cheryl lynn. i m not a politico. i concede i don t have all of the numbers. i don t want to put it down it these two senators. we re in a moment in which every senator has to confront himself. i understand it the power mitch mcconnell has. you heard him in the top of your segment. he said we will confirm president trump s nominee this fall. he hadn t looked at what the nominee is or what the qualifications are of that nominee. he s going to confirm. that s astonishing for the senate majority leader to say. president nixon advanced two candidates in two years. you may remember this. haynesworth and carswell. both of whom were dinged in the senate judiciary committee and the full senate because they were so unqualified. this is 1969 and 1970 when nixon lost two supreme court nominees because he selected people who were incompetent and could not have done the job and who were proven to be racist. this is a process that is a
these two senators. we re in a moment in which every senator has to confront himself. i understand it the power mitch mcconnell has. you heard him in the top of your segment. he said we will confirm president trump s nominee this fall. he hadn t looked at what the nominee is or what the qualifications are of that nominee. he s going to confirm. that s astonishing for the senate majority leader to say. president nixon advanced two candidates in two years. you may remember this. haynesworth and carswell. both of whom were dinged in the senate judiciary committee and the full senate because they were so unqualified. this is 1969 and 1970 when nixon lost two supreme court nominees because he selected people who were incompetent and could not have done the job and who were proven to be racist. this is a process that is a constitutional process designed to protect this country for generations to come. and to have the senate majority leader, that s why when i hear this matter of raw power, he
judge antonin scalia. i plan to fulfill my responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. this nomination will be filled by the next president elected in november. you might wonder when exactly scotus nominations grew so politicized. it is a it wasn t for clarence thomas, the disputed allegations of sexual harassment, you have to go all the way back to a friend and nominee of lyndon johnson who was forced to resign after the nixon white house leaked details of financial misconduct. they rejected president nixon s nominate to fill the opening. haynesworth was qualified but they were furious about the fortas debacle. i thought he was a big man when i nominated him to be on the supreme court. the senate quickly rejected his second choice who had a history of racist remarks.
judge antonin scalia. i plan to fulfill my responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. this nomination will be filled by the next president elected in november. you might wonder when exactly scotus nominations grew so politicized. it is a it wasn t for clarence thomas, the disputed allegations of sexual harassment, you have to go all the way back to a friend and nominee of lyndon johnson who was forced to resign after the nixon white house leaked details of financial misconduct. they rejected president nixon s nominate to fill the opening. haynesworth was qualified but they were furious about the fortas debacle. i thought he was a big man when i nominated him to be on the supreme court. the senate quickly rejected his second choice who had a history of racist remarks.