IN A BIG WAY AFTER THE
CONFIRMATION OF THIS NEXT
JUSTICE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE IN WASHINGTON WITH THE
FORMER LAW CLERK TO JUSTICE
ANTHONY KENNEDY, WELCOME OATH
OF YOU.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
VOTES FOR HIS COURT NOMINEE
AND WOULD THAT OFFSET THE
SENATORS HE COULD LOSE WHO
RIGHT TO LIFE ISSUE?
YOU CAN RECALL JUSTICE KENNEDY
WAS PRESIDENT, THE THIRD
CHOICE.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WITH THE
PRESIDENT WILL NOMINATE.
I'M ALSO CURIOUS TO SEE IF
THIRD CHOICES ARE.
>> THEY WERE VERY FORTUNATE.
THAT LIST OF INDIVIDUALS HAS
BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME
I'M SURE THE OPPOSITION OR
>> ONE QUESTION IS WHERE THEY
GOING TO PICK, ARE THEY CAN BE
ONE OF THE FOLKS ON THE LIST,
WILL THEY BE CONFIRMABLE?
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO
STEP BACK IS THAT JUSTICE
KENNEDY PLAYED AN
EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT ROLE
ONE HALF OF THE OTHER COULD
LOOK TO AS THE FINAL WORD ON
THE CONSTITUTION AND FIND THAT
COUNTRY.
MUCH HAS BEEN SAID EVEN THE
CASE OF ANTHONY KENNEDY WHO
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GO TO
SCRIPT.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT GET
SORTED OUT.
>> I THINK IT'S THE ROBERTS
COURT NOW.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS MORE
WE SEE THOSE COME TO THE CORE
IN THE FUTURE AND HE COULD BE
>> IN OTHER WORDS ROBIE
WEIGHED IN CONFIRMING
OBAMACARE WHEN THAT FIRST CAME
UP WITH SURPRISE A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVES.
>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK HE'S SHOWN THAT
INDEPENDENT STREAK IN THE
PAST.
I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE
THING TO DO IS NOT ASK HOW
THEY WILL COME OUT ON ANY ONE
PARTICULAR CASE BUT ASK HOW IT
IS THEY WILL VIEW ALL CASES.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD
BE LOOKING AT HERE.
>> A LOT OF THE CONFIRMATION
HEARINGS AND WHAT COMES OUT OF
A POTENTIAL NOMINEE DIDN'T
JIVE WITH WHAT'S ON THE
BENCH.
WHAT YOU LOOK FOR WHAT YOU
THINK SENATORS ON BOTH SIDES
WILL LOOK FOR.
>> YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT.
IT'S HARD TO KNOW HOW A
NOMINEE WILL VOTE ON
PARTICULAR CASES.
WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT THE
CHIEF JUSTICE HAD IN
INDEPENDENT STREAK ON A COUPLE
CASES, HE IS CONSIDERABLY MORE
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
PREDICTED.
IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT WERE
DOING HERE, YOU WANT SOMEONE
WHO'S SMART AND KNOWS THE LAW
AND WILL APPROACH THE CASES
FAIRLY WITH AN OPEN MIND.
JUSTICE KENNEDY WANTED TO
PROTECT THE SECURITY OF ALL
INDIVIDUALS.
>> IT'S AN INTEREST OR MENTAL
STRING
SRING
SWING VOTE IN THAT
REGARD.
DO YOU SEE THESE THINGS COMING
UP IN THAT REGARD?
WILL THEY OVERTURN GAY
MARRIAGE OR GAY RIGHTS?
HOW DO YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM
ABOUT.
>> NOR SHOULD A NOMINEE ANSWER
OF LADY JUSTICE, IT WOULD BE
UP FOR NOMINEE -- IS IMPORTANT
TO THINK ABOUT THE WAY THEY
WILL DECIDE CASES AND WHAT
WOULD THEY BE READY TO DO THAT
FROM DAY ONE.
THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE