don t think, at least 3 groups that have pressured justice breyer and he says again he s acting without that pressure, but it comes in hey, it won t work on clarence thomas, i don t think. trace: it doesn t really change the make-up of the court, shannon, talking about if the democrats get the nominee in the 6-3 majority for conservatives there, and talking with chad pergram earlier and the acrimony with kavanaugh, we don t anticipate or do we to see that kind of atmosphere surrounding this supreme court nominee or am i just hopeful? i do think it depends on the nominee. i think there are several who are on the list that people like joe manchin, a key vote can look at and say this person is completely qualified. i think they maybe have a shorter paper trail but confident they are a qualified
possibly can. the question is, do mitch mcconnell and republicans want to slow this process down? good afternoon, trace. confirmation of a supreme court justice is going to hinge on one thing, the math. democrats have never had the opportunity to confirm a justice with the bar lowered to a simple majority over a filibuster, mcconnell in 2017, he dropped the threshold to end the filibuster from supreme court justices from 60 votes to a simple majority, nuclear option two, and then gorsuch, kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett. all democrats must stick together along with the vote of vice president harris or democrats need to poach the votes of a few democrats, and manchin and sinema. manchin would like a centrist
that is when the high court begins its fall term. we saw with amy coney barrett, she went from nomination to confirmation in about 30 days. usually takes 60 some, 70 some days for most nominees here, and also don t forget about the midterm elections. they confirmed brett kavanaugh a month before the midterms in 2018, you can see the senate with the competitive senate race in georgia, and warnock in his senate bid there and cuts two ways. it could be a problem for mark kelly, a moderate centrist in arizona, and moderate someone too liberal, it could be tough for him, trace. trace: chad pergram, thank you. sandra. sandra: nobody like chad. we minder, we are waiting on the white house press briefing,
do with supreme court justice brett kavanaugh who was sworn in almost a year ago now after that contentious confirmation process which included the emotional testimony from dr. christine blasey-ford who accused justice kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. this weekend, the new york times published a piece about deborah ramirez who had accused justice kavanaugh of exposing himself to her during a party at the yale university campus in the early 80s. . the piece is part of a book out tomorrow by two times reporters. they write, at least seven people including ms. ramirez s mother heard about the yale incident long before mr. kavanaugh was a federal judge. two of those people were classmates who learned of it just days after the party occurred, suggesting it was discussed among students at the time. the new york times reported on another allegation that kavanaugh exposed himself to another female classmate during
his time at yale and a witness named max stier, quote, notified senators and the fbi about his account, but the fbi did not investigate and mr. stier has declined to discuss it publicly. the times added to the reporting last night that the female student involved in this new claim, declined to be interviewed and friends say she does not recall the episode. kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the allegations from ford and ramirez and had declined to comment on the new allegations. trump has been vigorously defending kavanaugh on social media. meanwhile, six of the democratic presidential candidates have called for kavanaugh s impeachment and trump responded just in the last hour. look at what they re doing today to justice kavanaugh. they re calling for his resignation. they re calling for his