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Think from within maine and even in alaska. >> and norm points to something interesting there. the way these confirmation battles the, there's almost a science to them at this point in terms of the precision of how the nominees are picked. the considerations about age, longevity but it's that lack of a paper trail that will cause problems. robert bourque a generation ago he'd written all these inflammatory things. it sunk him. now you have these folks who are groomed for years. if the nominee is presented who folks suspect is conservative, folks suspect is the kind democrats want to sink but o...

Donald trump was out last night, he is making it clear, he's making this a midterm issue. >> more republicans voted on the supreme court than democrats did. but in part because republicans with aggrieved by decisions of the supreme court. now democrats are fired up. i think this issue will rally more democrats than republicans given what's happened since 2016. >> andrea, what are you going to be watching for as this battle on capitol hill unfolds? >> reporter: whether the democrats can hold, because you ree eve got joe manchin and they're going to be concerned if they can where -- it was arlen...

The most recent ban with the same-sex marriage ruling was 5-4, i got to know him well outsi. let's a remarkable man. >> what can they do to block president trump's pick from getting a vote before the midterm elections? >> what they're going to have to do is get organized and there's already many democrats going on the steps of the supreme court, rejecting the lists of candidates that trump has put forward. justice kennedy is on the supreme court because democrats organized to beat robert bourque, nominated by popular president president bush. >> who does it energize more, democrats or republic...

Did that. i think there are parts left out and for that reason i think we just should simply rely on the house oversight playing this to the public writ large the way we did, i think, does cause considerable controversy and now we're waiting for the democrats to release their memo. and all that is, more classified information that's going to be on display for our enemies to read and benefit from. >> danny, what's the difference between what we've been seeing in the trump administration over the last year or so and the saturday night massacre during the nixon administration? >> the actual firin...

Complaint challenging the removal of mr. cox from his position as special prosecutor and the attempted abolition of the office of special prosecutor by acting attorney general robert bourque under the command of richard nixon. >> his argument there is what don mcgahn surely had on his mind, a president ordering the firing of a prosecutor investigating the president may be the first word on the matter, but in our democracy, the last word goes to the courts. >> the american people are confronted with a man who has consciously authorized crimes condoned crimes, committed crimes, covered up crimes...