sky. beautiful. the sun just rose. and, of course, after the first day of summer. now we are a couple of days in. five days in and the days are getting shorter. brian: i feel bad for rhode island. every time something small or not big bigger than rhode island, not as small as rhode island. bigger than rhode island. it s the size of rhode island. everything is always compared to rhode island. don t you feel bad for them. steve: this is from new yorkers. in other words, our state could kick your state s butt. prior. brian: always an analogy. rhode island is always the small state analogy. ainsley: have you been to newport before. steve: yeah. beautiful. ainsley: restaurant black pearl, rhode island where they serve clam chowder and so good it s worth going. steve: if it was so good why didn t you bring us a t-shirt? ainsley: i know. next time i go i will. brian: envision the boat pulling up to the dock. how many claims do you need? if you have seafood in the m
If confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the United States and the american rule of law. So kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Kennedy. In 1993 he met ken starr during a Justice Department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton lieu ensky scandals. Kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. He served as george w. Bushs white House Counsel and Staff Secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. He was confirmed at that time by a vote of 5736. Now, Brett Kavanaughs nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. Within minutes of trumps announcement, several Top Democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer put out a saying that b
it would be wrong to preview how i would cast how the supreme court would be called on to decide. they wrapped up the whole thing when this final quote. ainsley: the fury of the left s reaction isn t about guns and abortion it reflects their grief at having lost the court as a vehicle for achieving policy goals they can t get through legislatures. the cultural victories they received by judicial fiat. one about voters. we understand their position but they ought to change democracy for a change. brian: rudy says i m not going to rule-any. that was the president going. in the editorial says they weren t there manchin and kavanaugh met. weren t there when kavanaugh and gorsuch met and collins. highly unlikely these men would commit to anything like that before a case as impactful as
the confirmation battle is already in full swing on capitol hill for president trump s new supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. kavanaugh met today with vice president mike pence and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. if confirmed, kavanaugh would cement a conservative majority on the high court. he has the power to shift the course of history. that s not an overstatement. cnn legal analyst joins us now to break it all down. joan, tell us what influence he s going to have. right from the start he s going to have a lot of influence because anthony kennedy was a true swing vote. i m not sure if we re ever going to have another swing vote on this court like anthony kennedy. jim, you know it came down to justice kennedy s vote on abortion rights, affirmative action, on some death penalty cases. when the senate confirms him, if the senate confirms him, he ll definitely have a gravitational pull to the right for this supreme court. so tell us more about his experience then.
where his mother was a state court judge, graduated from yale and yale law and was a supreme court law clerk for justice anthony kennedy 25 years ago, at the same time as fellow kennedy clerk neil gorsuch who was put on the supreme court by president trump last year. kavanaugh met kenneth starr during a fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating white water and monica lieu ensky scandals. he helped write the final report that cited 11 possible grounds for impeaching president clinton. he met his wife ashley while working in the house under president george w. bush. president bush anymore nated kavanaugh to the appeals court in washington, d.c. at a senate confirmation hearing democrats said he was too partisan. you cannot think of another nomination, given mr. kavanaugh s record, more designed to divide us. after the hearing about that senator, my mom said to me, i think he really respects you, as