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Republicans haven't forgiven him for that. >> bill: amy coney barrett works out of chicago now, 46 years old. devout catholic and seven children. >> she and i studied under the same professor rice who was on the short list of five people president reagan had. she would probably be in the view of those around the president, the most serious lightning rod on the issue of abortion because she is the most professedly outwardly traditionally catholic of all of the nominees. >> bill: you say she did not hit it off well with the president? >> based on what the president told people around him. i wasn...

Judge, has been for ten years. last year, he wrote a book with an army officer about the importance of solitude. he gets that, working in his personal office in a converted barn overlooking lake huron. amy coney barrett is the only woman on the list. the youngest on the list. devout catholic. there is a potential negative on her. she's only been judge for eight months and has no other government experience. >> pete williams, you and i are getting red dady for a long nig. thank you. >> joining me now is the dean at the college of law and author of "true faith." judge gonzalez, thank you very mu...

He is also a lot less controversial. it could help him get confirmed. and then there is amy coney barrett. the only female finalists. seven children. a devout catholic. her writings on overturning the president raised a rag flag with a senator, susan collins. she fears she might overturn roe v. wade. tonight, he thanked kennedy. >> he left because he said, you will pick someone great. >> democrats say nobody on the list is acceptable. chuck schumer has privately urged the president to pick garland, who was first nominated by president obama. other democrats are putting pressure on senators, li...

A devout catholic. someone that many democrats are not a big fan of. what can you tell us about her? >> well, amy comey barrett was born in san francisco. she became law professor and wrote about controversial issues including about the opposition to the death penalty that orthodox con alcohol schisortho can atoll scm catholicism has. i think some people are -- some conservatives are enthusiastic about her because of some things she has said about abortion. i think president trump will probably not make the mistake that president nixon made. regardless of who president trump chooses and all of...

Have to do, to say, well, i didn't look at it that way a few years ago, but now, i see that it looks different to me. >> reporter: that has some republicans worried kavanaugh won't be a reliable conservative vote on the court. abc news has learned senators rand paul, tom cotton and ted cruz have all called the president, expressing concerns. >> tara palmeri joins us now from the white house. and tara, lots of attention on judge kavanaugh, as we just saw in your story there, but there are other candidates on that short list, as well, and social conservatives have their own favorite. >> reporter...