his wife, his parents and family, it s a reminder there s a family involved here, and this man will actually be seated as one nine justs on the supreme court. he will be ready to take parity of in the activities next week. no question about it, this was done very quickly. the united states senate voted to confirm him just a couple hours ago, he is now on the court. in between all of the protests, the outcry, and frankly in you re talking about where republicans stand, there s a reminder he s a supreme court justice, he will now by ruling on the most important decisions that come before the court, and as has been kind of the stakes that have been laid out from the very beginning of this nomination, he now very clearly tilts the supreme court towards the conservative side of thing. it s what democrats have been railing against and trying to oppose. the reason here at least on capitol hill, republicans were so dead set on moving somebody who they say had all of the
kavanaugh s case, binge drinking temperament partisan background after his testimony, you could see this coming, couldn t you? you know, oh, could i see hollywood and the liberals in this country jumping the shark, backing over and eating it? it s filmed in manhattan, scott. it s not hollywood. it s filmed in manhattan and they go after every single president. this is what they do. if it s a republican do you watch saturday night live ? they go after every single president. he needs flake, collins and murkowski. he s not a president. he s a supreme court justice. he needs three votes. they go after public officials. doesn t matter who they are. matt damon is hollywood. it s filmed in manhattan. and, you know, come on, scott. i m not sure this is the most relevant question for how people
heart of the story. kavanaugh s case, binge drinking temperament partisan background after his testimony, you could see this coming, couldn t you? you know, oh, could i see hollywood and the liberals in this country jumping the shark, backing over and eating it? it s filmed in manhattan, scott. it s not hollywood. it s filmed in manhattan and they go after every single president. this is what they do. if it s a republican do you watch saturday night live ? they go after every single president. he needs flake, collins and murkowski. he s not a president. he s a supreme court justice. he needs three votes. they go after public officials. doesn t matter who they are. democrats of republicans. matt damon is hollywood. it s filmed in manhattan. and, you know, come on, scott. i m not sure this is the most
only congress is the institution to look into the president. take a listen. the implication is that congress has to take responsibility for overseeing the conduct of the president in the first instance. that s the role i believe the framers envisioned and makes sense if you look at the last 20 years. it makes no sense at all to have an independent counsel looking at the conduct of the president. to be sure, most criminal investigations are going to involve multiple subjects so we still need a criminal investigation ongoing but coming to looking at the conduct of the president it has to be the congress. reporter: now, this came in the context of his work with ken starr who was the independent counsel in the mid- 90s investigating the clinton white house. he worked for starr for four years and what does it mean for how he views the constitutionality of the mueller investigation and if he s a supreme court justice possibly some matters of the mueller probe to arise to the supreme
it s decided by the supreme court. you have talked about the issues in the past to other people, i m sure. the supreme court has held repeatedly, senator, and i don t think it would be appropriate for me to give a personal not going to answer the question. laura, jeffrey toobin as you know, chief legal analyst said repeatedly he thinks whoever president trump picks and will ultimately vote to overturn roe versus wade. doesn t sound like it based on that testimony. the lower court aspect of it, jake, where all of the rubber will meet the road. think about it. the reason that somebody s in an appellate court to the lower court is abide by the superior, the supreme court. and so, if you think about why he would follow the precedent shl value of roe v. wade, it is not a vested interest but because of where he stands on the court totem pole. if he s a supreme court justice, he is not beholden to the level