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Senator votes yes. today judge kavanaugh will be back up on capitol hill to meet with more senators and leading democrats are once again holding a press conference to speak out against confirmation, rob and jillian. jillian: garrett, thank you very much. kavanaugh to be one of the strictest to serve high court. john barrasso says that's exactly what we need, someone to interpret the constitution and not where he are -- rewrite it. >> i think it's a su perp -- superb choice. all of us, republicans, conservatives alike agree that the rule of the -- the role of a judge is to apply the law, not le...

Washington, and i think that's going to rub a lot of people the wrong way. >> shannon: here to weigh in is john barrasso, chairman of the republican policy committee and member of the senate foreign relations committee. it's important to know that senator santorum was pulling for a different one of the four contenders, so that may factor into how he feels about this. what do you think about this choice? >> i think is a superb tories. anyone of the four would've been terrific but it's really nothing that unifies republicans and conservatives as much as the issue of the supreme court. all of us,...

Them here, they could. abby: is there cider? david:. pete: hard cider. abby: its busy out here in the plaza, and it's been a very busy week for president trump whether it be tax reform, the iran deal on friday, but a lot of people are up in arms on this. david: let's not forget the supreme court again upholding again an executive order. abby: reversing a lot of the policies that barack obama -- david: the supreme court's backing trump but over 13 times they refuted obama. the constitution's in play. pete: constitution still matters matters. it's not just a living document. david: exactly. grea...

Contrary to my learned friend's view, you look at the debates, you have james wilson, one of the framers saying, in the course of argument, of course a president can be impeach and prosecuted. well, that would make no sense if the president could pardon himself, then he couldn't be prosecuted. >> the problem -- >> it makes, anderson -- our constitution is a living document. it lives on common sense. this notion is absurd that the president can do -- imagine he could go -- he could go out on pennsylvania avenue, take bribes, shoot people, walk back in the oval office, sign a pardon for himself,...

Well, that would make no sense if the president could pardon himself, then he couldn't be prosecuted. >> the problem -- >> anderson, our constitution is a living document, it lives on common sense. this notion is absurd that the president can do -- imagine he could go -- he could go out on pennsylvania avenue, take bribes, shoot people, walk back in the oval office, sign a pardon for himself, do it again the next day. i'm afraid of who he might target if he had that power. it is absurd, jonathan. >> i don't want you to have an aneurism, but i do want to mention a couple things. first of all, t...