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Conversation at all. one thing i should say is even though there is a presumption that a person would be against roe v. wade, i can't say everyone on the short list would guaranteed overturn it rather than opt for regulations and curtailments, right? >> this is a tough one. you will never know. you will never know until they're in the job what they do in the margins or around the edges. >> certainly with the president's history of appointing judges that don't do bha they thought they would do. we have a presidential appointment process and it is a different field. so for murkowski and collins,...

As the 30s, it's going to be a generational shift for the supreme court. >> well, it's -- unseemly. there's been awful decisions, but i have never heard of a justice's son being so tight with the president that they could cook something like this up. there will be a lot of questions about that, if it's true. that will tar justice's kennedy's legacy. >> i agree that it's unseemly, and it's strategic on the part of the republicans. they have always understood the power of the appointment process for the federal bench in a way that sometimes the democrats have not gotten. it's not just abortion t...

Can't talk about my rulings, and the straightforward question, were you asked about this, as part of the appointment process? we know donald trump went to jim comey and said make me a pledge of your loyalty. i don't think they'll do something quite so crass here, but the first thing to be on lookout is what kind of pledge was extracted from this nominee to get donald trump's approval for the supreme court. >> harry litman, it seems the republicans have people like ron klain on their teams to guide them through -- >> nobody is like ron klain. >> who try to do their best imitation of ron klain, ...

The democrats on the question, ron, how would you organize it? would you try to organize it that some senators are assigned to focus on roe versus wade and other senators are assigned to focus on other matters? >> where i would start, before the nominees' rear end even got settled in the chair is with the question whether or not the president or any member of his administration asked about the nominees' positions on the questions of emoluments clause, presidential vulnerability to indictments. the first thing you want to ask was the nominee asked about those. because there's no dodge to those,...

Chief, she's going to reinstitute these and talk about it where we are at right now. i think she'll get approved. the good thing about the appointment process is people get to ask questions and get answers from it and hopefully it'll be good. >> this is what confirmation hearings are for is to ask these questions and answer them. i don't think there's anything wrong with putting tough questions to her, correct? >> no. anybody put in front needs the top questions. ultimately with that comes the responsibility for the democrats to also say, look, we have to give some deference to the fact that w...