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The first monday of october means the start of the new Supreme Court term, and there could not be more at stake in this one. Jan crawford is our chief Legal Correspondent and has covered the court for 25 years. And jan, i know this is shaping up to be a historic term. Well, i mean they are taking every hot button issue thats out there. Youve got gay rights, abortion, immigration, gun rights, and they are going to jump right into it. Starting tomorrow with the case that really looks at whether or not federal civil rights law protects gays, lesbians, transgendered people from discrimination in employment. And then in the months to come, theyre going to look at abortion, whether or not states can put more regulations on abortion clinics. Theyre going to have a case that looks at President Trumps efforts to try to end that Obama Era Program called the Dreamer Program course that was designed to protect people who came to this country illegally as children. And then there is gun rights. The
Corey lewandowski and Rick Dearborn and former white house effort rob porter staffer rob porter. Morning, robert costa is a political reporter and moderator of pbss washington weekly. Lets start with the news that happened over the weekend. Been a loomings question over the 2020 campaign. How will the Supreme Court as an issue factor in to the campaign . Trump,in 2016, president then candidate trump was able to use the issue of the judiciary as a motivating force for republican voters. He said you may not like me as a candidate, but if you want to make sure conservatives are on the bench, you want me in the white house. Democrats have yet to make a forceful case on top of all the other arguments they are having on health care and policy about the future of the court in these new issues about Justice Cavanaugh Justice Kavanaugh could bring issues about the Supreme Court into the fore. Host what do you think the state of play is right now . Many who are running, where do they stand right
Also, they say corroboration of an old one. How does this way into campaign 2020 . That has been a looming question. How will the Supreme Court factor in to the campaign . Trump,in 2016, president then candidate President Trump candidate trump used it as a motivating force for voters to say, you may not like me as a candidate, but if you want to ensure that conservatives are on the bench, you need to make sure that i am in the white house. Justices getting up in age have yet to make a forceful case on top of all the other arguments about the future of the court. Allegations could bring the allegations to the four. Is the do you think state of play when you look at the field . Where does the president stand . Where do things stand right now . It is hard to see how President Trump does not win the republican nomination. Rivals. Ome there is a group of lowprofile candidate. We are trying to get traction in. Tates like New Hampshire he has over 80 percent approval, if not higher than that.
Michigans contom mated water supply. As always well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on monday, september 16. Well begin this morning with calls from some democrats to Impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after the New York Times over the weekend corroborated, they say, previous allegations of Sexual Misconduct and revealed new allegations. Those allegations raising questions about whether Justice Cavanaugh perjured himself during the confirmation hearings last year. Democrats, 2027488000, publicans 2027488001 and independents, 202748800 it 2 2788003 or go to twitter and post comments on facebook. Com cspan. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the new york piece that ran over the weekend and the headline was Brett Kavanaugh was one of the privileged kids and she didnt fit in with the privileged kids. A story about Deborah Ramirez and her allegations that surfaced