And i think thats what were seeing as much as anything. But before Justice Ginsburg passed last night, the last justice to die while he was still a member of the court was Justice Ginsburgs friend, the deeply conservative scalia. Justice scalia died unexpectedly in february 2016 on a hunting trip. On a ranch in texas. Of course because he died in february 2016, that means that barack obama was president. The republicans had control of the senate, but the democratic president held the white house. Within one hour of the announcement of Justice Scalias passing in february 2016, the republican leader in the senate, the majority leader, senator mcconnell, issued this statement. He said, quote, the American People should have a voice in the selection of their next supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. Now, in february 2016 there wasnt even a republican nominee for president. There was no democratic nominee either. The president ia
Eveninglong special coverage of the news you no doubt have heard by this hour, the death tonight of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg this happens to be day 1,338 of the trump administration, leaving 46 days to go until the president ial election. A hugely consequential day for our country as history would have it. And tonight a crowd has gathered indeed at the steps of the u. S. Supreme court. The Court Announced her death earlier this evening, said it was due to complications from cancer ginsburg, who was 87 years old, was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She was an iconic figure whose legacy only grew into her ninth decade on earth. She had changed american law and left her mark on american law before she ever served a day on the Supreme Court, where she went on to further cement her legacy her health has been tenuous for some time. She has battled any number of ailments, including multiple rigorous cancer treatments she said more than once she would no longer
The only ones admitted to that military academy senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota. Now the center of the political universe and will be for the next how many days until this issue is resolved. Thank you so much for making time on short notice it is an honor to have you here tonight. Thank you, rachel and thank you for honoring this woman. I hope your viewers remember that today, that justice must prevail. Thank you for putting it that way, senator thanks for being with us before Justice Ginsburgs passing this evening, and again i will bring your attention to these images we have of the steps of the Supreme Court tonight in washington as people gather there to pay their respects and i think to see each other at this time of the pandemic and social distancing and working from home and there not being collective things in the world where we get together and a big moment in american history, part of what happens with touchdown places like this is people like to not only pay respects but s
Time like this. It was a bit serendipity. I wrote the book the spring and summer during coded lockdown sitting on my living room and on my laptop. I knew the election was coming up but i had no idea we would have a Supreme Court you can see in the month of october. The book just came out this week so the to coincide really a perfect storm. I will say this mark, im glad i didnt write a book on thermonuclear war. That wouldve been a much worse outcome. Mark lets jump right into this. This is the hot campaign issue. Its a hot issue in the United States senate. Its a hot issue froms sea to shining sea. Amy Comey Barrett has been nominated on the seventh circuit briefly, she tart as a professor at notre dame, shes got seven children, two adopted from haiti, one specialneeds, her husband is an attorney so shes a mother, shes an accomplished professor, shes an accomplished federal judge and shes under brutal and vicious attack by the democrats. Theyre attacking her catholicism, we even have s
Brief drive by as supporters gathered outside. The president wore a mask in an suv driven by secret Service Personnel and now some are criticizing the driveby as reckless and unnecessarily putting his secret Service Detail at risk of catching the virus. The white house said the driveby was approved by the president s doctors writing, appropriate precautions were taken in the execution of this movement to protect the president and all those involved including ppe. It was cleared by the medical team as safe to do. The president s physician doctor Sean Connolly said President Trump has remained without a fever since friday morning and his vitals are stable. He also revealed the blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days below 94 and that he was prescribed a steroid usually given to the very sick. On sunday night the president released another twitter video. So its been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about covid. I learned it by really going to school. This is th