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>> -- just knowing the basic facts and know -- howard: the constitution says, ultimately, what the supreme court says it said and, obviously, there have been different decisions since roe including casey in 199 2. some liberal pundits are saying this shows senate confirmation hearings are a meaningless ritual. everyone vows to respect precedent, and in this case, you have five justices with john roberts concurring because he didn't want to go all the way on roe, to throw out this precedent, critics would say based on ideology. senator susan collins saying breath kavanaugh -- brett kavanaugh mi...

Confirmation hearing were under oath and critics said kavanaugh was misleading about several things and justice sotomayor asked about the politics hanging over all of this is aing republicans openly said they could reverse the roe precedent now because they have new trump justices on this court. >> the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in mississippi, said we are doing it because we have new justices. will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution ands it reading are just political acts? i don't see how it is possible. >> that stat...

>> kavanaugh taking a position in the minority against the current precedent protecting choice and this is something he's doing as soon as he joined the court. note, that's what his conservative backers expected. and note, that's what his liberal critics expected. so it appears one of the only policy experts in the country who would claim to be surprised by this ruling would be susan collins. if kavanaugh had his way, that controversial ruling that i just described drastically restricting choice, that would be law today, and if that approach worked in that state, it would be open season in man...