question, judge? just so, you that s not happened? is that your answer? yeah, and i m curious if you have. i have no drinking problem, judge. reporter: today, stevens said kavanaugh does not belong on the supreme court. i think that his performance during the hearings caused me to change my mind. reporter: kavanaugh himself has spoken about the importance of nonpartisanship and temperament for a judge. it s important to have the proper demeanor, to be calm amidst the storm. on the bench, to put it in the vernacular, don t be a jerk. i think that s important. jon karl with us live tonight at the white house. and jon, senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley was pressed today on whether the fbi report should now be made public at some point. his answer was, talk to the white house. that s what you do all day long. so, what are they saying tonight? reporter: well, david, the white house is actually at one point said it was up to the senate to decide whether or not th
beer. and it just flies in the face of his own words back in 2015 when he talks about what the temperament of a federal judge should be. listen to brett kavanaugh in his own words. to be a good judge and good umpire it s important to have the proper demeanor. really important, i think. to walk in the other s shoes, whether it be the other litigants, the litigants in the case, the other judges, to understand them. to keep our emotions in check. to be calm amidst the storm. on the bench to put it in the vernacular, don t be a jerk. i think that s important. tube good umpire and a good judge. don t be a jerk. let me run through what i think a judge as umpire means. first and probably most obviously not being a political partisan. you have to check those political allegiances at the
when he was nominated, i said he s a typical conservative nominee. and elections have consequences. so we saw it going forward. it is solely his words that concern me, and really made me second guess his fitness for the court. nina, has you go down the list of attributes that judge kavanaugh said that any judge should have, you have to have a proper demeanor, walk in the other shoes, keep your emotions in check, remain calm in the storm, don t be a jerk, don t be a political partisan. avoid any semblance of political partisanship. i m sure, nina, are there not most likely people like chief justice john roberts who has to be very concerned, in fact
vernacular, don t be a joke. to be a good umpire and good judge, don t be a jerk. that was judge kavanaugh speaking in 2015 at the law school of catholic university. a longer transcript of that speech was just published by david corn at mother jones magazine. that speech was already a little famous, because that s the speech where judge kavanaugh veered off script and said, what happens at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep. that s been a good thing for all of us. that got a flurry of attention last week. in that same speech, kavanaugh goes on and on about how important it is for a judge to keep our emotions in check, to be calm, to have the proper demeanor. all this stuff about how a judge must comport himself or herself if he or she wants to be part of the federal judiciary at every level. let me run through what i think a judge as umpire means. first, and probably most obviously, not being a political
difficult hurdle for judge kavanaugh if he still sees himself as on the way to the supreme court. to be a good judge and a good umpire, it s important to have the proper demeanor, really important, i think, to walk in the other s shoes, whether it be the other litigants, the it will gapts in the case, the other judges. to understand them, to keep our emotions in check. to be calm amidst the storm. on the bench, to put it in the vernacular, don t be a jerk. i think that s important. to be a good umpire and a good judge, don t be a jerk. that was judge kavanaugh speaking in 2015 at the law school of catholic university. a longer transcript of that speech was just published by reporter david corn at mother jones magazine. that speech was already a little famous, because that s the speech where judge kavanaugh veered offscript a little bit and said, what happened at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep and that s been