Important comoonts, and i have taken this on to try to understand as much as i can about judge gorsuch, to understand the dynamics of what his membership of the Supreme Court would mean because i recognize its not just an appointment for this term of congress. This is a lifetime appointment and it is very possible that he, if confirmed, will serve on the Supreme Court for a generation. So his impact on the white house of the Supreme Court is something that is extremely important to each member of the senate. I think many of us are looking for an associate justice who can bring about more consensus on the Supreme Court, who can try to deal with some of the great divisions of our nation in a way representing the values of our constitution that will allow our nation to move forward in a united way. We also recognize that the senate must give an independent evaluation of a Supreme Court justice. This is not because a president of your party nominated someone to the Supreme Court, whether y
Important comoonts, and i have taken this on to try to understand as much as i can about judge gorsuch, to understand the dynamics of what his membership of the Supreme Court would mean because i recognize its not just an appointment for this term of congress. This is a lifetime appointment and it is very possible that he, if confirmed, will serve on the Supreme Court for a generation. So his impact on the white house of the Supreme Court is something that is extremely important to each member of the senate. I think many of us are looking for an associate justice who can bring about more consensus on the Supreme Court, who can try to deal with some of the great divisions of our nation in a way representing the values of our constitution that will allow our nation to move forward in a united way. We also recognize that the senate must give an independent evaluation of a Supreme Court justice. This is not because a president of your party nominated someone to the Supreme Court, whether y
Important comoonts, and i have taken this on to try to understand as much as i can about judge gorsuch, to understand the dynamics of what his membership of the Supreme Court would mean because i recognize its not just an appointment for this term of congress. This is a lifetime appointment and it is very possible that he, if confirmed, will serve on the Supreme Court for a generation. So his impact on the white house of the Supreme Court is something that is extremely important to each member of the senate. I think many of us are looking for an associate justice who can bring about more consensus on the Supreme Court, who can try to deal with some of the great divisions of our nation in a way representing the values of our constitution that will allow our nation to move forward in a united way. We also recognize that the senate must give an independent evaluation of a Supreme Court justice. This is not because a president of your party nominated someone to the Supreme Court, whether y
Now, for about the next hour, some of the debate about the senate today. We plan to open up the phone lines to hear from you. The majority leader. Maybe we have order . The senate will be in order. The majority whip. Matter president , the senate has just restored itself into an almost unbroken tradition of never filibustering judges. We have actually restored the stats datas quote before the administration of president george w. Bush, it was during that administration with some of our friends across the aisle, along with some of their liberal law professor allies dreamed up away of blocking president George W Bushs judicial nominees. Those by suggesting that 60 votes was really the threshold for confirming judges rather than the constitutional requirement of the majority vote. It has been a long journey back to the normal functioning of the United States senate. It is amazing that it has taken a nominee like judge gorsuch to bring us back to where we wereos around 2001. We have been d
We have actually restored the status quo before the administration of president george w. Bush. It was during that administration when some of our friends across the aisle along with some of their liberal law professor allies dreamed up a way of blocking president george w. Bushs judicial nominees, and that was by suggesting that 60 votes was really the threshold for confirming judges rather than the constitutional requirement of a majority vote. Its been a long journey back to the normal functioning of the United States senate. And its amazing that its taking a nominee like judge gorsuch to bring us back to where we were back around 2001. Weve been debating and discussing this nominee for a long time now, and theyve tried the opponents of judge gorsuch have tried time and time again to raise objections to this outstanding nominee, a nomination that no one in the senate opposed ten years ago when he was confirmed to a position on the tenth Circuit Court of appeals. They claimed he wasn