To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
[inaudible] senator blumenthal. Thank you very much. Thank you for being back. You very much, mr. Chairman, thank you for being back, your honor, and thank you to your family as well. I want to begin by saying, perhaps not surprisingly to you, that i was really disappointed by your responses to a number of my colleagues most recently on the coons issue of whether you would purchase fate in a decision involving the upcoming election if you were confirmed. I continue to believe that if you were to participate in a decision involving that enduring,it would do explosive damage to the court. I think you know it would be wrong, not because of anything you have done. Fact, i am not raising the issue of whether you have done any sort of deal or commitment because of what donald trump has and my republican colleagues, because they have indelibly put at issue your integrity through their statements. The president has said that he is putting you on the court as the ninth justice, so you can decid
They also reflect on the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg and her influence on the court, and the legal profession. From Georgetown University law center, this is two hours. Welcome, everyone to our annual, Supreme Court preview. Before we get started with todays scheduled program, i wanted to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsburg. She was a trail blazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a jurist, and a largerthanlife human being. Anlife human being. But but what i will remember most about her was her indomitable spirit. That and the devastating series of questions she hurled at me inf course. Invite time, i want to any Panel Members who wish to do so to say anything they would like about Justice Ginsburg, but first, let me introduce our panel. [reads names] anybody who wants to come up be on video and take the floor. To, be on video and take the floor. Anyone want to start . Don . To get myill trying head around the idea that Justice Ginsburg wont be o
Justice for the senate to consider. President trump prepares a nomination. Mitch mcconnell pledges a vote. The democrats promise a fight. An epic showdown with just 44 days until the final votes. Our guests this is morning, bill clinton who nominated Ruth Ginsburg in 1993. Americas top elected democrat now, nancy pelosi, and republican senator ted cruz. Plus, analysis from our powerhouse round table. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Call it the year of chaos. The 2020 election has already seen it all. Impeachment, a pandemic, economic turmoil. Racial protests scarred at times by violence, and friday night, the loss of an american giant, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. A champion of equality, she broke barriers as a law professor and advocate, achieving greatness in the words of Supreme Court colleague david souter before she became a great justice. Outside the court where ginsburg served for 27 years, admirers have been gathering to mourn her passing, prepare for the
How are you doing . I wanted to ask you ok. I wanted to ask you about that. I want to get to Justice Ginsburg and the pandemic and everything but give us just a little more of this flavor of the resolution. You agreed to a lot of money to the farmers. Is that correct . Is something the definition of a clean vr on the republican side is we get what we want and do nothing we dont. I am pleased we were able to accomplish the things we did with the leverage they gave us. The fact is that we were able to get almost a billion dollars in pandemic emergency food for children in schools and childcare centers. We were able to get meals for children in school. Sometimes they are not even attending. , what we wereased , we saved for seniors. Hem from themselves mike four dollars or five dollars a month. There are different pieces of the bill. We will not let them know. [laughter] we wont tell anyone. This is just kind of a kick the can kind of bill, right . It is just on till december 11. Until de