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Is a gentle persons gentle person. he is incredibly civil, almost courtly in the way that he treats everyone from his clerk to the lawyers before him. he has an indisputeably brilliant mind of great recalls for cases, and a very unique and important way of thinking through some of the most important legal issues of our day. jon: your phrase is echoed precisely by someone you might not expect who would be praise ago man whos considered one of the most liberal justices on the supreme court right n...

Have a first. jon: she was a solicitor general as were you. is that an important qualification, do you think? >> yeah, its -- it should disclose something about your legal ability because you argue all kinds of cases, pont cases, and from a variety of fields. jon: judge robert bork from the u.s. circuit of appeals, george bork, thank you. jane: chris wallace of fox news sunday has been listening listening with us. your reaction to what judge bork said. >> its interesting hearing him talk, of cou...

Direction of the highest court? >> well, it certainly will have an impact, but not as much as one would imagine and certainly not as much as the departure of some other more conservative justices from the court would have. justice stevens was nominated back in 1975 by a republican president, gerald ford, he was confirmed in a far left polarized era by a vote of 98-nothing and after a senate confirmation hearing in which justice stevens not once was asked about the subject of abortion. at first, ...