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Andake your phone calls text messages. Later West Virginia senator shelley capital joins us. 8 00 p. M. After eastern last night, the first day of questions concluded for Supreme Court nominee judge Amy Coney Barrett. The second and final day of questions begins at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. They will be 20 minute rounds as opposed yesterdays 30 minutes. Welcome to washington journal on this wednesday, october 14. Starting at 9 00 in the Senate Judiciary committee, so a two hour program devoted to hearing from you and your reaction on what you heard from judge merrick yesterday. Here is how lines break up this morning. If you support the nominee, the line is 202 7488000. If you oppose her nomination, 202 7488001. If you are undecided about it, 202 7488002 send us a text. That line, 202 7488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. It is facebook. Com cspan. As we have done over the last couple days, we will go over the committee. We should hear see shots from inside and outside the committee room. We will show you those as the morning progresses. You can see senators and other guests as well. Here is the coverage this morning in the Washington Times. Barrett says she is no pond for trump. Judge Amy Coney Barrett made no commitments and rejected insinuations that she would be his upon and upcoming rulings on possibly the president ial election. The Supreme Court nominee told the Senate Judiciary committee that she declined to hint how she would rule on any case involving abortion, healthcare, president ial pardons, or elections. Demandsffed democrats to recuse herself from obamacare and election cases, saying she would confront those decisions on the court and would consult with other justices for advice. She bristled at suggestions that mr. Trump tool just just chose her to determine outcomes. She said, i hope all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity then to think i would allow myself to be used as a pawn to decide this election for the American People. On this picture, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett impressed a curious senator by holding up a blank pad when asked what she was writing down. Here is with the chairman of the committee said. Asked judgeam merrick about her judicial philosophy. Scalia, he was an originalist, right . People say you are a female scalia. Justice scalia was a mentor. As i said when i accepted the nomination, his philosophy is mine. He was an eloquent defender of regionalism, and that was also true of textualism, the way that i approach statutes and their interpretations. I just said what about regionalism, for textualism, the judge approaches withext as it was written the meaning it had at the time. I want to say that, if i am confirmed, you would not get justice scalia. You will be getting Justice Barrett. That is because originalists do not always agree. Neither do textualisms. My friend teaches a class called scalia versus thomas. It is not a mechanical exercise. I will wait until the movie comes out. There is a narrative building in standountry, and you can down. This is just me speaking for me. Justice ginsburg was an iconic notre in american history, just the law. She fought for better conditions for women throughout society. She was unashamedly progressive in her personal thoughts. She was devout to her faith. She worked with the aclu. She was probably prochoice. Side, excepted she was highly qualified. I think it is ok to be a religiously conservative. It is ok to be personally prochoice. It is ok to live your life in a traditional catholic fashion. Qualified forl be the Supreme Court. All the young, conservative women out there, this hearing is about a place for you. I hope when this is over that you there will be a place for you at the table. There will be a spot for you at the Supreme Court like there was for judge ginsberg. They are talking about her views on regionalism and textile is him. One of your tweets, our constitution is meant to be flexible to better the lives of the American People. Our constitution is not for french ideologies, religions to hold hostages, term limits on lifetime appointment a must. Your reaction to testimony yesterday. If you support the nomination of judge barrett 202 7488001. Undecided,f you 202 7488002. First is william in orange park, florida. Everybody in that room should have to stand and say they will ask honest questions. They expect her to be honest and make her raise her right hand. I cannot understand how fox news wants people to pay the salaries of never trumpers like chris wallace. That fox us to go into nation, but i am not going to pay their salaries. Host opposing the nomination. Caller one of the things i saw yesterday, which is fascinating, was the crossexamination of john kennedy, the louisiana senator. In this argument of textualism and regionalism, i felt amy barrett contradicted the whole notion when she said that the further in time you get past an original document, the dicier it gets. As time passes, attitudes change. Great comment. That underscores why scalias approach does not work. Not that it does not work, but it is just that there is more than just this original text, and it is very selective reading. Mentionshen kennedy , a character in animal house historical bombast, who is he describing . It is trump. It was hilarious. Might hop upenator and say that. It is concerning. I am worried about the way they are rushing this through. Lets face it. Mitch mcconnell and Lindsey Graham are like kids that sheet and monopoly or move the goal lines. Being rash. I will not reel on too much, but this is a trump is a dangerous character and thanks for the call. To george, ohio. Caller i would like to have a couple minutes. Do not cut me off. I have not called for a while. This is ridiculous. They are talking about abortion and reproductive rights. You are not reproducing nothing. Friendsnd daughters had abortions to or three times. That is a matter of convenience. Things have changed in the last decade. There should be hardly any reason to have an abortion today. The most affordable important thing is the Affordable Care act. My wife retired after working 35 years. She cannot be on medicare for another three years. It is ridiculous you can require retire on Social Security and not get on medicare. Then we are talking about this covid. Youre in the middle of a pandemic but people cannot get on medicare. Are we insensible in this country . We talk about kids in cages. The democrats have one agenda, to divide. Democrat dick durbin did ask about the Affordable Care act. [video clip] you have been unequivocal and being critical of decisions. Conclusiony draw the that there is going to be a third strike if it comes to texas and california. You said it will not affect preexisting conditions if the petitioners have their way there will not be an Affordable Care act to protect existing conditions preexisting conditions. How you can be, so unequivocal and opposing the haveity decisions and then an open mind when it comes to the future of the Affordable Care act. Thank you for that question because it gives me an opportunity to make my position clear. When i wrote as a law professor about those decisions, i did critique the statutory interpretation of the majority opinion. As i mentioned before, i description was consistent with the way Justice Robert describes the question. Your concern is that, because i critiqued the statutory reasoning i am hostile to the aca. And that because im hostile to the aca that i would decide a case a particular way. I assure you that i am not. I am not hostile to the aca. I am hostile to any statute. ,he cases in which i commented and we can talk another time about the context and distinctions between academic writing and judicial decisionmaking, those were on different issues. To assume that, because i critiqued the interpretation of the mandate or phrase established by state means that on a different question i would reach a particular result just assumes i am hostile. That is not the case. Apply the law law. To show will continue highlights from the testimony yesterday. All of yesterdays coverage, available at cspan. Org. Some reaction. We need to modify or do away with confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court completely if nominees are going to answer every question with i cannot answer that question. It becomes a joke, he says. Intelligentighly person who appears to know a lot about proceedings and is willing to stand by the rule of law. From this tweet, one thing mcconnell and trump have achieved is reducing the stature of the Supreme Court, much as they have every institution they have touched. Tothe new york times, what watch for as Amy Coney Barrett hearing interstate three. After nearly 12 hours of questioning tuesday, many topics have been covered at some length and senators may shift gears. During the first round of questioning, judge amy coney variety of a wide inquiries about her background. Republican and democratic members of the Senate Judiciary ofmittee posed a range questions about her legal views and rulings in past cases, avoiding quarries into suggestions questions of her character or personal life. Carolinaraham of south and the Committee Chair set on tuesday, i hope the American People understand this is the way it should be. Writes the new york times, with more technical questions, Committee Members will begin shorter rounds in which they may look to more forcefully make their case for or against judge merricks judge merrick judge barretts confirmation. Because iam undecided feel as if the people do not have a say. I think this is pomp and circumstance. Asked areons being not even what most Supreme Court justices listen to. Howre trying to find out she might think about a certain case that we do not know if it will even come up. Most of us do not hear about what Supreme Court cases or cases go to the Supreme Court until after the decision. I think they are rushing. This republicans against democrats have gone has gone on too long. It is a waste of time. We are American People and this backandforth with our lives needs to stop. Truly in front of the American People these politicians keep saying, the American People want this. They need to listen to cspan. We are telling them what we want to come and that is trump out. In milwaukee, opposing the nominee. Caller this is all about labor relations. 1937. Decided in it is about taking rights away from workers to form and join labor unions. This secret society that mike and Amy Coney Barrett are members of, the Federalist Society, has one goal, to destroy and annihilate trade unions. Was decided in 1936. It was ruled unconstitutional. Then it came back to the court after roosevelt threatened to ,ack the court and two justices Charles Evans hughes and owen roberts, flipped. They changed their opinions. All of a sudden, we got our constitutional right to form labor unions. When people watch today, i want ,eople to ask Amy Coney Barrett what is the Federalist Society . I want them to ask ted cruz and mike lee that question. As senator whitehouse pointed out yesterday, it is about our rights being taken away from us. If we want to go back to the jungle, to the law of the streets, we in organized labor are willing to do that. Supporting the nominee is kim in california. Go ahead. There you go. She is absolutely wonderful. If you listen to the last man who called, the Federalist Society is an organization of conservative attorneys. The democrats have their own organizations. They spent just as much money as republicans do trying to get issues through. Choice forectacular the Supreme Court justice. Do not be afraid. Have a great day. Host john, also opposing the nomination. Caller i am 86 years old. The american constitution is the best document next to the magna carta. Languagel [indiscernible] part of the body these days. You cannotsaid put them in jail. The other thing, money talks. Corporations are people. Money talks. Money is used in this country. I am more american than most people born here. I am 86 years old. We are the greatest country on earth. Msnbc are on another planet. Than three less weeks until election day. This is the headline in the Washington Post. Biden and trump step up their fight for older voters. Joe biden on tuesday made his most direct appeal yet to older voters, seeking to lock in support from from a group that favored President Trump but has emerged as a group to potentially shift toward biden. They write that trump also made a pitch to seniors at his own monday, Central Florida his first return to the campaign trail after his recent hospitalization. He filmed a video aimed at older americans. With weeks left before the election and early voting already starting, a fee a fierce battle underway for seniors who hold the potential to swing a close election. Biden and trump are competing for support from americans of their own generation at a moment when a pandemic that disproportionately kills older people has upended daily life and voting across the country. Would be the oldest president at his swearing in and biden would claim that title if he wins in november. President trump tweeting yesterday, this mocking sign of joe bidens campaign, not biden for president but biden for resident, allegedly for a nursing home. That is not a retweet. That is from the president s account. From the Washington Times this morning, trump takes no chances visiting states where his lead is tightening. Last night in johnstown, pennsylvania. There is one coming up this evening. We will have coverage of that later today. Cspannt trump live on two beginning at 7 00 eastern. The issue of the elections came up in questioning from senator graham and senator feinstein. Nomineegraham asked about her previous comments. President trumps previous comments about delaying the election. We will show you that. [video clip] on july 30, 2020, President Trump made claims of voter fraud and suggested he wanted to delay the upcoming election. Does the constitution give the president the authority to unilaterally delay a general election under any circumstances . Does federal law . Came beforeuestion me, i would need to hear arguments from the litigants and read briefs and consult with law clerks and talk to colleagues and go through the opinion writing process. Off the cuff answers, i would be basically a legal pungent. Too not think we want judges be legal pundits. We want judges to approach cases thoughtfully. Senator graham touched on that issue with reporters. [video clip] i do not know of any constitutional provision that would allow the president to delay that election, but if somebody makes that argument, i am sure she will listen to it. I do not know of anybody suggesting that. Suggested heent may do that. Take some time to get all the results in, but we are not going to delay the election. We did not delay it during world war ii. We are not going to delay the election. Host this tweet with the conclusion of the hearing last night, senator graham said after the confirmation hearing, we are going to fill this vacancy. We will vote october 22. If things continue the way they have been going, i think we will have a good vote for the judge on the floor. Asking your reaction to the first day of testimony. If you support her nomination, it is 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. Coverage here on cspan and cspan radio, 9 00 eastern. In alexandria, this is jerry. Caller good morning. But in independent voter, am definitely going to im decided to support her nomination. What i wanted to say was, when ,t comes to her and all judges the president is one of integrity. Garlics of which way they vote or of her religion or faith or background, if she has shown herself to be a person of integrity and a person that will adhere to the law and the text of the law as written because that is the legislative branchs job, to get that right and make sure it is specific, then you have to vote for her. If you do not think she has integrity, then vote against her. Any other vote, if it is not about integrity, it would be a vote of political reasoning. Second to that is the question of textualism and regionalism. The constitution and language has to be taken as it was written, as it was intended at the time. You cannot always get the exact intent, so you have to rely on text. What does it say specifically . If we do not like that anymore, it is not a flexible document. You cannot read into it what you want to. If it does not reflect the views of society at large, there is a process in the constitution to change that language. You should not interpret it and change it through the years. Through the courts. You can legislate, pass laws to direct how it is applied. Onse laws are viewed based the exact text of the constitution. If you do not like the constitution anymore, then the legislative branch should or whentate can put forth they come together as a majority am a they can direct changes to the constitution. That is the way it should be done. We should not change the interpretation of the language through the years because then it becomes too fluid. Asked byge barrett was senator ben sasse her views on original is him. Host [video clip] this is a useful place to explain to the American People what a ritualism is and why it is a mistake to view it as a republican position. Agionalism is part of jurisprudential debate, not a policy continuum. It is something useful for everybody who believes that three branches of government, have two that are political and one that is not. Maybe it is useful to back up and say, when you define yourself as an originalist, what does that mean . And then how you can relate to the distinction between the principles and applications that are going to change my circumstance. Original ism means you treat the constitution as law. Tests to writing. In interpreting that law, you interpret it in accord with the meaning that people would have understood it to have at the time it was ratified. The reason you do that is otherwise, the law stays the same as until it is lawfully changed. Otherwise, judges would be updating the law rather than allowing people to take control of it. In the case of the constitution, as i said with the fourth amendment, many principles are more general. Unreasonable searches and senior seizures, free speech. Those are things that have to be applied over time. The fact that there was not the internet or computers or blogs in 1791 does not mean that the first amendments free speech clause could not apply to those things now. Principal and we understand the principle as it was at the time. It is capable of being applied to new circumstances. Host back to your calls and comments. Mike on the undecided line. Greetings. The question i have mainly is issue going to follow what she said she was or is she going to work for the administration . So it is hard to gauge what she is going to do once she is in office. Have. S the question i host have you watched these confirmation hearings in the past and is this one different . Been, in the has otherand i did see a few borkees come up, including , and it seems to me there seems to be a political litmus test for whoever is running the senate at the time. Think things have and it is since then depressing distressing. Lets put it that way. In kenosha, wisconsin, supporting the nominee. Caller good morning to you. I basically wanted to state that i think this nominee is absolutely stellar. She is like a breath of fresh air in an earlymorning spring rain, just refreshing. Her jobthat she is to follow the rules of the constitution, simply follow the rules. Do not come up with jurisdiction from the bench legislate i should say, from the bench but just follow the rules of the constitution as written. You do not like the rules, they the legislative branch should change those rules. Integrity, the utmost. Just just to be stellar. That is all. That is the comment i wish to make, especially in a Society Today that is reckless and anarchy seems to prevail and nonsensible things seem to be the standard. In a society, you have to abide by the rule of law. The thing it stays on the top of the Supreme Court, equal justice matter what that is. The law is the constitution. You do not like it, change it. But you have to abide by it. Thank you for your time. Host thank you to vincent in brooklyn. Go ahead. Caller good morning. I wanted to say this. Persuaded to abort without this nation appreciating the reason why a an in the first place which both sides of the aisle seem to avoid. Normally contribute in factor and the result of social engineering by both sides of the aisle. The others based on gender preference. Which is ridiculous to decide whether a justice is able to litigate in this nation based on those criteria. This nations spiritual obligation to repair americas most faithful citizens. That should be what they should be debating. Then we get to a place without being socially engineered and women feel like they have to abort a baby to sustain lives for themselves in this nation. That is the question. John in saint petersburg, florida. Volume and gor ahead with your comment. Caller yes, sir. Hold on. Guest holding on. Host these remotes these days, it gets hard to find the mute button. Are you there . Caller i am here. The nomination of amy barrett. She is against oppression, racism, and systemic racism to africanamericans in this country. I think that, when you have a 202ident who has selected u. S. District court judges, a president that has selected 50 federal Appeals Court judges, a soondent that has selected to be three u. S. Supreme court judges and none of them are black, exactly the systemic racism in this country. Barrett, ito ms. Think that she is using her to hide herguys racial animus before the court. She is using her haitian guinea pig to hide oppression of blacks, and i think that host how does that hide that, how one would adopt haitian or black children how do you think she is trying to hide that . Caller good question. Is a white woman childrendopted black and, unlike stars like angelina etc. , her adoption was humanitarian a standpoint. Done forion was political host how do you know that . Caller because im a Political Science major and i know that a lawyer would not adopt a africanamerican or any black child unless there was some political ploy that they were aiming to cover up. There is reaction on twitter and text. You can send us a tax. Roger says it was apparent the democrats do not understand the role of a justice or separation of powers. Grandstanding accomplished nothing but did allow viewers to gauge their intelligence. Ned ifays barrett is dam she does, damned if he does not. If she was to strike it down, she will be seen as a political pawn. Of thesomething most dems know nothing about. Nancy says i fell in love with senator whitehouse yesterday. He did not waste time asking questions that would not be answered. He did not lavish praise on someone he did not know. He used his 30 minutes to educate us on why she is a pond and knows it. The significant ruling yesterday from the Supreme Court, the headline says, Supreme Court says Trump Administration can shut down census count now despite fears of an undercount. The Supreme Court on tuesday allow the Trump Administration to end the 2020 census count, concluding a contentious legal battle over the count despite fears of an undercount that would fall hardest on minority groups. The court put on hold a lower court order that said the count should continue until the end of the month because of delays brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The court did not provide a reason, which is common in disposing of emergency applications filed by the administration. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only justice to dissent. The harms caused by this years halting this years census count is irreparable. We hear from kevin next, who supports judge barretts nomination. Thank you for taking my call. I would like to give my support toamy barrett and to speak the contrast between the republicans and democrats. What i have witnessed in the testimonies is that the republicans seem to ask questions based on her policies and her values as far as the court. Democrats seem to be totally off the charts and speaking to and they are aca not asking her any questions about her character or any of that. Yesterday ofatched senator hirono, when he asked that question on sexual harassment, that was totally offthewall. I do not appreciate that kind of rhetoric when they should be the issues of the integrity of her, amy barrett. So that is my take on this. There is such a diversity between the democrats and republicans. Democrats will all vote no. Republicans will all vote yes, and she will be confirmed. She should be in the court. And intelligent woman support it. Host joe, opposing the nominee. I oppose her 100 . I have heard some rightwing callers call in about voter fraud. When trump lost by 3 million votes in the general in 2016 he formed the task force with mike pence. Did you guys read that report . They never issued one because they did not find any. As far as separation of powers, the white house and senate are one unit. That is not separation of powers. As far as originalists and constitutional people, if you take the text literally, sometimes you hurt people. A good case in point, the original constitution said a black human was with 3 5 of a white human. You want that regionalism . Original is him . Originalism . Go back to the 1800s. As far as people excited to think we are going to end abortion for god, poverty drives abortion. Now she is stuck being forced by the government to have that child. Look what republicans do. Minimum wage, food stamps, sick leave for women. They oppose almost everything that would help a woman, Like Health Care for these poor women. If the republicans cared in congress about abortion, they would support poor women through programs that would make it easier for them to keep the baby. They only care about the bible vote. This lady is going on the vote for one reason. She is probusiness. Business,eople versus the business wins. That is what these judges are about, packing the courts with probusiness people. That is why everybody is disappointed when they did not stop gay marriage. It is time for this country to move forward. We need a justice that is balanced. This lady aint here and she is a zealot. She is not only a catholic. I am a practicing catholic. She is part of a rare, small group of catholics called the prior praise people. They are zealots. She is bad for this court. She is not even balanced. She is terrible. Here are similar views ont here are similar views originalism. Originalism is fine. The problem is extrapolating content intent in a modern era. Supporting the nomination. I am calling in support. To begin with, the integrity of this judge seems impeccable. I have been impressed with her answers. I have been impressed with the way she has reacted when asked things that were offcolor and unnecessary. It seems like this judiciary hearing is trying the Affordable Care act. That seems unfair to me and a waste of our time and like a waste of our time. I am in support of this judge after hearing her, but i am tired of hearing different news outlets saying and different senators saying let the people decide, the people need to have a voice on this, the people need to have a voice on this. The people had a voice on this. This was one of my number one issues when i voted in 2016. This is why i voted for the president i voted for. I think the makeup of the Supreme Court is important for our nation and matters now more than ever that we have someone that does have integrity that what decisions based on the constitution says. And i am 100 behind judge barrett. This is from scotus blog about the publication that covers everything about the Supreme Court. Hearings, daytes, two. I have no agenda. Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett declined to answer questions about the Affordable Care act, abortion, and other issues, saying she has made no precommitment about how she would decide any case if she were confirmed. Rebuffing democrats, she would not say whether she would recuse herself of a case involving the 2020 election. Asked about efforts at voter intimidation. Here is that exchange. [video clip] a contractor outside my state started recruiting poll watchers with special forces experience. To protect polling locations in my state. This is clear voter intimidation. Similar efforts are going on around the country, solicited by President Trumps false claims of massive voter fraud, something that Many Republican leaders, including michael steele, former head of the republican party, including tom ridge, including governor kasich, including sitting senator romney have made clear is not true. Claims,ult of his people are trying to get poll watchers, special forces people to go to the poll. Is it illegal to intimidate voters at the polls . [video clip] i cannot characterize the facts in a hypothetical situation. I cannot apply the law to a hypothetical situation. I can only decide cases as they come to me after fully engraved engaging precedent, writing an opinion. I cannot answer questions like that. Anyone wholaws intimidates or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the rights of other persons to vote. This is a law that has been on the books for decades. Do you think a reasonable person would feel intimidated by the presence of Armed Civilian groups at the polls . Eliciting im not sure whether it is eliciting a if itopinion from me or is just an opinion as a citizen, but it is not something appropriate for me to comment on. Her the second day of testimony today getting underway at 9 00 eastern live on cspan and on cspan radio. We are streaming alive today and every day on cspan. Org. Getting your thoughts on the nominee and process, if you support judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination, if you undecided, 202 7488002. I opposes. Host ood morning anita opposes. Caller good morning. I hope everyone enjoys the election. I hope it is carried out in the spirit of all the good people that paid for wars and education and welfare and health care and all kinds of things for people. We have to remember that over all. I voted for donald trump last election. I have a problem with this nominee under the womens right to choose act. The reason why i am looking at originalism that she says she is going to follow in the law and cases of rape, being that i am a descendent of the transatlantic slave trade, our children were put in bondage for almost 400 years and we were considered 3 5 of a person. We were not able to marry during this time. We were not able to inherit our fathers. This has put us in more bondage. The Poverty Program does not correct where the africanamerican did not have a went slavehe family masters were raping africanamerican women. Right to choose, i would like to have that taken care of. If amy can handle that, that is wonderful. If she can handle that and take care of that, i would like that and i can change my mind. I am also opposing her because they would not let obama appoint kavanaugh i mean host merrick garland. Caller i am sorry. I have it written down. Host charlie is undecided. Caller good morning. This lady seems like an intelligent young lady. I feel like she is the one getting cheated here. This is a wonderful opportunity. Who has dedicated her whole life to the law. Her career is going to be tarnished just at the whim of a president that is willing to take people, throw them all under the bus just to get his way. Host this is President Trumps third Supreme Court nominee. If confirmed, she will be the third on the bench under President Trump. You think the legacy she carries with her as she serves on the court . Right. Are people really voting on her accolades, which seem to be impeccable . I agree with that. I am a democrat. That is all going to be tarnished because of the situation. Us. Chairman told now there are going to be 50 democrats that actually believe she is not capable of doing her job but they are going to vote this way. It is so political. It is not supposed to be. It does not make any sense. It says Mitch Mcconnell and the president waste their time while people in america are starving and hurting. That is all i have to say. On your point about potential impact as a nominee, she was asked by Chuck Grassley of iowa if she was promising any outcome to the president because of her nomination. [video clip] here is something. Any promises on how you might rule on a case or issue that might come before you if you are confirmed to the Supreme Court . Caller i have i have some itd a questionnaire in this committee. No one talked about any case with me. That is one reason you asked that question as a committee. You want to know that no nominee has made any commitment. Just as i did not make any commitments on the executive branch side, i cannot make precommitment to this body either. It would be inconsistent with judicial independence. I am going to reserve the rest of my time. The democrats claim you are putting you are being put on the Supreme Court so you can repeal the Affordable Care act. Committed to the president or anyone else that you will vote to appeal the report the Affordable Care act if confirmed to the court . Absolutely not. I was never asked. If i had been, that wouldve been a short conversation. Host other news this morning, front page of the washington prosecutoral appointed to review whether obama era officials can request the individuals names of individuals whose names were redacted in intelligence documents. According to people familiar with the matter, the revelation that a u. S. Attorney who lost the left the department had concluded without charges will rankle President Trump in a moment he is particularly upset at the justice department. The department so far has reclined declined to release bashs work. President in recent days has pressed federal Law Enforcement to move against his political adversaries. Will not be issuing any public findings before the election. In a not unrelated story, this is from the New York Post this morning, and exclusive from the New York Post. Secret emails. Smoking gun email reviews reveals how hunter biden introduced ukrainian business to vp dad. They write how hunter biden introduced his father to an executive at a Ukrainian Energy form firm less than a year before the elder biden pressured officials into firing a prosecutor investigating the company. According to emails obtained by the post. You can read that reporting at nypost. Com. First a couple comments on twitter about the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett. This one said, i listened carefully to the questions she thanked senators for so she could explain her decisions. The most experienced chef with the finest knife could not slit anything as finally as she does with her answers. It makes me unable to trust her and i want to. No one likes abortion. It is not ms. Barretts business what women and their doctors decide. It is certainly not Lindsey Grahams business. Not wasting time regurgitating, not asking frivolous questions like how she would vote on roe v. Wade. I am nonbiased. I do not feel comfortable with the way her nomination is seemingly being pushed through. It is a shame that the American People be slapped in the face again in light of Everything Else happening in our country. One more. Ad we participated in drinking game every time Justice Scalias name was said, we would all have alcohol poisoning. Supporting the nominee. Caller i want to make an observation. From hawaiisenator should be ashamed of herself for insulting for the insulting questions she put forward to this nominee. Nominee is a, this rock star. She showed grace, professionalism, and now it is beyond what is going on. Some of the questions and senator booker with his question about certain things, it was like he was talking to the president instead of this nominee. These are observations, and i think some of these Democratic Senators should be ashamed of themselves. Host in washington, d. C. , anita opposes the nomination. Caller good morning. Amy, i believe she is very intelligent. She should be proud of her nomination. , and theusing her people are supposed to decide this. He has already decided, so we are wasting our breath technically. , blacklady said before people are thought of as less than human. She is going to stick to every rule of law. She is going to do it to the nth degree and we are going to suffer in the process come as we already suffer. Process, as we already suffer. Caller good morning and thank you for taking my call. I thought we were trying to interview someone for the Supreme Court to find out her character. And if she was honest or dishonest. Is i am hearing this morning racism, hatred, dividing this country. I do not understand this. I am a republican. I do support her. Honesty and integrity. She showed me she loves not only her own family but other children. ,he adopted two black children and that is telling me she is using this . Maybe she loves god and god tells us to love one another. The divide in this country is terrible. Together andme share this love for this country . I have heard about capitalism. I have heard about im a scientist, a scientific teacher, political, whatever they are called. Lets stop this. Lets go on. Why are we having this today . I am sorry. I am so disappointed in my country. I am a senior. I have been through a lot of things. We have been able to iron this out and get through it. We were eight years with obama. This country was on the downside. If people cannot admit that, they are not seeing it. Yes, china came against us with this virus, which i believe was manmade. I believe it was intentional. Did we hear the truth . We do not hear the truth about anything. I love my fellowmen and i do not care if they are black or white or whoever they are. We need to respect each other and come together once again in the name of jesus. Thank you and god bless you. Host a couple callers ago mentioned the questions of senator cory booker of new jersey. He asked the nominee whether she believed every president should make a commitment to a peaceful transition of power. [video clip] do you believe that every president should make a commitment unequivocally and resolutely to the peaceful transfer of power . , that seems to me to be pulling me in a little bit into this question of whether the president has said he would not peacefully leave office. To the extent that this is a political controversy right now, as a judge, i want to stay out of it and i do not want to express a view. I appreciate what you have said about respecting our Founding Fathersits remarkablea place right now this is becoming a question and a topic. Im asking you in light of our Founding Fathers, of our traditions, that everyone who serves in that office has sworn an oath to defend the constitution of the United States, im just asking you should president commit like our Founding Fathers have a clear tension to the peaceful transfer of power . Is that something president s should be able to do . One of the beauties of peaceful transfers of power and that disappointed voters have accepted the new leaders that come and talk and thats not true in every country. I think it is part of the genius of our constitution and good faith and goodwill of the we haventople that had situations where those issues have been present. Do you think the president has the power to pardon himself for any past or future crimes he may have committed against the United States of america . A that would be constitutional question. In keeping with my obligations not to give hints, previews or forecasts of how i would resolve the case, thats not one i can answer. Issue that our president may intend to pardon himself for future crimes or past crimes. Host news from the supreme headline,itico the Supreme Court rejects a to planned parenthood funding. Court on tuesday rejected south carolinas request to reinstate its blockade on medicaid funding. A move that could indicate the courts conservative majority may be selective about abortion cases. Its rejection was announced for President Trumps nominee to the both, Amy Coney Barrett sides of the debate have been closely watching how the courts conservatives will move to rollback Abortion Access with barrett seemingly on track for confirmation later this month. Been several cases argued virtually so far. Weve covered a number of those already. You can find those on our website. Text, want to send us a 202 7488003. From california, senator kennedys to the reference to the movie animal house was worthy of a repeat viewing. Information from the nominee then many of his peers. Through all made it 11 hours of yesterdays hearing. D and washington, d. C. , the current Supreme Court nominee continually declares her job will be to apply the law as written. Not true. Her job will be to determine the constitutionality of the laws applied to lower court rulings. Her inability to separate church from state is present in her writingspublic declaring the law should be used to eradicate super precedents such as roe and casey. Jimmy on the undecided line. Caller thank you for cspan. Finally. I havent been listening as carefully as i should have been. Up finally it cspan brought senator kennedys query yesterday. Finally. This says a lot. You are an hour into the program and finally senator kennedys questions to this individual that the public doesnt know or understand. Was talked about on cspan. I think if we are not all conscious of all things, what are we doing . And my language is clear and so succinct synced with or without meaning. Host kathleen in ohio supports the nomination. Go ahead. Caller i do support judge barrett and i believe she is totally in support of making real decisions for people. Theres also decisions that could be made with covid that is at hand where people that are getting new jobs, they need that health care right now as opposed to what they are talking about, the health care thats already been decided on. Like because you lost your job then you need health care the day you get your new job. The when the covid hit, lottery took 20 million out of the megabucks and the powerball and they still charge you two dollars where people could stimulate the economy if they could keep it 20 million it 20 millionake and 20 million and that could help stimulate the economy. Things like that that could be taken care of really fast and something shes going to do is going to go on for years and years. I applaud her. Shes doing very well. Donna opposesn, the nomination. Caller good morning. I appreciate judge barrett. I think shes very learned and shes stellar. Thatthe question is the Democratic Senators pose need to be answered. Vague in herhe is response and i see that all of the senators have had opportunity to speak with her previously. I feel that the republican senators are not really getting to the hardcore questions. Fellowe saying their colleagues are badgering her and they are not. They have to badger her in a way to find out her ideals are. We already know what the circumstance will be in the end result is she will be confirmed. Its about having balance and we dont have balance in the u. S. Government. And the high court should be unbiased and we should have judges that Supreme Court judges that represent both sides of the United States. We all are United States citizens and we all should be represented fairly. As it stands now, the court is not even. It would have been better if we had waited for the election to senate could be functioning the way that it should. Have suffered long enough. Everyone needs to be about the business of working for the American People, not for the president s personal agenda. Think you. The jr. Senator from missouri asked judge barrett about her signature on the 2000 six ad by an antiabortion group opposing roe v. Wade. Raised ar lahey also statement that you signed regarding abortion. You told the committee in response to his question when your husband both signed it. Im looking at the advertisement in question. You said you signed it on your way out of church. Did. That was almost 15 years ago at the back of church. To signs a table set up a statement validating their. Ommitment to the positions the ad that was next to it i dont recall seeing it at the time. The statement that i signed was affirming the protection of life from conception to natural death. You just made reference to the fact again that it was in church. Why would it have been in the back of church . Why would this have been available to sign or not in the back of church . Because that is the position of the Catholic Church on abortion. I feel like i should emphasize distinct i do see as my personal moral religious views and my task of applying the law as a judge. Is it safe to say following that distinction you just made that the signature reflects your understanding of your churchs teaching and your own personal views . Like to sayuld about that is i signed that almost 15 years ago in my personal capacity when i was still a private citizen. Now im a public official. While i was free to express my private views at that time, i dont feel like it is appropriate for me anymore to express an affirmative view at this point in time. When i signed that statement, that is what i was doing at that point as a private citizen. On twitter, the democrats have presented the issues that are most importance to their constituents and the country. Care, the Affordable Care act and reproductive rights as decided in roe v. Wade. Republicans have irreverent link a relevantly mentioned her family and religion. From bobby, she will forever be who was the Justice Nominee by donald trump and pushed through confirmation by Mitch Mcconnell in a partisan power grab. She should have been able to easily answer and affirmative that a transfer of power is a necessary feature of our system. Imagine that, a judge who will rob is in folsom, california. Caller good morning. Yesterdayatching this and my ears tweaked when senator booker was in question of her. Her background and record are exemplary. They are just beyond. The fact that she is a very intelligent woman. But when senator booker presented to her, wouldnt it just to put this nomination on hold until after the election and that he explained to her that they are being pushed into being there instead of paying attention to what is in need of the people. That people are suffering. But instead we have our senators sitting there questioning her and her ability to be a Supreme Court justice. I think and i feel that it would be wonderful of her if she would just say, for now i have made the decision to step back and await until after the president ial election and then sit in this seat again to be questioned. Because then she would be gaining more points with the American People either republican or democrat which would say she made a wise decision to step back, let this be done with and then sit in the seat again. I am undecided at this point and to be honest with you, im undecided about who i should vote for in this election. Because what is the point to me . People are suffering. People are being evicted. They are hungry. No one is doing anything about that. Host rhonda called on the nominate to step aside. She was asked to do that by a number of notre dame faculty. Barrett critics cant find a single law school colleague to oppose her. They write that faculty at notre dame unveiled an open letter demanding Amy Coney Barrett refuse her nomination to the Supreme Court. Zeroetter attracted signers from the law school. The professors who signed the letters teach subjects such as anthropology and gender studies, not law. The open letter says, teacher scholar activist is the organization and the letter says dear judge barrett, we write to you as fellow faculty members at the university of notre dame. We congratulate you on your nomination to the United States Supreme Court. Court speaksto the to the commitments you have made throughout your life. From what we read, your confirmation is all but assured. That is why it is vital you issue a Public Statement calling to a halt to your process. We ask that you take this unprecedented step for three reasons. Voting for the next president is already underway. The late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs dying wishes that her seat on the court remain open until a new president was installed. Your nomination comes at a treacherous moment in the United States. By politics are consumed polarization. Our country is shaken by a pandemic and economic suffering. Part of a letter from some notre dame faculty. Jane in florida supports the nomination. Good morning. Upler i would like to clear one thing that everybody keeps making as a statement of fact on the democratic side. That is that Amy Coney Barrett is the endall of all cases that are going to go to the Supreme Court she has the entire control to make only her decision will be the one that everybody takes as law. Its ridiculous. Shes just one of nine judges. So you are going to predict how all the other judges are going to rule before there is even a case. Her are giving all of it to saying shes going to destroy health care, shes going to ruin gay rights, she is going to destroy everything we stand for. Its insanity. And then you watch this entire Political Campaign the democrats are running instead of asking legitimate questions about how she feels on different subjects. We are not going to get to the truth and we are not going to find out who Amy Coney Barrett is. We are going to listen to joe biden say you dont have the right to know who i will choose. Let the democrats say, American People have a choice. This is election time. How do they have a choice . Because all they can do is elect the president and they dont know who hes going to elect or submit as a Supreme Court judge. Please how the democrats can say that you have president and then find out who he will put in as a Supreme Court judge. Host terry opposing the nomination. Caller im not a republican or democrat. I was registered republican most of my life and im 60 years old. When the election came and it was a choice between romney or obama, i picked obama. Im not racist. A lot of people are and they base their choices on that. Rightdont think its that president obama was not appoint somebody and donald trump is allowed to do whatever he wants to do and people are Walking Around the place without masks. I think the lady evaded the question. About peaceful transfer. Heardr in my whole life all the stuff thats going on right now and people are turning against people and racism and health care are a big issue and its important in the older people need to think about this when they come across a health issue. They better hope somebody in there is going to care about them. The top people that have money dont care about people that have less than they do. Should be waited until after the election for this person to be appointed. It isnt fair that donald trump gets to make these decisions that are going to affect a lot of people for a long time. Because he doesnt care. Yesterday andown people are Walking Around next to each other with no masks in this coronavirus is serious. Pray, me and my husband and my family, that nobody care i care about gets this virus. We dont go to all these rallies. Its ridiculous whats going on in this country right now. Host over 215,000 deaths. Tom in florida. A supporter of the nomination. Caller thank you for taking my call. I do support the nomination. Its really surprising to listen and so many people have no idea about the history of our country. Electeda choice when we donald trump. And it is still his presidency. Wait so someone else can make a choice . It just doesnt even compute for me. Saying of these people hes not going to accept a peaceful transfer, let me ask all you people, have the democrats accepted the peaceful transfer of donald trump from 2016 four years later . And all the corrupt fbi and doj officials . Have they accepted him . Twitter, a text from jolene. Unfortunately democrats are using the Court Confirmation to campaign for their candidate did in addition to callers correctly stating that the senators are ignoring formulating a covid bill when it is pelosi turning her back on people, ignorance is astounding. Alabama. Is is sheon qualified. She is. The liberal judges on the Supreme Court ring their personal opinions on every one of their decisions. Brown androm dave woodstock. Her mother heard is serving her well in dealing with fuzzy children as we are witnessing. This is the reporting of the Washington Times. Discuss kidnapping virginias governor. Aey testified tuesday during Court Hearing of men plotting to abduct michigans government governor. The plot aimed at michigan governor gretchen whitmer. Tuesdays hearing was to review men toe against the determine if they should be detained before trial. All the men are from michigan. A sixth man was being held in delaware. To ellicott city, maryland. Kyle opposes the nomination. Oppose theeally process. I think republicans have amnesia. Remember when barack obama almost a year from the election nominated his Supreme Court justice and all the republicans, them saidaham, all of its too close to the election. Let the voters make the decision and then we will nominate. Its really hypocrisy at the worst. All these republicans have to wrong what the republicans did. Dont pretend you dont know how shes going to vote. Votes in the lines of scalia. Shes an originalist. Know exactly how she will vote on all these decisions. Youprevious caller said dont know how shes going to vote on how shes going to vote. She just told you she is along the lines of scalia. My last point is this. Republicans, the American People are finally going to see 16 out of the last 20 Supreme Court justices were nominated by republicans. I think people dont realize that. Republicans have been putting justices in the court, this will be the sixth one out of the last 20 Supreme Court justices. Youre going to finally get a taste. They will make contraception the senate tens of millions more democrats vote for our senators but because of the way the constitution is, these states with no population. South dakota has a million. North dakota has a million. They have the same hasesentation as california 30 million people. Youre finally going to get a ofte of what the minority these conservatives have been trying to do to the American People. Is mike supporting the nomination. Caller i have been listening to the nominations and confirmation hearings for the last years and thisld like to say that confirmation hearing has in my mind been one of the best that ive ever seen. Democrats are the intent on getting some hard answers that Justice Barrett cannot answer because of her position of going onto the court. But the second thing i would like to say regarding abortion. I think it was senator klobuchar that pointed out that mr. Biden is a catholic and if i understand it right, his personal view is that hes prolife. But his political view is much different. And i think that is a very important point to make. Pointn have a personal but when they have to deal with the law and represent the people, they may have to check on take on a different viewpoint. The years, over my lifetime i have seen democrats appoint justices and be confirmed to the Supreme Court and i have seen republicans. One thing i find is when a democrat appoints a justice and they sit on the court, they never change their opinion. They always vote as the democrats wish them to vote. I can point out sandra day and are chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy and i can go right down the line over the last 50 years. Republican justices that have been put on the court. And they have not had the prediction on how they were going to vote. And so when people say they know how this justice is going to vote, i think they have an enlightenment from a higher being than anybody else knows and i think that is sad to say that. Give the person a chance and weve seen changes happen throughout history in terms of republican justices that have gone onto the court. Thank you. Debbie calling from springdale, arkansas. You for taking my call. By oppose her for the main reason of that the judge that wereassed away, her wishes that nobody be picking a new position thatt shes applying for. I think its disrespectful. I think the president should not be able to pick. Everything he does is wrong and he has his motives behind everything he does and i just dont think its right. I dont think it would hurt her anything to wait until a new president is chosen and i think this world is just a very sad and with theow United States, everybody is not for one another and i think we need to get back to how the and howtates was formed passing people in congress made the rules, this is how they wanted it. And i think its really sad that the president is going against everything that has been embedded on the United States of how we are supposed to be. Host a caller yesterday said she disagreed, setting aside justice, ruth bader justice ginsburgsth justice seat, it is the peoples seat. I think it is the peoples seat. I think we should be able to choose. Not the president. And i think that some of her views are ok but some of them i totally disagree with. Like her avoiding questions when shes being asked. She should be able to answer. They are just simple questions. And why doesnt she answer them . Seeing judge amy. Oney barrett headline, part of the reporting of the Washington Post this morning as we watch the judge come in. The headline says democrats pressed recusal in scenarios involving alexion. Hearingsnfirmation proceed, democrats are pushing the Supreme Court nominee to answer whether she would recuse herself from considering cases related to this falls president ial election. One of the questions coming from delaware senator chris coons. I think the core issue in recusal is that any judge or justice should recuse themselves from a case in which their impartiality might reasonably be questioned. Given what President Trump said, given the rushed context of this confirmation, will you commit to recusing yourself from any case arising from a dispute in the president ial Election Results three weeks from now . Giving me theor opportunity to clarify this. No matter what anyone else may think or expect, i have not committed to anyone or so much as signaled, i have never even written. Ive been in a couple opinions that have been around the edges of election law. But i havent even written anything that i think anybody could reasonably say this is how she would solve an election dispute. I certainly hope that all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity than to think that i would allow myself to be used as upon to decide the election for the American People. That would be on the question of actual bias. You are right that the statute does require a justice or judge to recuse when there is an appearance of bias. Factors thater all are relevant to that question. Relevant to that question that reprise requires recusal. There is caselaw under the statute. Istice ginsburg said it always done with consultation of the other justices. I promise you that if i were confirmed and if an election that i would very seriously undertake that process and consider every relevant factor. Of my integrity veryhat i would take that seriously. Host the second round of questioning begins today. Democratscans and 10 on the committee. Roxy in alabama supporting judge merrick. Go ahead. Judge barrett. Go ahead. Caller i support judge barrett. Im sick and tired of them saying trump wants to do away with the insurance. They need to get the Peanut Butter out of their ears. Hes not trying to do away with insurance. Trying to get a better plan. I remember everybody cried about obamacare. Now they are trying to get him Something Better and he is still whining. She couldnt have went to heaven because shes for murdering babies. And im not afraid to say it. Eva supporting the nomination. Good morning. Caller i support her fully. Ive been watching it. I think she has a lot of integrity. I think she has a lot of intelligence. I think shes appropriate. Catholic, it shes think she can separate church and state. Host ok. Brad opposes the nomination. Go ahead. Caller good morning. Sorry to hear about the town hall that went south. I was looking forward to it. I do not oppose the nominee on her credentials. I think she is infinitely qualified. I do oppose it procedurally. The notion that we have an independent judiciary is out the window. The vast majority of people who come into contact with courts set before an elected judge. So i would like to see a change in the way we nominate justices. Nominateudges should judges to fill higher courts or Appeals Courts. Theres no way to take politics out of it and in a polarized society like we are now i just dont see how this gets better without a systemic change. Host the headline here in the new york times, trump asks Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax records. Personal lawyers for President Trump seeking to appeal their case asked the justices on tuesday to delay a ruling that would allow the manhattan strict attorney to obtain mr. Trumps financial records. Mr. Trumps legal team told the court that a Federal District court judge is wrong to rule that the prosecutor had a legal right to subpoena the appeals and a court was wrong to uphold that ruling this month. Allowing this deeply flawed ruling to stand especially given the prominence of this case will needlessly so confusion were not presently exists. Request for Supreme Court intervention had been expected since a threejudge panel of the u. S. Court of appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled that mr. Vance could use the grand jury to obtain mr. Trumps financial records, rejecting the president s arguments that the request was overly broad and amounted to a politically motivated harassment. Judge Amy Coney Barrett serving currently on the seventh Circuit Court of appeals. Shes been nominated by President Trump to fill the seat. Justiceeast late ruth bader ginsburg. Live coverage here on cspan and our cameras are showing you the scene inside and outside of the room as we continue with your phone calls. Caller that morning. Nomination. R this what a lot of people dont realize with the suspicious death of scalia, probably at the hands of a democrat, and i say they are my heart, trying to away on their side the Supreme Court. Judge barrett is only one vote out of nine. With the democrats are doing is not only politicizing this thing by campaigning like kamala did last night putting trump down with almost every sentence she said. They need to ask barrett questions. It is not fair to put it all on her shoulders. Host undecided. Diane. Good morning. Caller good morning. I watched the confirmation and i think that Justice Barrett is absolutely wonderful. Character speaks huge things. My objection, im on the fence. My objection would be because i truly believe that these republicans should stand up for what they said in 2016 when they president obamas whatever you would call her. Politicals is far too i the American People believe the American People have made a decision on who will be our next president and i think bes should simply discontinued until at a later date. Host elisha in massachusetts sending this text. He says the entire process is a joke. All the democrats say is she will strike down the aca and all the republicans essay stop attacking her religion. Nobody is on the same plane. A barrettarolina, supporter. Go ahead. Caller i agree with the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. I watched the whole process yesterday once and then i watched it again. She is very much sticks to the requirements. Shes a sitting judge. She cant give her opinions on cases. Shes got a valid not to do that. I thought she was very professional. I like a person who is an originalist. We are country thats under the constitution. But we have constitutional amendments. Its not like that document has not been changed or debated. And i think she clearly let did not know that she come in as a republican or democrat but simply a judge and that she intended to stick to the law. And i like that very much about her. Would be proud to see her confirmed. Host yesterday during the idahog, a senator of asked amy barrett about a moot court she participated in early this year and it dealt with a hypothetical Supreme Court situation on the Affordable Care act and whether the tax or penalty could be severed from the aca itself. Here is that interchange. What did the moot court decide . I want to preface by saying it was an educational exercise so it was made very clear to the audience both at the outset and then in the deliberation room and then outside that this was not designed to reflect the actual views of any of the participants. Wascould it because this show up, you are not grieving reading the brief. A lot of times people change their votes in the deliberation room just for the sake of changing it up and making it interesting. Was in the panel, the majority said that the mandate was now a penalty and was unconstitutional but severable. There was also a group in a minority who said there was no standing. To be honest now i cant remember. Wrong about this, i feel like there was another minority that said it wasnt unconstitutional. How did you vote . I voted to say that it was unconstitutional but severable. The one clue we might have as to your thoughts on the issue even though this was just an say to the will just viewers, the one clue had is your ruling in this moot court case. Answer thats kind of an frankly to a lot of those who are raising this specter that youre going to try to take the whole Affordable Care act everyone because of this very narrow case that is in front of the Supreme Court. Host that moot court is part of a conference at the william and Mary Law School in williamsburg, virginia. San bernardino, california. Randy opposes the nomination. Caller that evening. Good evening. Host go ahead. You are on the air. Veryr i think shes bright and intelligent. Part theres too much going on here. I just feel very side. Sorry. I feel she very qualified and it just breaks my heart to see the way the world is going right now. Opposing because we do need to stand back and grasp what is the rush. Thank you so much. Host act coverage getting underway in cspan. By senator Shelley Moore capito. Good morning. Caller good morning. As a sitting senator, we wanted to have you want to get your thoughts on how the nomination process is going so is the nomination playing it all into your reelection race . I think that hearings are going very well. The questioning has been by and large very respectful. In certain instances several senators have taken the time to sort of politicize and get on a soap box for one reason or another. By and large we are getting to see a very levelheaded hopeligent judge now and i a Supreme Court justice. I think she has answered questions truthfully and to the point and i appreciate in a land where people talk a lot that shes very sustained in her answers and doesnt meander and wander. Shes been very specific. I appreciate that very much. Host any concern over issues like abortion or the aca . The voters want to see her confirmed. In terms of the aca, i think that is being used as sort of a straw dog in terms of the politicization of this. I was interested in a clip you played earlier. I think that was as revealing as generallyng to get speaking, West Virginians are very supportive of what we are doing. Up november coming. 0 what you hope the next step is on health care . Get think weve got to better here. People arent paying their deductibles so we see our Health Care Organizations and hospitals and providers having more debt because people arent paying their bills because of the high prices. Thats a big problem to solve in terms of affordability and accessibility. In terms of whether the individual mandate would be severable in terms of a Supreme Court case, i believe that in the end the Supreme Court will judge it that it is a severability issue and then we should move on to improving the aca, making it more affordable. This is what we should be talking about. Making the policies in that direction ratherk than trying to construe what somebody may make a judgment on. Capito,elley moore running against the democrat in West Virginia. Senator, let me ask you about a pole by the metronomes West Virginia pole. 58 of West Virginia likely voters think the nation is on the wrong track and 33 on the right track. Comfortably in the lead in your race. How do you rectify those differences . Why do you think your fellow senators have a dim view of what track it is on . We are in the middle of a pandemic. Its creating a lot of anxiety in the voters and neighborhoods all around. What kind of learning is occurring. Can i get telehealth. All these everyday issues are making people wonder why in washington we cannot pass this ongoing care package. This is where Small Businesses and employers thats why you see the uncertainty of the direction of the country. People tend to think not in , theyof five and 10 years are thinking in terms of the next five and six and seven andhs in terms of education things that really hit them in their heart and their pocketbook. Host West Virginia notably early on in the pandemic for a stretch had no covid cases. That obviously ended. How are things now in West Virginia in terms of the cases and peoples participation in things like social distancing and mask wearing . Im really proud of the way West Virginians have faced this pandemic. E are rule followers i think that is given West Virginians for good roadmap to if you Practice Good Health care for yourself we are going to be able to fully open and get our schools open. We have had stops and starts and when that happens, we can track in terms of what we are going to do, in terms of whether certain Indoor Dining might be open or bars or other things of that nature. I think we are paying close attention to what our states governor is saying and i think it has panned out well for us. When we spiked, we pulled back in. People are Wearing Masks everywhere. That is a mandate that we are all adhering to. Host the headline in the wall street journal, senate will vote on a narrow relief bill. The majority leader said the senate would vote on a narrow bill next week, setting up a potential showdown with democrats who have pushed for an agreement on a broader package. What do you think West Virginia needs and what is your view of this whole back and forth between leader pelosi and your leader . Businesses, small restaurants, theaters, hotels, gyms have not been able to fully reopen and are not active where they were. We know that. It doesnt matter. We can extend the ppp program by using funds that are already there and make sure those businesses still struggling can keep their heads above water. To me that makes great common sense and i cant see why we couldnt join together now because as the intensity of the cry for help is definitely getting louder and the frustrations are getting tense the politicsf but aside, find the sweet spot and go for that host s anymore capital Shelley Moore capito, thank you for joining us. We will take a couple more of your calls and comments. We saw senator durbin in the hearing room. For our liveover coverage under way. A couple thoughts on text. The democrats are upset that the court has been liberal leaning for decades. With the death of rpg, the nomination of a less liberal thinking court terrifies them. Senators are elected and paid to serve until january. The morse important duty of the senate the republicans shrugged their shoulders and said they were elected to do the peoples business. From dominic in mechanicsburg who supports the barrett nomination. Caller hello and thank you for taking my call. It looks to me like every democrat to the person has demonstrated the very behavior that they condemned donald trump four. Persuaden attempt to or influence the justices future rule in thehave her direction of their desired outcome. Seems like a double standard to me. Just wanted to share that observation. Host ruth in cleveland, ohio. Much mayts not so opposing nomination. How anybodyerstand who has a radio or television has not heard donald trump say what hes going to do with his judges. He has said it, he has tweeted. T over and over understands dont some of them seem to me to be strictly republican dogmatic about racism. People are going to suffer because of not being able to keep their insurance. They dont care about that. Confirmed, i being listen to cspan. I love cspan. Him st time i called called in, Tucker Carlsen was on and he was still wearing a bowtie. Host we will be back tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern for more. Thewe will take you over to Dirksen Senate office building. Day number three in the hearings in the final day of testimony. Response from the nominee, judge Amy Coney Barrett