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E-mails to a woman whom he was involved with that suggests that he didnt like donald trump, and those e-mails, when they became -- those text messages, when they became public, really became part of a partisan war, about whether or not someone who is involved in the investigation into russia as well as hillary clinton was someone who could be an unbiased investigator so now we have an extraordinary morning in front of members of the house judiciary and oversight committee. on the firing line wit...

Wrote that in his concurrence because its long overdue that be examined. now, i have to play this for you. this is keith ellison from minnesota who was speaking, i guess he was back in his home state yesterday, monday, and he was talking about the supreme court nominee. didnt know who it was then. but already talking possible impeachment. lets watch. >> i will say -- it came up with justice thomas. in terms of his impartiality. it could theoretically happen. >> laura: i dont know if you could he...

Now, i have to play this for you. this is keith ellison from minnesota who was speaking, i guess he was back in his home state yesterday, monday, and he was talking about the supreme court nominee. didnt know who it was then. but already talking possible impeachment. lets watch. >> i will say -- it came up with justice thomas. in terms of his impartiality. it could theoretically happen. >> laura: i dont know if you could hear that. >> hard to hear. >> laura: basically saying that all bets are of...

Questions over judge kavanaughs time with the special counsel in the 1990s and the bush white house in the 2000s, that those could bring up some issues, some documents that could rattle the whole process. you never know with the supreme court. >> in 2010, lets go back to mitch mcconnell. >> okay. >> he questioned justice kagans impartiality because of her work as a white house aide during the clinton administration. kavanaugh was a white house aide for bush. you say that democrats need to play t...

>> we could have the subpoena quashed. >> it could go all the way to the supreme court. if it does and brett kavanaugh is on the bench would kavanaugh have to recuse himself from the case. kavanaugh wrote in a law review in 2009, congress might consider a law exempting a president from criminal prosecution and investigation including from questioning by criminal prosecutors or defense counsel. tonight, democrats are pouncing on that. >> he has even argued that sitting presidents shouldnt face cr...

In terms of judicial philosophy but they voted for neil gorsuch. this guy is in the mold of neil gorsuch. hes one of restraint and independence and impartiality. he will hear every case that comes down. as you know in the process here, three and four people on the list, sometimes brett kavanaugh wasnt the topic of some people on the right because of his independence. i think thats what you want in a justice. most people want. i hope that he can get confirmed with a strong vote and end up on the ...

One organization proclaimed that justice soouter might undo the advances made by women, minorities and other disadvantaged groups. that was about justice suter. and they assail ed the nominatin of john paul stevens. they said he liked impartiality and imposed womens rights. that was said about john paul stevens. so these far left groups have been at the same scare tactics for over 40 years. the consistency is is quite amazing. decade after decade, nominee after nominee, the far left script hardl...

Justice souter might undue the advances made by women and dissenters and other advantaged groups. thats about justice souter. back in 1975, they assailed the nomination of john paul stephens. they said he lacked impartiality and opposed womens rights. thats what they said about john paul stephens. so these far left groups have been at the same scare tactics for over 40 years. the consistency is amazing. decades after decades, nominee after nominee, the far lefts script hardly changes at all. any...

She has said that judges do not need to set aside their personal views in all instances. and that is a pretty frightening for somebody who could be put on our highest court to say. what it shows is that it is not a leaning into impartiality or being fair minded. it is signaling an outcome of how she would rule. >> although honest. there is also this, tim, and i keep thinking to this. we are headed towards an almost collision course between the mueller investigation. the president is going to be ...

Three short listers is two of them have short -- she has said that it is unconstitutional. she has said that judges do not need to set aside their personal views in all instances. and that is a pretty frightening for somebody who could be put on our highest court to say. what it shows is that it is not a leaning into impartiality or being fair minded. it is signaling an outcome of how she would rule. >> although honest. there is also this, tim, and i keep thinking to this. we are headed towards ...