Between the Judicial Branch of government and this new executive branch of government coming to power with President Trump. For those of us who have been watching it because of those bigger dynamics, not just stuff specific to this policy, i want to bring to the table two things tonight. That i think are important to understanding those bigger levels of importance. And one of them is something very specific. One of them is new polling data among Trump Supporters as to whether or not Trump Supporters think the new president should follow court orders even if he doesnt agree with them. Weve got that new National Data exclusively. Nobody else has this. It will curl your hair when you hear it and its important. We have that in a few minutes. Thats one. The other thing i want to bring to the table is from this ruling itself. You know what the bottom line is. The bottom line is the ban cannot go back into effect. The ban is legally enjoined. Its not in effect right now. Beyond that bottom li
Lawyers and those of us watching this case so raptly, not just because we care about this policy but also because we care about our country more broadly and were wondering what this new administration is going to be like, we wonder what theyre going to do, were interested in this as the first big fight between the Judicial Branch of government and this new executive branch of government coming to power with President Trump. For those of us who have been watching it because of those bigger dynamics, not just stuff specific to this policy, i want to bring to the table two things tonight. That i think are important to understanding those bigger levels of importance. And one of them is something very specific. One of them is new polling data among Trump Supporters as to whether or not Trump Supporters think the new president should follow court orders even if he doesnt agree with them. Weve got that new National Data exclusively. Nobody else has this. It will curl your hair when you hear i
Mold of justice antonin scalia. Gorsuch said this in his acceptance remarks. Standing here in a house of history and acutely aware of my own imperfections i pledge if im confirmed i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitutional laws of this great country. Bill senator john cornyn at the white house serving on the Senate Judiciary committee what oversees the hearing for neil gorsuch. It was a surprise. They kept it secret. How did the president arrive at this decision . Good morning to you. A long, deliberative process to get to the announcement last night. Nine months ago candidate donald trump listed names of Supreme Court justices and expanded it to 21. He whittled that list down to six finalists and interviewed four. During the transition he interviewed neil gorsuch at trump tower he knew he had his man and said the judge is qualified to sit on the Supreme Court. I studied every aspect of his life. He could have had any job at any law firm for any amoun
Responding, see you in court. The security of our nation is at stake. He wrote that in all caps. The Washington Attorney general victorious tweeting also in all caps, denied, unanimous, per curium. We are awaiting a press conference from the attorney general and solicitor general for the state of washington. Obviously victorious tonight. Pamela, when we say complete repudiation, it wasnt just 30 or just okay this temporary stay here is upheld. This was a repudiation of the entire concept of the travel ban itself. It was. Whats interesting is youll recall that the government had actually proposed a compromise saying that the travel ban temporarily should just apply to perhaps those who have never set foot in the u. S. Because in the governments view those people dont have any constitutional rights, but as you point out, this was a repudiation of even that idea, that the three judges made it clear in the ninth circuit that the travel ban should still be halted. This is a huge blow to the
Talking. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. This is remarkable what we saw last night. One of the president s most fierce critics, Elizabeth Warren silence with Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell in partisan on display. The drama unfolded when senator mcconnell invoked a rarely used rule on the nomination of attorney general jeff sessions. Listen what happens when the attorney general tries to read a letter written in 1986 by Martin Luther kings widow. She was criticizing at the time. This is what it said, all mothers, daughters, sisters, fathers, sons and brothers mr. President they are mr. President the majority leader . The senator iss note tiffs by our colleague of colorado, senator warren, quote, said senator sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote, i call under provision rule 19. Mr. President . Senator from massachusetts. Mr. President , i am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott king are not suitable for debate in the United States sen