcconnell and the republica...

>> i havent really thought about that. i think you want to go as quickly as possible. it is a process. but havent really thought about that. we had a big day yesterday. very big. we had a great decision today in terms of what was just released by the supreme court yesterday obviously with the travel ban. was extremely big. we had some tremendous elections. south carolina from my own standpoint, south carolina, the governor. mcmaster. it was a big win. as you know, i was very much involved in new...

System. dont we have people protect us at airports, do we have people who are trained and armed to protect us, why do they take that position. >> talk about hypocritical and double standards. yes, we have every right, a god-given right thats codified in our bill of rights to protect ourselves and to protect our property and our families and its not just a select few that government will choose who gets to be protected. the movie stars, politicians in d.c., those in the courthouse, no, the bill o...

System. dont we have people protect us at airports, do we have people who are trained and armed to protect us, why do they take that position. >> talk about hypocritical and double standards. yes, we have every right, a god-given right thats codified in our bill of rights to protect ourselves and to protect our property and our families and its not just a select few that government will choose who gets to be protected. the movie stars, politicians in d.c., those in the courthouse, no, the bill o...