Current justices. We begin with the longest serving member of the court, anthony kennedy, appointed by Ronald Reagan after the failed nomination of robert pork. Confirmed unanimously in 1988, replacing and nixon appointee, Justice Lewis powell, and previoly served on the nth ciuit court of appeals. Heres a brief portion of the Justice Kennedy confirmation hearing, beginning with an introduction by robert matsui. Mr. Matsui its too bad that two individuals preceded judge kennedy for this nomination. I noticed the editorial in the New York Times this morning, they made reference to judge bork and judge ginsburg and i say its a shame because we shouldnt be here today comparing judge kennedy to his two previous nominees. Judge kennedy in and of himself is a superb candidate for the United States Supreme Court. And comparisons do not do this gentleman justice. He has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know. Hes highly intelligent from his academic record. We can discern that. And
Supreme Court Process broken and it threatens to undermine americans confidence in the institution. Todays question is do you have confidence in the Supreme Court . Republicans can democrats can call pendence, those supporting thirdparty candidates can call you can reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good morning. Lets take a look at a little bit of what Clarence Thomas have to say wednesday speaking it a Heritage Foundation event, when he was asked what he says to people who have lost confidence in the Supreme Court. I dont think people are confident. I think it is something we earned. That you try to do your job in a way that they can have confidence in what you can do. You try to do the hard thing, but they should not be doing in a way that they can have. Onfidence, that you can trust perhaps, we should ask ourselves what we have done to not earn it or to earn it. I am not so sure i have the answers. Is youthe things i say try to live up to t
Not as divided as we seem. For Democrats Use 2027488000. For republicans use 2027488001. For independents use 2027488002. You can also join in on the conversation via social media. ,ou can use our twitter page http twitter. Com cspanwj. You can also chime in on our facebook page. Here is the headline this morning from the dallas morning news. , we are not ast divided as we seem president obama insist. He hopes to ease the tension of a reckless nation. He spoke tuesday of an america where racial divisions were healing, and americans were increasingly united. Thepoke in somber tones at event there. Thelso spoke about lingering problems over race, gun violence, and police relations. He referred to the recent memorials he attended in recent years. That was again reported in the dallas morning news. Openked all americans to our hearts to each other. I want to remind you, you can see all of this on our website. T www. Cspan. Org before the trip yesterday, the president had met with a number
And fascinating. I have met so many great people that want to be part of government and do wonderful things for our country. America has been great to me and i want to be great to america. I want to do something that will put us back on the right course and make America Great again. I am not, and i will never support any effort to grant blanket legalization amnesty. Marco rubio was a gang of the eight trying to secure amnesty. You are giving legal status to people who have broken the law. It was marco rubio who was a member of the gang of eight. Ted cruz wasnt. I am ted cruz and i approve this message. I think you might want to say hello to somebody. Hello he is honest, dependable, loyal, relatively funny. He does not brag like some people we know. Who who are you talking about . I cannot remember. He has the same values that american seems to have lost. American needs him. What do you list marco rubios top accomplishment . He won a tough election in florida. Can you name his top accom
Substantive day. Im so excited to introduce bill of rights by introducing you to a mac sent new interactive tool for constitution of center launched on Constitution Day and is now thrilled to distribute to every student in america from 1880s. I want all of you in our great cspan viewers to follow along with me as i show you this remarkable nonpartisan tool and tell you what it can do and also the perfect introduction to her first panel about the relationship between the magna carta. It is an exciting project between three great organizations. The federalist society, the American Constitution Society and the College Board that has made this a centerpiece in ap history government exams. What theyve done with the help of our great partners is to ask the leading scholars in america from every perspective, liberal and conservative and everywhere in between to write about every clause of the constitution and what they disagree about. You can be confident when you read the statement about wha