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You can be all right in this quarter section, but if you get off a little bit -- remember, this is before gps. if you get off a little bit to the wrong place, you might be dealing with a whole another set of regulations. >> the tribe claimed that because morris williams, being a member of the tribe, had not purchased a $100 permit to sell something, the fossil should be forfeited and therefore they own the fossil. and of course the government said that it was government property and that that was because of the trust land issue. >> the seizure and the subpoena were the brainchild of acting u.s...

Litigation experience. i have not had courtroom experience. >> it's a little unclear as to why schieffer decided to seize sue or decide to become interested in this at all. whether it began with morris williams or a complaint from the tribe. ultimately, the decision was kevin schieffer's, though, to decide that this was something that they wanted to do. >> also was shocking from a scientific standpoint, that anybody would behave so recklessly with the greate eses pealontological find of all time. >> there could have been a gang in this town with a warehouse full of cocaine and human bodies han...

Decisis. senators will ask her if this comes back up to you in a year, two years, four years, are you going to follow stare decisis or that as a check you are not sympathetic with gun rights. this was an issue with sonia sotomayor hearings where she was viewed at unsympathetic. >> what do they have on her? the republican party, what could they base a filibuster on, for example? the democrats have the votes probably for a majority vote. can they force a requirement of 60 votes a supermajority. what would they have to justify that action? >> they really don't have much. i think they are struggli...

Experience. that is true. sessions said she is light on litigation experience and generally lawyering experience. i don't see why that is such a barrier. justice thomas did not have a particularly broad resume. there have been lots of nominees with these credentials. i think it is a mistake to say we want all justices to be judges or litigators. what we want is a court with a lot of different views. we want a mix of perspectives. she is going to bring in a very unique perspective, academic, yes, but that is not significant in my view if that doesn't seem too biassed. >> less than ten minutes t...

Conscience. >> there's going to be some opposition to her, we have heard it all laid out by the republicans so far today in their opening statements, savannah? >> reporter: no doubt about it, but the republicans are seizing on a couple of issues, they say most of her experience as a political operative, they're really hitting that hard, and just saying she has a very thin resume. obviously a lot is being made of the fact that she's never been a judge. there's many distinguished jurists, supreme court justices who have never been a judge. the issue is how many legal experience, she certainly sp...