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
Can i get can i get a connection . Ohhh can i get a connection . Trying find the old me welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live every sunday from washington from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tonight, insider rumors fly as the president prepares to make a Primetime Announcement about the Supreme Court. Plus, Alan Dershowitz joins me live. Well get his top tips for summering on marthas vineyard, oh, and also talk about the president s evolving legal strategy in the mueller probe. Plus, some actual good news as divers emerge with some of the boys that stranded that soccer team alive. Well get a report on the ground as Monsoon Rains fall and Thai Navy Seals prepare to go in again. But first we are just over 24 hours away from President Trumps Primetime Announcement of his pick to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. By the way, for those of you watching at home, abc says it is prepared to break into the bachelorette to bring you that news. President says he has narrowed h
in time. rob trob ruling was criticized by conservatives as well for not going far enough. that s interesting on the other side, there were four people that the president could choose from in this and it appears that the president chose probably the person that s going to be the hard toast get nominated, the hardest one to push through, what do you think? i think you hit on something that s true, but second to her, i think bret kavanaugh is going to have a lot of tough questions from both sides hardiman and kethledge were confirmed to seats with unanimous voting bipartisan support so it s going to be interesting to see kavanaugh i think was 57-36, what he was confirmed for dc circuit and he was delayed for 3 years because of his ties to the bush administration.
jesse: liberal groups getting caught red-handed fabricating outrage over president trump s supreme court pick, proving that they were planning this reaction a mentor who was chosen. here are a few examples. the women s march blasted out this prewritten statement shortly after the big announcement hammering right ring extremist nominee xx. protesters in d.c. came prepared with signs ripping three different candidates from the president s short-list. one reportedly said you ve got to be prepared. during cnn s coverage last night, someone held up a stop argument sign despite the fact that brett kavanaugh s nomination have been announced more than an hour and a half earlier. you are familiar with hist, dana. there is a cottage industry. they fire up the troops. the email blast goes out. dana: ewing need to do quality control, especially the democratic party put on something that says kethledge
show he announced his nominee for the supreme court justice judge brett kavanaugh. what are your thoughts? do you know him? i do know him. there were four forces going on at once. so the religious conservatives wanted judge barrett. the former notre dame law professor from the seventh circuit in chicago. the academic conservatives wanted judge kethledge a sort of mirror image of justice gorsuch. the president s sister wanted her colleague judge hardiman who some believe was originally the president s first choice. the washington establishment sometimes known as the swamp wanted judge kavanaugh and the people around the president wanted judge kavanaugh led by don mcgahn, the white house legal counsel, long time friend of judge kavanaugh and they prevailed. pete: you are saying it s a swamp pick? yes. i m disappointed in the president because this is not the type of person that