this nominee that we re voting on today is a judge s judge. he s a picture of the kind of justice we should have on the supreme court. based on judge gorsuch record at the department of justice, his tenure on the bench, appearance before the senate and his written questions for the record, i cannot support this nomination. there s nothing wrong with him. there s a lot wrong with modern politics in the senate. melissa: they re not all talking about the same person. ed wheelen is the president of the ethics and public policy center and a former clerk of justin antonin scalia. thank you for joining us. when i listened to senator feinstein list why she can t support judge gorsuch, she talked about the outcome of some of the cases that he had worked on and never said anything about whether or not he followed the law. just that she didn t like the results of the cases. that seems to be a common
interests agenda. paul: senate minority leader chuck schumer wednesday and in preview of the case that the democrats plan to make against donald trump s supreme court nominee. hearings are supposed to start monday amid leopards by the left portray him as an enemy of the little guy. to keep them from getting the 60 votes needed for confirmation under current senate rules. ed wakeman is president of the ethics and public policy center and former law clerk to supreme court justice antonin scalia. good to see you, thank you for coming in. thank you paul. paul: where does this nomination stand not going into the hearing? is in a strong position? he is in a strong position. the judge has an outstanding record.everyone across the spectrum has examined that record with care and passion and praised him.
bret: james, thank you. let s get some more on the supreme court pick, ed whelan is president of the ethics and public policy center, he clerked for the late justice antonin scully appeared we have the president of the american constitution society. thank you for being here. ed, first to you. do you think, knowing what you know here and what you hear from capitol hill that democrats are prepared to move forward with a filibuster to try to block this nominee? the early signs that i see are the opposite, number of democratic senators who have said they are going to support an up or down vote on the senate floor, and i think the markerse there already for the democrats to say they are not going to fight this one to the mat. bret: do you agree? i think it is early in the process, the announcement has just come out, as i understand, judge gorsuch has 777 opinions he has written. it is going to take a little while for the democrats to
let s get some more on the supreme court pick, ed whelan is president of the ethics and public policy center, he clerked for the late justice antonin scully appeared we have the president of the american constitution society. thank you for being here. ed, first to you. do you think, knowing what you know here and what you hear from capitol hill that democrats are prepared to move forward with a filibuster to try to block this nominee? the early signs that i see are the opposite, number of democratic senators who have said they are going to support an up or down vote on the senate floor, and i think the markerse there already for the democrats to say they are not going to fight this one to the mat. bret: do you agree? i think it is early in the process, the announcement has just come out, as i understand, judge gorsuch has 777 opinions he has written. it is going to take a little while for the democrats to
bret: james, thank you. let s get some more on the supreme court pick, ed whelan is the ethics and public policy center, he clerked for the late justice antonin scully appeared we have the president of the american constitution society. thank you for being here. ed, first to you. do you think, knowing what you know here and what you hear from capitol hill that democrats are prepared to move forward with a filibuster to try to block this nominee? the early signs that i see are the opposite, number of democratic senators who have said they are going to support an up or down vote on the senate floor, and i think the markerse there already for the democrats to say they are not going to fight this one to the mat. bret: do you agree? i think it is early in the process, the announcement has just come out, as i understand, judge gorsuch has 777 opinions he has written. it is going to take a little while for the democrats to