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Divisive, hurtful confirmation processes and hearings that we've been through. it not only taints brett kavanaugh it taints the supreme court, which should be one of the most venerable institutions we have in the country. my question to republicans is, couldn't you find somebody else who was equally as experienced and equally as -- as capable as they believe he was, but without the atrocious black cloud that is going to be following him into one of the highest institutions in the land? one that actually will divide this country for years and years to come? coo d do they really believe this was...

How he's going to conduct himself as a judge. he was talking about confirmation processes in the future and that there are going to be democrats that will be coming before that body again and what goes around comes around, meaning that vitriol that was so dead set against him in those hearings, that had nothing to do with how he was going to act as a justice. >> the problem with the way that judge kavanaugh, now justice kavanaugh comported himself at that hearing, the difficulty is what it does to the supreme court as an institution and what it does in the perspective of some as to how he proc...

Of the tension and bitterness from both sides. >> even ruth bader ginsburg complained about the system. she was an aclu lawyer and she said it got out of control. she has not dawk of talked directly on this, but she lamented how these confirmation processes have changed. >> any future senate will go back to that 60 number you need which generates support for more moderate middle of the road candidates as opposed to the 51 that is the requirement right now. up next, a republican senator's reaction to today's vote. mike is standing by and you see him on capitol hill. we will discuss after this. ...

Confirmation. so that's their defense. they say they might not have an objection to it. they just want to move and they don't want to do anything that is going to slow this down. that turns out to be probably the most critical mistake throughout this entire process, especially this week as it's apparent going into tomorrow that they could use anything, any facts, any evidence to bolster their own case. you look at the second mistake it was that fox news interview, choosing to go on a partisan outlet and choosing to politicize the process more than perhaps it should ever be during a supreme cou...

Same biography. >> you worked directly with justice alito, justice thomas, through those confirmation processes, what did you learn from each in their different personalities how they come to this >> i think authenticity is important. i think both of those nominees did very well. in very different ways >> they're very different. >> chief justice roberts is a charming urbane washingtonian. i think trying too hard to play a role that doesn't reflect you, doesn't work. >> knowing what you know about judge kavanaugh what would you say to him and having watched his hearing what aspects of his perso...