interview forms, that this time are related to the back ground investigation of would-be supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. they have been saying that the fbi is all done, all those 302s, all those interview notes from the fbi agents talking to people, interviewing witnesses, those 302s, those interview notes are duing to handed over to the senate any second now. and who know it is that really is true in terms of the timing? lots of things reported about the supposed speed and supposed scope of the fbi back ground investigation into brett kavanaugh have turned out to not be true over the course of this past week of reporting. we really don t know who the fbi has talked to. we don t know when they will be done. we don t though exact think what they re going to be handing over to the senate. but senate republicans have been hyping the fact that it s almost done, and they planted a flag today on the issue of secrecy,
the initial defense that judge kavanaugh gave was something like i told my wife, i hope that i would sound that indignant if i were if i felt that i was unjustly, you know, maligned. but then it went on, and this interaction with the members was sharp and partisan and that concerns me. and i tell myself, you give a little leeway, because of what he s been through. but on the other hand, we can t have this on the court. we simply can t. so senator jeff flake and senator lisa murkowski both now expressing concern about whether brett kavanaugh is displaying the kind of temperate and demeanor that should be expected of a would-be supreme court justice. senator susan collins of maine is another closely watched vote on the kavanaugh nomination. she has not weighed in personally on this particular aspect of kavanaugh s behavior thus far, but this is the
we simply can t. so senator jeff flake and senator lisa murkowski both expressing concern whether brett kavanaugh is displaying the kind of temperament and demeanor that should be expected of a would-be supreme court justice. senator susan collins of maine is another closely watched vote on the kavanaugh nomination. she has not weighed in personally on this particular aspect of kavanaugh s behavior thus far, but this is the editorial view of her hometown paper on this subject in maine. you see the headline there. brett kavanaugh has shown he doesn t belong on the supreme court. the man who testified thursday can t control his temper. he s overtly partisan and doesn t always tell the truth. regardless of what questions the investigation can answer, we already know this, based on what he demonstrated, kavanaugh lacks the character and judgment to serve on the supreme court, and his widely watched appearance, kavanaugh revealed he has an
internal, confidential notes and documents from the investigation. i mean, to be clear, the fbi doesn t release stuff like this. they don t release their agent s notes from investigatory notes, except when they do. in the interest of transparency. because there was lots of political pressure for them to do it. then, apparently, they do it. that is worth remembering tonight, as we await word on the fbi interview notes, these same kind of documents, these 302 interview forms, that this time are related to the background investigation of would-be supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. republican senators have been telling reporters basically every five minutes for the last two and a half days that the fbi is definitely all done, their investigation is definitely completed, all those 302s, all those interview notes from the fbi agents talking to people, interviewing witnesses, those 302s, those interview notes are due to be handed over to the
do you think that the meiers nomination showed that it would be almost impossible for someone to serve on the supreme court now if they haven t been a judge before? i don t think that should be the case. one reason i felt so strongly about harriet miers qualifications is i thought she would fill some very important gaps in the supreme court. because right now you have people who have been federal judges, circuit judges, most of their lives, and what you see is a lack of grounding and reality common sense that i think would be very beneficial. the same jon cornyn now raising concerns about kagan s lack of judicial experience back in 2005 was mourning the loss of would-be supreme court justice harriet miers, hoping her withdrawal wouldn t make it impossible for non-judges to be supreme court judges in the future. unless we re talking about a