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Individual. this is a lifetime appointment. i have said im not supporting judge kavanaugh not only because i disagree with his judicial philosophy, but what i saw from a sitting appellate judge, he sits on the d.c. court of appeals and the lack of temperament and impartiality that he displayed, i thought it was just to me a disqualifying factsor. thats not somebody who should be sitting on the highest court. >> was this at all a difficult vote for you today? >> all of us. and rightfully so. i ta...

Didnt reflect the impartiality that he has demonstrated throughout the course of his career. >> okay. im sorry. ive got to go. thank you both. >> as a judge, that is. >> thank you. well be right back. here we go. discover. i like your card, but im absolutely not paying an annual fee. discover has no annual fees. really?

Must act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence and the independence and integrity and partiality of the judiciary and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. and 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. is this too unfair a burden to

Hurdle in the senate today. his testimony had many lawmakers questioning his temperament and impartiality. he said i was emotional. i might have been too emotion at times. i said a few things i should not have said. the testimony was opposite of what he said a judge should be in a speech in 2015. >> to be a good judge and a good umpire, its important to have the proper demeanor. really important, i think. >> no, no, no, no, no. you got this up. im going to talk about -- no. im going to talk abou...

Over with. that would -- would presumably be -- make my path to re-election easier. i didnt come here to do the easy thing. i came here to do the right thing. >> senator heitkamp offered two reasons she is voting against brett kavanaugh. the first is that she believes dr. christine blasey ford. >> i believe dr. ford. i believe her story. i found her testimony to be incredibly credible. and i found his presentation to lack the impartiality and the judicial temperament that i have come to expect f...

Evidence to support their allegations. including naming over two dozen witnesses each. unfortunately, the limited investigation that was conducted by the fbi failed to interview any one of the witnesses these two women identified who could support her account. let me say that again. they refused to investigate, to talk with any of the 24 witnesses that could have supported their accounts. mr. president, i think its important to remember why were here today. were here to determine whether judge k...

Scholars of judicial institutions in believing he did not display the impartiality and judicial temperament requisite to sit on the highest court of our land. madam president, i ask unanimous consent to enter a copy of the letter in the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. finally, i want to mention the serious and credible allegations raised by dr. christine blasey ford and deborah ramirez, the two women who came forward to tell their experiences facing sexual assault. when dr. ford deci...

Sworn testimony last week or his partisan belligerent performance. according to a report, retired supreme court justice, john paul stevens, a lifelong republican said today that kavanaughs performance alone should be disqualifying. tonight on the eve of that key procedural vote it all comes down to four undecided senators, heidi hidecamp announced shes a no on kavanaugh, citing doubts on the temperament, honesty and impartiality and the force on dr. fords testimony. that leaves kavanaughs nomina...

Scholars of judicial institutions in believing he did not display the impartiality and judicial temperament wreck qure to sit on the highest court of the land." madam president i ask yunanimou consent to enter a full copy of the letter into the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. finally i want to mention the serious and credible allegations raised by dr. christine blasey ford and debra ramirez. the two women who came forward to tell their experiences facing sexual assault. when dr. ford...

Judge kavanaughs op-ed in "wall street journal" tonight. why do you think the judge made this unprecedented last-minute pitch saying, i am an independent impartial judge? >> well, because i think he knows one of the principle arguments that has arisen out of his testimony is that he doesnt have the temperament or the impartiality to serve on the supreme court. that was an appalling display last week. you can be sympathetic, i guess, to the argument that he was emotional because he was being atta...