both sides says it ll take 60 votes for supreme court nominees. now you see niel gorsuch make his way in capitol hill. democrats are worried that the conservative solid pick is likely to sail through unless they launch a filibuster. so that s why president trump is suggesting go further now, this so-called thermal nuclear option where you would only need 51 votes, simple majority for even supreme court picks, changing decades of senate precedent. this occurred after democratic leader chuck schumer suggested they are going to filibuster the president fired right back. if this nominee cannot meet the same standard that republicans insisted upon from president obama s supreme court nominees, 60 votes in the senate, then the problem lies not with the senate but with the nominee. if we end up with the same gridlock that they ve had in washington for the last longer than eight years, if we
the whole thing call it a bad idea and i hope he will promptly revoke and rethink think. clayton. clayton: president trump expected to announce supreme court pick tonight. eleventh circuit judge bill pryor and niel gorsuch or hardiman. let s talk about scalia, why would they want to replace someone like him? scalia believed the constitution should be stuck to the text and it shouldn t be interpreted like more liberal justices do like ginsburg does and can be evolved over time. he believed that it was a dead document, what the words meant and what it stood for. clayton: in the 1780 s, we are done. this is what the constitution is . gorsuch, is he one of the
some people are saying that if you pick him, he s the most likely to get picked because he s more modernly. clayton: hardiman would be the first. what would you say? i would probably say hardiman as of right now but gorsuch has a good chance. apparently trump has pick and will be coming out at 8:00 p.m. tonight from the white house. clayton: we will see, great to see you. let s check with brian kilmeade to check out what s happening in fox & friends . brian: congressman is going to be coming on our show, he s going to be talking what s happening with republicans sometimes going against president trump when it comes to this controversial regarding homeland security and sandra lee will be here, she s very good at cooking. we will talk to you about politics, laura engram, she has an opinion on the way the media
so-called nuclear option, broke the senate rules to change the senate rules, lowered threshold from confirmation from 60 votes to 51 and a direct result to harry reid that we now have the most conservative cabinet in decades. [cheers and applause] i m sure mr. reid enjoyed that. reid changed rules to help democrats and backfiring for liberals. allows executive office to pass confirmation by a simple majority instead of 60 votes, 51 now. cruz went onto paining a bold prediction about america s top court. i think we will have another supreme court vacancy this summer. that happens as much as the left is crazy now, they will go full armagedon meltdown. niel gorsuch to fill vacancy are set to begin next month.
countries. mr. called what he heard from those judges disgraceful. i don t ever want to call a court biased so i won t call it bias and we haven t had a decision yet but courts seem to be so political. the entry of aliens, it s not like, again, a bad high school student would understand this. anybody would understand this. and the president s renewed attacks draw plenty of criticism many from democrats, those attacks will weigh into the confirmation of mr. trump s nominee judge gorsuch and gorsuch is not a fan of the language towards judges and that s from democratic senator