i keep thinking about the last man to sit through this, now justice neil gorsuch. they went to high school together and clerked for justice kennedy together and they re close. you have to wonder whether he is getting pointers how to wade through this. justice kagan possibly offering advice. the dean of harvard law school and hired judge kavanaugh to be an instructor there. he has a lot of connections to the court and knows how it works. he has been prepped one of the sleeper issues, he clerked for three different federal judges including alex kazinski. he had to step down in the wake of me too bubbled up from a number of women who worked for him describing inappropriate situations. the left will push judge kavanaugh on that. what did he know? did he speak up? they ll press him to that because of a hot button issue. as far as i can tell he indicated he never knew anything about what happened
that s what a lot of people don t seem to understand. i was not working in the courthouse. he was in the pasadena courthouse in california, a small courthouse with ten other court of appeals judges in that courthou courthouse. i, of course, was working in washington, d.c.. when you did see and talk with judge kazinski, what types of things did you talk about? we were among the 12 co-authors of the brian-garner led book on just terrible precedent. so for several years, that was a problem. all of us were the 12 of us i guess if toll were working on that, judge dianne wood a chief judge of the 7th circuit. justice gorsuch was a co-author, so we worked on that as a group. justice kennedy for the last 30 years had had judge kazinski run justice kennedy s hiring process. in the course of that process, i
known about these allegations. this teams to me to be an effort at guilt by association, which is not the way this committee should operate in anyway. with that in mind, i want to give you a chance to answer a few questions about judge kazinski so we re all operating on the same operation effects. first, how long have you known judge kazinski? i clerked for him in 1991-1992, so i started the clerkship 27 years ago. second, i understand from me, the reports that judge kazinski operated an e-mail list where he would sends inappropriate material. were you on this e-mail list? i don t remember anything leak that senator. how often would you talk with judge kazinski on the phone in. not often, not often, senator. how often did you see him in person? again, not often. maybe when there was a legal convention or
next generation of leaders. the people will be sitting in these seats, silting in my seat. lots will be coming from law clerks. so if we re not being inclusive now, that will show up later. and so it s just been a critical part. it s something i very focused on at all times is the quality in the clerkship hiring process and making sure women are getting the same opportunities that men are. i appreciate the question, senator. thank you. i appreciate the answer. i think everybody in this country should appreciate the answer. i think it distinguishes you. late last year, allegations against former 9th circuit judge alex kazinski surfaced when the washington post published an article detailing the disturbing allegations of misconduct by the judge. you clerked for judge kazinski for one year in 1991, 1992. some of your opponents have suggested that you must have
this meeting. but it s not all work and no play. they will have paddle board lessons, sports fishing, yoga and zumba which i m told is some kinds of a dance exercise i never heard of. in the interest of journalistic efforts, i m jumping on a plane to go to maui to to some research. i ll write the whole thing off as research. megyn: google the judge alex kazinski. yoga doesn t qualify. it would be hard for me to take them seriously if i had seen any of them doing yoga or zumba. zumba is hard. it s a latin dance routine you do in the aerobics studio. you never felt so awkward in your life.