is he obviously a highly qualified nominee. been on the bench for over a decade. 300 opinions, thousands of pages of material. all the democrats should be meeting with him and seeing whether or not he is the kind of nominee vote for. shocking all have you is red state democrats willing even to have a conversation with him senate do its job and consider the nominee particularly considering the position. >> harris: is it ordinary or out of ordinary for cabinet to have 300 opinions for anybody to take a look at. >> very unusual. the last two supreme court nominees now justice gulch and judge kavanaugh have been on the bench quite a while. see a few nominees like that and short histories like chief justice roberts. it varies from here and there. and justice kagan was never on the bench. >> it varies but the great thing about this nominee is not only do you have 300 opinions, but have you tremendous amount of material from his time in the executive branch that has now been produced by the justice department.