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We talk so much about a midterm perspective about taking back the house. heidi, you know this as well as anybody. the calculations for how to win in these trump states, its building. >> and pressuring them and forcing them into a no vote, its huge in some of these states. they lose the seat, in the long run bat startedgy because the democrats will be doomed in turns of ever winning the majority back. >> i generally dont know what the strategy is here besides energize the base, besides dip into t...

Those decisions themselves. you read redactions and all. >> actually, in fairness, this isnt my original argument. robert bourque made this argument in the "wall street journal" 40 years ago right before fisa was signed into law. he predicted these kind of abuses. basically, judges have no business being in a fisa decision its not like a criminal warrant. they are trying to find service. and when you do it, what he predicts is you will see abuse because either the judges will unnecessarily defer...

Such. at the same time you point out, many nominees have been keiji about it dating back to robert bourque when his nomination was torpedoed by womens rights groups and consultants have trained them not to answer the question. what we found is there is a good way to read some of this language that lines up with the same language that activist groups for pro life organizations use like the susan b anthony foundation and right to life foundation. what i found was that two out of the three, kavanau...

Benefit. this wasnt an issue that galvanized democrats but now with potentially the future of roe v. wade on the line, democrats, this is their chance to really get their voters excited and thats why youre seeing the democratic messaging on the supreme court already focus on not only abortion but future of the affordable care act. health care is the top motivating factor for democratic voters right now and chuck schumer and senate democrats will make sure they hear about health care and the supr...

Joe manchin, who one would think would be a pretty reliable vote at this point given what happened with neil gorsuch, has said what would really trip him up is if somebody wasnt going to support the affordable care act. and one of the main nominees or potential nominees, a woman amy barrett from indiana, notre dame law school, took a very strong position against the supreme courts decisions upholding the constitutionality of the aca. so that might create an interesting possibility where the pres...

Think from within maine and even in alaska. >> and norm points to something interesting there. the way these confirmation battles the, theres almost a science to them at this point in terms of the precision of how the nominees are picked. the considerations about age, longevity but its that lack of a paper trail that will cause problems. robert bourque a generation ago hed written all these inflammatory things. it sunk him. now you have these folks who are groomed for years. if the nominee is pr...

Donald trump was out last night, he is making it clear, hes making this a midterm issue. >> more republicans voted on the supreme court than democrats did. but in part because republicans with aggrieved by decisions of the supreme court. now democrats are fired up. i think this issue will rally more democrats than republicans given whats happened since 2016. >> andrea, what are you going to be watching for as this battle on capitol hill unfolds? >> reporter: whether the democrats can hold, becau...

The most recent ban with the same-sex marriage ruling was 5-4, i got to know him well outsi. lets a remarkable man. >> what can they do to block president trumps pick from getting a vote before the midterm elections? >> what theyre going to have to do is get organized and theres already many democrats going on the steps of the supreme court, rejecting the lists of candidates that trump has put forward. justice kennedy is on the supreme court because democrats organized to beat robert bourque, no...

Did that. i think there are parts left out and for that reason i think we just should simply rely on the house oversight playing this to the public writ large the way we did, i think, does cause considerable controversy and now were waiting for the democrats to release their memo. and all that is, more classified information thats going to be on display for our enemies to read and benefit from. >> danny, whats the difference between what weve been seeing in the trump administration over the last...

Complaint challenging the removal of mr. cox from his position as special prosecutor and the attempted abolition of the office of special prosecutor by acting attorney general robert bourque under the command of richard nixon. >> his argument there is what don mcgahn surely had on his mind, a president ordering the firing of a prosecutor investigating the president may be the first word on the matter, but in our democracy, the last word goes to the courts. >> the american people are confronted w...