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Themselves from any decisions that come before the court coming out of the mueller investigation, for example, if the president needs to be subpoenaed or something like that. i don t think the justices would be a nominee would be required to recuse themselves but i m wondering whether you plan to ask them if they would agree to that? that s a great question and i ve thought about it, yes, i will ask that question. it is a supremely important question. justice in the tapes case were appointed by president nixon but they were appointed before that kind of litigation was produced. here we know a subpoena case is very likely involving donald trump to go to the united states supreme court and i will ask a nominee to commit him or herself that they will recuse themselves from sitting on that decision. ....
Th this. they have eliminated the cloture vote on supreme court nominees, that s how gorsuch got confirmed. it s hard to see as a practical matter, put aside appealing to the country and making the moral case, but when you get down to parliamentary tactics, it s hard to see what cards the democrats hold? we ll use every tool available in terms of parliamentary rules but this republican leadership demonstrated nothing but contempt for the normal rules. they made the rules for neil gorsuch eliminating the 60 vote threshold and they may change the other rules that require judiciary committee approval for a nominee. keep in mind, we still have the american people on our side if frump chooses from that list of right wing fringe ideologues who are committed to overturn roe v. ....
Blumenthal of connecticut. also with us, former assistant united states attorney. she s a criminal justice instructor at pace school of law and an msnbc legal analyst. senator blumenthal, you called the kennedy announcement earth-shaking and gut wrenching. moving forward, what s the game plan for democrats? what s the topic? the american people should have a voice. this vote should take place after the election when a new congress is seated. a decision of this historic magnitude requires a lot of deliberate consideration, it requires more than the few months we have before this election. and the republicans ought to adhere to the mcconnell rule that these votes should not take place in an election year so we ll take this case to the american people. ....
Years why non-union members were compelled to pay union dues to unions they weren t members of and wanted no part of and wanted no part of their politics. so you have a decision yesterday where the united states supreme court with the help of a trump appointee pushes it aside. i thought there was a fundamental principle of compelled speech, that no one should be forced to join an organization that they disagreed with or to support in any way speech with which they disagreed but there s no question about it but as george will made the case, these are all tradeoffs and the federal courts are immensely important and they will be important going forward. ....
Mika, i was a law clerk to justice blackman on the united states supreme court. i ve argued cases before the united states supreme court. i have deep respect from the united states supreme court. i ve never seen it so polarized and politicized and i ve never seen such an allout assault on the rule of law. the supreme court is going to be a bulwark in protecting our fundment fun fundamental rights and liberties, not just roe v. wade, but gay rights, civil rights likes affirmative action, all rights that we take for granted. that s the case we ll make to the american people and to our republican colleagues. we only need one vote. it s a razor thin majority they have. steve rattner? recognizing everything you ve said and agreeing with it, i have trouble in seeing what the democrats path is to success on ....