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Only one justice has ever been impeached way back in 1805 and that justice was never actually removed from the bench by the senate. jake. >> jessica schneider. ron, you know the name -- >> samuel chase. a little trivia. let me start with you. six candidates have called for impeachment and three more would support an investigation into the allegations but to be honest, this -- republicans control the senate, there is no chance that justice kavanaugh would be impeached. >> and the house starting the impeachment, he is too focused on the president to be focused on kavanaugh. this looks like they ...

Of people who can name all three branches of government, it's still very low at 39%, but it's increasing. >> i think our schools are failing us. what's happening is in the modern era we have so much talk about the constitution, you mention the kavanaugh hearings so we see people paying attention to the branches of government more than in recent history. heather: do you think social media is aiding or hurting? >> it's hard to say. depends what people are paying attention to on social media. a lot of people are carrying around pocket constitutions today. i think that's helping. heather: what do ...

>> the system is barely there, i should point out. it is an incredibly high bar to impeach a supreme court justice. it hasn't been done in 1905. >> and he was acquitted by the senate in 1805. we all remember samuel chase. not really. so it's a really high bar for anybody. ted cruz, a senator fromming the was speaking out about all of this. here's what he had to say. >> at the end of the day, the american people made a judgment that the evidence wasn't there, the corroboration wasn't there. i think this article just shows the obsession with the far left with trying to smear justice kavanaugh an...

We have new reaction to today's breaking news. president trump defending supreme court justice brett kavanaugh after allegations of sexual misconduct resurface. joining me now is steve cohen, member of the house judiciary committee. thank you for joining us. senator jones spoke with my colleague earlier today about this. let's take a listen to what they spoke about first. >> it is in fact that he lied to the committee, that's pretty serious allegation and people can be impeached for that. but i think the fact is this is inevitable. that's what i think the other side fails to recognize and what...

Thrown around in association with kavanaugh. don't forget cory booker said that kavanaugh himself was embracing evil. as you pointed out at the top here, shep, both sides trying to gain political advantage from the democrats. some democrats suggesting if their hand control of the house they will launch a further investigation into judge kavanaugh's background and potentially pursue impeachment proceedings against him. i asked the president about that in the south lawn this morning as he was headed for marine one. listen here. >> i have been hearing that now they are thinking about impeaching a...