The appointment ofjudge gorsuch. His Battle With Democrats against right now over the appointment of george gorsuch. That would be an absolute shame if a man of this quality was caught up in the web. Congress gets a warning the International Order is under unprecedented threat. We speak to a former us Defense Secretary about how to face it. It didnt seem real to me, it didnt seem real. And the moment a us veteran gave away his purple heart award to an iraqi stranger at an airport. Well find out why. Today we are keeping an eye on the Supreme Court in washington and parliament in london. Here, mr trumps made his pick for for a new Supreme Courtjustice. For a new Supreme Courtjustice. Here he is. Neil gorsuch. Youll get to know him because he could be on the bench for life. And hes only 49. Well look at how he could change American Life in a moment. Here in britain, katty, we are turning our attention to the House Of Commons, the lower house in parliament. Its a historic vote because its
Gets the nod to serve on the highest court of the land. At 49 years old George Gorsuch is said to be the Youngest Supreme Court nome no , maam Court Nominee in 25 years. What kind of justice might he be, jana . Reporter frank and julie, judge neil gorsuch comes from a republican family. Some say he might be a more moderate conservative though than the way justice Antolin Scalia, the man he would replace. President donald trump welcomed judge neil gorsuch a colorado native to the white house. Mr. President , i am honored and i am humbled. Thank you very much. Reporter in his speech gorsuch paid tribute to Antolin Scalia who had hoped to fill with a likeminded judge. Gorsuch gave a glimpse of his own legal philosophy. It is for congress to write new laws. All judges to apply not alter the work of the representatives. A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge. E stretching for results he prefer stretching for results he prefers. Reporter he was a law clerk for
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We will get started as folks continue to wander in from class. I am the director of the institute here at georgetown and on behalf of of the executive director and the assistant director, we are happy to welcome all of you here to what promises to be a very interesting discussion of the pending nomination to the u. S. Supreme court. I will introduce the moderator, who is a Supreme Court correspondent, adam liptak. The New York Times purveyor of genuine news. He will introduce other panelists. Take it away. Thank you all for being here. Mr. Liptak thank you. So i see in the flyer that we promised you an engaging roundtable of experts. Im going to introduce the panelists and then talk a little bit about the formatting and get under way. So to my right is mr. Dvoretzky, from jones day where he wanders the empty hallways. Looking for his colleagues that have joined the trump administration. Hes a graduate of law school and a former law clerk to Justice Scalia. And to his right is caroline