Breakfast yesterday. That would be saturday morning. While his family deals with the loss of a father and gloved grandfather, the nations highest court must now confront the absence of a man chief Justice John Roberts called an extraordinary jurist. He has also been described as larger than life. That was true of Justice Scalia, both on and off the court. A spirited jurist. He was often the most aggressive questioner from the bench and the one most likely to provoke laughter even during the most serious cases. Also an originalist, someone who believed the words of the document should be interpreted by look at what those words meant when they were written. I look to the words of the constitution. But i ask, what did those words mean to the society that adopted them . Thats the same thing i do with legislation. What, what do those words mean . Whats the fair understanding of them . Scalia was known for being rather immovable once he reached a decision and penned fiery dissents when he wa
Week, all through this weekend and through today that the news is just persistently off its axis right now. And i know that can make it a bit hard to get your balance, i know, i know. Were going to have more on the Rod Rosenstein fire drill, which did sort of look like an emergency this morning, and then it wasnt. Hes still in his job. Were going to have more on that to come, including speaking with a senator who is trying to protect the special counsels investigation from just that kind of threat that we went through the motions of this morning. So thats ahead tonight this hour. But i got to tell you, for the second time in just a few days, were actually starting the show tonight without knowing if our first interview is going to happen or not. You might remember this happened at the end of last week as well when we started the show expecting to be joined by one of the lawyers representing Christine Blasey ford who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulti