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Kennedy retired. obviously very important through the selection process. leonard, thank you so much for your time tonight. i want to get straight to this. we understand these meetings have been 45 minutes or so. hes met with four candidates for this vacancy and might meet with two or three more. is there anything you can tell us about who hes met with? obviously there was an original list of 25 and this is obviously significantly smaller than that for this finalist group? >> well, i think many o...

Like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? >> well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but hes key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didnt call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, thats whats going on here. federalist society is go...

Over again and trying to expect different results is insanity. since insane im not, so therefore, im going to create change. >> the solution to having courts be monitoring this problem is to have a non-partisan independent commission draw the lines. that makes the process neutral or at least if its done right it can. theres examples of that around the country. perhaps the one most visible is california. that came along. >> we want to make sure you vote yes on proposition 11. you are already in? ...

Have this vote after the election. >> reporter: while the president on the trail is already touting the influence of his high court selection to rally his own base. >> we have to pick one thats going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: after starting with a working list of 25 names, the president has that whittled down to five to seven on a short list and some will be invited for personal interviews. people familiar with the process say president trump has indicated one kind of pref...

Minorities which the rest of the vast new york school system works hard to do. the challenge from boston is different. arguing that elite institutions pretend to be meritocratic but dont practice what they preach. many highly selective institutions are biassed against asian yamericans. this harkens back to methods that was used in the 1920s to then qualify jewish applicants. harvard denies the allegations. we should all be wary of a system that returns to selection process to one in which people

Chris: isnt he entitled just like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? >> well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but hes key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didnt call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, thats whats going on h...

Like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? >> well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but hes key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didnt call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, thats whats going on here. federalist society is go...

One thing that we should no about all of these candidates is they are in their late 40s and early 50s. so checking boxes for this president who has said during the campaign, he said on air force one he doesnt want to ask them about this. keep in mind, they are very mindful of the fact they want a justice and the president said in the campaign, he wants justices that will overturn roe v wade and this selection process may bring the country closer to a generation that it will overturn that decisio...

Thing that in a lot of ways this selection process is the least trumpian thing going on in this administration. despite all the disfunction of this administration, hes out, sowed this to people president kennedy trusts. all of it play add role, but looking at the list that the trump people have put out. you know, justice kennedy was able to look down there and go, look, not a judge generjeanine random guy out there but somebody i think has the judicial temperament and knowledge to take my place ...

Process. we realize that one of us is going to have to ride out a decision which teaches and gives reasons for what we do. >> reporter: as time proves him to be one of the unpredictable justices, personal dignity and liberty were always themes and anthony kennedys jurisprudence. >> joining me now is jeffrey toobin, and gloria borger. and john than turley. i heard you say earlier that within 18 months abortion could be illegal in as many as 20 states. >> i said abortion will be illegal. because r...