Right. Thats the 51st time. Can Hillary Clinton win by making this campaign a referendum on sanders, not herself . Joining me this sunday morning for inside and analysis are gwen ifil, chris, ron fournier and kathleen parker, columnist for the Washington Post. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. It hasnt happened since 1968. A vacancy battle on the Supreme Court at this stage of an Election Year. We learned late yesterday of the sudden and tragic death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. An intellectual and conservative thought leader, a man president obama last night called one of the most 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 is also bursting with Major Political implications. What will his loss due to the balance of power on the court . Will the Republican Senate even consider
Elections have consequences. The president has a responsibility to nominate a new justice. And the senate has a responsibility to vote. Well also be taking a close look at the democratic race and how Hillary Clintons team is working overtime to try to turn this contest from being a referendum on her to a referendum on Bernie Sanders. A lot to get to, but we start with the impact and the implications of scalias death on the Supreme Court. Nobody better to join me on this than our justice correspondent pete williams. Pete, welcome back, sir. Let me ask very quickly, were in the middle of some contentious cases on the Supreme Court now. What happens right now . The most one with political implications is the immigration decision. Right. When you have eight justices it creates the possibility of a 44 tie. When theres a tie its as though the Supreme Court decision doesnt count, the Lower Court Ruling stands and the Supreme Court decision has no president ial value. So for the immigration po
The most one with political decision. Right. When you have eight justices it tie. When theres a tie its as though the Supreme Court decision doesnt count, the Lower Court Ruling stands and the Supreme Court decision has no president ial value. So for the immigration policy it would be a defeat for the administrationecause it would leave standing the Lower Court Rulings that blocked it. For such abortion question which is coming, it would leave the tough texas restriction on access to abortion clinics standing. Might encourage other stateseso try the same thing. For Public Sector unions though it might be a victory because they won in the lower courts, defeating an effort to try to restrict their ability to raise union dues. All right. We are headed for the potential of if the president wants to nominate somemedy, hes made that clear. The Republican Controlled Senate doesnt want to consider it. Its possible terms of the Supreme Court begin in october and end in june. Right. Scenario we
A vacancy battle on the Supreme Court at this stage of an Election Year. We learned late yesterday of the sudden and tragic death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. An intellectuauaand conservative thought leader, a man president obama last night called one of the most 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 is also bursting with 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 president obama . How long will this vacancy paralyze the court, and perhaps the u. S. Senate . And at last nights republican president ial debate in South Carolina the c cndidates made iiue. I do not believe thth president should appoint someone. And its not unprecedented. Heres no doubt in my mind that barack obama will not have a consensus pick. The senate needs to stand strong and say were no