a number of big cases from second amendment issues to separation of church and state and also a major voting rights case. when trump talked about during his candidacy of overturning roe v. wade abortion rights. but remaining 13 cases that this justice has left in this term have more to do with second amendment issues and also religious freedom rights. so, you ve got the issue of whether or not a very core constitutional principle whether they can provide financing or grants to churches. the contraceptive mandate that will come in terms of businesses or providing same-sex marriage services. he will have an opportunity to argue or hear about and also rule on. much less of a roev. wade.
confirmed in 2006 to his current seat it was by a unanimous vote. that means several of the senators now sitting on capitol hill had no objection to him back then but now he ll be a president trump nominee and that could change everything. gorsuch has vowed for not letting his views get in the way in his duties as a judge. a judge who likes every outcome reaches is likely a bad judge. stretching for results he prefers rather than stretching for those the law demands. shannon: the primary objections come from pro-choice groups and others on the left favoring hobby lobby and the little sisters of the core when they filed against the obama care contraceptive mandate. bret, back to you. thank you. now to the capitol hill to the white house. chief white house correspondent
republican senate is ready to sit down and do their work of considering a supreme court nominee. pete williams reports tonight that three federal court of appeals judges appointed by george w. bush are the leading contenders to become donald trump s support nominee. they are neil gorsuch, former supreme court clerk, he sided with hobby lobby in the company s case against obamacare s contraceptive mandate. also in the final three is thomas hardiman, a graduate of georgetown university who s known for opinions favoring gun rights, and william pryor, former alabama attorney general and attorney general under jeff sessions, a vocal opponent of roe v. wade. joining us now se cease richa cecile richards. and the advocacy director for
trump s support nominee. they are neil gorsuch, former supreme court clerk, he sided with hobby lobby in the company s case against obamacare s contraceptive mandate. also in the final three is thomas hardiman, a graduate of georgetown university who s known for opinions favoring gun rights, and william pryor, former alabama attorney general and attorney general under jeff sessions, a vocal opponent of roe v. wade. joining us now se cease cecile richards. and the advocacy director for united we dream and a doca beneficiary. your reaction to this short list for the next supreme court nominee? grateful for the two women that president obama put on the supreme court, maria sotomayor and kagen. as we know verse roe v. wade hangs in the balance. we look forward to scrutinizing
show, but that rift that we were all talking about is still there. even though donald trump won. so my prediction is the story of 2017 will still be about a fractured republican party and where that starts to show itself. all right. hunter, how about you? well, you know, like you were saying, i think one of the big lessons of this year was predictions often go wrong. i personally don t like to make predictions. i d love to see more reporting and less predicting from the media. that won t happen, people will keep predicting and many of the forecasts will be wrong. you just yes, i want to see more reporting, too. we got a couple blocks of this show. come on, what s going to happen here? give us one thing you think will happen in the year 2017. okay. one thing i m comfortable saying, we did see priet come to trump tower, unexpected visit. trump announced he wanted to keep him on. i think he s doing that partially because he s hoping to keep heat on de blasio. i think we re going