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Against democrats in the mid-terms. theyre targeting vulnerable incumbents and tying them -- or tying to them what theyve already decided is just a liberal justice. could that be a winning strategy for them? how much do you think the supreme court factors into how people -- we know it worked for republicans because trump campaigned on promising to appoint pro-life justices despite the fact that people rejected so much about his personal beliefs, yet they went along with the fact he was going to ...

In and day out, year after year decade after decade. and i think theres just something about the human brain that develops coping mechanisms that teaches you how to like someone you would otherwise hate where you have to be constantly sitting right next to them and dealing with them in situations, so i think breyer excelled at the human relations aspelkts of his job. i think he probably disagrees with everything sam has ever said, theyll figure out how to be friendly with him, how to be chums wi...

The supreme court. this has to happen now. and this is a really important step. >> mark, your most recent piece touches on the conservative backlash. you write that republicans are laying the groundwork to single out whoever this next justice will be as unqualified and inferior for decades to come. think were imagining things just ask justice sonia sotomayor, and its true the way they have portrayed her as unqualified persists to this day. how can the courts history show us what we might see in ...

School. what kind of dynamic could a new justice bring in? because the truth is its not going to change the fact you have a super majority for the conservatives on the bench. >> right. this is a one for one swap. the courts ideology will remain the same. at the same time breyer was very much a conciliatory voice. i thought when his retirement was announced he was too conciliatory and he was too eager to search out compromises and was too willing to sacrifice his own principles in order to get so...

>> kim, put the justice nomination on the side for a second. lets talk politics of this. could democrats energize the base with a historic appointment? i mean, president biden in the polls is struggling right now. could this be a turn around moment at least for this year with this appointment with his base? >> i think this is our moment. and the answer to that question is absolutely. we stand ready. she will rise is the only initiative that is singularly focused on ensuring we nominate and confi...

Suggesting that that may be the reason that hes still part of the white house team? >> potentially. the question for people who disagree with steve bannon, woo were talking about jared kushner, h.r. mcmaster, is steve bannon more of a threat to them on the inside or on the outside. hes a really important figure. its hard to overstate how an important figure steve bannon is to this presidency. yes, he has a lot of detractors on the inside. people that dont like the way that he conduct himself. he...

Question here. we can argue why did the new york times give prominence and why did he choose the venue to resign? but is there subitance to what he was saying about goldman who treated their clines with disdane than how it would treat them than the clients. >> their clients treat goldman with disdain. they are the sophisticated player in the worl. wall street is a sharp-elbowed. >> they were squeezing fees out of the clients, yes. >> may not be criminal but was it ethical? >> as long as you dont...

We can argue why did the new york times give prominence and why did he choose the venue to resign? but is there subitance to what he was saying about goldman who treated their clines with disdane than how it would treat them than the clients. >> their clients treat goldman with disdain. they are the sophisticated player in the worl. wall street is a sharp-elbowed. >> they were squeezing fees out of the clients, yes. >> may not be criminal but was it ethical? >> as long as you dont lie to people....

Is the stuff true? >> thats the point and my question here. we can argue why did the new york times give prominence and why did he choose the venue to resign? but is there subitance to what he was saying about goldman who treated their clines with disdane than how it would treat them than the clients. >> their clients treat goldman with disdain. they are the sophisticated player in the worl. wall street is a sharp-elbowed. >> they were squeezing fees out of the clients, yes. >> may not be crimin...

Is the stuff true? >> thats the point and my question here. we can argue why did the new york times give prominence and why did he choose the venue to resign? but is there subitance to what he was saying about goldman who treated their clines with disdane than how it would treat them than the clients. >> their clients treat goldman with disdain. they are the sophisticated player in the worl. wall street is a sharp-elbowed. >> they were squeezing fees out of the clients, yes. >> may not be crimin...