National journal and bloomberg about her legacy and what is next for the court and the nomination process. We will also take your phone calls and tweets, live on cspans washington journal. Ginsburg wasder illegal embodiment of the womens rights movement. Her years on the Supreme Court made her the liberal standardbearer for the Progressive Movement in the u. S. C died she died friday. Chief Justice John Roberts has called her a justice of historic stature and attributes are pouring in for the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Her powerful for dissents, as well as her strong opinions, ginsberg will be known not only as a powerful justice, but as a crusading lawyer whose work changed the United States. He will spend todays show remembering and talking about the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. We are going to open up regional lines. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones. Ou will call 202 7488000 if you are in the mountain and pacific time zones we wan
Reading it properly. Again, im concerned that the democrats put him. They should choose somebody else m concerned about the decision. Back in february of this year Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell went on fox newss special report and was asked if he would hold the scotu s seat open if a vacancy happened before the november election and was asked about his decision to block judge Merrick Garland back in 2016 and that position came open while president obama was in his last year of office. Here is what Mitch Mcconnell said. If a Supreme Court seat were to open up, you hold that seat open like you did for mary garland Merrick Garland . Let me remind you of what i said in 2016. I said you have to go back to the 1880s find the last time a vacancy on the Supreme Court occurring during a president ial Election Year was confirmed by a senate of a Different Party than the president. That was the situation in 2016. That would not be the situation in 2020. I am not aware of any vacancy, but
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And kathleen parker, c cumnist for the Washington Post. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc ws in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Hasnt happened since 1968. A vacancy battle on the Supreme Court at this stage of an Election Year. L lrned late yesterday of the sudden and tragic death ofof suprememcourttustice Antonin Scalia. An intellectual and conservative thought leader, a a man president obama last nigg called one of the moo consequential judges and thinkers to serve on the Supreme Court. Scalias death of course is a personal tragedy for his family and colleagues, but it isis also bursting witit Major Political implications. What will his loss due to the balance of power on the court . Will the Republican Senate even consider someone nominated by resident obama . How long will this vacancy paralale the court, and perhaps the u. S. Senate . And at last nights republican clclar where they stand on this issue. I do not believe the pre
First, the news that broke la saturday, the death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia. The passing of this conservative giant leaves a a big hole in the court. And it sets off a fierce struggle of a weather barack obama should name his successor or leave that to the next president. Well ask two leading candidates for the white house, marco rubio and democrat Bernie Sanders in a few minutes. Fwifrt, lets bring in fox news chief Legal Correspondent shannon breen, reporting from the Supreme Court. Shannon . Chris, hes been described as larger than life and that was true of just Antonin Scalia on and off the bench. He was a spirited jurorist an unapologyetic of his philosophy. I look to the words of the constitution. I ask, what did those words mean to the society that adopted them . Thats the same thing i do with legislation. What do those words mean . Whats the fair understanding of them . Rather immovable once he reefd a decision and had fiery dissent opinion. Dissenting from the co