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Democrats to make a decision. the onus is really on president trump to put forth a nominee who would be more in the mainstream. the reality is, at 49 years old, he would be the second youngest to ever sit on the court. he was hand selected by what many would call -- >> martha: is there anything wrong with that? >> i think when you are 49, you are not talking about four years of a presidency. you are talking about 40 years and the potential to change fundamental understanding of issues around rights, liberatory. >> >> martha: that sounds discriminatory as how age could be a component. we will e...

Democrats to make a decision. the onus is really on president trump to put forth a nominee who would be more in the mainstream. the reality is, at 49 years old, he would be the second youngest to ever sit on the court. he was hand selected by what many would call -- >> martha: is there anything wrong with that? >> i think when you are 49, you are not talking about four years of a presidency. you are talking about 40 years and the potential to change fundamental understanding of issues around rights, liberatory. >> >> martha: that sounds discriminatory as how age could be a component. we will e...

He couldn't even receive a hearing. so, when you think about that moment, you had senior statesmen like john mccain and others like ted cruz, and borough from north carolina, who said that they would block a hillary cap clinton nominee for four years. >> martha: we know the reason behind that. i know you disagree with that. but it was obviously, a very unexpected situation when justice antonin scalia died. very unexpected and sudden. it was also within the year that an election was going on and the feeling was that that was inappropriate, that it was too late in the tenure for the president to...

Escalation of the confirmation wars. there is a well-qualified nominee who was unanimously confirmed to the court of appeals ten years ago with no opposition, who has had ten years to build a record of universal respect. president obama, solicitor general, wrote in "the new york times" yesterday that he has great confidence that he would be the sort of judge who could restore confidence in the rule of law. and stand up to the administration of necessary. >> martha: thank you very much. remember, he was confirmed for his appeals court position unanimously by many of the same senators who will b...

Escalation of the confirmation wars. there is a well-qualified nominee who was unanimously confirmed to the court of appeals ten years ago with no opposition, who has had ten years to build a record of universal respect. president obama, solicitor general, wrote in "the new york times" yesterday that he has great confidence that he would be the sort of judge who could restore confidence in the rule of law. and stand up to the administration of necessary. >> martha: thank you very much. remember, he was confirmed for his appeals court position unanimously by many of the same senators who will b...