coming from the fact we have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the supreme court in american life now. our political commentary talks about the supreme court like there are people wearing red and blue jerseys. that is a really dangerous thing arthel: do you think the senator makes a good point? no, i think he hit it out of the park. that is what we saw during the week. a lot of democrat members of the committee wanted to hear from judge kavanaugh that he shared their idealogical agenda on issues such as abortion and guns. that is not what a judge is for as judge kavanaugh explained begin and again. we saw in some folks who introduced him on tuesday and then the outside witnesses on friday, he has fans and admirers across the idealogical spectrum. people who understand the role of a judge, what the court is there for and, really have read his opinions and understand his career. he is one of the most distinguished members of the federal judiciary today.
everybody knows these nominations are going through and this is all for show. laura: i think it s also a chance to educate the american public on how important the court is. i think if you pointed out on my radio show how this demonstrates that to the left, the court is just another political instrument. that s absolutely right. clearly, they don t have the votes to stop kavanaugh and they don t have the arguments to do it either. i think what he speaking about is a vision of the court that the american people respect and understand. judges that apply the law as written and don t advance narrow ideological agendas. and that s contrary to what some of these democrats want. if they weren t obstructing they could talk about the key political issues. laura: so it s abortion, abortion, abortion. gun restriction, gun restriction. there was a moment when ben sasse who has been resisting trump for most of the trump presidency, but he in many ways i think today was the republican stand ou
because the matter is, they the court looks like another political branch. unless there is a bipartisan agreement on future nomination agreements, we are tearing down our institutions and they have to put policy and good institutions and supporting our country about politics that is not going to happen in this hearing. laura: you know what was trending? it wasn t kavanaugh s introduction to himself. it was the stunt, it was the costumes. it was a tweet like this that made the rounds. this amy this is some influencer on social media. political ranks as one of the top influencers out there. she says what fresh hell is this? three exclamation points and three question marks, i love when they do this. giving the white power sign behind them during the hearing.
i think today was the republican stand out in this committee. let s watch. the reason these hearings don t work is not because of donald trump or anything in the last 20 months. these confirmation hearings haven t worked for 31 years in america. the hysteria around supreme court confirmation hearings is coming from the fact that we have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the supreme court in american life. judge kavanaugh doesn t hate women and children, judge kavanaugh doesn t lust after dirty water and stinky error. looking at his record it seems to me that what he actually likes is legislators that are too lazy and too risk-averse to do actual jobs. laura: while presented and well done. i know you ve been following this minute-by-minute, i knew it was going to be raucous, but i confess, i actually thought this was and i guess i am still naive in certain ways. i thought this was even below where someone like the theatrical book or would. but that s exactly where he
let s watch. the reason these hearings don t work is not because of donald trump or anything in the last 20 months. these confirmation hearings haven t worked for 31 years in america. the hysteria around supreme court confirmation hearings is coming from the fact that we have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the supreme court in american life. judge kavanaugh doesn t hate women and children, judge kavanaugh doesn t lust after dirty water and stinky error. air. no, looking at his record it seems to me that what he actually dislikes are legislators that are too lazy and too risk averse to do our actual jobs. laura: while presented and well done. i know you ve been following this minute-by-minute, i knew it was going to be raucous, but i confess, i actually thought this was and i guess i am still naive in certain ways. i thought this was even below where someone like the