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Now boils down to no democrats voting for this nominee, all the republicans with the potential as what was pointed out earlier you have collins and murcowski looking at this issue. because they want reassurances that kavanaugh is not going to overturn abortion rights in the country. it is really come down to that. kavanaugh is replacing justice anthony kennedy who was in a powell seat. he was there for many years and then judge bork was nominated to replace powell. all the controversy and politics around that. anthony kennedy comes in as a swing vote. for democrats the question is as well qual...

It was call for years the powell seat on the court. as we look back, give us a little perspective. will we refer to this as the anthony kennedy seat? >> we will probably refer to it as the apt ny kennedy seat and as a practical matter, anthony kennedy court. justice powell would be the swing vote. he would be at the center of the course in dozens and dozens of cases. that wasn't as true for justice kennedy. say you have 14 cases decided on the ideological 5-4 axis. and it always came down to him. now this term, he was with the conservatives 14 times, but in other terms it might be more balance...

It was call for years the powell seat on the court. as we look back, give us a little perspective. will we refer to this as the anthony kennedy seat? >> we will probably refer to it as the apt ny kennedy seat and as a practical matter, anthony kennedy court. justice powell would be the swing vote. he would be at the center of the course in dozens and dozens of cases. that wasn't as true for justice kennedy. say you have 14 cases decided on the ideological 5-4 axis. and it always came down to him. now this term, he was with the conservatives 14 times, but in other terms it might be more balance...

Is there a chance it could be overturned? i don't know. as tom said, we have justice roberts now at the center of the storm here. and he has always said that stare decisis, the idea that you respect the precedence that came before is important to him. and so you would think that he's unlikely to want to reverse roe versus wade, but as president trump said in that clip you played, this justice he wants to name is likely to serve for 40 to 45 years. so even if it doesn't happen with the next makeup of the court, how about the one after that? i think that is something that is likely at stake. >> ...