Leader for on aftermath Justice Scalias death. Again republican senator from maine. Heres what she said among other things. I thought it was a shame instead of honor his life and legacy and extend our condolences already where in a political fight. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie went a step further urging the committee to hold hearings. Governor christie said i believe absolute right thing to do is to have hearings. People cant vote up or down they choose the hearings should be held. There is no reason for them to not take on this nomination. Governor christie this right. Theres no reason for the Supreme Court nomination not to have a full hearing and a vote. Theres a resource or republicans not to give a nominee to the Supreme Court and the income hearing and a vote. All were saying is do your job. One Republican Congress and republican i repeat published an editorial in one of the largest newspapers in the entire state urging Republican Leaders to give president obamas nominee al
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Court justices Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered tribute to their colleague justice Antonin Scalia. That Memorial Service coming up next on cspan2. Then february by director james comey and apples bruce sewell testified about the government request to have apple unlock one encrypted iphones used by one of San Bernardino shooters in the attack last december. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was honored at Memorial Service by his colleagues, justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas. Justice scalia appointed to high court by president Ronald Reagan in 1986, died at a texas ranch on february 13th. His service was held in washington at the mayflower hotel. Good afternoon, welcome. Thank you all for coming to this memorial for my father, Justice Scalia. Our family is on in order, actually were touched to be joined this afternoon by the chief justice of the United States, and all of my fathers former colleagues from the court as well as many other distinguished gue
Lastly, selfrestraint, which checks the wellintentioned urge to shortcircuit government by the people, the kind of restraint that jefferson spoke of when he warned of the unbridled third branch. I want to quote jefferson, our peculiar security is in the possession of a written constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction. Or the kind of restraint hamilton spoke of when he said in 1978 that the judiciary was beyond comparison, the weakest of three departments, having Neither Force nor will, but merely judgment. Because he meets this principled standard for confirmation, robert bork has earned my vote. He is a person of unquestioned integrity. His credentials are, as one of our witnesses per day, solid gold. His legal scholarship, together with his record on the bench, make him, in the chief justices view, not mine, as qualified as any candidate who has served the Supreme Court in the last 50 years. In short, he is precisely the kind of person we need on the Supreme Cou
I dont see where its ever going to get more reasonable. The stakes are very high. Not only are both sides at fault , but the other thing to keep in mind is that both sides often overwhelmingly vote to confirm judges because they are put forward and are overwhelmingly qualified. This complicates the situation. Its one of the reasons why republicans dont even want to hold hearings because someone like david kelly being confirmed by 96 to zero in iowa, virtually any of the names that you heard floated or potential picks by president obama. There are republican senators, like orrin hatch, who have come out and said extremely positive things about them because they are very qualified. Once you begin the process there is the danger that there is no way to stop it. Host bottom line, does know me know from senator senator mcconnell . Sen. Leahy yes mr. Bresnahan yes. Host to both of you, thank you for being with us on newsmakers. We appreciate it. [captioning performed by the national captioni