President trump on this decision. Welcome to the program. Glad to have you. Great to be here. Sean you and a lot of prominent judicial scholars were asked to look for certain candidates that fit this meaning of a constitutionalist, and originalist. Maybe some americans are hearing this term for the first time. How would you best define those terms and differentiate a regionalism from Judicial Activism . First of all, the way to think about it is a judge has a deep sense of fairness and a sense of impartiality. When he is grounded in text and Original Meaning Of The Constitution, she is putting the text and the original meeting ahead of any political predisposition he may have. Thats the way a judge cases. Fairly and partially without regard to your own predispositions or prejudices. Sean a judicial activist assembly of a liberal put a liberal would want on the court . Somebody believes that the constitution is a living and Breathing Document that they have the right to almost legislate
down tomorrow at tomorrow s hearings. is he pro life? does he a i agree with citizens united? what about civil rights issues, so tt don t even make it to the supreme court, like all of the concerns we ve heard about police brutality from the black lives matter movement. joining me are three people on my panel. including that landmark gay rights case, lawrence v. sectte. paul is the biggest baller in this segment. i don t think anyone can deny that. ilya, i m going to start with you. you ve written positively about judge gorsuch. what do you like about him? i think he has the good parts of justice scalia, the dedication to the text and original meaning of the constitution, the interpreting statutes for what they mean,
in a commitment to the text and original meaning of the constitution, which is something the president felt was very, very important. shannon: he has been described the closest match you could probably get to justice scalia from this list. he follows his style and philosophy and in many ways tracks with him on key issues and the way he interprets the law as a whole. i think he is the most fitting successor to justice scalia and you see it in terms of his opinions and the courage he shows, the way he analyzes cases, his devotion to the original meaning of the constitution. it very much tracks that legacy. shannon: let s talk about the cloak and dagger. we, of course, are trying to track these gentlemen and ladies on the list to figure out where they were over the weekend and the last few days. how did he get the final call? how was he brought to washington well, the president called usually as late as possible. he was flown in by military aircraft. stayed at an undisclosed locat
president trump on this decision. welcome to the program. glad to have you. great to be here. sean: you and a lot of prominent judicial scholars were asked to look for certain candidates that fit this meaning of a constitutionalist, and originalist. maybe some americans are hearing this term for the first time. how would you best define those terms and differentiate a regionalism from judicial activism? first of all, the way to think about it is a judge has a deep sense of fairness and a sense of impartiality. when he is grounded in text and original meaning of the constitution, she is putting the text and the original meeting ahead of any political predisposition he may have. that s the way a judge cases. fairly and partially without regard to your own predispositions or prejudices.
glad to have you. great to be here. sean: you and a lot of prominent judicial scholars were asked to look for certain candidates that fit this meaning of a constitutionalist, an originalist. maybe some americans are hearing these terms for the firstma tim. how would you best define those terms and differentiate originalism from judicial activism? first of all, the way to think about it is a judge has a deep sense of fairness and f a sense of impartiality. when he is grounded in text and original meaning of the constitution, he is putting the text and the original meeting ahead of any political predisposition he may have. that s the way a judge cases. fairly and partially without regard to your own predispositions or prejudices. sean: a judicial activist is somebody of a liberal that