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
think about the era we live in, so polarized, divided government, almost nothing gets done in washington, the supreme court ends up becoming the most pow areful institution in some years and now it s a conservative institution and one that will have a huge affect on our business laws, social laws, how we think about abortion. these are really big cases that affect your everyday life and why the consequences are huge, why schumer would like to defeat it but i think it will be very difficult. a conservative institution for decades to come as we know. i believe kavanaugh, only 53 years old. he could sit on the supreme court the next 40 years if he wanted to. jim vandehei, thank you very much. viewers, you can sign up for the newsletter. that does it for us on this tuesday morning. morning joe, everybody, starts right now. do you enjoy having to work with him? we have a very good