If Brett Kavanaughs confirmed to the Supreme Court it will have profoundly negative effects on workers rights, Womens Rights and Voting Rights for decades to come. All i can say within an hour and 18 minutes of your nomination, you became the biggest threat to democracy. In the eyes of some of the most partisan people in the country who would hold kagan and sotomayor up as highly qualified and would challenge any republican, vote against them. You live in unusual times as i do. You should get more than 90 votes but you wont, and i am sorry it has gotten to where it has. Its got nothing to do about you. If you dont mind, and you dont have to, what did you tell your children yesterday about the hearing . They did as they ill tell them what they told me. They gave me a big hug and said, good job, daddy, and margaret, before she went to bed made a special trip down and gave me a special hug. I just wish if we could have a hearing where the nominees kids could show up. Is that asking too mu
considered when toe ovther to o. that became a precedent in this context. but you look at there are factors you look at when considering any precedent. so there s a process in place that the court has followed for a very long time. is that correct? that is correct, senator. citizens united. if somebody said citizens united has been harmful to the country, and made a record that the citizens united empowered 20 people in the country to run all the elections some some state or locality somewhere passed a ban on soft money and it got to the court, would you at least listen to the argument of citizens united needs to be revisited? of course, i listen to all arguments. you have an open mind. you get the briefs and arguments and some arguments are better than others.