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according to nbc news trump has narrowed his list of contenders to four candidates. brett have nau, amy coney barrett, raymond kethledge and thomas hardiman. trump is to concussion on kavanaugh and hardiman. we ll continue to ask questions about this. joining us now prove of law, jeffrey rosen. president and ceo of the national constitution center and contributing editor of the atlantic. good to have you on board. does your information line up with information that it s these four and narrowed down to kavanaugh and hardiman. it s important to stress, first of all, the huge significance of today. this is the 150th anniversary of the 14th amendment to the constitution, which guaranteed equality and liberty after the
civil war. the appointment president trump makes today could determine the shape of the 14th amendment for the next 50 years. so this is going to be most important decision of his presidency. and it s really important to stress similarities and differences between kavanaugh and hardiman. we know that kavanaugh is seen as an insider, he worked for the starr investigation. he s a conservative judge who favors executive power. trump fears he might resurrect a lot of impeachment concerns that would focus the nomination hearings on similarities and differences between the clinton impeachment and possibility of trump s own impeachment. hardiman has a lesser record. trump is impressed about i the fact he drove a cab when he was at georgetown law school. his decisions with social conservative matters like contra sepg and abortion are in a pro conservative direction but may not be as dramatic originalist
directive that has come down from the secretary of state, has a disproportionate impact on african-americans. we have the data. he knows what the facts are. but it doesn t matter. and mr. price, who is an adviser of our governor, had the pure unadulterated gall to say they re not going to contort. i guess he believes that the voting rights act was an act of contortion for black americans, that the civil rights act was an act of contortion and that the 14th amendment to the constitution was a contortion. everybody should be up in arms. well, he says we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban read african-american turnout machine. isn t that a racist comment? isn t he saying we re going to do this because we don t want blacks to vote? it s blatantly racist. i guess the good thing about this sad chapter in ohio s history is that he s laid it out on the line.
that these rulings, this directive that has come down from the secretary of state, has a disproportionate impact on african-americans. we have the data. he knows what the facts are. but it doesn t matter. and mr. price, who is an adviser of our governor, had the pure unadulterated gall to say they re not going to contort. i guess he believes that the voting rights act was an act of contortion for black americans, that the civil rights act was an act of contortion and that the 14th amendment to the constitution was a contortion. everybody should be up in arms. well, he says we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban read african-american turnout machine. isn t that a racist comment? isn t he saying we re going to do this because we don t want blacks to vote? it s blatantly racist. i guess the good thing about