They are attacking clarence thomas. did clarence thomas do something wrong? no, just concern you know what justice thomas kid the wrong? he s been one of the greatest supreme court justices ever to serve on the court. he has been a principled constitutionalist, and the left despises him. democrats hate justice thomas, ask they save a special degree of hate for him because a black man x. tear view is an african-american is not allowed to be a conservative, is not allowed to disagree with left-wing orthodoxy. justice anthony anyone scalia whom i knew well was every bit as conservative as justice thomas. the left didn t heap that kind of contempt on justice saw scalia. justice thomas they view as a traitor because he is african-american and he s an extraordinary justice maria: that s disgusting. and, listen, the, quote, ethics plaint they re raising, every complaints they re raising, every single supreme court justice, all nine of them, take trips across the country,
Nominating a conservative because it was replacing a conservative with a conservative. the stakes are higher for conservatives and liberals, republicans and democrats. what do you think about from a strategy standpoint for republicans, what would be the best way to get this through the chamber and do you favor getting it done before or after the mid-terms? justice kennedy was appointed in 1987. 31 years ago. for 31 years, justice kennedy has been at the crossroads at every decision for three decades, this is an opportunity what i hope the president will do is nominate a principled constitutionalist. someone whose number 1 focus will be faithful to the constitution and bill of rights and defending the first amendment, defending free speech, the second amendment, the tenth amendment. all of our basic liberties.
Confirmation. any one member can require it. many democrats already have. and it is the right thing to do. judge gorsuch is someone who has built a reputation, a proven record on the court of appeals for a decade of being a principled constitutionalist judge, of taking a humble approach to being a judge and simply following the law, following the constitution, upholding the bill of rights. part of the anger democrats have is they are still smarting from the fact that merrick garland, of course president obama s final supreme court nominee, never even got a hearing let alone a floor vote in the senate. republicans saying it was a much different situation because that was a lame duck president trying to get someone on the court in an election year which is extremely rare and that this is a much different case because you have a new president who just won an election and has the right to get his people on the court. jenna: thank you. jon: for more on this, let s bring in barbara s