also stand by, i feel that you want to get in here. the stakes are huge. this is why the supreme court matters. perfectly illustrates the difference between the 5-4 conservative or liberal supreme court. what we are looking at here is precisely the right decision. the supreme court has absolutely no business legislating entirely there. they have to follow the constitution and the law. inserting yourself as a justice into a political process, and inherently political question, which is how do you draw lines, it is incompatible with the system. i think this is an incredibly important decision. trace: i don t know about that because i think what kagan is so angry about is that this is a push, you had one state on one side, and the supreme court was supposed to settle this
completely remake the judiciary and partnership with president trump. this is a big issue coming in the wake of the kavanaugh confirmation where republicans, if they have seen anything in the last few weeks, they learned that the supreme court matters, courts matter and the senate matters. if they look at the democratic party and these rage-filled mobs, their take away is the democratic party that scares me and the elections are important. dana: you look across the late of races and focus on the senate races. the kavanaugh bounce, is it a sugar high for republicans or is it longer lasting? has it helped with enthusiasm? certainly. the most important thing that either side needs to work on is the enthusiasm of their voter base, making sure they turn out 25 days from now. on the republican side, that has been lagging. post the kavanaugh confirmation, i think that is really rallied and many states that we re in
brett kavanaugh s vote won t be in play the same way which will pull the court to the right on social policy issues and probably executive power issues. we know he won t reveal too much and the one thing that democrats could count on if they can count on anything is something new coming out. something surprising, for example, like what happened with clarence thomas but that didn t sink him and i think that what we ll see is democrats trying to get him to reveal himself but a certain inevitability here. and the other thing we should keep in mind here is the context. for a generation republicans have been able to build up and to make a case to the republican base that the supreme court
announced i have been asked many times why the democrats will even bother to go through the motions when we know that our republican colleagues will do anything to support this administration s judicial nominees. there are battles worth fighting regardless of the outcome. a lifetime appointment to the supreme court of someone who will provide the fifth vote on issues impacting the lives of every working american is a battle worth fighting. so i intend to use this hearing to none straight to the american people precisely why who sits on the supreme court matters. why a fifth ideologically driven conservative and political vote on the court is dangerous for our country. why the senate should reject this president s latest attempt to rig the system in his favor. as senators begin to ask their questions in the coming days, i ask the american people to listen carefully to what the nominee says and compare it with what we heard only a short time ago from neil gorsuch at his confirmation hear
eric woods, school board trustee. in this day and age it s important that we treat safety issues as a very high priority for our schools. two problems. i understand the school recoiling. i get it. especially where so many people can see it. sure. however, schools don t get to decide on supreme court matters, actually. the right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution. the supreme court has ruled on this twice in the last five years. the federal government has ruled on it, too, and congress. so this school doesn t have the right to make laws. schools don t get to do that. the second point is they shouldn t have trouble discerning between a threat and not. there are things that threaten kids in schools. i don t think a law abiding dad exercising his tenth amendment right is one of them. one concern is states rights advocates say you have other schools in other states that have these laws that for bid within 1,000 feet of a school. michigan does not have that law. so in that s