thing one tonight donald trump has been appointing judges at a record pace pushing through the senate more federal judges than any other recent president in his first two years stack in the courts with conservatives. and mitch mcconnell paving the way. even went so far to cancel most august recess. now, the mcconnell judge approval machine has ground to a halt. one member of the senate judiciary committee has gone missing. who would do a thing like that to mitch mcconnell in this guy
presidential list, that s what he said. i can only tell you what the process is and that s important. the fact of the matter is you mentioned the black robe. the reason why judges wear black robes because it symbolizes the idea that they leave their personal prevents at the courthouse door and interpret the constitution as its written. this president said there are three criteria to consider for nominating judges. one is extraordinary qualifications in nominations, two, as he puts it, judges who are, quote not weak. those are people who have independent courage and not going to be swayed. by the political fashions of the day. and third by, judges who are going to, in his words, interpret the constitution the way it was meant to be. now, people can have disagreements about various forms of interpretations that judges will going to take, but those are the ideals that the president holds. that s not an outcome based method of appointing judges. understood.
two, as he puts it, judges who are, quote not weak. those are people who have independent courage and not going to be swayed. and third by, judges who are going to, in his words, interpret the constitution the way it was meant to be. now, people can have disagreements about various forms of interpretations that judges will going to take, but those are the ideals that the president holds. that s not an outcome based method of appointing judges. understood. leonard leo thank you for making the case to the people tonight. appreciate it. thank you. democrats don t like that anthony kennedy is off the court, but what can they really do to block a new supreme court nominee? that s on the docket in cuomo s court. next ng for things they don t want. mom gets the unlimited she needs, dad gets the unlimited he needs, the kids get the unlimited they need. it s big news from verizon.
here in florida. they know that as governor i will pursue a pro-life agenda here in florida as florida s next governor. congress desantis, the same question to you. your question: would it be someone to overturn roe v. wade? i am proud to have the endorsement of president trump in this race. [cheers and applause]. i think that donald trump has done a better job of appointing judges to the u.s. supreme court and the appeals court than any other president in my lifetime incleating one including one ever my heroes ronald reagan. the opportunity to replace justice kennedy should be a constitutionalist in the mold of scalia or clarence thomas who understands the court is to apply the law as it is written and not to legislate or impose a judge s philosophy on the rest of the country.
republicans have the advantage certainly, you would think by the numbers on the economy and jobs. and now the understanding is that maybe they were at this issue where they can get people out. you have talked about something i think is also really interesting. what president trump has done since coming to office in terms of appointing judges. what role might that play for conservative judges? exactly. one of the biggest moves the president has made, is appointing conservative judges at every level. and in this case as it goes through the justice, it will face conservative judges at every turn. who may role in favor of the republican side and decide that the doj has as well. and it takes a while. that is one of the issues to get back to what i said in the