this, remember, is replacing a conservative justice scalia with, obviously, another conservative. what the conservative groups really hoped for is to get one of the seats of somebody who is going to retire soon, and they wonder when that s anthony kennedy, and they hope by putting neil gorsuch on the court, doesn t make kennedy think, uh-oh, there goads the neighborhood. i better stay. nina, in your view, is this net-net, unchanged, status quo, basically going from scalia to gorsuch if confirmed? i m sure there s some issues on which they disagree and would have different outcomes, but, basically, this is a conservative seat that will be occupied by a conservative if he s confirm, and if he s not confirmed, they ll name another conservative this is going to be a conservative seat. pete is right, though.
he elevated himself for a moment, but what always happens with now president trump is that he tends to step on even his own good news. i don t think anyone should hold their breath. five it a few hours? don t call it page turning. by the end of the hour, another twitter war with a medial personality, but for that hour tonight, he picked somebody who is, obviously, qualified, he rolled out an event in a k competent matter, impressive manner. pete williams, a proud product of wyoming, living proof they make good people out there, and while this nomination is not a monument to diversity, at least judge gorsuch, a white male, married, two daughters, is very much a product, while he s lived all over the place, defines himself as a product of the american west and the rocky mountain states, and that ideologically, at least on this court, is saying something. it says a lot about what the current court is.
sustained me in its valleys. has to be said judge gorsuch could not have been more earnest or grashsz in the remarks. following is said as well, make no mistake, this was a prime time rollout of a court nominee by a president who came from the world of reality television. immediately following the reveal, the president asked the crowd in the room and the assembled media, quote, so wasn t that a surprise? let s bring in our panel to talk about all of it, our veteran pete williams who covered the supreme court for us for years, speaking of which, npr is here, who is from the press room, and our political analyst, nicole wallace, former communications director, of course, in the bush 43 white house. pete, home field advantage, you go first. what s expected of this jurist. why were supreme court kind of conservative groups hoping that he would be named?
he reaches is very likely a bad judge. stretching for results he prefers rather than those the law demands. i am so thankful tonight for my family, my friends, and my faith. these are the things that keep me grounded that life s piques sustained me in its valleys. has to be said judge gorsuch could not have been more earnest or grashsz in the remarks. following is said as well, make no mistake, this was a prime time rollout of a court nominee by a president who came from the world of reality television. immediately following the reveal, the president asked the crowd in the room and the assembled media, quote, so wasn t that a surprise? let s bring in our panel to talk about all of it, our veteran pete williams who covered the supreme court for us for years, speaking of which, npr is here, who is from the press room, and
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