mitch mcconnell and the federal society and heritage foundation, two very conservative organizations that have spent decades and millions of dollars putting their very ideologically right-wing judges into the pipeline, they are getting into the courts lickety-split. >> these are lifetime appointments? >> lifetime. and, of course, nothing could be more harmful for all of the rights and matters i talked about than putting two supreme court justices on the supreme court, and that's what these organizations accomplish with help from mitch mcconnell when he changed the number of votes from 60 to a bare majority for getting onto the united states supreme court. >> thanks to senator hirono. up next, what beto o'rourke's entry means for the