in your meeting today about him as a judge or a person? we had about a 40-minute meeting. and i learned a good deal about his love of the outdoors and exercise. some of his jurisprudential news. but when i questioned him specifically on his commitment to the established long accepted roe v. wade, he declined to say whether he would commit to it. the same is true of other legal doctrines that i think are important. so i m left with serious concerns about his nomination. he wouldn t roe v. wade being decisive, on the lower court, that s his job. on the supreme court you can always come to new interpretations. you re telling us your view is he left you the impression that he is pro-life or he might reverse roe? is that what you gathered from your meeting? well, he left it unanswered
in specific terms. the doctrine is judges should not comment on issues or cases that may come before the court. but you re absolutely right. this idea of what you call stari decisis. it refers not only to the supreme court but lower courts. his failure to say explicitly, directly he would adhere to roe directly he would adhere to roe v. wade is very troubling to me, along with concerns about privacy rights generally, his opinions that elevate corporate interests and worker safety, consumer protection. these kinds of issues i m going to press when he comes before our committee, the judiciary committee for a hearing. and i will wait to make up my mind until then. but i remain with serious but i remain with serious concerns nop concerns it s especially interesting to hear your relaying what president trump s nominee here is saying about him. i can also add for our viewers nbc news confirmed with a judge
and as senator mcconnell might say, you ve been warned. unusually strong criticism tonight from president trump s own supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by president trump. the not understanding of the separation of powers within our government should be of concern to every american. the senate voting to confirm jeff sessions for attorney general after a bitter 24 hours. the facts may hurt, but we re not in the united states senate to ignore fax. elizabeth warren takes to the floor. it drives the republicans blood pressure through the roof. she was warned. she was given an explanation. nevertheless, she persisted. we are the party of opposition. and that is our job. be like liz, resist, resist! according to a new poll, 54%
the u.s. supreme court nominee and the widening fallout over trump s comments. plus, a special report tonight on what some are calling a key to democrats resurrection in the area from resist to persist. how liberals are backing up elizabeth warren after her odd encounter with mitch mcconnell last night. we have it all on tonight s show. and as senator mcconnell might say, you ve been warned. unusually strong criticism tonight from president trump s own supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by president trump. i listen to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. courts seem to be so political. the not understanding of the separation of powers within our government should be of concern to every american. the senate voting to confirm jeff sessions for attorney general after a bitter 24 hours. the facts may hurt, but we re not in the united states senate
oversee the executive branch. when the supreme court rejected parts of george w. bush s detention policy, he said he disagreed with the ruling while he would follow it. when the court allowed more money in politics in the citizens united case, barack obama criticized the justices to their face, telling them during his state of the union address that they reversed a century of law. when president trump disagrees with judges overseeing his travel ban, that is fairly normal. i don t ever want to call a court biased, so i won t call it biased. and we haven t had a decision yet. but courts seem to be so political. and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read a statement and do what s right. but here is what is not normal. the president blaming a judge for potential terror attacks that have not happened, or the president saying the opinion of