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Morrison v. olson. >> it has been effectively overruled, but i would put the final nail in. >> he worked in the independent counsel law part of ken starr's clinton investigation. >> unclear what he thinks about the mueller investigation since there is a difference. the special counsel answers to the justice department and an independent counsel answers to no one effectively. jim jordan confirming he has been interviewed in the sexual abuse case of team doctor richard strauss. jordan said he did not turn a blind eye while assistant coach at the school from 1987 to 1995. a former osu wrestler ...

Overturning is deeply, deeply troubling. we already know he believes the president shouldn't be investigated while in office. that the president can't be indicted while in office. that a president doesn't have to follow laws that the president deems, his words, unconstitutional. clearly, judge kavanaugh's judicial philosophy incorporates executive power and accountability animated by a belief that our chief executive gets to play by a different set of rules. judge kavanaugh particularly after this interview, needs to recuse himself from anything having to do with the mueller probe. >> so, matt...

Overturn. take a listen. >> can you think of a case that deserves to be overturned? >> yes. >> would you volunteer one? >> no. >> pending confirmation hearings, yes, sir, right here. >> thank you very much. >> actually, i'm going to say one. morrison v. olson. >> they said that's the independent counsel statute. >> it's been effectively overruled, but i would put the final nail in. >> here, here. >> again, important to emphasize it was from 2016. the case he was referencing there, morrison versus olsen is a supreme court ruling up holding a 1978 law that creates a system for independent counse...

Into the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. two years ago speaking at a conservative think thank, judge kavanaugh spoke scornfully of the old law governing independent counsel governme investigations. >> i think justices of all stripes agree that it's important but not an inexorable command. it's not inflexible or absolute. >> can you think of a case that deserves to be overturned? >> yes. >> would you volunteer one? >> no. i'm going to say one. morrison v. olson. >> they said that's the independent counsel statute case. >> it's been effectively overruled but i would put the final nail in....

Deserves to be overturned? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> would you volunteer one? >> no. actually, i was going to say one. morrison v. olson. >> that's the independent counsel statute case. >> it's been effectively overruled but i would put the final nail in. >> reporter: wolf, the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley told me earlier he does not view this has a big deal but democrats trying to press him on this very hard in his confirmation hearings. >> we'll see what happens, manu. thank you very much. we're only moments away from the white house press briefing. th...