whenen those requests went out. some inquiries were made. how would you like to come to the white m house. people took that as a cue their candidate might be the one to be the nominee. we should also tell you, by the way. president trump and don mcgan informed every member of the judiciary committee to ask them theirat thoughts. everyone took the call, except for one senator. california senator kamala harris. she would not take the president call. interesting. we ll see how she does, as it proceeds to the i committee. thank you for staying late live at the white house. judge kavanaugh is contentious contermation battle when president bush nominated him to the d.c. circuit what we can expect, as he now takes the next steps to the path of the top court of the land. tomorrow brett kavanaugh will begin the high stakes and bruise seeking confirmation to the supreme court. with the senate majority leader pushingt to get this done ahead of november mid-term elections.
welcome back to the presidential coverage of the supreme nominee brett kavanaugh. whether obama care showed the and where kavanaugh is on abortion since she hasup never directly fronted as a judge and has not said whether he would overturn row v wade but it decented allowing a undoomed pregnant teenager to get an othera abortion. tony perkins is the president the of the family research council. good to be here. shannon: first your gut reaction? i m a little surprised i thought the president would want a bigger fight. i think it is a safe pick for the president. anyone of the 25 on the list would have t been good. we trust this president, especially when it comes to the court. his team w has done an outstandg job from the supreme court all the way down in picking
i could assure you we would not have a discussion about constitutionalist if hillary clinton were in the office. we would be looking at an asellration of the court as uber legislative body. so, look. this president has kept his political promises. more so than any president that i ve seen in my lifetime, in terms of pursuing the things that he promised. and ben sask made this comment about setting a standard with a list. that the american people have had an opportunity to vet. i make no apologies about supporting the president in the general election in to they point. i ve been very clear with this administration as long as the president keeps his promises he keeps our support. that s why he had 81% of the evangelicals supporting him to the court, 81% said the court is important to them, in terms of their vote, because they know it is important in their daily lives and that s only increasing with the activist court. hopefully we can get the court back in alignment with the
tonight we saw something different we plan to have it out there live. it go so volatile we didn t feel it would be safe to do an hour live television. where are we? i think it would be great to see people on the left, even if they want progressive goals, that i don t want from the policy standpoint. admit the judiciary is not the way to do it. if you want to move policy to the left, as many democrats want to do. try to persuade the american people not people who sit on the court who never face the voters. in the system we the people are supposed to have p the power. and article one and two. stand for election. article three wear a black rope and have lifetime appointments. they re not supposed to be politicians when you have this much politics around every supreme court nomination, it means we have too much activism in our courts. i want to play a little from demand justice. three going after republicans they think they can pick off. here s their ad. senator susan collins could
judges who have sworn to respect precedent and reversed their stand once on the court. his concern s he talked about the fact any judge or nominee that comes before them they will ask how n do you feel about precedence.ou he says the senators nod and people don t stick to precedence. what do you make of the argument? i don t think it is going to work with judge kavanaugh. he has over 300 opinions on the last 12 years. the d.c. circuit deals everything. his opinions have been excellent. in fact, the criticism that youc mentioned earlier were from some conservatives saying he was too restrained in his opinions. he is really an excellent. we should be talking about what are the qualifications for a judge? someone who is brilliant? someone who is humble and actually restrained and someone who loves the constitution.o i can go back 18 years with brett, as a young attorney, when he actually donated his time on