gorsuch prepares to testify before the senate judiciary committee, c-span takes a look at the court s current justices. we begin with the longest sitting member of the court, anthony kennedy, appointed by ronald reagan. justice kennedy was confirmed unanimously in 1988. appointeed a nixon and previously served on the ninth circuit court of appeals. here is a brief portion of justice kennedy s confirmation hearing, beginning with an introduction from california, richmond robert matsui. mr. matsui: it s too bad that two individuals preceded judge kennedy for this nomination. i noticed the editorial in the new york times this morning, they made reference to judge bork and judge ginsburg and i new york times this morning, say it s a shame because we shouldn t be here today comparing judge kennedy to his two previous nominees. judge kennedy in and of himself is a superb candidate for the united states supreme court. and comparisons do not do this gentleman justice. he has a dee
current justices. we begin with the longest serving member of the court, anthony kennedy, appointed by ronald reagan after the failed nomination of robert pork. confirmed unanimously in 1988, replacing and nixon appointee, justice lewis powell, and previoly served on the nth ciuit court of appeals. here s a brief portion of the justice kennedy confirmation hearing, beginning with an introduction by robert matsui. mr. matsui: it s too bad that two individuals preceded judge kennedy for this nomination. i noticed the editorial in the new york times this morning, they made reference to judge bork and judge ginsburg and i say it s a shame because we shouldn t be here today comparing judge kennedy to his two previous nominees. judge kennedy in and of himself is a superb candidate for the united states supreme court. and comparisons do not do this gentleman justice. he has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know. he s highly intelligent from his academic record. we can