you know anything about kevin? he was appointed by trump in 2017. he has an incredible personal story. cared for his disabled sister who recently passed away. kind of in the mold of justice thomas. it s incredible list of people but newsome i think is the kind of guy that trump would like. they would personally get along really well. he is a fellow state solicitor general . we appreciate the federalism aspect. laura: he would be a good person to respond. this is another comment by jeffrey toobin today about what is at stake with this particular nomination. let s talk facts. let s talk about what america is going to be like. you are going to see 20 states passed laws banning abortion outright. robie wade is doomed.
statutory and constitutional interpretation in order to advance a liberal social agenda. what do they do when they do that? they used to trigger you soup this self-government with a purpose, as ronald reagan called it. for the goal is to preserve individual liberty. consider 45 years ago roe vs. wade or the court found the mythical right to abortion in the constitution. the debate about abortion today is as intense as ever. it s interesting that in kennedy s last term on the court, he voted with the majority in the 5-4 cases and all of those 19 instances. in fact, i can t think of a more reassuring supreme court term in recent memory. the court reaffirmed religious liberty rights and the first amendment right not to be strong-armed by unions to fund causes that offend core values. the majority of how the
did last night, smartly gin up their base. abortion is going to be outlawed in the united states. it s going be horrible. a number of media figures today speaking about it. i think a lot of the democratic base right now is going to expect them to all that lay their bodies on the line to stop the senate rather than allow any nominee to go forward. if he gets replaced by a hard-line social conservative, the democratic leadership will have to pay. they cannot let it happen. it is time for democrats to throw down. we need to play by street rules. do it. i would love it. laura: doesn t this like a panel that s going to play by street rules. one thing we know as the democrats are going to everything they can. they re going to play dirty into everything they can to disparage the person. what the president needs to do is not overthink it. don t play to the liberal women in the republican congress.
controversial in some cases but he was an amazing justice in so many other ways. scott, you clerked for justice kennedy. i think about when justice thomas for whom i clerked retired, it s a wistful moment. what are your thoughts? it is the end of an era on the supreme court and it s hard to imagine the supreme court without justice anthony kennedy up there. this was a justice who, when he was nominated and confirmed under president reagan, he had seen all sorts of various issues even up to this current day with the travel ban case. he voted against all of obamacare. he had the abortion cases. but he also voted to uphold the federal partial-birth abortion ban. justice kennedy, while he was controversial at times in some circles, was truly a reagan republican. laura: we think of kennedy, when i went into the court, it was right after webster. he flipped his vote. it was a big deal. nevertheless, that era is over
it s gone because donald trump won the election. he s going to have the governor, very pro-life. they all say this is all about abortion. is continued fearmongering. it sounds like ted kennedy speech. if this is the play they are going to run, i agree they re going to have a hard time. this list of potential nominees have excellent credentials, and if they re going to really try to run that play, it s going to fail. laura: would this be a list jeb bush or marco rubio, all these guys would ve been candidates for them too. that could very well be. i think the big question on abortion is a look at the pro-life sentiment in the country.