While working full time. He has an unparalleled worth he cannic and passed down the passion for playing and watching sports. The lead republican Mitch Judiciary and meanwhile, these four red states. They were invited to attend the event at the white house tonight but declined. We know that Susan Collins and lisa mur you could ski declined invitations. All six of the folks considered critical votes that republicans in their case need to protect and the democrats need to keep on their side. Importantly, they both voted the two republican women did for kavanaughs confirmation to the d. C. Circuit court in 06. Now earlier tonight, Senator Collins of maine released a statement that highlighted judge kavanaughs extensive experience and read, i will conduct a careful, thorough vetting of the president s nominee to the
Supreme Court, as i have done with the five Previous Supreme Court justices whom i have considered. I look forward to judge kavanaughs public hearing and to questioning him in a
the right thing and he left this investigation in the hands of career prosecutors, of professionals, who i am sure are following the facts and the law and taking that wherever it may lead. whether that be finding crimes or not. they will do their job as professionals. okay, chuck, back over to you. the president apparently is going to appoint jeffrey rosen, a veteran d.c. lawyer, as deputy a.g. there is the new a.g. in charge of the department of justice. are you convinced to your satisfaction based on the knowable facts that there are adults in the room to protect what s going on? i think so, brian. let me tell you why i m hedging a bit. i don t know the first thing about mr. rosen but i do know a little bit about mr. barr. and while i don t share his politics, i believe he s an institutionalist. he knows the department.
the president weighed in late in the day, quote, the brett kavanaugh hearings for the future justice of the supreme court are truly a display of how mean, angry and despicable the other side is. they will say anything and are only looking to inflex pain and embarrassment to one of the most highly renowned jurists to appear before congress. so sad to see. there is something else, a bad visual from today. this is fred guttenberg, whose daughter james was killed at parkland high school. he tried to shake hands with kavanaugh. kavanaugh turned and went away. a lot has been said and written about this already and will again tomorrow. later, white house description of how this went down didn t completely add up, by the way. other us for more, tom goldstein, veteran d.c. attorney who has personally argued 41 cases before the supreme court. he is the publisher of scotus blog about the court and taught at both stanford and harvard law schools to keep it fair.
the president weighed in late in the day, quote, the brett kavanaugh hearings for the future justice of the supreme court are truly a display of how mean, angry and despicable the other side is. they will say anything and are only looking to inflex pain and embarrassment to one of the most highly renowned jurists to appear before congress. so sad to see. there is something else, a bad visual from today. this is fred guttenberg, whose daughter jamie was killed at parkland high school. he tried to shake hands with kavanaugh. kavanaugh turned and went away. a lot has been said and written about this already and will again tomorrow. later, white house description of how this went down didn t completely add up, by the way. tom goldstein, veteran d.c. attorney who has personally argued 41 cases before the supreme court. he is the publisher of scotus blog about the court and taught at both stanford and harvard law schools to keep it fair.
kavanaugh. kavanaugh turned and went away. a lot has been said and written about this already and will again tomorrow. later, white house description of how this went down didn t completely add up, by the way. other us for more, tom goldstein, veteran d.c. attorney who has personally argued 41 cases before the supreme court. he is the publisher of scotus blog about the court and taught at both stanford and harvard law schools to keep it fair. and norm eisen, author of the book the last palace. an obama administration ethics lawyer and former ambassador to the czech republic. more on that in a moment. these days he is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. gentlemen, welcome to you both. tom, i have to ask, i get to watch these and report on these for a living. you re in the business, in the game. was today truly as without precedent as it seemed to be? it was. i ve been attending these hearings for about a quarter century and it was explosive.