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I THINK THEY NEED TO BE FAIRLY TREATED AND ALSO I BELIEVE THAT THE SUPREME COURT IS MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE CLASSICAL...
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TO THAT. SO WE HAVE A PHILOSOPHY OUT THERE THAT SUGGESTS JUDGES SHOULD BE FREE TO REDEFINE THE MEANING OF WORDS, SAY WHAT THANK SHOULD BE GOOD POLICY...
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TWO, ABORTION. COULD YOU SUPPORT
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A CANDIDATE WHO SUPPORTS ABORTION RIGHTS? >> I THINK PETTY ISSUES ARE THINGS THAT ARE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT THAT MAKE A NOMINEE LOOK BAD
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| 00:01:45 |
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BUT ARE NOT FAIR TO THE NOMINEE. MAYBE SOME MINOR ISSUE BLOWN OUT OF CONTEXT. AND COULD I SUPPORT A PRO-ABORTION NOMINEE? THE ANSWER IS YES. I THINK...
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| 00:01:59 |
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A GREAT COUNTRY. I DON'T EXPECT NOMINEES TO COME TO THE BENCH WHO DO NOT HAVE VIEWS ON ISSUES. AND I DON'T EXPECT THEM TO NOT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE...
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SOME IVE TO THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE SENATE. >> SENATOR ONE OF THE NAMES WAS ALISSA CAGEN. WOULD YOU BE OPEN FOR VOTING FOR HER IF SHE WERE NOMINATED?...
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RESPOND AND WE SHOULD NOT PRE-JUDGE HER. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WOULD GO. >> WHAT WOULD SHE HAVE
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| 00:03:37 |
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TO SAY DIFFERENTLY OR DO DIFFERENTLY TO PERSUADE YOU AND OTHER REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST HER TO SUPPORT HER? >> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THING ...
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| 00:03:57 |
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LEGISLATION TO OVERCOME THAT AND SHE CHALLENGED THAT CONSTITUTIONALLY. AS
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| 00:04:05 |
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DEAN AT HARVARD AND WAS REJECTED BY THE SUPREME COURT 8-0. SO I THINK SHE MADE AN ERROR IN THAT. WE HAD HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS LOSING THEIR...
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| 00:04:50 |
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PREMATURE. I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS RESPONSIBLE AND THEY HAVE A BIG STAFF. THEY'VE GOT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
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| 00:04:57 |
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THE F.B.I. AND SO THEY'RE BETTER ABLE TO REALLY KNOW IN DEPTH OBJECT THE NOMINEE NOW THAN I AM. >> ONE OF THE QUICK QUESTIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT. ...
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| 00:05:26 |
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YEARS AGGRESSIVELY. TRENT LOT SAID IT'S TIME TO BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE. I VOTED FOR CLOTURE TO GIVE THEM A FINAL VOTE BECAUSE I DID NOT FAVOR THE FILIBUSTER...
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| 00:05:41 |
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THE GANG OF 14 AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE PHIL BUSTERING BUSH NOMINEES AND THEY SAID, WELL, IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES BUT ONLY IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES...
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| 00:06:21 |
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THINK THEY WERE AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH PROBABLY IN
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INQUIRING INTO
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THEIR HISTORY AND HOW THEY ARE LIKELY BASED ON THEIR JIRBLE PHILOSOPHY TO HAVE RULED IN THE FUTURE. I THINK A LOT OF REPUBLICANS THAT VOTED FOR GINSBERG...
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| 00:06:41 |
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ROBERTS AND ALITO AND JOINED IN A FILIBUSTER AGAINST ALITO, PRESIDENT OBAMA DID. WE COULD BE MOVING TO A CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH THERE IS NOT AS MUCH DEFERENCE...
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| 00:07:21 |
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VOTES PRETTY FREELY ON HOW THEY FEEL THE NOMINEE WILL DO ON THE BENCH. >> WHY IS
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| 00:07:26 |
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THIS DEFERENCE ERODE SNG IS IT PERSONAL AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA OR IS IT AN ACCUMULATION OF THINGS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION....
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| 00:07:46 |
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AGAINST TWO OF THE BEST NOMINEES EVER I THINK IN ALITO AND ROBERTS BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON HE DIDN'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEM. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ETHICAL...
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| 00:07:55 |
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PROBLEMS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE REALLY IN ANY WAY I THINK AN EXTREME IDEOLOGY BUT HE FELT THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF JUDGE HE WOULD PUT ON THERE. SO CONSTITUTIONALLY...
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| 00:08:31 |
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DEFERENCE. HE GETS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND I THINK THE NOMINEE WILL GET DEFERENCE. I THINK THEY'LL HAVE A HIGH
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| 00:08:39 |
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POSSIBILITY OF BEING CONFIRMED PARTICULARLY WITH A VERY LARGE DEMOCRATIC JOIFERT. >> THERE IS AN OP ED BY A STEVEN CARTER RECENTLY, A PROFESSOR AT YALE...
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| 00:09:05 |
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I THINK A NOMINEE SHOULD BE GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE TO TALK AND EXPLAIN THEIR REASONNING AND THEIR PHILOSOPHY. BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY...
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| 00:09:24 |
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WHO APPOINTED THEM ABOUT THAT DECISION AND THAT'S AT CONFIRMATION. AND THEY ARE GIVEN A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT. THEY ARE GIVEN JUDE ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE....
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A SUPERB JOB IN TESTIFYING. BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE -- I CAN'T OBJECT FOR A SENATOR ASKING
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| 00:10:24 |
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A NOMINEE ABOUT SOMETHING EVEN IF MAYBE UNFAIR IF YOU GIVE THE NOMINEE A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO IT. AND SO YOU SHOULD ASK QUESTIONS. IF PEOPLE ARE ASKING...
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| 00:11:02 |
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HAVE THE POWER TO SAY IT SHOULD BE OPEN. BUT
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| 00:11:07 |
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IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD RESPECT THE COURT'S VIEW. AND THE COURTS, IN THEIR BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, THEY DON'T WANT IT. THEY STRONGLY...
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| 00:11:41 |
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ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT MAY WELL MOVE FORWARD THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME MORE POTENTIAL FOR CAMERAS IN APPELLATE COURTS, LESS IN THE TRIAL COURTS WHERE...
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| 00:11:54 |
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AND TELL THE TRUTH MAYBE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S EMBARRASSING OR PERSONALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM AND TO HAVE IT ALL TOVER TELEVISION, THEY JUST DON'T...
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| 00:12:31 |
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FORMER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS WHO WROTE MEMOS AUTHORIZING THESE METHODS SHOULD APPEAR IN PUBLIC AND TALK ABOUT THEIR REASONNING? >> I WOULD LET...
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| 00:13:01 |
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CONCERN THAT THERE NIGHT BE OTHER CELLS THAT WOULD BE ATTACKING IN OTHER WAYS. AND I BELIEVE THOSE LAWYERS TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING. TRIED TO DO...
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| 00:14:25 |
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GET HOTTER AND HOTTER AS THE DAYS GO BY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HAVING A COMMISSION THAT WOULD LOOK INTO THIS QUESTION? >> EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED....
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| 00:14:37 |
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HERE. CERTAIN TECHNIQUES WERE USED. THEY'VE BEEN CRITICIZED.
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| 00:14:44 |
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THE ADMINISTRATION AND PRESIDENT BUSH WITHDREW AUTHORIZATION FOR MANY OF THOSE PROCEDURES LONG AGO. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS NOT GOING TO APPROVE
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| 00:14:54 |
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THOSE BECAUSE HE'S CRITICIZED THEM. AND HIS LAWYERS HAVE, TOO. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED SOME BIG COMMISSION ON THIS. I REALLY DON'T THINK SO. I THINK...
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IN WASHINGTON.
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| 00:15:37 |
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AS A RESULT, IS A TRUTH COMMISSION NEEDED SIMPLY TO CLEAR THE AIR, TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS? >> NO. I DON'T THINK SO. I MEAN, ALL THE QUESTION...
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| 00:16:03 |
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FILING CHARGES AGAINST PATRIOTIC AMERICANS WHO APPROVED THEM. >> LET ME MOVE ON. YOU'RE TAKING OVER FOR SENATOR SPECKER AS RANKING MEMBER. HOW -- WHAT...
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| 00:16:29 |
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COMING TOGETHER AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'LL SERVE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. AND THE MORE COHEERNS IN THE REPUBLICAN VIEW BECAUSE SENATOR...
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| 00:16:45 |
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AND IS. AND SO HE MARCHED TO HIS OWN DRUMMER AND I RESPECTED THAT AND WE ALL DID. BUT WE'LL BE WORKING I THINK TO PROMOTE THE CLASSICAL REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:17:25 |
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LIKE TO PURSUE? >> THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CONCERN ME. ONE MIGHT
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| 00:17:31 |
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BE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR
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| 00:17:35 |
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THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY TO MEET IN PRIVATE WITH BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES OR AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES AND DISTRIBUTE TENS OF BILLIONS, HUNDREDS...
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| 00:17:47 |
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WAY THAT TO ME IS JUST UNACCOUNTABLE. AND WITHOUT ANY REGULAR AUTHORITY AND THAT IMPLICATES THE CONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF POWERS BECAUSE IT...
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| 00:18:35 |
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HE WAS DOING A LOT OF BLOGGING AND ON CONSERVATIVE ISSUES AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH. MY CHIEF LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR WILL BE BRIAN...
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| 00:19:03 |
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HE BRINGS A LOT OF GREAT MATURITY AND GREAT EXPERIENCE. MY CHIEF COUNSEL, FORMER ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR FOUR YEARS CAME FROM SPEBTOR'S STAFF....
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| 00:20:00 |
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THAT'S HEALTHY. I THINK AS RANKING MEMBER NORMALLY YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO HAVE A STAFF THAT SUPPORTS A MAJORITY OF
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| 00:20:10 |
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THE COMMITTEE. SOMETIMES SENATOR SPECTOR ONE MEMBER WAS TAKING OUR STAFF AND PROMOTING OTHER AGENDAS. SO I THINK WE'LL BE MORE IN HARMONY WITH THE...
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| 00:20:44 |
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VERY OWN VIEWS ARE OF THE NEED TO PHIL VACANCIES QUICKLY AND TO GET THE LOWER COURTS STAFFED APPROPRIATELY TO DO THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT A BACK LOG....
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| 00:21:17 |
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I WON'T MENTION THAT. I WAS AT THE 11TH CIRCUIT CONFERENCE THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SPEAKING TO THEM AND THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST CASE LOOD IN...
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| 00:21:36 |
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JUDGES WITH SUBSTANTIALLY LESS
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| 00:21:38 |
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CASE LOADS AND THEY BELIEVE, AND I SHARE THIS VIEW, THAT IF THE COURT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER, IT BECOMES LESS CLIEGAL, LESS COHERENT, LESS...
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| 00:22:22 |
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FOR MORE. AND HE HAS OF COURSE SINCE
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| 00:22:24 |
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HE'S BEEN ON THE BENCH. >> WHAT'S YOUR VIEW OF THAT? >> I THINK JUDGES ARE PAID SUFFICIENTLY. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE PAID MORE. BUT WE ARE CO EQUAL...
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| 00:22:46 |
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NOT A LOT MORE THAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. SO
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| 00:22:49 |
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I'M INCLINED TO SAY THAT IF YOU TAKE THE JUDGESHIP, THE BIG SALARY, YOU JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT'S NOT PART OF IT. THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY IN A BIG...
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| 00:23:29 |
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A REPORTER CAN -- SHOULD EXPECT THE LAW TO PROVIDE -- ALLOW THEM TO BE A CONDUIT FOR ILL LEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. SO IT'S HARD
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| 00:23:44 |
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TO WRITE A LAW THAT PROTECTS THE REPORTER AND PROTECTS ITS SOURCES. BUT ALSO, IS NOT IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH SEEKSY LAWS THAT SAY CERTAIN THINGS SHOULD...
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| 00:24:25 |
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PERSON WANTS TO LEAK
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| 00:24:28 |
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SERIOUS INFORMATION, THEY GIVE IT TO A REPORTER AND THEN THE REPORTER -- AND THEY PRINT IT ALL OVER THE NEWSPAPERS AND THEN THE REPORTERS SAY, SORRY,...
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| 00:25:02 |
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REAL STRENGTH. HE WILL AT SOME POINT STAND AND
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| 00:25:08 |
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FALL MORE ON THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS POLICIES THAN HIS WORDS. AND THERE'S LESS SUPPORT FOR HIS POLICIES THAN THE WORDS. BUT HE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB...
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| 00:25:40 |
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WITH SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS WHO FINDS HIMSELF THE BRAND NEW RANKING REPUBLICAN ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND FACING A SUPREME COURT NOMINATION, HE SPOKE...
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| 00:25:52 |
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COUPLE OF OF DECADES BUT TALKS ABOUT MORE UNITY. WILL YOU COMMENT? >>
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| 00:25:58 |
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IN OTHER WORDS, THEIR MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE NOT THE SAME BUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CLEAR. ALL THE THINGS HE SAID IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES ABOUT ADHERING...
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| 00:26:19 |
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THERE WILL BE SENATOR SPECTOR TENDED TO BE MORE MODERATE. HE IS NOW ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. SO I THINK B THERE WILL BE A UNITY OF MESSAGE. POLITICALLY...
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| 00:27:03 |
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AND TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS THEY CAN TO LOOK AT THE NOMINEE. SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS ARE HOPING FOR A VOTE IN THE SENATE BEFORE THEY RECESS...
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| 00:27:17 |
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GROUPS TO LEAVE THAT AUGUST RESESS FREE TO LOOK AT THE NOMINEE AND TO MAYBE VOTE IN SEPTEMBER. WHICH WOULD STILL LEAVE SOME TIME FOR THE JUSTICE...
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| 00:27:52 |
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OBAMA NOMNATES SOMEONE WITH A GOOD RECORD WHO APPEARS FAIR, HE OR SHE IS GOING TO GET NOMINATED. YOU HAVE 59 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. >> CONFIRMED....
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| 00:28:07 |
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THAT NEXT TIME AND THE NEXT TIME AND THE NEXT TIME PRESIDENT OBAMA MIGHT THINK TWICE FE DECIDES, GEE, I'VE GOT SUCH A STRONG MAJORITY I WILL NOMINATE...
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| 00:28:20 |
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DECIDE
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| 00:28:21 |
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DLY LIBERAL OR MIGHT HAVE A FIGHT. LOOK AHEAD, SET IT UP FOR THAT. NUMBER TWO, SOMEBODY POINTED OUT LAST WEEK THAT THIS IS A GREAT RALLYING POINT FOR...
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| 00:29:06 |
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ALMOST ALL WOMEN. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY TWO OR SO MEN WHOFF BEEN ON THESE LISTS. TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE TRULY THE LIST THEN THAT'S NOT VERY...
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| 00:29:27 |
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DIFFERENT TO THE COURT. AS YOU KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY IS COMPOSED OF JUSTICES ALL OF WHOM SERVED ON FEDERAL APPELLATE...
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| 00:30:28 |
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THEY WANT THE PICK TO REFLECT THEIR VIEWS, THEY DON'T WANT THE PICK TO BE SEEN AS TOO PARTISAN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THIS PICK WILL LIVE ON, THAT...
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| 00:30:44 |
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RONALD REAGAN IN 1981 HAD HIS FIRST PICK ABOUT SIX MONTHS INTO HIS TERM AND IT WAS SANDRA DAY OH CONNER AND THE FIRST WOMAN CONSTOIF BUT NOT ULTRA...
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| 00:31:52 |
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NOMINATION AND IT WILL BE HARDER FOR HIM TO DEMAND DIFFERENT TREATMENT. >> THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR QUESTIONS FOR SENATOR SESSIONS. >> THANK...
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| 00:32:03 |
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THANK YOU. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] >> COMING UP NEXT, THE SENATE HEARING ON THE INTERROGATION AND TREATMENT OF DETAINEES....
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LITTLE LATER, HOUSE SPEAKER
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NANCY PELOSI DISCUSSES C.I.A.
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