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Did. and the other thing, rachel, its almost poetic that anthony kennedy has the seat that robert borke was denied. when he was denied there was another that was found to have used marijuana, which was a deal breaker in those days and now anthony kennedy. were now living in the days of borke, before then the senate would say we cant nominate him because theres an ethical problem. but since then we have a right to say that person is not fit for the court if that person stands opposed to central t...

They tried blocking him with protests and with letters and with snazzy 1980-style visual effects. >> robert bore could have the last word on your rights. please urge your senators in the nomination of robert boerk. >> when ronald reagan picked robert borke, the opposition was multifacetted, it included that ad, there were mass protests, individua the opposition was successful. he was rejected by a vote of 58-42. most of the democratic majority

J strategic piece. now that sessions has recused himself, the deputy will appoint hopefully the special prosecutor that we need except the deputy is going to be one of thereirs. nixon ordered attorney general elliott richardson to fire the special prosecutor. he wouldnt. he resigned. so the deputy stepped in and he wouldnt fire archibald cox so he resigned. so then the acting attorney general, richard borke. >> robert borke. >> bourque says, okay, ill fire him but then im quitting. nixon talks h...

were also waiting for ana navarro. the typical politics surrounding this event, as ive been reading through and other times that joe biden has spoken at various events, i wonder what hes going to say and if hes going to cause a stir in bidens style. >> well, as you know, joe biden is quite capable of giving a very strong and capable speech. this is an audience that he is familiar with. as chairman for many years, joe biden championed equality for women and other minorities. this is an ...

Sessions, and the other comments of senator kyl, two very important republican senators when it comes to judicial confirmations. they were pretty unconfrontational. they were not loaded for bear about elena kagan. they certainly didnt say they were going to vote for her. but the comments were very much in the realm of, were going to take a hard look at it. were not making any promises. but if you want to defeat a supreme court nominee the way democrats defeated robert borke in 1987, you need to ...