She was such a great listener. Kindness and empathy throughout. Of course, lets dont forget the notepad moment im here. Ask your questions, all i need is my United States senate notepad and Starbucks Coffee and were doing great. Thanks to all of you. Stand by. Senator graham gavels to order. Women conservatives have had a hard time. Some want to marginalize the contribution because you come out on a different side of an issue, abortion. This hearing is not to punch through a Glass Ceiling but a concrete barrier around conservative women. Youll shatter that barrier. Ive never been more proud of a nominee than i have of you. You have been candid to this body about who you are and what you believe and reassuring in your disposition and this is history being made. The first time in American History weve nominated a woman who is unashamedly prolife and embraces her faith without apology. She is going to the court. A seat at the table is waiting on you. And it will be a great signal to all y
So i just want to thank Justice Kennedy for the years of tremendous service. Hes a very spectacular man. Really is, spectacular man. And i know that he will be around hopefully for a long time to advise. Our special coverage begins with nbcs Pete Williams outside the United States Supreme Court and Chris Matthews, host of hardball here on msnbc. Pete, lets start with you. Tell us what happened. It was one of these thing we have been discussing for the last few days, that people have been anticipating but they werent sure it was going to happen. He was up against a deadline whether or not he was going to retire or wait until the next session. Actually im not sure there is a deadline. The Supreme Court justices tend to do whatever they want. The tradition has been that most of them announce their retirement before the last day. The last couple have been in march or april. Justice kennedy, i guess, believes in precedent because the man he relaced on the Supreme Court also announced his in
The California Teachers Association has long been the most powerful force in shaping the state’s school finance policy. It usually gets what it wants from the legislature, and does even better in preventing things it doesn’t want. But at least in a relative sense, the past five years have not been to CTA’s liking. It […]