it is article 2 second 2 of the u.s. constitution. the notion that white house would say you can t do that under the constitution because we want to protect judges, is just crazy. but with issues of temperament or their knowledge. i do in cases of 9th circuit judge, i send them several u.s. supreme court cases that have an impact on alaska, i ask them to read them, so they are up to speed on big issues in my state, then i talk about issues like second amendment, almost 70% of households in alaska are gun owners this is hugely important to my constituents, these judges, usually don t know anything about the issues. and it is a way to educate them, so when they are on the bench, for life, they are doing things that represent everybody in the
2 0 up at half time. they are just into the second half there and as you can see, southampton and brighton ended in 1-1 southampton and brighton ended in 1 1 draw. very late stoppage time for the visitors. rangers have moved seven points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a convincing win over dundee. the 3 0 victory was the fourth consecutive win with giovanni van bronckhorst in charge which puts pressure on celtic, in second who play dundee united on sunday. elsewhere the league s top scorer tony watt scored for motherwell to deny hibs a first league win at easter road since september. and it was back to back wins for aberdeen to move into the top six after their victoyr over st mirren. 13 ties in the fa cup today and the shock came at portsmouth the 2008 winners were dumped out of the competition by league two s harrogate town. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website and you can follow the last of the day s ties on bbc two right now. national league s
those west ham songs of optimism are getting louder. a big day for newcastle united as they finally got their first win of the premier league season. callum wilson scored the only goal of the game to win1 0 against relegation rivals burnley. newcastle moved second bottom, on ten points, but have played one game more than norwich and burnley who are also in the bottom three on the same amount of psoints. there was a couple of nervy moments for us, but everyone stood up to the task and the spirit, the group have shown has been exceptional, but the atmosphere in the stadium today was absolutely exceptional and i can t praise the supporters enough for what they have given me and the team in the past few games. it what they have given me and the team in the past few games. in the past few games. it really does make in the past few games. it really does make a in the past few games. it really does make a difference. - it really does make a difference. so although liverpool are top of th
the night before trial. mr. chairman, we waited for more than a year with a vacancy on the supreme court under the direction of your leader in the united states senate and the republic survived. i think the treatment was shabby of merrick garland and president obama s nominee. the fact that we cannot take a few days or weeks to have a complete review of judge kavanaugh s record is unfair to the american people and inconsistent with our responsibility under article 2 section 2 of the constitution to advise and consent on supreme court nominees. senator cornyn, you want to speak? thank you. i ll be brief. i would just say that senator whitehouse suggested we handle this hearing like a court of law. i would suggest if this were a court of law that virtually every side every member on
independent counsel team that went after president clinton and part of drafting the memo, the report to congress that outlined the potential grounds for impeaching president clinton. he wrote this law review article saying it is intensely destructive to have a current sitting president to having to undergo civil or criminal investigations or trials. what he said is i m not saying these people should get off the hook by no means but maybe not while they re in office. the minute they leave office the charges could kick back in. if you re worried about this president s ability to function there is what congress has at its fingertips, impeachment. a lot has been mischaracterized. president trump picked him because he doesn t think that sitting presidents should be subjected to civil or criminal investigations according to the democrats. there is more nuance to that article. the charges could be waiting in the wings but congress has the most powerful weapon of all. if you think a president