a judge must interpret statutes as written and a judge must interpret the constitution as written. informed by history and tradition and precedent. a little bit of color as to how this went down, the president made the decision last night when he got back from the white house. he telephoned brett kavanaugh to say you are my choice to be the nominee for that supreme court and then called donald mcgahn and the vice president. today he called justice kennedy who was traveling in austria and informed him that he was picking kavanaugh to replace him. the other candidates who were on the list got calls as well, saying maybe next time. shannon, we found out why there were so much conflicting information out there. it s because the speed of this nomination process and the late decision. the white house prepared four background packages on all of the candidates, so they asked the candidates for all the background. they even asked what guests they would like to have at the nominating ceremony.
exactly the opposite. tom hardiman s people were saying the reason is the president didn t make the decision until late last night. he called kavanaugh. he called on mcgann. he had told three other people that they were on the list and because the decision was so late, the white house had to prepare four background packages, even asking each one of the nominees who they would put on their guest list if they were chosen. laura: how depressing. if you are one of the other people and you have your guest list, that s kind of sad. i feel bad for them. laura: this information was out there so people supporting the individual candidates that we ve been asked for a guest list to that must mean our person is the candidate. when it came down to it, it came to brett kavanaugh who the president said all along he was the front runner. he believes he can gain get confirmed through the process. by the first of october. leonard will tell you that s an important date because of they can t get it
it s exactly the opposite. and hardiman s people said it s hardiman. he called the vice president, and he had told three other people that they were on the list. because the decision was so late, the white house had to prepare for background packages, even asking each one of the nominees who they would put on their guest list if they were chosen. so if you are one of the other people and you have your guest list, it s like that kind of sad. they people supporting the individual candidate said we ve been asked for a guest list. i guess he is the one who he believes can get nominated, or confirmed through the process by the first of october. they think that s really important job.