Chairman of the senate jacket, he was in judiciary committee. None of them know exactly what senator collins is going to do. Just to set the stakes here, wolf, you named senator jeff flake. Thats 49. If he stays where he is, thats 49 senators, republicans need 50 and the tie breaking vote from Vice President pence. If Susan Collins says she will vote yes on the nomination, that is the vote that they need. Obviously were still waiting to hear from senator joe manchin, whether he plans to maintain his vote as well. A senator who has been undecided for the last couple of weeks, who has been going through a very, very difficult and complex process, a senator who on some of her crucial issues, most notably health care, roe v. Wade
said she feels very comfortable. She spent a lot of time behind the scenes reviewing that fbi report and now she has to make the decision, guys. Well find out soon enough, in the next few minutes. If she says shes going to vote yes in favor of confirmation, thats
Thank you. What a busy afternoon we are about to have. You have the busiest hour of the day. Lot of people asking why did Susan Collins decide 3 00 is when she is i dont have a good answer, but we will hear it moments from now. We dont have an answer, why are you asking the question. Other people are asking me the question, thats our job to figure it out. It appears we will hear from her in moments. History is about to be made in the United States capitol. The final confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court count will come down to two undecided senators. One is about to make her decision public, republican senator Susan Collins is set to take the senate floor moments from now to announce how she will vote on Brett Kavanaugh. The stakes could not be higher. Li Lisa Murkowski of alaska, republican, saying she will vote no. Jeff flake from arizona,
republican, not running for reelection says he will vote yes. If collins joins the yes column, this is a done deal. Kavanaugh will
now, what you just heard were three conservative, now supreme court justices, during confirmation hearings. and they were speaking of the importance of precedent. precedent is a principle or will establish in a prior supreme court decision. and it is something that justices have historically used as a guide before issuing their own rulings in similar cases. so, the decision to overturn precedence is never, or should never be taken lightly. but with the reversal of roe v. wade, planned parenthood versus casey, and the most recent banning of race conscious college admissions practices, we are seeing a court of north by the justice of its predecessors. six consecutive justices appear to be standing, ready to abandon long-standing precedent and the will of the people the court claims to serve. here now to discuss, if i got that right, and the impact of these rulings are paul butler.
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to its ethics violations. it s free to be sponsored by billionaires and to go off on jaunts when this term is over with the billionaires of their choice, and the american people really have no recourse here. this is a court that does what it likes, and it has been very clear about this, certainly since last term. it has no recourse in terms of abiding by precedent. it is very clear yesterday in the decision on affirmative action that it was not willing to abide way 20-year settled precedent on diversity in higher education. it was not willing to abide by roe versus wade and planned parenthood versus casey. we are basically being governed by six individuals who have decided that they disagree with everything that has come before and that they know better. last year in dobbs, the court says it was overruling roe versus wade and returning the abortion question to the states for democratic deliberation. but there s nothing to be said in this decision today about the democratic deliberation