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House several times and has spoken to the president by phone. when rod rosenstein thought he was going to be fired several weeks back and "the washington post" reported that whitaker was trying to get his bosss job, jeff sessions. this idea that nobody knows him and hes not a known quantity is simply not true. >> appreciate that important reporting. lets come into the room. i talked about remember when the party cared about deficits. they create three coequal branches of government. we will see ...

Practicing civil rights lawyer that brown versus the board of education is likely to come before the supreme court any time soon. its the cannon that constitutes the center of our justice system. no one questions whether mar bury versus madison was decided. people talk about dread scott -- >> do you see it as a judicial dog whistle? >> i think its a signal. recall when neil gorsuch was asked the question, he didnt want to answer it but he finally came across and answered the question. there are ...

Do that. presidents have done that throughout our history. you can go back to the very founding of our country when marberry versus madison came out thomas jefferson let john marshall enforce that opinion. this is as long as our history. i think there will be a fight for judge gorsuch but i tell you this, in nine weeks well be calling judge gorsuch without any doubt well call him justice gorsuch. i have no doubt he will be confirmed as the replacement for justice scalia. >> melissa: it was eye o...

Reach if confirmed to the supreme court. history shows over the better part of a century the committee created something of a new norm. a norm in which members demand that nominees speak about specific cases in return for favorable treatment from the committee as the jurists are going through the process. nominees for the most part, have gracefully resisted confirmation in exchange for promises about how they will vote in particular cases. to give two famous examples, justice scalia refused to s...