President ial election years, on saturday, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court with less than 40 days left in the president ial election. The senate has never, never confirmed a nominee to the Supreme Court this close to a president ial election. In fact, the election is already under way. But President Trump gets to play by different rules under this republican majority. By nominating judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, President Trump has once again put Americans Health care in the crosshairs. President trump has promised to nominate Supreme Court justices who will, quote, terminate his words our Health Care Law. In judge barrett, President Trump has found the deciding vote. Judge barrett strongly criticized the ruling to uphold the Affordable Care act, claiming that if justices read the law the way she does, they would have, quote, have had to invalidate, unquote, the entire Health Care Law. Let me repeat that. Judge barrett strongly criticized
Stand politically. Guest we are committed to trying to get judges appointed to the Supreme Court who are committed to interpreting the constitution and the laws as they are written. Host did you have any active role in the president s choice for the Supreme Court . Guest that is the president s call and it is done through the white House Counsel office. I am thrilled because i felt like everyone he was looking at closely was really wellqualified for this position. I feel like i could not be in a better position. I would have been happy with it was arbor look go up or amy barrett. Is about thestion overall impact on the court and how it changes when it comes to the justice is themselves. How would you answer that . Guest what we are looking at is a shift in perspective of how we look at the law bases versus ruth bader ginsburg. There are a lot of ways in which Amy Coney Barrett follows in ginsbergs footsteps as a woman with children and accomplishing all that she has as a scholar and a
Congressional coverage here to you can watch that online at cspan. Org. We will take you live now to the senate for where lawmakers will see about extending federal spending past october 30. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, sovereign, source of wisdom, hear our prayers. Listen as we lift our hearts to you in our times of distress, answer us quickly. Strengthen our lawmakers. Keep them restless until they find rest in you. Keep them dissatisfied until they find their satisfaction in you. Lord, give them the wisdom to make wise choices that will glorify your name. Help them to keep their hearts and minds responsive to you, enabling them to help make a better nation and world. Remind them that you keep a protective eye on the godly so that they may be surrounded with the shield of your divine favor. May our senators, with faith, expect you to provide them with strength for each task. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of
Over the past month senator harris has cosponsored the justice in policing act, coauthored the bipartisan harris amendment, helped introduce a resolution decrying attacks on the Affordable Care act and helped introduce the whistleblower protection act [indiscernible] coronavirus pandemic. Harris is the former District Attorney of San Francisco, the former attorney general of california, made a run for the democratic president ial nomination and is now talked about as a possible president ial runningmate to joe biden. Right now harris is front and center in the senate, in the Senate Debate on Police Reform and she joins me now. Enator harris, welcome back. Senator harris thank you for being with you, jonathan. Happy birthday. Jonathan thank you. Before we get to Police Reform, we have to get to intelligence and the russia story obtained bounties on the lives of american soldiers. You are a member of the Senate Intelligence committee. You attended a Briefing Regarding the allegations tha
Washington post columnist jonathan capehart. She talks about numeral justice reform. This is about 20 minutes. Jonathan so the special Washington Post live which is a live reporting of my podcast, im john capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post, and my guest is returning for the fourth time to the podcast, senator Kamala Harris of california. Over the past month, senator harris has cosponsored the justice in policing act, coauthored the bipartisan harris helped introduce a resolution denying a tax on the Affordable Care act and help introduce the whistleblower protection act accountability during the coronavirus pandemic. Harris is the former District Attorney of San Francisco, former attorney general of california, made a run for the democratic president ial nomination, and is now talked about as a possible vicepresident ial runningmate for joe biden. Right now, harris is front and center in the senate, in the Senate Debate on police reform, and she joins me now. Senator harr