to be upheld, would go away. and that s why this is such a broad, broad opinion. and if and when it arrives at the supreme court, what do you think the court will do, especially with chief justice roberts still on the bench. of course, he had the deciding vote last time around. well, that s what s interesting to look at, because on one hand, this was just one district court judge, right, and he said this law can remain in effect. but california and other states, who have stepped in to defend it, they say they re going to take it to the federal appeals court. but the justices might look at this differently. on that one hand, we do now have two trump nominees, gorsuch and kavanaugh, but even kavanaugh back in 2011 when he was a lower court judge, he was faced with the opportunity to rule that the law should be struck down. he didn t take that vote. instead, he issued an opinion, and he said that this is premature. some people might look at this and say the justices kavanaugh,
g gorsuch, and others will look at things like it s so broad. can you really strike down the individual mandate and make the rest of the law go away? they might look at the intent of congress, because congress had a chance to strike the whole law down, and it didn t. and finally, they ll look at the fact that how many people are relying on it. and they may think this was too broad. this lower court opinion was too broad, pamela. so significant that we could be in this again with obamacare being challenged in the supreme court. very quickly, what are some other landmark cases that could be front and center on the court that directly affect the trump administration? what s coming up? that s what s interesting. so far, the justices have been it s been an under the radar docket, but we have an aggressive solicitor general, and he s coming up and asking the supreme court to look at some of trump administration s most controversial policies. asylum ban, the transgender military ban, da
disappointment? we haven t gotten things done. we haven t put touchdowns in the end zone. the only real touchdown we have put in the end zone is justice g g gorsuch. for eight years things like tax reform. you know, things that should be done with the republican congress and republican president. we have been distracted by other things. we need to get focused on getting that done. we had you here when your approval ratings were low. like today. you didn t care. when you came back your approval ratings were higher. you still seem today have the same attitude. now they are very low. right. does that bother you? do you care? what would you done differently that may have got your approval ratings higher? you asked a couple of
we are live at the supreme court with more. good morning. good morning. well, it s been more than a year since the death of justice aiptny scalia, and today, g gorsuch takes the congressional oath behind closed doors and chief justice roberts ad ministers. his family will be there, and the justices and spouses are invited to attend, including maurine scalia. then moving down the street for the traditional oath by justice kennedy. that is because gorsuch is an old clerk of kennedy s. it s a first time a former clerk works at the same time as his boss. no rest for the weary, next weekend of this week, gorsuch starts working, meeting colleagues, and getting to work.
to terrorists. joining us is congressman jason lose, making his debut appearance here. cnn political commentator, spokes won for attorney general nominee jeff sessions. congressman, let me start with you, chuck schumer says the attack on the judge in seattle saying with each attack on the constitution, president trump races the barn even higher on judge gorsuch s nomination. this does put, his qualifications aside, in a tough position. he will be asked to condemn what president trump said. we all want an independent judiciary. andrew jackson famously said the