began in the reagan administration to put a solid conservative majority on the court. it's a huge move for president trump and the republicans. but it's going to come at a cost to the authority and legitimacy of the court. because the court likes to say it's engaged in law. and applying neutral principles without regard to politics. yet everything we saw in the preceding months and? particular from judge kavanaugh's second round of statements sent a different message suggesting the court is a partisan institution divided upon partisan lines like the rest of the country. >> and that -- those concerns that adam is speaking to there, danny, seem to be on brett kavanaugh's mind with this last-minute "wall street journal" op-ed that went up online two nights ago where he talked about sort of defending his presentation apologizing. it seemed a little opaquely for some aspects of it. he said i testified with people