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To that? >> i would never speak for judge kavanaugh and i assume hell get questions from the senators at his hearing. with any issue that comes across his desk as a judge he will look at the statutes, precedent, the constitution to figure out in that case how to rule on the issue. hes also compared being a judge to the role of that of an empire. calling because and strikes -- umpire, not injecting personal policy preferences into how a case should come out. i expect he would apreach things the s...

Maine, may be on the bubble. she has never voted against the republican president nominee to the u.s. supreme court. shes been there before. this is not her first rodeo. and theres nothing to indicate that some one like a john roberts would move against roe versus wade and shes looked and said, well, if it looks like its not going to change then shes onboard. is she really somebody who would switch her vote and say no? >> well, i think we have to find out what comes out through this vetting proc...

Upheld the affordable care act, he said that he didnt think the court at that time had the jurisdiction to reach the issue. were starting to get into more technical issues of jurisdiction and timing. as i say, people can always point at one thing out of 1,000 as to how they would have done things differently. anybody who looks at judge kavanaughs record will see a solid record of always calling the law as he sees it. >> harris: one thing, enfesh, it isnt 1 in 1,000, its 1 in 300. that issue was ...

I mean they dont have leverage in terms of voting on the hill on this issue. but they do have political leverage. if theyre looking, just in terms of looking out, i mean, either party has political leverage if they want to use certain material. how does the divide, if you will, among conservatives on judge kavanaugh maybe help democrats or does it? >> i dont think conservatives are going to be divided when it comes to nominating justice. they might debate it before they pick a person. >> harris:...

Per your reporting we have been kind of seeing a back and forth. what you are saying is its much more fluid situation and appears that she will appear. >> um-hum, i would stay tuned to see where we are later today. the latest information and best information we have is that she is expected to comply with that house subpoena. >> harris: okay. always stay tuned, catherine herridge, i do to you. >> thank you. . >> harris: georgia congressman doug collins, member of the house judiciary committee. bi...

Are. i think these are individuals who provide views and it gives them a sense of who these individuals are. after all, many will serve decades and this is high stakes stuff. >> so lets drill down on roe versus wade, senator collins said the following to my colleague jake tapper the other day. lets watch. >> i would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to voe v. wade, that would mean to me their judicial philosophy did not include a respect for established decisions, established law....

Rely on him when it comes to voe v. wade only to then co-head his pro-life council on the basis he promised her to apoint quote pro life judges. the idea these activists who faithfully turned out for trump who so far he has delivered on his promises for are not going to get what they want, now, what were going to see is more of a kind of stealth language. were not going to see people who have been as explicit as bork or perhaps as explicit as ruth bader ginsburg when this comes to their ideas ab...

And these were unprecedented promises, to appoint justices that would in his words automatically overturn roe v. wade. the kind of innocence were seeing this week where people are claiming ha its scare-mongering to fear that i justice appointed by trump to replace kennedy would in any way have anything to do with roe v. wade, this is a political transaction that took place in the open. the head of the season they said dont vote for trump we cant rely on him when it comes to voe v. wade only to t...

Enterprise leonard leo. leonard leos a man who also has strong ties to the judicial crisis network. thats the right-wing organization which helped block scores of obama judicial nominees and was key in the pr blitz to outright deny a hearing to president obamas last supreme court justice pick, judge merrick garland. helping mitch mcconnell effectively steal that supreme court seat. leonard leo is also connected to the dark money organization called bh group which according to the non-profit watc...

Kavanaugh? >> well, there were a couple of matters that he dealt with, in terms of the affordable care act. there are incidentally, a number of matters where he dissented with the prevailing position. his dissent was upheld by the supreme court. were going through those. over the course of the next several weeks well highlight them, the details are important. >> harris: interesting that you say this. thats where senator, i would think democrats would focus. theyre focused on abortion. not that t...