If confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the United States and the american rule of law. So kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Kennedy. In 1993 he met ken starr during a Justice Department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton lieu ensky scandals. Kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. He served as george w. Bushs white House Counsel and Staff Secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. He was confirmed at that time by a vote of 5736. Now, Brett Kavanaughs nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. Within minutes of trumps announcement, several Top Democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer put out a saying that b
necessarily assured about him becoming president and confident in hisabilities voted for him because of the supreme court. really what sort of put them over the edge. jim, take us inside president trump s thinking with regards to picking brett kavanaugh. what does this tell axios about this process? for this white house, extremely organized process. they ve said from the beginning they had a list of supreme potential ficks. they ve stuck to it. he was always at the very top of the list, one of the four finalists. when people came to the president and raised concerns about him is he conservative enough? will we have problems on the work he did on impeachment during the clinton years, trump s response, he has a votes, he wants a win. he wants a slam dunk and it s possible he ll get it before the election. it s very hard for democrats to defeat this. you ll hear lots of democrats come out today say he s got to