for judge gorsuch. >> tucker: i believe that, both victims of this at the moment. great to see you. we will be covering this tomorrow night, we will see you then at 9:00. "hannity" up next. have a great night. >> sean: thanks, tucker. this is a fox news alert, president trump has nominated judge neil gorsuch to serve on the supreme court. the man who helped the president make the big selection, and many other guests will be here with reaction. president trump's decision tonight is yet another example of donald trump keeping promises to you, the american people. that is tonight's openingom monologue. it didn't take president trump very long to fulfill yet another key pledge from his campaign byy nominating judge neil gorsuch to the u.s. supreme court. during our primetime announcement earlier tonight, let's take a look. >> when justice scalia passed away suddenly last february, i

made a promise to the american people. if i were elected president, i would find the very best judge in the country for the supreme court. this may be the most transparent judicial selection process in history. months ago as a candidate, i publicly presented a list, of brilliant and accomplished people, to the american election. and pledged to make my choice from among that list. i am a man of my word. i will do as i say. something that the american people have been asking for from washington for a very, very long time. today, i am keeping another promise to the american people. by nominating judge neil gorsuch. >> sean: i am a man of my word and i am now fulfilling another promise i made to the american

people, those president trump same repeatedly he would select an originalist. that's exactly what he did tonight. over the course of the campaign, i did ask president trump several times why will it was important to him to put forward a justice who would strictly adhere to the original meaning of the words of the constitution. here is what he told me. you are looking for an originalist. >> yes, i am. >> sean: you are a constitutionalist. >> yes i am. i want high intellect, great intellect. these people are all of high, high intellect. their pro-life. >> sean: you are still solid on supreme court justices, originalists? >> i'm looking, i'm down to probably three or four. >> sean: will it be from the list you gave out during the campaign? s >> the answer is yes. >> sean: will it be an originalist? >> i can't say yet.

i made my decision pretty much in my mind, yes. that could be subject to change at the last moment but i think this will be a great choice. >> sean: president trump as he just saw was adamant about nominating a justice who s believes in coequal branches of government, separation of powers, not somebody who will legislate from the bench, who will read and interpreted s constitution the way our founding fathers and framers intended. that's why you put out a list during the campaign of 21 people that you would choose from to nominate to the u.s. supreme court. not surprisingly, judge gorsuch was on that originalist. for good reason. he is a very strong resume. judge gorsuch, now only 49 years old. clerked for several prominent judges, including anthony kennedy and byron white. he was nominated to the court of appeals for the tenth circuit where he currently serves and is confirmed by the u.s. senate and a unanimous vote.

he is described as an originalist, a textualist. he has a strong defender of religious freedom. hobby lobby, the sisters of the poor, against obama administration's contraception mandate. he has made his judicial philosophy very clear. take a look about what he said on a regionalism during a lecture about justice antonin scalia last year. >> text, structure and history is essential to being a good judge. yes, they should be in the business of declaring what the law is using judicial tools of interpretation, not what they wish the law to be. always with an eye on the outcome, some calculation of pleasures and pains along the way. >> sean: joining us now with reaction, leonard leo, one of the people that advised president trump on this decision. welcome to the program.

glad to have you. >> great to be here. >> sean: you and a lot of prominent judicial scholars were asked to look for certain candidates that fit this meaning of a constitutionalist, an originalist. maybe some americans are hearing these terms for the firstma tim. how would you best define those terms and differentiate originalism from judicial activism? >> first of all, the way to think about it is a judge has a deep sense of fairness and f a sense of impartiality. when he is grounded in text and original meaning of the constitution, he is putting the text and the original meeting ahead of any political predisposition he may have. that's the way a judge cases. fairly and partially without regard to your own predispositions or prejudices. >> sean: a judicial activist is somebody of a liberal -- that

a liberal would want on the court? somebody believes that the constitution is a living and breathing document that they have the right to almostso legislate from the bench, not respecting separation of powers, coequal branches, correct? >> that is right. for an activist, it's all about results. policy results that a particular judge might like where a group of people may like. that is not what judging is all about. if you want to do that, you should run for office. you should not be a judge. >> sean: my two favorite justices was justice antonin scalia and clarence thomas. a lot of republicans that believe in originalism have been disappointed. and the one case, obamacare, even the chief justice. can you assure conservatives tonight that this justice is like scalia, like thomas and you wouldn't expect any surprises? >> what i see and judge gorsuch

is a very important quality that gets you there.. that is courage. courage and independence, the willingness to stick to yourmp guns, to make decisions that have to be made that sometimes you may not agree with. that is what he has. if you look at his opinions, he has never hesitated to dissent on a separate opinion when the meaning of the constitution or the text of the constitution needed to be elaborated and that the majority of the court didin not do that. i think we are seeing in him very much an extension of justice scalia's legacy. >> sean: i actually tweeted out a picture tonight, it's interesting, antonin scalia and now the nominee judge gorsuch together. he seems to almost be -- i don't know if this is the right word, he seemed very enamored and inspired by justice scalia and

may be justice is that a fair statement?ti >> judge gorsuch viewed justice scalia as a mentor. many who studied in law school around that time, they used him as a line in the law, a true mentor because of the pathbreaking work he did in bringing originalism and textualism back into the supreme court, in a pretty significant way. >> sean: i think one of the brightest we've had in our time and one of the funniest is justice antonin scalia. his dissenting opinions, even more scathing. i want to ask you more about judge gorsuch. walk us through the process. then candidate trump went to the people that studied the justices that are on the lower courts.

like in his case, on the tenth circuit court of appeals. what was it about this judge and this process that inspired you about what the president then candidate trump was doing? >> the two most important things you can have are one, a demonstrable record, showing a commitment to the constitution as it is written. lots of opinions that show you know what you are doing and you know what to do originalism and textualism and judge gorsuch knows how to do that. two, you want to see signs of courage, strong-willed, who is going to stick to his guns and again, judge gorsuch's work demonstrate that.d he emerged as a very serious contender to succeed justice scalia who is really in many ways irreplaceable. >> sean: the liberal talking points were written long before tonight's decision, whoever the president chose was going to be described as out of the mainstream. somebody that is an extremist. what is your response to those

people making those claims? based on the record and those cases we've seen, the writings. >> it is not surprising.se liberals have always had to rely on the supreme court for the policy results they want. because the political process, the extreme positions they desire to have enacted.. they look to the courts for that, when they see nominee who is fair and partial, he's going to interpret the law as written, that's not necessarily going to end up with the policy they want, and they oppose it. that is what is happening. >> sean: we will get more deeply into this, one more question on the process. back in may, who did trump approach? who did you speak to? >> we first met late in theap spring. he first had this idea that he was going to pick from, and i thought it was frankly brilliant. different, entrepreneurial, brilliant. he wanted to do it because -- >> sean: very trumpish.

>> yes. >> sean: my friend newt gingrich has been giving trump speeches on trumpism. what are your thoughts if any on the nuclear option, mitch mcconnell, and the senate, a precedent has been set for harry reid's, what are your thoughts? >> i'm not sure we are headed in that direction, we just learned that there are seven democrats who already said they will not filibuster and support a vote. this is becoming a very different process than we thought. i think part of it, the president's resolve in the nomination that he made, part os it is his extraordinary nominee that we have. in judge gorsuch who i think is

just very hard to lay a glove on. >> sean: mr. leo, i hope that is in fact the case. i think it may have a lot to do with politics. i would bet those are states the democrats are serving in that donald trump probably won. just political thought on myar part. after what democrats did to good people like robert bork, good people like clarence thomas, the process they put them through. the smearing, it was so unbecoming. >> thank you so much. >> sean: coming up, jay sekulow. justice judge jeanine pirro. what is your reaction, jay sekulow, we talked about this last night? >> a great selection, i had the privilege of having a case before judge gorsuch about the tenhe commandments.

it went to the supreme court of the united states. we ended up winning unanimously. >> sean: you respected him. >> it was great. it was a hotly contested case. i think what leonard said is. absolutely correct. we don't have the luxury to assume they are not going to try to filibuster here, sean. the politics of the moment are that the democrats, those on the left, are going to try to make a case out of this. this is a guy with a sterling reputation but beyond that, he has a decade track record. we have looked at every case he has decided, every opinion has joint, frankly, they are going to have a lot of trouble making a case against him. we should not assume they are not going to. i assume they are going out for justices and they are going to get the fifth. i believe we are going to get there, he will get there, he will be confirmed but we got to fight like we are a little bit behind.e they're going to motivate even

if it does not work. they're going to see how their apparatus works. >> sean: it's interesting you say that. we have a statement from the dnc. the nomination of judge gorsuch raises serious concerns about whether he believes in the constitution and that f it protects all of us, not just the wealthy. the same old talking points we always get. judge jeanine pirro, what is your reaction? >> doesn't matter who he would've nominated, they wrote yesterday. i think what's so impressive,at not only the fact that donald trump has indicated hasas now done exactly what he said ho would do, and that is to nominate someone in the likeness of an antonin scalia. when i'm so impressed with in terms of judge gorsuch is not only the fact that he is incredible credentials and temperament, i like one of the things he said in that clip that you did. a judge who likes every outcome or decision he reaches is

probably a bad judge. that speaks to the fact that he is very much a contextualist,e and a constitutionalist. his decisions are decided not so much by policy or by what he thinks but by the law, by precedent, by the constitution. you can't always agree with everything you do because it is based upon the law. this is a man who clearly understands the solemnity of the position he is being offered and is nominated for and he writes in the style of justice scalia. he is clearly someone who nominated and received his appointment unanimously before. unanimous credentials by the aba. >> sean: his judicial philosophy, and a "law review" article he wrote judges should be in the business of declaring what the law is using traditional tools of interpretation rather than denouncing the law as they might wish it to be in their own political views.

what he's saying is he's respecting their legislative branch. he's respecting separation of powers. he is making a clear distinction and is not the role of a judge to legislate from the bench, which is what liberals seem to want. what they cannot get done at the ballot box or legislatively, they will want the courts to rule on.e >> he made that point in a speech today. let me say one other thing, you have to give the president a lot of credit here. not just for the selection but how it was rolled out this evening. it was with decorum, integrity,f it honored antonin scalia and the entire solemnity of the event speaks with what the president and his cabinet and team views supreme court nominations and the importance of that. he acknowledged this is a legacy that goes beyond him and i think the president to the country a service today by raising the bar. upon which the supreme court

announcement. >> sean: it's even bigger than that. 11 days, if you look off where he stood on trade, obamacare, refugees, the wall, the process they are making on the economy, eliminating 75% regulations, it is kind of refreshing, jay, to have a president who is not all words and no action but all action and frankly fewer words than obama gave us. >> i think it served the president and the country well today. if they are going to try thisel opposition with judge gorsuch, i'm telling you, he is being confirmed. >> no question, he is prepared -- what his mother went through when she was the head of the epa. he knows what he is in for. he is ready for the fight, everybody knows what the fight is going to be. he is prepared for it and he has got the credentials and the background to fight it. >> sean: we bring in

laura ingraham for a second. laura, as an attorney yourself -- >> did you stay for a second, sean? for a second? >> sean: laura, you can stay for the whole show.. you can cohost. we are friends. >> i'm listening to judge jeanine. >> sean: she doesn't look like she's in the studio. >> the party is here. we are celebrating the gorsuch pick. i do not know what you are doing. we have the margarita is going. >> sean: thank you for inviting us, we really appreciate it. let me show you some of the cases that went before him, hobby lobby, sisters of the poor. some of these decisions, controversial, but what you glean from his judicial philosophy based on those decisions? >> leonard touched on this earlier, he is a textualist. he doesn't believe that judges should read it meaning intoea

statutes or the constitution that didn't exist at the time it was written. he doesn't believe in reading legislative history, taking into account other contemporaneous documents or notes written by legislators. he believes that the intent of what congress passed and statutes and what our framers wrote in our constitution is what should govern. that is textualism, that is what justice scalia believed in and that is what judge gorsuch has led his life on. the judiciary, especially in the last half-century has been much more activist.t. in other words, acting likee a super legislature of unelected judges who have life tenure and who are not accountable to the voters. judge gorsuch is a refreshing change from the long history of judicial activism coming from the left, appointed by mostly

democrats but not all democratso republicans have had a lot of swings and misses in these judicial appointments. conservatives across the country certainly hope that judges gorsuch is not going to be the disappointment that david hackett would be or in some cases, the man for whom neil gorsuch clerk, anthony kennedy. >> sean: what you take out of hobby lobby?, little sisters of the poor and its decisions there? >> what i take out is that he holds religious liberty extremely important. the criticism that we are now hearing, the left has conjurede up is that he is antiwoman and pro-corporation. they take from a hobby lobby and little sisters of the poor the fact that gorsuch said look, we do not want to be forced to give something against our religion

to women who work in the littlee sisters of the poor, it is against our religion. they say it's nonsense. it is a religious in favor of the little sisters of the poor and in favor of hobby lobby. we don't want to provide abortion. >> if you do not have religious conscience rights, if there is no religious liberty that accrues to a group of people whether in a closely held a business organization or with a group that is purely religious as a group of nuns that take care of the elderly, what does religious liberty mean? what'd our framers framers actually intended when they wrote the constitution? that case and his disposition of that case revealed a lot about t his judicial philosophy.ot that should be very reassuring to people who believe in the original meaning and a more

textual interpretation of the constitution which again empowers the original meaning of the constitution and he does statutory interpretation, he does not substitute his own judgment for the judgment ofs duly elected representatives. that is the key of thegm separation of powers. >> sean: great analysis. if it really is a religious liberty case as laura points out, if the government -- think of it the other way. if the government is allowed to mandate that little sisters of the poor or a corporation must do things that contradict their deeply held religious values and convictions, that is particularly chilling and frightening and it should be for anybody, whether a liberal, libertarian, conservative. it should not matter. >> absolutely right. i have had the privilege of litigating for three decades on religious liberty.

let me say this. judge gorsuch in his concurring opinion in the hobby lobby case, he pointed out at length that the green family had constitutional rights that could impact their business. in other words, you did not have to separate your faith from your business, especially when it was a closely held corporation thatn hobby lobby is. this fundamental recognition of the right to religious liberty on an individual basis, but in your daily life and business, it should be comforting to everyone. those on the left that don't like the hobby lobbyom decision but the fact of the matter if you look at the text of the constitution, if you understand what is called the religion clause, the majority opinion there was correct. judge gorsuch especially was correct in his concurring opinion. he went out of his way to point out exactly what his view ofin religious liberty was on my case, he didn't simply join the majority opinion. he put it in writing what exactly is thought. >> the fact that the president selected him as his nominee and

a case that is so important in terms of contemporary issues tell us where donald trump is on this particular issue and how important it is to him. >> sean: he also weighed in on the second amendment, he respects it, writing that there is a long tradition of widespread gun ownership by private individuals in this country and thetr supreme court has held the second amendment to own firearms not beyond fringe. he used the actual text of the constitution. >> he was referring to that one case, that was a layup in my view of a decision. the the thing is the right to die, euthanasia book, it informs us of his views on life, liberty, the pursuit of thappiness.

you cannot deprive another person of life even if it is at the end of their life or pre-born children. i that goes to the heart of what the constitution is all about. the issue of exercising religion, it doesn't just give you the freedom to worship, that's not all it says. the freedom to exercise. free exercise of religious belief and understanding. that means you can believe what you want without the government forcing you to do something contrary to your closely held fundamental religious beliefs. that's what we have to understand about judge gorsuch. >> one of the issues that is going to come up is the issue of abortion. there is very little or nothing on abortion. >> sean: that is what all every liberal commentator isle talking about. >> there is no writing on the abortion issue. they are going to try to interpret for other cases what he may feel. >> sean: do all of you believeee that roe v. wade is bad law, to

all of you believe that as i do? >> they made it up. this was a decision that should have been left to the states. they took it over by having a supreme court to dictate this. at the end of the day, and 8-10 weeks, we are going to be calling him justice gorsuch. >> no question. >> sean: laura, last word. do you think you will get through? >> i believe they will have to use the nuclear option and he will get confirmed and they are going to have another nomination probably in the next 3-4 months. >> sean: really?y? >> really? what you know? >> sean: you are drinking margaritas alone, what won't you tell us? i think in june, there will probably be a retirement.th thank you all for being with us. we've got to keep going. a lot of news here tonight.

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i took the task of this nomination very seriously. i have selected an individual whose qualities define really -- and i mean really closely define -- what we are looking for. >> sean: that was president trump earlier tonight, announcing his decision to nominate judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. shannon bream, it really did come down to three names. i was getting worried earlier today, i know you where it's well that it was going to be mr. gorsuch. what is your take and the take from people there? >> it's interesting because myuc inbox flooded immediately with people supporting and opposing him. many on the left are worried about as you had at lengthy discussion there, the hobby lobby decision. that he's going to be antichoice, antiwoman, you know those are already starting. with respect to him, you know how their strategies are going to be. in this book he wrote about euthanasia, assisted suicide, we

know where his positions are. respecting life and all of its forms and times. we know those things will come up. but this is a guy who way back in columbia before it was public will be '80s, he started a paper called the fed. it was a pushback against what ' he thought was a dominant liberal philosophy and culture on campus. he is not new to this. his mom was the first female director of the epa under reagan. he has even written about confirmation battles and in his opinion, they have become political warfare. the attacks that happen to people who step up and are nominated for these oppositions on the federal bench. he knows what he's walking into. he has criticized the left and says they have come to rely on courtrooms and judges to get their agenda done where they haven't been able to do with voters and the ballot box. the left is not going to like this even though he's got that

columbia harvard oxford pedigree and a ton of support. the aba which is not known to be a conservative organization hass unanimously rated him as well qualified.e there is no doubt the president factored in his ability to be confirmed. >> sean: leonard leo saying in the program there were seven democrats already saying they would go along and allow a vote on this, the republicans only need one more, have you confirmo that? >> i have not confirmed those numbers. h as we know, there are so many of these democrats who are in critical red states in 2018 and that may influence the way theyt look at this. they may say listen, this guy is eminently qualified on paper, whether we agree with him or not, we cannot say this is somebody who is not qualified. at least let him get to a vote. we will see, i think the numberi could be there. >> sean: shannon, i know it is a cold night, we appreciate you being out there.

joining us now, bill bennett. first reaction to neil gorsuch? >> thanks for letting this nonlawyer join the lawyer margarita party. [laughter] listen, i want to talk about this. i want to echo what jay sekulow said. the president who was supposed to be this carnival barker, this tv guy, this barbarian, what dignity and grace! it wasn't about him, it was alla about judge gorsuch, it was a great moment for donald trump. for those of us who went through this campaign and i know you did, we sweat blood a lot of the time, people said what are the arguments? >> sean: i would do that again in a heartbeat. >> i would say the supreme court.

people would say cynically, the roman emperor caligula, he will appoint his sister or some joker. well, he appointed neil gorsuch. end of story, end of case. there is the argument for the president of united states right here. this guy will serve 25 or 30 amazing years. >> sean: we have been around politics a long time. i covered robert bork, clarence thomas, we have seen how ugly this process can be. we both know and understand this. this is justice scalia's seat. i wouldn't expect anything less from the democrats than a fight. the bigger picture, we have seen a lot of presidents too, have you ever witnessed the president checking off promise after promise as quickly as this one? >> the shock of this is somebody doing what he said he's doing is remarkable. my gosh, he is fulfilling

campaign promises. i want to say something else about gorsuch. people are making out a lot about columbia, harvard, oxford. i went to harvard law, i bet you the formative education experience was georgetown preparatory school, a catholic school. i bet you that's where that comes from.pr >> sean: why am i not shocked to hear that? >> you know what i believe, a formation of character. the history at that school. you look into it, you will find out. i think the democrats would be wise to just let this oneil through. i don't think they will be able to touch him. >> sean: i see joe, maybe claire -- she's afraid of losing her seat. that would be the only reason i would see what is coming up in 2018 is not a good lineup for the democrats, defending a whole lot of seats. bill, stay right there. we've got fox news contributor

mercedes schlapp. and a lawyer himself, geraldo rivera. the reaction to the shock and awe and the speed of light by which donald trump is fulfilling his promises. >> i think there is an energy unmistakably but there is also hubris. i do not understand why but the refugee ban for instance was promulgated without any notice. you could have done exactly the same thing the next wednesday. 7-year-old kids stuck at heathrow airport, it looks bad for president trump. >> sean: then it gives people time. look at the lead up of iraq. that was such a idea to go so long. >> i think he is excellent, an excellent choice. i am relieved by this. >> sean: what were you afraid of?i >> i was afraid that he would go for a bork kind of guy. a hard-nosed.

>> sean: he was an intellective genius. >> can't we all get along? he is a great conservative, intellectual, a guy who's been there in every way. my friends say the only judge more qualified than him was merrick garland. my point is -- the scalia seat, i think it really is a no-brainer. in many ways, i think he did an excellent job, and elegant ceremony. >> sean: at one thing, mercedes, we really haven't talked about, leonard leo said the fact that he did this back in may, he put out the list of 20. all the times i would interview him, the supreme court was such a big issue. i asked him often, when we were doing town halls, and originalist,t, constitutionalis, why do you want that person? he said i'm going to pick from this list and he did.. >> for president trump it was

very important for him to build that trust with the conservative circles, my husband runs a american conservative union, it was very clear we were all looking for these very solid conservative picks, someone who would be a strict originalist, someone who would fill the shoes of a justice scalia.e i think donald trump understood that during the campaign and really, he held to his promise. i have to say, for conservatives out there, and those never trumpers, that didn't want to support him, those conservatives that were so critical of him -- if hillary clinton had been elected, we would have lost this justice scalia seat, it would have been fundamentally changed for generations. >> sean: i tweeted something out tonight, i will get a quick reaction from bill. an originalist, constitutionalist, people like bret stephens, the weekly

standard, the never trumpers, and then i wrote thank you, irredeemable,y deplorable friends. you did this. what does this mean for allth those people that were so against donald trump that fought against him and did everything they could do to help hillary clinton and claimed they were conservatives? this would not have happened if they had their way. bill, last word.av >> as i've said to you b every saint has a past, every sinner has a future. >> sean: you're being very gracious. >> i have a t-shirt, a deplorable t-shirt. to be forgiven. >> thank you so much. we will continue, mercedes and geraldo, stay with us. my good friend dr. cornel west will join us in studio, aswe "hannity" continues tonight. uss

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>> sean: you are a state's rights guy.me >> the tenth amendment confers to the states. as their own sovereign in many ways, you cannot argue sanctuary cities are illegal if the states have the tenth amendment that says -- >> sean: you and i need two hours alone. >> what do you guys talk about? >> sean: what is your take on people that were so wrong? >> what donald trump is doing us that he is keeping to his word, sean. he has made it very clear. when have you seen a president come out -- just give over a list about who he would pick to as a supreme court nominee? for conservatives that did not believe donald trump would pick one of the 20, i think it's very telling of the fact that for donald trump, he's proving himself that he's willing --

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unfortunately, that is all the time we have left. my good friend professor cornel west is going to catch this in a minute. stay with us, a live "special report." got the camera on? ♪ 's but one president trump nominates a conservative judge, and advocate for religious freedom, and a strict constructn list to be the next justice of the supreme court. and now the fireworks begin. this is "special report." ♪ good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. this is a special edition of "special report" on president trump's nomination for the u.s. supreme court. exit polls show it was a major factor in his upset win in november. tonight, the president selected tenth u.s. circuit court of appeals judge, neil gorsuch, to fill the seat