Pandemic, america is also mileperhour the loss of an historic mourning the loss of an historic champion of equality, a woman who spent her entire life, every ounce of her strength she was given in pursuit of americas highest ideal equal justice under the law. A jewish teaching says that those who die just before the jewish new year are those whom god has held back until the last moment because they were most needed on earth. So it seems fitting that Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg left this world as the sun was setting last friday, marking the start of rosh hassana. Years ago she made history as only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Even at that time she had a earned an hen during place in american history. She has been called the Thurgood Marshall of the gender equality movement. As a lawyer and law professor she was the mastermind in the 1970s behind a legal strategy that finally began to dismantle an american legal system that treated women in many ways as secondclass cit
Washington ok it has get right to it David Mcconnell said hell have a vote on the nominee really havent before election day. I think hes going to do everything he can to push it through before election day because i think the stakes larry are incredibly high and fraught for the republicans if they went after the election when you know if that only speak believe doll trouble be a losing president and Senate Republicans will have lost their majority in the senate but the reality is this is a this is a dangerous political calculus for the majority leader because what hes really doing fundamentally is pushing through a Political Force a nominee whoever that person is who is deeply unpopular with the American People 60 percent of americans including nearly half of republicans hope want the next president not this president but the next president to be the one who gets to decide who will replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg or on the Supreme Court and so its a deeply unpopular thing in this because d
In terms not of its decisions necessarily or rather of the composition of who serves on the court but you know i think thats kind of thats table stakes down the road right now what matters are the policy issues that are at stake and we talked about the Affordable Care act but thats thats one of many issues on the docket larry youve got to consider your rights and gay and lesbian americans bisexual Transgender Americans who are fearful that a far right court will roll back protections you have Consumer Rights you have Voting Rights youve got labor rights youve got the 2nd amendment republicans have already signaled that concern is a signal that they want to bring cases challenging the way in which the 2nd amendment is interpreted to a newly conservative Court Next Term so all of these issues that just really gets the heart of the fabric of American Life are at stake and you know so from a from a policy perspective thats what really matters right now but if i were john roberts ardens you
To nominate her replacement after those services, possibly friday or saturday. The president demanding Senate Republicans fill Justice Ginsburgs vacancy without delay. Moments ago President Trump appeared confident that his choice will be confirmed before election day. Well, id much rather have a vote before the election because theres a lot of work to be done, and id much rather have it we have plenty of time to do it. I mean, theres really a lot of time. So lets sea i make the announcement say i make the announcement on saturday, theres a great deal of time before the election. Thatll be up to mitch and the senate, but id certainly much rather have the vote. I think it sends a good signal, and its solidarity and lots of other things, and im just doing my constitutional obligation. I have an obligation to do this. Lou and there is plenty of precedent for a swift confirmation. If President Trump were to send his nomination to the senate by this weekend, he would have 38 days before ele
Former fbi attorney Andrew Mccabe is slated for october 6th on entrapping general Michael Flynn. The lawyer for general Michael Flynn Sidney Powell live at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Markets showing firmer tone. S p 500 higher by 30 points. Wednesday marks it final trading day of the month and Third Quarter. Weve got a look back and a look ahead. Friday saw a day of green largely boosted by a Technology Stock rally. Pushed nasdaq in positive territory for the week. Nasdaq up 240. 2020 election is over a month away. Both candidates are preparing for first debate of the season tuesday night. We will preview. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany is here with the latest. Plus President Trumps pick for the Supreme Court and its impact. Amazon prime day revealed. New date on when you can score the best deals for Holiday Shopping season. Keeping it real paltrow making a buzz this morning. Global markets this morning are having a firmer tone. Take a look at european indices here. Dax index hi