what they what they know now. in that type of year, florida s governor rick scott has been digging a new basement in the bottom of my constituents hate me list. it shows rick scott with a breathtaking 29% approve al rating. just 29% of floridians approve of job their governor is doing. now, because of the way he ran and because of his history, nobody really meed rick scott to cultivate much support among democrats in florida ever. but rick scott has also managed to alienate republicans in his state. even powerful republicans in his state. so any real support that rick scott had in florida really appears to have cratered. over this weekend, that led to this. newspapers in florida catching rick scott in an attempt to trick newspapers into think that he is more popular than he is. newspapers in florida uncovering a brand new feature on rick scott s remember site website
this is why republicans have paid so much attention to who gets on the courts. at the end of the bush administration 10 of the 13 federal courts of appeals had republican appointed majorities. 10 of the 13. when barack obama came into office nearly 60% of all active federal judges were appointed by republican presidents. that s why the republicans in washington are doing everything they can to stop president obama s nominees. yes, it is about denying the president a victory and denying the president just something, anything that he wants. but it is also about the rick scots of the world. it is about protecting things like rick scott s little forced drug testing thing in florida. isn t it? joinings now is nan aron, president for alliance of justice. thank you for joining us tonight. happy to have you here. hi, rachel. glad to be here. thank you. when republican sponsored legislation in states gets challenged in the court, what types of courts are hearing these challenges these days?
florida. that sort of headline is actually not just a rick scott nightmare. that is turning into a nightmare for big government conservative gorve nevers all over the country. in texas, the only thing standing in the way of rick perry s new lawman dating that every doctor has to read a government-written script to every texas woman seeking an abortion, that is a lawsuit, that has been held up by a lawsuit that s been filed against the law by the center for reproductive rights. in mississippi the only thing standing in the way by the effort of haley barbour in republicans to make it harder for a woman to get an abortion, the only thing standing in the way of that is a lawsuit filed by the way of a number of groups including the aclu. in georgia, nathan deals knew arizona style immigration law is a lawsuit filed by, among others, the aclu. in alabama the only way standing in the way of republican governor bob bentley s arizona style immigration law is a lawsuit expected to be filed by th
administration judicial confirmations were seen as so low it was provoking a crisis that was going to cause the senate republicans to go nuclear and eliminate the filibuster all together, right, because george bush wasn t getting his nom knows through fast enough. but at that point, at that point in his presidency he was exactly in line with how many nominees president bill clinton had confirmed. and that the republicans saw was a crisis. look where barack obama is at right now. this is why republicans have paid so much attention to who gets on the courts. at the end of the bush administration 10 of the 13 federal courts of appeals had republican appointed majorities. 10 of the 13. when barack obama came into office nearly 60% of all active federal judges were appointed by republican presidents. 2459s why the republicans in washington are doing everything they can to stop president obama s nominees. yes, it is about denying the president a victory and denying the president just somethi
fled the state in order to protest what republicans were doing there. the republican agenda in the states has led to recall elections. the sponsor of the emergency financial manager bill in michigan, the so-called fiscal mercer law bill is now facing a recall campaign. all of the republican state senators in wisconsin, are all now facing their own recalls. reduce the policies indirectly. organizes in ohio have enough to push the up or a popular vote. in michigan, the emergency financial manager law is trying to get that law overturned at the ballot as well. up in maine, remember the governor s decision to rip down the mural at the labor department, too pro labor for the labor department? that led to this moment of the opposite of them.