for the thomas nomination. got that through with democratic votes. a democratic senate. the two nevada senators who were democrats. a couple other southern democrats. moderate conservative democrats before him. quite a lot of support in the african-american community which helped. it s a political vote. and it s going to be a partisan vote anyway just on sort of judicial philosophy. it would be nice. this is a case. this would be a case where if senator grassley and feinstein can stitt doit down and work ou judge kavanaugh and professor ford or her attorney a dignified and appropriate way to do this so it doesn t become a total circus. it s perfectly fair she have a hearing and judge kavanaugh be able to make his case. you d think the senate could find a way to make this not an embarrassing moment for the country. i m going to start eating for lunch what you had. all this optimism is freaking me
murcowski or collins can be peeled off. he is on the committee and he is considering. one vote difference between democrats and republicans. he said this woman should be heard. jay sekulow spoke out on hannity last night about the response from kavanaugh. and how this should play out. here is how he detailed that. no one can question whether judge kavanaugh has the intellect to serve on the supreme court of the united states. if you re looking at judicial philosophy 300 published opinions. you have to look at this in this day and time i understand this, allegation has been made, judge kavanaugh will respond, that s the appropriate way. the accuser will have her time as well. it should be an orderly and appropriate process. sandra: that s all we can we know at this point. that s all that can play out at this point. what do you expect is going to happen on monday if she accepts this invitation? i think she probably will. she was somebody who didn t
mainstream of judicial philosophy. judge kavanaugh is. clearly judge well, let s see you are forgetting something about kavanaugh that makes him difference. you are forgetting something that makes him different from any nominee i have seen. he has been a political operative. he has been a judge for 12 years. he has done that job. he did the job for starr. he put together some of the ugliest questions ever seen. he wrote things. look at his record as a judge. i have looked. i guarantee i looked at it closer than you. that s my job. he has voted about 87% with the rest of the bench. he is even. with democrats and republicans. on the cases that matter, you don t know if where he is today is where he said he wanted to be. that roe versus wade is not settled law, which now he won t talk about. he said things during the hearing that worried me as someone who would like to see it overturned.
president trump s immigration, environmental, and regulatory policy. the supreme court has become the decision-maker of last resort on so many issues that have polarized our society. judge kavanaugh a decade ago suggested providing sitting presidents with a temporary deferral of civil and criminal prosecutions. it makes sense to make sure that we give our president is much room as possible to operate free from the usual burdens of the citizenry. that has many democrats worried that brett kavanaugh will protect the man who nominated him from any subpoena. judge kavanaugh s judicial philosophy incorporates an almost monarchical view of executive power. animated by belief that our chief executive gets to play by a different set of rules. while working for kenneth starr, kavanaugh advocated an aggressive approach to get
recruited kavanaugh admits his views evolved about how the special counsel regulations can be applied. he suggested congress take a look at this and consider whether to essentially have a postponement or a timeout. a perfectly reasonable position but he is speaking as a thoughtful observer and not as a judge. reporter: kavanaugh in 2009 suggested as a policy matter congress your away to provide sitting president with a temporary deferral of civil suits and, prosecutions and investigations. in a january dissent from the bench the 53-year-old said, quote, the independent counsel experiment ended with nearly universal consensus the experiment had been a mistake and justice scalia had been right in 1988 to view the independent counsel system as an unwise and unconstitutional departure from historical practice and a threat to individual liberty. democrats are worried kavanaugh would protect the man who nominated him from special counsel robert mueller. judge cavanagh s judicial