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This is what we do. We protest when we disagree and i dont think theres any reason for people to be told to come together and support this if they dont believe in it. Im not suggesting support tonights nominee but dont plan the protest before you know who the nominee is. And that is where we are. Were at the point of transparent obstruction on both sides, olivia nuzzi and david jolly, thank you. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. Good evening. Thanks, my friend. Thank you for joining us at this hour. This is a big important historic news day. Good to have you here. Thank you for watching the news on a night like this and thank you for watching it here. Antonin scalia, nino to his friends, he was beloved by his fellow Supreme Court justices. Even the justices who disagreed with h the most, perhaps escially the justices who disagreed with him the most ....
Justice scalia and justice ruth bader ginsburg they shared a love of opera. justice scalia and justice elena kagan, they went hunting and fishing together. justice scalia was deeply and antagonistally and provocatively conservative. he was also witty, he was also apparently really fun to be with and he lived an active life. he also had heart trouble. and last february almost a year ago he died in his sleep. he was at a swanky hunting lodge in texas only about 30 miles from the u.s./mexico border and it was a shock when he died. it was a very, very sad loss for his family and in friends. it was also, of course, a political shock because his death was a surprise and it opened up a surprise vacancy on the supreme court. and with almost exactly a year left in his presidency we learned that barack obama would get to name a court nominee to ....
Ago he died in his sleep. he was at a swanky hunting lodge in texas only about 30 miles from the u.s./mexico border and it was a shock when he died. it was a very, very sad loss for his family and in friends. it was also, of course, a political shock because his death was a surprise and it opened up a surprise vacancy on the supreme court. and with almost exactly a year left in his presidency we learned that barack obama would get to name a court nominee to fill the seat vie kated on the court by theeath of antonin scalia. or not. even before former president obama named his nominee, even before he named judge merrick garland, republicans announced that they would hold open the scalia seat. they would not hold hearings for any obama nominee no matter who the president picked they were ....
It was also, of course, a political shock because his death was a surprise and it opened up a surprise vacancy on the supreme court. and with almost exactly a year left in his presidency we learned that barack obama would get to name a court nominee to fill t seat vie kated the court by the death of antonin scalia. or not. even before former president obama named his nominee, even before he named judge merrick garland, republicans announced that they would hold open the scalia seat. they would not hold hearings for any obama nominee no matter who the president picked they were not going to consider his nominee. honestly because the president is a democrat and they didn t believe they had to and so they believed they would not thank you very much. and that has never been happened in our country. not like that. but tonight that radical ....