it's also built in hope for democratic society. the cornerstone was placed by marquis de lafayette. it's a monument to the first revolutionary battle that was staged in hope to create a world with rights, and the right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. >> hinojosa: and one of the things that you focused on in your work, there are two groups of people who you have focused on in your work that are really, really fascinating. one of them is immigrants, immigrants without a voice, and the other one is the homeless. >> and veterans. >> hinojosa: and veterans. so let's talk a little bit about the work with immigrants. you have... >> they are called the alien staff. >> hinojosa: the alien staff. >> yes. >> hinojosa: which i remember when i first saw it i was like, "what is this?" it's essentially a staff that has... it's carrying... >> it's like a walking stick. >> hinojosa: it's a walking stick. >> it's got a certain symbolic power, like, that's why it's called staff. >> hinojosa: and it's got their memories, it's got their passport, it's got their papers? >> it has plexiglass conta

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the big question in a democratic society is what oversight you have about what your spooks are doingg the things you would approve of. a lot of the dark arts i want them to do. i want them to stop people blowing up our schools and so on. this would be news to us but not to russian or chinese intelligence that you can get a samsung television and bug it. as citizens we might not know this. the russians might be ahead of us in terms of doing that. what makes you say that?! look at the american election and what happened! there are good cyber attackers out there. allegedly, yes. they are welcome to sue in the british courts. wikileaks, good or bad? is it for you the question of provenance, where does it come from? who is doing it for whose benefit? discrimination. i don't regard data dumping as whistle— blowing. it is not whistle—blowing. whistle—blowing is you think something is wrong going on and you bring attention to that thing. taking every bit of data and dumping it in the open without care about what it is or where it comes from... and failing to redact personal information. they

the american public indeed all democratic societies need to understand that line actors are using old techniques with new plat fors to undermine our democratic institutions. this hearing entitled "disinformation, a primer in active measures and influence campaigns," will consist of two panels. and will provide a foundational understanding of russian active measures and information operations campaigns. the first panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns. the second panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns and the role and april capabilities of cyber operations in support of these activities. unfortunately, you will learn today that these efforts by russian to discredit the u.s. and weaken the west are not new. these efforts are in fact at the heart of russian and previous soviet union intelligence efforts. you will learn today that ha our community has been a target of russian information warfare propaganda and cybercampaigns. and still is. the efforts our experts will outline today continue unabated. the take away from today's

appropriate for me to suggest who folks who are labors and efforts a political view point in our democratic societyre anything like nazis, about which i know very little, and i certainly did not mean to offense millions of folks who suffered so greatly during the holocausts and millions of relatives, but she is not likely to do that. i don't think she has that level of insight. she may not think she has done anything wrong. she is on a campaign to demonize people. liz: can you tell, a viewer what should she have said. >> i think she should have said, i have gone down the wrong path. i have used ugly language to label people with different view points from me, in so doing, i think i managed to trample on the very, very important memories and legacy and suffering of millions of people who lived through nazi germany. i am deeply sorry. or as jesse jackson once said, god is not y fished wit me. >> dr. keith ablow come back soon we love having you on. >> love to. liz: "time" magazine going after trump, claiming that president, himself, could single handedly destroy democracy. >> this is the reason peopl

and democratic society we can't arrest people on suspicion.ave to be sophisticated and continue investigation and surveillance so the police in our lando. if the fbi completed their investigation, they can't be investigating everything forever. we looked into it and didn't find any in particular. the local police to pick it up and carry out routine surveillance and check and see what's happening. that's what we find in london. the prime minister pointed out he's been investigated. why would you investigate in the first place. so again, it warranted keeping them under more surveillance. but they look for is losing contact with saudi arabia, did he meet with radical imams, did he go to radical mosques and did he come back here and have any contact with radicals in england? how did his behaviors change? often you say look at them now and back on what he did, do you see any changethat he should have reported to the police? we saw that again and send her an adeno. now looking back. maria: let me ask you. masood drove his rented suv across london's

interesting when this happens is the separation of houses, which is a core theme in any democratically elected societyis right. what is interesting is the division within korean society itself, with some youngsters actually wanting her to remain in power. older and more conservative voters want the opposite. it is unusual when a head of state gets removed from power that actually the country is still so that actually the country is still so divided. usually everyone has a popular thing against the head of state, but it isn't happening. not at all. she has been suspended in november as well. things have been building up and there has been a lot of unrest. apparently, outside of the court, people were waiting eagerly awaiting the outcome. we can actually see live pictures for a seoul. we have had reports that two people have died during the clashes between supporters and opponents, as we we re between supporters and opponents, as we were saying. it is something that has divided the population, even though the court decision was a unanimous one. that's right. that's right. the gulf news. american marines

it serves as the reminder of the nation we are meant to occupy in the democratic society. the judges might wear scarlet and here we are told by our own plain black robes and i can attest to the standard outside of the local uniform supplied store as a good deal. ours is the judiciary of an honest black polyester. i want to meet three overlapping planes about the robe. it changes the way that we seeng the court and it reiterates the calling of the judge to the judge and it gives us a special opportunity to teach our kids something about the constituti constitution. how does it change the way that we see the court. when you look at the nine justices sitting together inone their robes they blend in with one another.pa it's hard to tell them apart if you squint. when the judge puts on his or her role but it forces the personalities into the background so that we can focus on the important and modest jobs they have to do which is to drill down on facts and law.t bt it is meant but very foolish. standing before the court, your gender and skin and bank account cannot decide your

it takes hold of democratic societies through two channels -- political and economic influence. the political influence can come through anti-european and fringe parties. it can go through individuals, possibly businessmen who turned politicians, nongovernmental organizations. it can spread through information wars and even the russian orthodox church. the economic channel isore powerful in some respects. it works through a network of kremlin insiders, former intelligence officers and local olgarks to manipulate strategic sectors of a country's economy. and our report looked at how both of these channels, both the political and the economic work together and what we found is that corruption is the key and principal conduit for the impact of russian influence. and the reason that they go after those strategic sectors like energy, like finance, is that's where there are the biggest opportunities to exploit and use corruption. but what has allowed russia's strategy to be so successful is western susceptibility and in some ways complicitness with russia's exploitation. and we found

a democratic society has to be perceived to have growth, which all of sudden, looks to sink into populismas i can see is something very similar to what is happening in latin america. populism in that context is not an economic policy. it is basically a cry of pain. the request is, somebody come and do something.- great populists do, donald trump promises that it is going to be fabulous. he is talking about, and he said it again yesterday, not in his speech but during the course of the day, america under donald trump will have 3% more growth. that's how he's going to fix it and pay for it all. can he do it? now. why see promising it, then, because then it opens the door to disappointment. promising it, then, because then it opens the door to disappointmentm is obvious. i think we underestimate the impact on the marketplace of the issue of regulation. what the markets are responding to is the elimination of this, not his other policies, but the is a clean issue. the markets have responded well to the president's address. in fact the markets have responded well ever since he was elected. how

what we are hurting is not only our values as a free democratic society by our economy. we want to create jobs in our country. all the studies are showing if you deport 11 million people from our borders -- >> i'm just talking summerville, massachusetts. i just want to be clear. you would say i will fight for this, i will fight for the illegals hear or protected in my sanctuary city even though i lose funding and legal residents playing taxes and legal citizens of the united states and summerville, massachusetts will have to deal. >> i stand by with what i said. we're not going to run from who we are. we're not going to be bullied if vilifyin one of the most vulnerable populations in our country. >> neil: thanks for taking the time. >> thank for having me. >> neil: the fallout from this and what's going on right now in california. protests continue even after he spoke for house intel chair devin nunes. and sprinkles on brown sugar streusel. so that you can spend more time making special moments with your family. marie callender's it's time to savor [he has a new business

laws they think it should be in the future but the judges should do none of these things in a democratic society, unquote. i think that accurately describes justice scalia's view. is that also your own view. >> senator, it is, though i got to confess that lecture was attended by about 20 people and it's got a lot more attention since. >> well, we're making sure it gets some more. and your opinions on the appeals court, you take great care to identify what issues the court may or may not address and one opinion last year, for example, you used phrases such as, quote, it's not our job, unquote and, quote, it simply isn't our business, unquote. what is an appellate court's job in your view? >> it is a limited vital rule in our separated powers. a judge is there to make sure that every person, poor or rich, mighty or meek, gets equal protection of the law. it is chiselled above the supreme court entrance in vermont marble, though i believe the lincoln memorial is made out of colorado marble, and that is a profound and radical promise, that everybody person is protected by our laws equally. in all of

the american public, indeed all democratic societies, need to understand that malign actors are using old techniques with new platforms to undermine our democratic institutions. this hearing entitled disinformation, a primer in russian active measures influence campaigns, will consist of two panels and will provide a foundational understanding of russian active measures and information operations campaigns. the first panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns. the second panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns and the role and capabilities of cyber operations in support of these activities. unfortunately, you will learn today that these efforts by russia to discredit the u.s. and weaken the west are not new. these efforts are at the heart of russian and previous soviet union intelligence efforts. our country has been a target of information warfare, propaganda and cyber campaigns and still is. the efforts our expert wils wil outline today continue unabated. the take away from today's hearing, we're all targets of a sophisticated

moral convict convictions to re- shape a law and judges should be none of those things in a democratic society. judges you said, should strive to apply the law as it is, focusing backward not forward, and looking to text, structure and history to decide what a reasonable reader at the time of the events in question would have understood the law to be. i want to understand those use of the constitutions and how they square with modern day life. due process, equal perso protecf the law, these are general and sweeping terms and the supreme court which has the power of judicial review has the constitutional duty to be the final arbiter of what the constitution means. rulings that can impact voting rights, civil rights and the rights of people to marry. many of the issues we face are ones that the country's founders never considered, and never could have considered because of all the social change and innovation that has taken place. we are no longer dealing with plows, bonnets and colony debts in england but instead driverless cars, drone and cybercrime. those were just the topics of the hearings

>> if things are functioning as they should in a democratic society, the investigation should continue and the southern district, which is preet's district is the most powerful u.s. attorney's office in the country. the most important with the most significant cases. over history, mostly resisted being politicized where many u.s. attorney's offices are political tools. the southern district remained independent and i think it's crucial that it continue to be so and we won't really know until we see who the president is choosing to take up preet's old job. that's going to be a really big question. >> between house of cards and billions, i mean why am i watching tv anymore. we are living it. wow. thank you so much, sheila. you, too. you are not going anywhere. up next, former attorney general of the united states is here to weigh in on these firings. plus, winter is not over yet. major cities in the northeast set for a massive snowstorm. how big? details straight ahead. the whole country booking on choice hotels.com. four words, baddbook.baa boom... let it sink in. shouldn't we say we ha

expected of us that cold neutrality of the impartial judge and the station meant to occupy a democratic society. we are told to buy our own plane black robes and i can attest the local supplyy store has a good deal and on neil gorsu polyester. whic is an excellent land the work of the committee and the court over the next century and beyond what to make three points it changes the way that our eyes see the court henrietta recalling of the judge to the judging gives us a special opportunity to talk caout their constitution what the government and end cannot do.look a when you look at those nine s justices sitting together is hard to tell them apartice ra calling attention to the office rather than the person with the put not his or her role divorces the personalities into the background to focus on the importance of the job to drill down on the facts and the law. they're objective and done change based on their personality better evaluated not what they wish the of boss said someone famously said the bisbee is an essential ingredient well meant but very foolish your gender laurence skin or bank

israel fund stands for the idea of building a homeland for the jewish people and and equal and democratic society all citizens. it is the only israel that can survive and achieve a two state solution. we do not do any favors if we notend what is happening is happening and that it cannot happen here. i want to say that i appreciate that you have the most sincere concern for the jewish people of anyone i know. the people in charge of israel's policy do not agree in limiting the settlements. even if we could establish a consensus. consensus, there are governmentsts in the of israel. we have seen the political cartoons. how long do we have to be told -- that one with the wolf and the sheep. he says that he will each all of the sheep. the other one says, i am voting for him. if we do not listen to the people in charge of israel and our government and believe that , that call tore us is to figure out the most effective ways of resisting that agenda. host: i want to flip it back to the grassroots. i come from the grassroots and i was trained in organizing. i believe in the grassroots of the united state

the american public, indeed, all democratic societies need to understand that blind actors are using old techniques with new platforms to undermine our democratic institutions. this hearing entitled "disinformation, a primer in russian acted measures and influence campaigns" will consist of two panels and will provide a foundational understanding of russian acted measures and information operations campaigns. the first panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns. the second panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns and the role and capabilities of cyber operations in support of these activities. unfortunately, you will learn today that these efforts by russia to discredit the u.s. and weaken the west are not new. these efforts are at the heart of russian and previous soviet union intelligence efforts. you will learn today that our community has been a target of russian information warfare, propaganda, and cyber campaigns and still is. the efforts our experts will outline today continue unabated. the takeaway from today's hearing --

president for center for policing equity the majority of my adult life in the pursuit of a more democratic society before as a research scientist was black i have that black my entire life so i am here along with these experiences better so familiar the lives told about black man and boy is in the temperaments are part of the reasons and work my entire life to be evidence of truth so in that spirit a as a scientist and a black man with blake to share what is holding as back. the first myth we cannot move forward because there is no national data into collect national data -- data level despite on what civilians commit also without measuring a problem but it is simply not a case suss to run the database and we offer those commitments serving one-third by population they standardize the data with the racial c orientation to collect information peru's surveys when this effort was slow going was recently bolstered by a partnership to allow us to reduce the time to participate in the databaseal da which says but we are rapidly approaching not a possible execution and toha say we cannot do better withou

they are literally trying to tear apart the fabric of western liberal democratic society. >> i believeayor of london is muslim. >> he is indeed. >> they are failing at that. thanks one and all for being here. appreciate it. we'll continue to follow the breaking news in london as we learn more details about the terrorist attack. let's turn to our other top story. the clock is ticking for republican leadership to turn more no votes into yes votes on health care. that story is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lease a 2017 lincoln mkx for $369 a month. only at your lincoln dealer. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that... ...i won't stop until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75% skin clearance at 3 months. while the majority saw 90% clearance. do not use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting, you should be tested for tu

because we cannot, in a free and democratic society, liv in a fortress and properly stop all of thosees of things. ineffortably, sadly, sometimes these things will strike home and casualties will be caused. >> are you still convinced as to the concentric rings of security around the compound that houses the center of british government? >> yes, i think we've seen in our history, which in this country, sadly, because of irish republican terrorism in london going back many decades now, authorities have developed a very sophisticated security apparatus to keep our people safe. the ultimate sharpened of that, it will always be, flesh and blood, police officers on the streets, putting themselves in the front line, really, to deal with harm's way when it comes to them. that's what we've witnessed today. >> final question. do you addition do you applaud the decision of the house of lords and the house of commons to sit as scheduled tomorrow? >> absolutely, yes. london doesn't bow to terrorism. london not bowed to hitler and his bombs in second world war and we're never going to give into peo

but they should do none of these in a democratic society, unquote. i think that accurately describes justice scalia's view. is that also your own view? >> senator, it is, though i have to confess that lecture was attended by about 20 people and it's gotten a lot more attention since. >> we're making sure it gets some more. in your opinions on the appeals court, you take great care to identify what issues the court may or may not address. and one opinion last year, for example, you used phrases such as, quote, it's not our job, unquote. and, quote, it simply isn't our business, unquote. what is an appellate court's jojob in your view? >> it's a limited vital role in our separated powers. to make sure every person, poor or rich, mighty or meek, gets equal protection under the law. in vermont marble, though i believe the lincoln memorial is made out of colorado marble. and that is a profound and radical promise that every person is protected by our laws equally. and in all of human history, that may be the most radical promise in all of law. and what it

moral convict convictions to re- shape a law and judges should be none of those things in a democratic society. judges you said, should strive to apply the law as it is, focusing backward not forward, and looking to text, structure and history to decide what a reasonable reader at the time of the events in question would have understood the law to be. i want to understand those use of the constitutions and how they square with modern day life. due process, equal perso protecf the law, these are general and sweeping terms and the supreme court which has the power of judicial review has the constitutional duty to be the final arbiter of what the constitution means. rulings that can impact voting rights, civil rights and the rights of people to marry. many of the issues we face are ones that the country's founders never considered, and never could have considered because of all the social change and innovation that has taken place. we are no longer dealing with plows, bonnets and colony debts in england but instead driverless cars, drone and cybercrime. those were just the topics of the hearings

the american public, indeed all democratic societies need to understand that malign actors are using old techniques with new platforms to undermine our democratic institutions. this hearing entitled disinformation, a primer in russian active measures and influenced campaigns will consist of two panels. and will provide a foundational understanding of russian active measures and information operations campaigns. the first panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns. the second panel will examine the history and characteristics of those campaigns and the role and capabilities of cyber uperations. you will learn this efforts by russia to discredit the west are not new. these efforts are at the heart of russian and previous soviet union intelligence efforts. you will learn today that our community has been a target of russian information warfare propaganda and cyber campaigns and still is. the efforts our experts will outline today continue unabated the take away from today's hearing, we're all targets of a sophisticated and capable adversary and we must engage i

>> first of all, i think we can agree that freedom of speech are hallmarks of a democratic society to be sure. however, the liberties are not without restrictions and, you know, we have seen time and time again that the united states government can place restrictions on these liberties in the place of privacy interest and here we have a clear violation of the unauthorized disclosure of information act and the question is going to be to what extent msnbc involved in obtaining those illegal documents. we know it was a crime to leak the documents. kind of blanket excuse that the first amendment is going to somehow excuse the passing of the buck in this situation. to me just seems disingenuous. charles: he could have a case, yes? >> i think absolutely. there's a lot of unknowns here. once -- if he makes it past the pleading stages in the case and engages in civil discovery and deposition and exchange of documents, we could learn a lot more how the documents ended up in rachel maddow's disk out of the clear-blue sky. charles: diane. >> the first amendment provides absolute immunity to the

while we as legislators may appeal to our own moral convictions in shaping the law judges in a democratic society should not preside cases based on their own moral convictions of their policy preferences. with judge gorsuch i think the shows we can be confident he will read the law as written and not legislate from the bench with regard to the separation of powers judge gorsuch as cautions against the governmental encroachment on the people's liberties which could occur should the political majorities of the legislative and executive branches be permitted to decide cases in the political unresponsive judiciary ranch be allowed to create or executeit policies. for my part i'm excited to confirm a justice who repairs the separation of powers is a central principle of our constitution. judge gorsuch is demonstrated his support for religious liberties. our country has valued the right of individuals to practice their faith according to the date tapes of their own conscience. he once wrote that our religious freedom statue quote don't just apply to protect popularpr religious belief, and also perhaps

convictions about social utility to reset the law, but the judges should do none of those things in a democratic society. as scalia put it, if you're going to be good judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you are not always going to like the conclusion that you reach. if you like them all the time, you are probably doing something wrong. that catches an ideology that everybody ought to agree that as supreme court justice should embody. if you look at the body of gorsuch is work, his work reflects that. .e is a committed texture list there are cases in which he has reached results that would be conservative. i cannot get into his head but i think he probably didn't like the results that he reached. that was where the law let him. i think he is a lot like justice scalia, for whom i can give similar examples. there are numerous instances in which judge gorsuch ruled against the government, in favor of individual defendants, in ways that perhaps, if you look at the facts might not have been his preferred outcome. >> can i say, you mentioned we should have a litmus test, but last year we saw bo

i dedicated the majority of my adult life in pursuit of a more democratic society. before i was a research scientist, i was black in fact i've been blocked my entire life with the exception to the week i took off in college so i'm here because of science but also the experience is so familiar around the country. the lies and myths told about our intellect, loyalty and temperaments is part of the reason we are here today.e i like so many others worked my entire life to become evidence of the truth even in the face of those that look like me so it's in my spirit as a research scientist and a black man i would like to share three myths holding us back from achieving progress and achieving. the first is that we cannot move forward because there' there iso national data on policing. first it is true no federal agency collects national level data on what officers do despite collecting data on crimes that civilians commit and it's also true without measuring the problem it is often nearlyo impossible to craft a solution e to it but it's not the case because federal governm

rather, it is rooted in the place of the judiciary of judges in our democratic society. the constitution's preamble speaks first of "we, the people" and then, "and their elected representatives. "the judiciary is third in line and it is placed apart from the political fray so that its members can judge fairly, impartially, in accordance with the law and without fear about the animosity of any pressure group. in alexander hamilton's words, the mission of judges is to secure a steady, upright and impartialed a meteorologist -- impartial administration of the laws. would add that the judge should carry out that function without fanfare but with due care. she should decide the case before her without reaching out to cover cases not yet seen. she into bevermiful as judge d then justice benjamin nathan car cardozo said, justice is not to be taken by storm. she is to be wooed by slow advances. we, this committee and i, are about to embark on many hours of conversation. you have arranged this hearing to aid you in the performance of a vital task. to prepare your senate colleague

to be liberal or conservative but rooted in the place of the judiciary of judges in our democratic society. the constitution's preamble speaks first of we the people with the elected representatives. the judiciary is third in line place apart from the political fray so the members can judge fairly and impartially in accordance with the of lot and without fear of animosity of any pressure group. in alexander hamilton's words the emission of judges is to have a impartial administration of the law. that the judge should karioke that its function and decide the case before her and shed be ever mindful as judge and justice said that it is not to be taken by storm but by solid finances. and -- slow advances. this is a vital task to prepare your senate colleagues before consideration of my nomination. the record of the constitutional convention shows the delegates initially entrusted the power to appoint federal judges but you and your colleagues to the senate acting alone only then did the framers settle on the nomination from the vice and consentual of the senate. the text of the constitution m

countries, right, and for that matter the palestinian people who will hold the line between civil society and democraticard a vision. my favorite quote was from yesterday. it was said martin luther king had a dream, not a strategy. civil society in israel like civil society in the united states is articulating a vision of what israel as a shared society can be. beneath the awful headlines and the attacks on the israeli funds, organizations that are guilty like the aclu of holding a mirror up to israeli society and saying this is who we want to be. that is their crime. again, it wasn't that long ago that we in this room remember when the sitting vice president of the united states said that the aclu was helping the terrorists because of what was happening in iraq and at gitmo. beneath those headlines there are civil society organizations, a shared project of israeli who are working to create truly shared and truly open public space. they achieved a monumental victory not yet implemented when they were the main architect of a government's plan to provide equal funding in the budgetary process that the pal

law as they think it should be in the future, but judges should do none of those things in a democratic society. if you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you are no the going to always like the conclusions you reach. if you like them all the time, you're probably doing something wrong. to me that captures an ideology that everybody ought to agree that supreme court should embody. i think if you look at the body of judge gorsuch on the tenth circuit, his work reflects that. he's committed to rule of law. there are absolutely cases in which he has reached results that would be described as conservative, no question. there are also questiocases whe think -- i can't get into his head, but i think he probably didn't like the result that he reached, but that was where the law led him. in that respect i think he actually is a lot like justice scalia, for whom i could give similar examples. there are numerous instances, happy to talk about some of them, in which judge gorsuch ruled against the government, in favor of individual defendants, in ways th

social utility to reshape the law in the future, but the judges should unite those things in a democratic societyit's just a silly about it, you have to resign yourself to the factor not always going to like the conclusion you reach. if you like them on the time, you're probably doing something wrong. to me, that captures and ideology that everybody had to agree a supreme court justice should embody. as you look at the body of judge gorsuch work on the circuit, his work reflects that. he is a committed textualists. he's committed to the rule of law. there are cases in which these reach results that would be described as conservative. there are also cases where i think i can't get into his side, and that he probably didn't like the results he reached. that was read aloud like him. in that respect, it's a lot like justice scalia for whom i could get similar examples. there are numerous instances, happy to talk about some of them in which judge gorsuch wrote against the defendants in ways that perhaps if you think about the facts of those cases might not have been his preferred outcome. >> you menti

while we as legislators may appeal to our own moral convictionness shaping the law, judges in a democratic society should not decide cases based on their own moral convictions on policy preferences. with judge gorsuch is thing the record shows we can be confident he will read the law as written and not legislate from the bench. with regard to the separation of powers judge gorsuch has cautioned against, quote, governmental encroachment on the people's lischs which could occur should the political majority of the legislative and executive branches be per midsted to decide cases and the political unresponsive judiciary branch bev allowed to create our execute policies. for my part, i'm excited to confirm a justice who reveres the separation of powers as a central principle of our constitution. judge gorsuch has demonstrated support for religious liberties. our country has always valued the right of individuals to practice their faith according to dictates of their own conscious and wrote our relation freedom statute, quote, don't just apply to protect popular religious beliefs. it also perhaps its m

part of being a democratic society, means we should have health care for society. part of what it means to have a civilized democracy and people can lift their voices up to have decent health care and we urge people to do that and this is the right time to do it. and i want to he yield back to my friend from maryland and i thank you for holding down this special order because the affordable care act has worked for us. as you said, mr. raskin, the affordable care act is not perfect. what piece of legislation everybody was. amended the 19 4 amended act. we amend laws all the time repeal and not come close to replacing, it is wrong. with that, i will yield back to ongressman raskin. mr. raskin: we salute you for the hard work. mr. speaker, how much time do i have left? i just want to tie up some loose ends here by exploring a few of the points that mr. ellison raced. one of the very messy features of this legislation that is barreling through congress is that the g.o.p. leadership understand stood thousand the pre-existing e on conference. that is going to be a mainst

capacity i dedicated the majority of my adult life using social science in the pursuit of a more democratic society. but before other research scientist i was black. in fact, i'v blae been my entire life with the possible exception of the week i took off in college. and so i'm here because of signs but also armed with exploit exck road two black men and boys ran the country. the lies told about black men and boys, the myths about our intellect, our loyalty and our temperaments, those are part of the reason we are here today. and i like so many others have worked my entire life to become evidence of the truth even in the face of those lies they tell about me and boys who look like me. it's in that spirit of truth telling and ms. busting that i as a scientist and as a black man would like to briefly share three myths currently holding us back from achieving racial progress in policing. the first myth is we cannot move forward because there are no national level data on policing. first, it is true no federal agency currently collects national level data in what police officers do in the street on poli

but the judges should do none of these things in a democratic society. i think that accurately describes justice scalia's view. is that also your own view? >> senator, it is. though i got to confess that lecture was attended by 20 people and has more attention since. >> well, we're making sure it gets some more. in your opinions on the appeals court, you take great care to identify what issues the court may or may not address. and one opinion last year, for example, you used phrases such as, quote, it is not our job, unquote, and quote, it simply isn't our business, unquote. what is an appellate court's judge in your view? >> it is a limited vital role in our separated powers. a judge is there to make sure that every person, poor or rich, mighty or meek, gets equal protection of the law. it is chiselled above the supreme court entrance in vermont marble, though i believe the lincoln memorial is made out of colorado marble. and that is a profound and radical promise that every person is protected by our laws equally. and in the -- all of human history, th

as they think it should be in the future, but the judges should to none of those things in a democratic society>> and i think to me, that captures an ideology that everybody ought to agree that a supreme court justice should embody. and i think if you look at the body of judge gorsuch's work on the tenth circuit, his work reflectses that. he is a committed textualist, he's committed to the rule of law. there are absolutely cases in which he has reached results that would be described as conservative, no question. there are also cases where i think -- or i can't get into his head, but i think he probably didn't like the result that he reached. but that was where the law led him. and in that respect, i think he actually is a lot like justice scalia for whom i could give other examples. there are numerous instances in which judge gorsuch ruled against the government, in favor of individual defendants in ways that perhaps, if you think about the facts of those cases, might not have been his preferred outcome. >> a fair litmus test, and so i'm just wondering about the fact that you think candidate t