Dont think theyll be exchanging christmas cards this year, and the federalist so the and other issues that tend to be catnip to Judiciary Committee members and the reporters who cover them but probably not broadly interesting to the rest of the elect rorate. I saw ted cruz noticed the posters being put outside. In this time of pandemic, we have a lot less politics you would normally see in the halls of congress or outside the capitol. What have you observed . Its interesting, the capitol complex is still closed, no visitors or protesters here. The kavanaugh confirmation, the gorsuch confirmation, you had huge crowds in the hallways, disruptions in the room sometimes. None that have is here. You can see the room is far more empty than it normally is. You heard cruz mention a little bit of a heated back and forth with durbin, there arent a lot of people in the room because there is a pandemic going on and a lot of people go back to their offices to watch when theyre not speaking. There a
She was such a great listener. Kindness and empathy throughout. Of course, lets dont forget the notepad moment im here. Ask your questions, all i need is my United States senate notepad and Starbucks Coffee and were doing great. Thanks to all of you. Stand by. Senator graham gavels to order. Women conservatives have had a hard time. Some want to marginalize the contribution because you come out on a different side of an issue, abortion. This hearing is not to punch through a Glass Ceiling but a concrete barrier around conservative women. Youll shatter that barrier. Ive never been more proud of a nominee than i have of you. You have been candid to this body about who you are and what you believe and reassuring in your disposition and this is history being made. The first time in American History weve nominated a woman who is unashamedly prolife and embraces her faith without apology. She is going to the court. A seat at the table is waiting on you. And it will be a great signal to all y
I stayed. I stayed. Do you have the same time pressure to get something out to your publications . Not quite as much as some of the folks who need to get something out within the hour. I have daily some of the papers i write for are daily and needed to get something out but, you know, the editors also realize im one person so i do the best that i can and we all make it work. Well, you know, you sit there and making so many judgments because i had my colleague knows more about business cases and he was going to cover aerial coming second. I said ill do the susan b. Anthony First Amendment one and not knowing that Justice Sotomayor is about to present this great dissent which matters to me both in my day job and in this side project book on her. So after she says what she says and i know its huge, im thinking, i promise ill stay for the susan b. Anthony oral arguments so my editors are hoping for that but i also know i have just observed this big moment i want to be woven into whatever s
Usually straddles the middle and whose vote takes the middle. He wrote a concurring opinion saying, lets lower the temperature here. The decision doesnt mean as much as my colleague Ruth Ginsberg with the dissent has said but its, you know, its narrower the way Justice Alito says and like he tried to bridge the rhetoric in the moment more than the substantive issue. Justice ginsberg is not normally an alarmist and having achieving the goals that bob said might have been part of the reason for the dissent. She saw it the way she saw it and that kind of alarmist dissent, theres history for it. You remember that Justice Scalia in two big gay rights decisions said, if you buy this, then the next thing you know, samesex marriage and he turned out to be right. Somewhat broader question still focusing on hobby lobby, the case involved four separate issues, any one of which could have been determinetive. Whether a corporation was a person for the religious freedom restoration act or whether th
Senate, who knows how much hell get done that doesnt necessarily reflect the consensus of this country. I think youre right. Its power, as James Carville said, in order to have power you have to have power. Democrats have to stop winning arguments and winning elections. As we say, its a cliche, elections have consequence. And you have Mitch Mcconnell who is empowered by the president and the president empowers him as well. So they kind of do it to each other. But thats what happens. Elections do have consequence whether you like it or not. Mitch mcconnell has power, president has power, Republican Party has power, theyre not checking the president , not checking Mitch Mcconnell. So you get they get to put on the Supreme Court who they want on the Supreme Court if there is a vacancy. Thats just what happens. And courts all across the country. All across the country. They just nominated three yesterday, two for the Southern District and one down south. The Supreme Court is what it sounds