Well show you the ballots on the senate floor after the brutal silencing laugh night of senator Elizabeth Warren. The decision s by the judges of the Ninth Circuit which may come later this week could test the limitations of president ial authority and expected to be ultimately be appealed to the United States Supreme Court. Today President Trump defended his authority and attacked the judges who will render that decision as well as the court system, itself. I listen to lawyers on both sides last night, and they were talks about things that had just nothing to do with it. I listened to a panel of judges and ill comment on that i will not comment on the statements made by certainly one judge, but vi have to be honest that if these judges wanted to, in my opinion, help the court in terms of respect for the court, theyd do what they should be doing. I mean, its so sad. We havent had a decision yet,
strong point. So he invited the discussion by the court as to who has the ultimate responsi
same perception when he criticizes them based on his perception of what their nationality might be. i know you agree with that, too, but in terms of when he complained about the judge who may oversee one of his trump university cases judge curiel. judge curiel, certainly when you are talking about the criticism of the messenger himself. my point is that when you criticize a judge based on non- legal grounds or grounds that have nothing to do with the actual mission and job and the judiciary, i think it is offensive. well, candidate trump s racist attack on judge curiel was beyond the pale. but, you know, he demoralizing, are these people so sensitive that they can t take some criticism? you know, what is interesting about this is part of the judge s ruling on the sanctuary city case was based on things the president and his administration officials have said about sanctuary cities, and we have seen judges doing this before, certainly on the immigration case, on the ban from s
he certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by president trump about the judiciary. well a spokesman for gorsuch, himself, confirms the nominee did use the words disheartening and demoralizing in regards to what it was doing to judiciary from trump s comments. joining me, angus king, independent from the state of maine. senator king, what do you make of this, because it s not hearsay, apparently we now know gorsuch s people have said, yes, that s what he s said. he s demoralized. e believes it demoralizes the judiciary to be told they re prejudice by the president of the united states. that s what drutrump basically said. if i had a client who was going to bad mouth the judge while the judge was still considering the case, that in itself makes t s no sense. the deeper problem is just a lack of deep understanding or any understanding of the
and as senator mcconnell might say, you ve been warned. unusually strong criticism tonight from president trump s own supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by president trump. the not understanding of the separation of powers within our government should be of concern to every american. the senate voting to confirm jeff sessions for attorney general after a bitter 24 hours. the facts may hurt, but we re not in the united states senate to ignore fax. elizabeth warren takes to the floor. it drives the republicans blood pressure through the roof. she was warned. she was given an explanation. nevertheless, she persisted. we are the party of opposition. and that is our job. be like liz, resist, resist! according to a new poll, 54%
the u.s. supreme court nominee and the widening fallout over trump s comments. plus, a special report tonight on what some are calling a key to democrats resurrection in the area from resist to persist. how liberals are backing up elizabeth warren after her odd encounter with mitch mcconnell last night. we have it all on tonight s show. and as senator mcconnell might say, you ve been warned. unusually strong criticism tonight from president trump s own supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by president trump. i listen to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. courts seem to be so political. the not understanding of the separation of powers within our government should be of concern to every american. the senate voting to confirm jeff sessions for attorney general after a bitter 24 hours. the facts may hurt, but we re not in the united states senate