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Nothing to do with his qualifications. They are opposed to donald trump pointing anyone to the Supreme Court. Kneneil gorsuch a good man. Its the democrats who are breaking the rules, what theyre doing is changing the 200 year status quo. The ironny is that you could have said the exact same things, regarding judge garland. That, of course, was president s garlands dom knee to fill the same vacancy who republicans refused to hold a single confirmation hearing, much less a vote. It was an unprecedented feet of obstruction. Which Mitch Mcconnell on the Campaign Trail later, one of my proudest moments. The Garland Affairs seem to have taught democrats a lesson about the up sides of obstructionism and now with engaged based marching the streets and turning up the town hall showing to posed any kind of cooperation whatsoever with this president ,
theres new in washington. Just four Democratic Senators came out against a gorsuch fill buster, facing tough reelection battles. Theyve vowed to c
justice gorsuch, for one, asking, is it fair for those who paid back their debt already or who never borrowed in the first place? abc s terry moran has covered the supreme court for years for us. reporter: overnight, they lined up in the cold rain outside the supreme court. a few of the millions of americans whose financial futures may depend on this case. but inside, the supreme court s conservatives clearly signaling that they think president biden has gone too far with his $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan, and that congress must approve such huge sums. i think most casual observers would say, if you are going to give up that much amount of money, if you are going to affect the obligations of that many americans on a subject that s of great controversy, they would think that s something for congress to act on. reporter: the biden plan cancels $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those making less than $125,000, and another $10,000 for some lower-income borrowers.
outside, young people describe the stakes. you go to school to get a well-paying job, but you are also digging yourself a hole of enormous debt and it s hard that crawl out of. doing things such as buying a house, i m worried that i m not going to be able to do that in the timeframe i want. reporter: but is the biden plan fair to other americans? that question raised by conservatives. justice kneneil gorsuch mentioning people who have paid their loans, people who don t plan their lives around not seeking loans and people who are not eligible for loans in the first place, and that a half a trillion dollars is being diverted to one group of favored persons over others. reporter: but to justice sonia sotomayor, the future without this plan looks bleak. there s a 50 million students who are will benefit from this, who today will struggle. they don t have friends or families or others who can help ma them make these payments.
see when he goss off the script. like today in montana. obviously the democrats have been digging in on this. he s going to be going after john tester, who notely voted against kneneil gorsuch. are these the names ted cruz is reportedly not happy with bred cavanaugh, but the big difference is president will likely pick someone for their personality over their pedigr pedigree. white officials told mike he wants to pick someone he feels most comfortable with in a personal setting. so as to who is the easy confirmation process would go to home? is that clear? not quite clear. there s a theory that kethledge