time, if ever, we see one party controlling the three branches of government, the right wing of the republican party, more accurately, the trump wing controls the executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch. that is not what the founding fathers, we were not part of it, the founding fathers said we need checks and balances, there are no checks and balances, they ve got to be checked in november. elise, why do the conservatives want the supreme court so much? why wouldn t you, chris, it s power. it s gotten outside power in the past couple decades, because congress fails to do their job, so many major policy decisions have been outsourced to the court, and by taking a more proactive stance in grooming a pipeline of potential supreme court justices, we ve seen where conservatives have been quite successful in grooming and cultivating good candidates throughout the process, so that they have today they were
president trump aboard air force one moments ago praising brett kavanaugh for with standing this horrible attack by democrats. air force one is scheduled to land in topeka, kansas later this hour. nbc s jeff bennett is already there. as you can see behind me, there are two banners that flank the stage where president trump is set to speak. promises made, promises kept. it s a not too subtle preview of what we expect to hear from president trump. the kavanaugh nomination caps one of the best week of the trump president zenscy. the president realizes what has been a gop dream, he now gets to concentrate a right leaning majority on the supreme court for a generation. he serves on the court as long
guy, his judicial record makes it clear he s no kennedy, he should not be confused with a kennedy, this guy is going to be deciding with the right wing perspective in every decision, and going to fundamentally change this court. let s talk roe versus wade, that s a major concern of most people who are concerned about the court. when would the next sort of turning point come to act on roe versus wade? i can t pinpoint obviously the exact state that they ll use as their laboratory to try to have a case percolate up toward the supreme court. but it s pretty clear that sometime during 2019 and 2020, in order to fulfill his promise to conservative voters in america, they ll find some
this has rallied his base in a way that nothing else has been done during a trump administration has. more than the tax cuts, more than the obamacare fight. this is an issue that has deeply polarized both parties. we ve been hearing that for the last two weeks. aggressive and intense protests all the way around. the nifinal vote ends that way too. calling on shame on the senators. republicans have always cared about the court, going back to hamilton. they had their residual power after the party, the federalists lost all power, they still had the court, they still had marshall running the court. i think you re right, if there s going to be a time, that the liberal part of the country, the left, if you will, gets as excited about court appointments as the right has been for our history. let s bring in kristen welker at the white house.
liberal court under hillary clinton, we now have a 5-4 conservative court under president trump. let s bring in ed markey of massachusetts. this is one of those days there s a little bit of anti-climax because the decisions were made yesterday, especially by susan collins of maine. this is a real history day. it may be a bad day for progressives, but it s real. it s a huge day, the republicans stole the democratic seat, merrick garland and now they ve completed their assigned goal, which is to have two new seats, they stole an obama seat, now they have the real trump seat, and they have their 5-4 majority just as that tweet said. but it is something that happened by a complete compromise of the senate rules in 2016 by denying even a hearing on merrick garland.