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Also stressed how important the courts impartiality is. >> part of the courts legitimacy depends on people not seeing the court in the way that people see the rest of the governing structures of this country now. in other words, people thinking of the court as not politically divided in the same way, as not an extension of politics, but instead, somehow above the fray. >> there were eight justices. eight justices. we have to rise above partisanship in our personal relationships. that we have to ...

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And gloria brown marshall, she wrote the book "the voting rights war" and a constitutional professor at the john j college of criminal justice. gloria, lets start with you. once judge kavanaugh is seated, becomes justice kavanaugh, how does the court improve its appearance of impartiality and can the court even do that? >> i think it is nearly impossible for the court to keep the same level of credibility and neutrality that it appeared to have before this fiasco around judge kavanaugh. and one ...

Was very partisan, very aggressive, not very judicious. and he tried to walk it back a little bit. but when a judge is saying i am not a partisan, thats like a president saying i am not a crook. the fact hes saying kind of defeats the message hes trying to convey. and i thought what senator murkowski said was very thoughtful and made a lot of sense to me. because i was somebody like her who was prepared to support his confirmation. but then seeing the way he acted and and i understand he got ang...

Know. but it states that, quote, a judge act at all-times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. and after -- after the hearing that we all watched last week, last thursday, it became clear to me or was becoming clearer that that appearance of impropriety has become unavoidable. and ive been deliberating, agonizing about what is fair.

And, honestly, disingenuous. ive never heard republicans speak so passionately about the presumption of innocence more than i have the last few weeks. honestly, i hope they can keep that same energy with regards to people who continue to sit and ross away in our -- rot away in our jails for charges they havent been convicted of, who simply cant afford their freedom. therein lies the difference between judge kavanaugh and those who come into contact with the criminal justice system. we have to re...

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Nomination of a new supreme court justice. here is some of what senator murkowski had to say. >> i have a very high bar for any nominee to the supreme court of the united states. the code of judicial conduct rule 1.2 -- this is one that many, many people in this body know. but it states that, quote, a judge act at all-times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. a...

Direction. i just want to know what youre thinking, what youre feeling tonight. >> thank you so much, lawrence, for having me on and to be part of this dialogue with you. there have been moments of tremendous hope and tremendous disappointment in terms of the way the process has been so railroaded by republicans. and right now i think i have tremendous sorrow for the court and this nation for this man being put on the court when hes so unfit for that role. he fails every high standard in-terms o...

To be just hours away from a seat on the supreme court, but americans and the senate are bitterly divided. republican senator susan collins, after days of silence, laid her cards on the table with a 45-minute speech defending her decision to support kavanaugh. republican senator lisa murkowski, the lone dissenting republican explained her opposition on the senate floor tonight. >> even in these situations, the standard is that a judge must act at all times in a manner that promotes public confid...