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>> i think this is an activist court. >> getting rid of roe v wade was an incredible thing for pro-life. >> simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court. >> is the u.s. senate confirmation process to blame for polarizing the entire judicial branch? >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. >> donald trump, mitch mcconnell and their republican buddies are shoving aside the wishes of the american people in order to steal the supreme court seat. >> is the court now out of ...

Change the rules more. what is the choice? continue like we are or have democracy. >> well, democrats did learn to care. president donald trump worked with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell to reshape the federal judiciary, appointing 54 federal appellate judges in four years, just one short of the 55 appointed in eight years. in february of 2016, less than two hours after the death of justice antonin scalia, nine months before the election, 11 months before the end of obama's term, mcconnell made it clear that he would not even confirm a replacement before a new president had taken off...

Both parties want an activist judiciary in what has become a race to the bottom. since the bork nomination in the '80s, every move has been a tit for tat, and each party has rationalized its escalation in the judicial wars by claiming the other side did it first. here's a stunning fact. the last time a republican-controlled united states senate confirmed a democratic president's supreme court nominee -- grover cleveland administration nearly 130 years ago. in 2013, pushed by the obstruction of obama's nominees to the federal courts in that moment, as well as the executive branch, democratic se...

. >> welcome back. "data download" time as we discuss the supreme court's evolution, particularly how its standing among the public has deteriorated as they perceive it to be more and more partisan. we're here to provide a reality check on exactly what is driving this shift. there's one simple way to describe this, and that's just simply the number of appointments. since lbj, republican presidents have been in office for 32 years and have gotten 16 supreme court justices. democratic presidents have been in office 22 years and have only gotten five justices. some of that is actuary tables. you ...

Or too conservative. going back to the start of the century, as you can see here, it has fluctuated between too liberal and too conservative narrowly. you know, during the bush years and the war on terror. it was seen as too conservative. during the obama years, obamacare ruling, same-sex marriage, it was seen as too liberal. but look at this. it has skyrocketed. now, 42% currently think it is too conservative. and in fact, what makes that number unique? it's above the -- there's a third punch we ask here. is the court too liberal, too conservative or about right? about right led throughout th...