cafeteria committee because she got a frozen yogurt machine into the cafeteria. there you go. unreal. a big achievement. hazing of sorts, i suppose. jeffrey toobin, thank you so much, lauren coates. still to come, what is next for syria after those air strikes? it really depends who you ask on the president s team. the secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with world leaders right now. will he give some clarity to what the future of bashir al assad is. power struggle tensions reach a boiling point between steve bannon and jared kushner. the president s message, cut it out. work it out. in just moments, the nation s newest supreme court justice neil gorsuch sworn in. we ll bring that live to you from the rose garden when it begins. all finished.
church/state and abortion rights, gay rights. who knows what it will be in 30 years. the only thing we ll know for sure is that the supreme court will have the last word and neil gorsuch will be one of the nine. indeed. the supreme court, joan, will also have the last word this, you know, these nine justices on the president s attempts at imposing that travel ban. that s right. there s so many issues. you know, we re talking about lots of different chapters of social dilemmas coming before the supreme court and we re likely going to see chapters of how neil gorsuch himself rules as a justice. he ll be tested right away because we ll have he ll sit starting next monday. this thursday he ll actually be in conference with his fellow justices. so, we ll see in the next couple of months indications of how he will rule. but there are so many months ahead and justice kennedy, the
but on religion, he has been very clear. he was a justice who was talking about the hobby line of cases and said that a religious organization need not follow the obamacare contraceptive mandate. we already know his leanings on that. the other areas are kind of up good frgrabs. a phone note what the junior justice has to do. the junior justice in the conference of the, the nine justices alone meet to discuss cases. the junior justice is responsible for answering the door. for getting papers. and, also, the court operates by committee. there s a committee on the building. there s a committee on various procedures. the least desirable committee for the justice to be on is the cafeteria committee. the junior justice by tradition always sits on the cafeteria committee. justice kagan was very proud of her contribution to the
a number of big cases from second amendment issues to separation of church and state and also a major voting rights case. when trump talked about during his candidacy of overturning roe v. wade abortion rights. but remaining 13 cases that this justice has left in this term have more to do with second amendment issues and also religious freedom rights. so, you ve got the issue of whether or not a very core constitutional principle whether they can provide financing or grants to churches. the contraceptive mandate that will come in terms of businesses or providing same-sex marriage services. he will have an opportunity to argue or hear about and also rule on. much less of a roev. wade.
administered by chief justice john roberts. that happened at a private ceremony just a short time ago. now his public swearing in ceremony is aboutto to begin. live pictures at the white house despite the drama leading up to this moment, it is no doubt a huge moment for president trump. his pick to the highest court in the land will be taking a judicial oath just moments from now. it will be administered this time by justice anthony kennedy who he once clerked for. the first time ever a justice will serve alongside one of his former clerks. along with the official swearing in, we expect to hear from the president and also from the man of the hour. the 49-year-old appeals court judge from colorado who is about to take a lifetime position on the supreme court bench. very important news happening this hour. jeff zelleny is at the white house watching it all and in the rose garden where the ceremony is about to begin.