week, ruth bader ginsburg offered what the hill describes as criticism of the process forrmation nowjustice neil gorsuch. and said that by comparison, her 1993 confirmation was collegial. she spoke at georgetown university while promoting her latest book. we will show the event in its entirety. it is a little over an hour and 15 minutes. afternoon everyone and welcome. it is a pleasure to be here with all of you. as our spring semester draws to a close for our bernstein symposia. i wish to begin by expressing our deepest appreciation to justice ruth bader ginsburg for joining us here on campus today. it is an honor to welcome her to gaston hall and you listen to her reflections this afternoon. i also wish to express our gratitude to the honorable robert katzman. for all of his efforts to make this extraordinary symposium possible for our community. i look forward to sharing a few more words about judge rubber katzman in just a few minutes. i would also like to thank the present mary hartman and professor wendi williams from center who will join justice ginsburg in conversation this a

ruth bader ginsburg replied quietly, i would like to be thought of as a person who cares about peopleand does the best she can with the talent she has to make a contribution to a better world. that i think, captures her at. [inaudible] she's a person with seemingly limitless capacity for friendship and kindness, large and small. no matter the weighty burdens of her daily life. she is a friend for the chilly winters of life, someone who places others before her own convenience as i have observed. someone of conviction and termination, a person with a true sense of the aesthetic. taken by the pleasures that life has to offer, a beloved aria or a horseback ride. to know her, her family, her partner in her accomplished children, her entire family to have a sense of what for her our life blessings. it makes each of us appreciate what is truly important. justice ginsburg is someone of great prodigious work habit, good humor, dignity and style. in justice ginsburg the public observe someone who the law is not about abstractions but her law is someone continues to be working to ensure that ea

when president clinton nominated ruth bader ginsburg the senate confirmed her 96-3. when president clinton nominated stephen breyer, the senate confirmed him 87-9. i, like the vast majority of republicans, voted for both of them. we did so in full knowledge of the considerable ideological differences between these nominees and ourselves. ginsberg in particular had expressed notably extreme views. even advocating for the abolition of mother's day. a nominee for the supreme court abdicating for mother's day and yet confirmed 96-3. could we have borked these nominees? could we have tried to have filibustered them? sure. but we didn't. we resisted the calls for retribution and did our level best instead to halt the senate slide after the bork and thomas episodes. we respected the senate's tradition against filibustering supreme court nominees. now the tradition not to filibuster extended not just beyond the supreme court. when president clinton named two highly controversial nominees from california to the nienltsdz circuit, some -- ninth circuit, some on my side wanted

earlier this week, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg offered tacit criticism of the recent confirmation process for now justice neil gorsuch, and said, by comparison, her 1993 confirmation was collegial. she spoke at georgetown university while promoting her latest book. we will show the event in its entirety, little over one hour and 15 minutes. listen to her reflections this afternoon. i also wish to express our gratitude to the honorable robert katzman. for all of his efforts to make this extraordinary symposium possible for our community. i look forward to sharing a few more words about judge rubber katzman in just a few minutes. i would also like to thank the present mary hartman and professor wendi williams from center who will join justice ginsburg in conversation this afternoon. her authorized biographer's and co-authors of own words"book, "my published this last year. finally, i wish to thank all of you for being here today for the special gathering. the bernstein symposium was dr.ted under the memory of martha bernstein who is work in the areas of regulation, personnel and adm

president bill clinton nominated ruth bader ginsburg and david prior to the supreme court. president george h.w. bush nominated justice souter and clarence thomas to the supreme court. either just a face to filibustes even though 48th in the voted against the thomas nomination. they did require a cloture vote when a group of democrat senators attended to block a vote on the confirmation of justice alito's nomination. es 72 and back to invoke cloture,e, or preserving the bipartisan u.s. of filibusters against supreme court nominee is. among those who reject bid the alito filibuster in 2006 with the two democrat senators from my state, senator robert c. byrd and senator jay rockefeller. 72 senators voted to invoketing cloture on justice alito's nomination, but only 58 ended up voting for the final confirmation. the senate has a very clear history of rejecting the use of the filibuster proof court nominations. there's no justification for aoh filibuster on the gorsuch - nomination. neil gorsuch is a mainstream judge with the highest possible rating from the american bar associ

i think if you're a democrat, you are praying even more for ruth bader ginsburg and her health and sort- and justice kennedy, because like jackie pointed out, toor, the next nominee can be a lot more conservative. if you only need the 50 vote threshold, that changes the -- >> what happened to this mitch mcconnell? called the filibuster one of the most cherished safeguards of liberty in our government. the right of a political minority to have a voice. >> the balance of power. he was in the minority then. >> exactly. republicans will be in the minority again. you see mitch mack ccconnell hi fiving. >> i think the pick of gorsuch was an interesting choice to show republicans that i am going to pick someone -- a conservative traditional. and to give them cover and comfort level to the more moderate deserves that let me get these through and i'll give you some good supreme court picks that the whole party can come around. >> as we watch the debay play out, i guess the question is the spill over effect. it will get more partisan. allegely thaifr goi allegedly they're going to try to do healt

chris: ruth bader ginsburg and sotomayor to the left. isn't that what an election is for?>> well, both "the new york times" and washington post hired independent experts to rate where gorsuch would be, the times said he would be to the right of every judge of thomas, the most conservative judge we've had in history and the post analysis said he would be to the right of that. so this is not a mainstream judge. he comes off as mainstream, chris. [inaudible] >> let me finish my comment, chris. chris: wait a minute. you're talking about "the new york times" and washington -- >> chris. chris: they said he was in the judicial mainstream, sir? >> they judge by legal, no one doubts gorsuch's legal but judicial rulings and earlier comments shows he's far, far to the right siding with special interests, corporatist interest, the only recourse they have is the court, gorsuch repeatedly on issue after issue has been far to the right. in one case he went after what thomas and aledo said on education of special kids. appearance is not what matters. it's how he'll rule that matters. chri

but as judge gorsuch pointed out, nominees are to quote justice ruth bader ginsburg, to offer quote no hence, no forecasts, no previews and how they would rule in certain cases. similarly judges are to decide cases based on the facts, not personal views or politically, preferences. and finally the democratic leader talked about the importance of a nominees record. i'd like to take a moment to remind my colleagues that judge gorsuch record now. as he said at his hearing i decided over 2700 cases. by law clerks show me 97% of them have been unanimous. bee 99% i have been in the majority. they tell me as well come he continued, according to the congressional research service my opinions have attracted the fewest number of the sense of md colleagues as they have studied over the last ten years. to sum it up to more than 2700 cases in the majority on 99% of them, and part of unanimous ruling on 97% of them. doesn't get much better than that.r no wonder the aba gave him its highest rating unanimously r well-qualified. we so when we are democratic colleagues talking aboutut breaking long-stan

but as judge gorsuch pointed out, nominees are, to quote justice ruth bader ginsburg, to offer no hints, no previews on how they would rule in certain cases. similarly, judges are to decide cases based on the facts, not personal views or political preferences. and finally, the democratic leader talked about the importance of a nominee's record. well, i'd like to take a moment to remind my colleagues of judge gorsuch's record now. as he said at his hearing, i've decided over 2,700 cases. my law clerks tell me that 97% of them have been unanimous. 99% i've been in the majority. they tell me as well, he continued, that according to the congressional research service, my opinions have attracted the fewest number of dissents from my colleagues of anyone i've served with that they've studied over the last ten years. to sum it up, more than 2,700 cases and a majority of them, 99% of them, and part of the unanimous ruling on 97% of them. it simply doesn't get much better than that. no wonder the a.b.a. gave him its highest rating, unanimously well equaled. so when we hear our democratic colleag

when president clinton nominated ruth bader ginsburg the senate confirmed her 96-3. when president clinton nominated stephen breyer, the senate confirmed him 87-9. i, like the vast majority of republicans, voted for both of them. we did so in full knowledge of the considerable ideological differences between these nominees and ourselves. ginsberg in particular had expressed notably extreme views. even advocating for the abolition of mother's day. a nominee for the supreme court abdicating for mother's day and yet confirmed 96-3. could we have borked these nominees? could we have tried to have filibustered them? sure. but we didn't. we resisted the calls for retribution and did our level best instead to halt the senate slide after the bork and thomas episodes. we respected the senate's tradition against filibustering supreme court nominees. now the tradition not to filibuster extended not just beyond the supreme court. when president clinton named two highly controversial nominees from california to the nienltsdz circuit, some -- ninth circuit, some on my side wanted

within the next couple of years, if ruth bader ginsburg retires, justice breyer, there could be as much87-2 conservative majority on the supreme court, which could create cultural changes, legal changes in america that could be earthshaking for decades to come. look out because they will regret the move of not giving up a straight up or down vote in this case. >> martha: it appears that this is rooted in a couple of things. anger towards republicans over merrick garland at anger toward the basic fact of the matter that donald trump won the presidential election and they are not going to give him anything prior >> i don't know if they wouldn't give him anything. i heard one republican senator say today if donald trump had nominated ruth bader ginsburg at the famous liberal that the democrats wouldn't have approved of it. from a democrats point of view, they had a nominee, merrick garland, s not only highly qualified, he was a consensus pick and confirmed and so many offices by republicans that he was denied the opportunity. >> martha: gorsuch has the same description. >> i don't doubt th

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. >> chris: ruth bader ginsburg and soto's on mayor to the left.ative presidents can nominate conservative judges and liberal presidents will nominate liberal judges. isn't that what an election is for? >> senator schumer: both "the new york times" and "washington post" hired independent experts to rate where he would be. the times that he would be to the right of every judge but thomas, the most conservative judge we had in history, and the post-analysis that he would be to the right of that. this is not a mainstream judge. he's not the mainstream. let me finish my comment. >> chris: you talk about "the new york times" and "washington post," former general for the democrats, the american bar association said he was in the traditional mainstream. >> senator schumer: they said ruth bader ginsburg -- they judged by their legal acumen, no one doubts course gorsuch's lel acumen. his comments in earlier lecture that he is far, far to the right, siding with special interest, corporate interests. the average middle-class person, the only recourse they hav

two oldest justices, ruth bader ginsburg and anthony kennedy both in their 80s. the court is back to full attendance currently after neil gorsuch sworn in ten days ago. one justice short for nearly 14 months. after the death of scalia. >> turns out a bible verse written on the forehead of former nfl star aaron hernandez. his body found in his massachusetts jail cell. dead from an apparent suicide. and there are reports this morning that hernandez smoked a synthetic marijuana called k 2 before his death. that drug has effects including erratic behavior. we get more know from our correspondent. >> guilty of murder in the first degree or guilty of murder in the second degree? >> not guilty. >> reporter: days after he was found not guilty for the 2012 murder of two men, aaron hernandez used a bed sheet to hang himself in his jail cell. it happened here at a maximum security prison in massachusetts. where hernandez was serving a life sentence for murdering his friend, odon lloyd, semiprofessional football player who was dating his fiancee's sister. the prison saying h

she wrote an opinion that was joined by justice ruth gator -- ruth bader ginsburg. that joined a rebuttal. and in allwere cited but one of those cases, there was no published defense. fit inside a single case in which we failed to listen to the alleged victim of alleged police conduct. the rest of the story is on washington post. we are now in open phones. (202) 748-8001, republican. (202) 748-8000, democrat. (202) 748-8002, independent callers. here is john. how're you doing, man? a just wanted to say that prior to now, i always abstained from whyng, because i felt, should i participate in a broken system. with the existence of the electoral college. we the american people don't even have a say in who becomes our president. it is supposed to be the constitution of the people for the people by the people but in reality, we don't actually elect our own president so i have always abstained. and this year, because of how disheartened i was with how things are going in this world country, i decided, you know what? let me go out and register. i will pull the win for trum

you got ruth bader ginsburg, 84, anthony kennedy is 80, and justice steven breyer is 78. justices ginsburg and breyer are among the court's more liberal justices. justice kennedy is often the swing vote. a departure of anyone this summer would allow president trump to shift the balance of the supreme court and, of course, remember after the gorsuch confirmation a supreme court nominee would only need 51 votes to be approved to the high court. the republican majority will not need a single democratic vote to approve the president's nominee. >>> here's a big question tonight, are d.c. police running out of money to keep the peace as the growing number of demonstrations in the nation's capitol and there is yeot march for science coming up this weekend and this follows last week's big tax protest. d.c. police presence isn't free, of course. congress set aside nearly $15 million to reimburse the district for its police this fiscal year which began on october 1st. nearly 4 million of that had already been spent by january. congress put up nearly $20 million for the inauguration

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he did not name a justice, but two possible candidates may be justices ruth bader ginsburg and anthony kennedy. both are in their 80s. the court is back at full attendance after a bitter battle to replace the late justice antonin scalia. neil gorsuch reported to work on monday. >>> the iran nuclear deal is being reviewed and blasted as a failure. >> rex tillerson accused iran of supporting terrorism and destabilizing the middle east. this as tensions escalate with north korea. >> abc's janai norman is following these developments for us from d.c. good morning, janai. >> reporter: kendis and adrienne, good morning. it has been a busy few weeks for the trump administration when it comes to foreign policy. from the u.s. strike in syria to bombing afghanistan, escalating tensions with north korea and now iran. >> iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson announced the administration is reviewing the obama era nuclear deal despite telling congress iran is holding up its end of the 2015 agreement. >> an unchecked iran has the potent

justice ruth bader ginsburg set this president early on. during her confirmation hearing in 1993, she said she did want to give any hints or previews about how she might vote on an issue before her, so she politely and respectfully declined. others followed her example, and judge gorsuch of course is doing precisely the same. by any fair review judge gorsuch has a history of tenures as a judge sitting on the tenth circuit court of appeals out of denver colorado. he has a history of interpreting the law fairly, facing his judgments on the law and the facts -- basing -- with regards to politics and without respect to persons. which brings me to this argument that somehow he is against the little guy. well, clearly a review of the records demonstrates that's not so, but again what are judge is supposed to be? how are they supposed to perform? t are they supposed to see the litigants, the parties to a lawsuit in the court and say, ad well, you've got a big guy and you have a little guy, i'm always going to vote or render a judgment for the litt

but as justice ruth bader ginsburg which he told the senate judiciary committee. continued during the confirmation and swore to decide impartially no hands, not only disregard for specifics of a particular case. it would displayed disdain for the entire judicial process. one of the justices that followed in front of the judiciary committee during the confirmation hearings and one that judge gorsuch alsosuch followed. indeed during his hearing, judge gorsuch stated the president or others have asked such a specific question on how he would rule on a particular case, i would've walked out of the room. i collect on the other side of the aisle can't have it both the ways. they want an independent voice on the court and the loss of opposing judge gorsuch because he won't tell them how they would rule in certain cases. this is a new standard in an impossible standard to meet. the second reason the vagueness standards on the other side of the aisle and their opposition is that it ignores the fact this is a judge for the record. they say that he is dead. we are not sure.

the oldest justices on the court are ruth bader ginsburg, obviously a liberal, stephen breyer, he does not seem as old as he is come and anthony kennedy, who is a republican appointee, but has sided with religious issues, particularly on gay rights. if trump or able to replace one of those justices, he would have the opportunity to yield the court very hard to the right for an extremely long time, for generations. and this is something you saw on capitol hill, the debate within the democratic party over whether to sort of provoked the nuclear option this time or to preserve the filibuster, you know, hope to preserve the filibuster for the next battle. that one, if it happens during the trump administration, that will be a fight like we have never seen. host: you mentioned justice kennedy. because justice gorsuch clerked for justice kennedy at some point, is there a sense for your other people who follow the court closely as far as just as --dfish being able to pull justice courses being able to pull justice kennedy? guest: maybe. lot of what happens in oral arguments. justices will ask

we replaced ruth bader ginsburg with the same judge. no we are replacing one amazing great judge with one we hope will be half as good a judge. lou: i think gorsuch does seem to have promise to rise to a scalia-like stature on the court. i go into it optimistic. >> i hope you are right. i will join your optimism. lou: the idea this administration has done so much so quickly. i think given too little notice at large into some degree because of their own messaging. but i have to say trump has done a marvelous job at this point unlike any president i have seen in your thoughts, ann. >> when i wrote adios immigration i thoughted the country had a 10% chance. with the election of donald trump it went unto 90%. there is a lot to get done. i was particularly disturbed by the syrian bombing. it's the same thing over and over again. the politicians give us the rhetoric. they know what the people want. we want to put america first. we want a wall on the border. we want politicians weeping about kate steinle than someone in the country 6,000 miles

justice anthony kennedy is 80.e ruth bader ginsburg is 84. the next pick could change the intellectual coloration of the supreme court in a much more consequential way.y. paul: do you see the next pick coming from this list of 21? >> there are a lot of great names on that list. obviously that could change. but another thing we should talk about. it's great judge gorsuch will be sworn in monday. we have big cases coming up at the supreme court the secondmo week after that.ou so big religious liberty case coming called trinity lutheran. we know judge gorsuch had strong opinions in the hobby lobby case. it's great he will be on the court sitting for those cases. paul: who on the court dose most resemble as a judge? >> i would say somewhere between justice scalia and justice thomas. he has justice thomas' principles, and originalism. but he has a flair for argument that is able to engage lawyers like justice scalia did. paul: that sound good to me. much more 20 come on this week's supreme court slowdown and the future of the court under president

. >> the three being alluded to there are liberal justices ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer andhen the independent-thinking justice anthony kennedy who support justice gorsuch in after serving as his mentor. if president trump was to replace any of them with the reliably conservative justice, it could solidify the currently shaky majority, saying they think they will pick a nominee from the list candidate trump circulated during the campaign, a list that still has 20 well-known conservatives judges on it. less pressure for a moderate because as long as republicans control the senate, they benefit from that nuclear option used a few weeks ago and that they can confirm someone with just 51 votes and they still have got 52 on their side, bret. >> bret: a lot of talk about movement on health care. >> we know they have been using recess to try to find middle ground on a deal, but a freedom caucus spokesperson tells me it would get rid of insurance regulations while protecting people with pre-existing conditions. even though a senior g.o.p. aide cautions me there is still no text yet,

when ruth bader ginsburg steps aside. what happens when kennedy steps aside and they move in a more conservative direction. but democrats who are pushing this hard line position are saying the republicans are going to change the rule then so we might as well fight it now. >> the senate judiciary committee still in session. the president welcoming a strong man at the white house and laying a marker down ahead of a big meeting with the chinese president. people confuse nice and kind but they're different... nice tells you what you want to hear. but kind is honest. this bar is made with cranberries and almonds. so, guess what? we call it cranberry almond. give kind a try. the following ad for your viewing convenience. so i just switched to geico. what took you so long? i know, i saved a ton of money on car insurance. that's what i'm talking about! geico also gives you 24/7 access to licensed agents! booooyah. good game, you really crushed it. no son, geico crushed it. ♪ ♪ i'm raph. my name is anne. i'm one of the real live a

. >> the new supreme court justice, ivanka, takes ruth bader ginsburg's seat on the bench. robes for only 1,000 rubles. >> you said you'd replace me with garland! >> with me now, the brain child behind that piece executive producer, writer, show runner for the simpsons, nearly 4 million views and counting, al, great to have you on. >> nice to be here. thank you. >> watching that clip, i've just got to ask, was there any part of that episode that you thought maybe twice about before it got sketched out? >> yesh t, the beginning. but then we thought we better shock people right away because that's what the administration is doing. and then we wanted to list all of his accomplishments and it took less it and a minute. >> and you're talking about the beginning? >> yes. if i had mr. spicer's job, i'd say i can't do it. >> president trump isn't the first one you guys have taken on. homer was not too kind in bush 4 41 in the episode where the president lived across the street. what has your approach been when parodying these presidents? >> i try to find something you can do, but t

ruth bader ginsburg who was a critic during the campaign was at stanford and she was asked this question are you going to hang around? >> a lot of people have been expressing encouragement that you eat more kale so to speak, so that you can continue doing the public service work that you're doing for as long as possible. to that tune i was wondering who do you want to eat more kale in washington? >> who? justice kennedy. >> proof there of how well she knows the politics with the court and the philosophy of the court, that kennedy has been the swing vote, that gorsuch for saly scalia is a conservative for a conservative. ideologically the expectation. as the court goes back to where it was 14 months ago. the question is, is there another one that would allow this president to actually alter the balance of the court when you're talking about issues like same sex marriage, whether it's abortion rights, some of these state and federal issues. >> they are targeting kennedy in the sense that he's begun to slow down. people noticed it. at a certain point in life you might want to do other thing

justice ruth bader ginsburg is 84 years old. justice breyer is 78.ustice kennedy is 80 and i hope they each live to 150. but should any of their seats require filling on the watch of president trump, he'll get to replace a liberal or a moderate with a conservative, and that's when the balance of power in the supreme court is really going to shift. if the democrats had ended the gorsuch filibuster without forcing the nuclear option, that issue would be preserved for the next vacancy when it really might matter, and there would have been much more public interest and outcry when the outcome of cases like roe versus wade could hang in the balance. my point is i think it was far easier for the republicans to change the rules when it's just judge gorsuch replacing scalia than it would be in the future when the balance of power is up for grabs. president trump might have chosen a more moderate justice just to get that person through the approval process. the democrats made their point about merrick garland, then they overplayed a losing hand that could las

if it's a moderate or liberal on the court, ruth bader ginsburg, who i don't think is leaving, the ball game could be changed dramatically if one of those leave. justices have an uncanny ability to define the table. it is not a particularly good bet that anybody is going to leave. there is also a 25 year span that republicans do not have a single appointment to the court, 1967-1992 and get it in the change that much. with the nuclear option and the filibuster gone, if there are some vacancies, whoever controls the senate can really make a huge difference on the supreme court. it's more of an issue than it was in previous years. >> julie: what's so ironic is the nuclear option move has brought by senate democrats to allow the confirmation of picks by then president obama. at the time, every single republican voted against it. mitch mcconnell called the move a democratic power grab and a sad day in history of the senate. you think democrats are having buyers remorse? >> they could be. i don't think anybody could really be too happy with how is this played out except the framework of our c

when president clinton nominates steven breyer, i voted to confirm mim, i voted to confirm ruth bader-ginsburg. i thought it was the right thing to do. he won the election, he was the president. the president gets to appoint supreme court justices. >> your response to that? is it worth taking the risk of a filibuster that will change senate rules forever? >> andrea, i'm smiling because i heard that speech and responded to it on the floor. there was senator mitch mcconnell, posing for holy pictures about his cop ration with previous president's and failing to mention merrick garland. he was refused a hearing, a vote, and they would not meet with the man. the first time that ever happened in the history of the united states senate. i'm sorry it has reached this point. perhaps with the next nominee we will. >> thank you,enor dick durbin. john mclaughlin will join me here on susan rice's first comments on the unmasking claiming here on msnbc. t me! somebody will get it... ♪ (dog barking) anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part. from the b-2 to the upcoming b-21, northrop grumman ste

let's do the harry reid option and then went -- and then when ruth bader ginsburg steps down, we canet another conservative. host: cornell is waiting in new jersey. good morning. caller: i think it is imperative that the democrats show some spine and deny the nomination, because first of all, the not --cans of today were would not even give judge garland a vote or even give him an opportunity to say no. the republican party has turned monarchy.acy into a look at what is going on with the donald trump and his why are and son-in-law they so silent about that? the guy talking about how the democrats are the ones? the reason why they went nuclear option when president obama and only at the district court level is because their main option was not to let president obama get anything done. judge --u what, this if president obama put this judge up last year, they would've still not given him a hearing. the democrats -- host: what does it accomplish if they decide to filibuster? caller: it shows that they have some spine, at least. you do something, the republican party over the last so many

they would not even give him an up or down vote when republicans give it to sonia sotomayor or ruth bader ginsburgwill they ever say a nice thing about him or support him or legislation? i don't think so. >> you should be in stephen bannon's people. we would advise him to chill and put rex tillerson forward and these great people forward. show that he has an experience, a deep bench and team, pro-american. we are going to get things going again. accentuate the positive. he's doing it at times. i like what he is doing with north korea right now. very measured with mexico and canada. we can get it done but we have to overcome his own excesses. >> sean: mercedes. >> i hate to say it but when we look at the democrats, from the beginning calling for possible impeachment, the fact that they believe there is collusion with russia and the fact that they are determined to take down this president -- this is not about president trump. he is focused on his agenda and moving forward. the democrats are there to stop his agenda and doing everything they can to do so. that liberal media -- they are part of that

whether it comes to judges, ruth bader ginsburg -- she gets about 98 folks and clarence thomas barely slips through. donald trump, he gives away thee illegal aliens he promises to deport. next time we look at them. and now we have them saying well, we are going to strike a blow for the next speaker at a berkeley. no, i want to win now. can republicans ever win now. >> sean: i agree. i am as frustrated with republicans in congress. finally it looks like they have a deal on the health care bill. i want to circle back on this, though. i believe that one of the reasons you are so hated over the years, you are iconoclastic, funny, smart, and you represent a threat to the left because you destroy them in every book and call me right. similarly, if you support donald trump in the age of trumped, you are an enemy. you have to be silenced. this is not a game they are playing here. they want you destroyed. i honestly feel -- you going there and i told you this personally, it's a real danger because they are so crazy. so, i think this is getting bigger and bigger and worse and worse. >> oh, it d

whether it comes to judges, ruth bader ginsburg -- she getsan abt 98 votes and clarence thomas barely slips through. you have don gives away doc eight and he doesn't get the wall. that will show him how good he is. what a good humanitarian by saying what he big heart he has for those dreamers, the illegal aliens he promised to deport. next time we willle get them. and now we have them saying well, we are going to strike a blow for the next speaker at a berkeley. no, i want to win now. can republicans ever win now? >> sean: i agree. i am as frustrated with republicans in congress. finally it looks like they have a deal on the health care bill. it took forever and the freedom carcass to get it done. i want to circle back on this, though. i believe that one of the reasons you are so hated over the years, you are iconoclastic, funny, smart, and you represent a threat to the left because you destroy them in every book and column you write. similarly, if you support donald trump in the age of trump, you are an enemy. you have to be silenced. this is not a game they are playing here. they wa

say to my friend from new york few outside of manhattan or san franciscotream believe that ruth bader ginsburg is in the mainstream but neil gorsuch is not. according to longtime democrat in the left-leaning constitution society there is simply no principle reason not to vote no on judge gorsuch's nomination. even less of one to block that vote from occurring at all.y let me say this to my democratis colleague. if you truly cannot support the nomination of this eminently qualified nominee then at least allow the bipartisan majority of the senate that supports gorsuch to take an up-or-down vote. you are ready to play the nuclear option in 2013. don't trigger it again in 2017. under the previous order the leadership time is reserved. out of the previous order at the time of the cloture vote on the gorsuch nomination between senators grassley and feinstein or their designees. -- >> i was going to ask you mr. president, is going to ask you -- they met the senator per mile. i was going to ask unanimous consent to that extent. again >> i'm going to add something to what you just said so let me start

the difference between ruth bader ginsburg and clarence thomas, it is a different way of going about differences are real. it matters who is on the federal bench. >> now president trump finished the tweet. brought in the ninth circuit. he was talking about shortstopping. he says has a terrible record. they used to call this judge shopping. this is another piece of misinformation. what is the reality of the circuit overturned as a function of the number of cases it has? >> you know, i don't know where the 80% number comes from. it is true the ninth circuit has been reveersed by the supreme court of the united states. there are some in particular. >> there is a caveat on that percentage of why it gets overturned. there is a volume issue on cases that go up there and what they get overturned on. it is not as simple. >> one thing most people don't realize is most times, not always, most times when the supreme court takes a case, they reverse it. if they agree, they would not -- >> because it is a big certisu . >> there are also not liberal judges. this is a big circuit. >> the president

ruth bader ginsburg, 96-3. i would argue that you could not find two more polar opposite people when it comes to philosophy than justice ginsburg and justice scalia and theyod became very dear friends butul nobody in their right mind would say there's not a difference in caro strom thurmond my predecessor, very conservative man from south carolina voted for ginsburg. clearly a conservative would not have chosen her and i can tell you that ted kennedy and other people on the progressive side of the aisle would not have voted for anthony scalia based on philosophy. something as happened in america from 1986 and 1993. the constitution hasn't changed. something has changed and i think the politics of the moment have taken the founding fatherse concept, turned it upside down t that from the time scalia was put on the court ginsburg was put on the court everything is changed. i was here when the first effort to filibuster a judicial nomination was made in earnest. the first term of bush 43 there was a wholesale filib

if you go all in on xwor such, what about when anthony kennedy resigns, what if ruth bader ginsburg runs of gas? now you're going to have a key decision and you may have already set precedent allowing for there could be a slim majority vote. >> first, principle and conviction are important, and protecting these core precedents is supremely significant, but second, i know from having been a law clerk on the court, from having argued cases before the court, every vote is important, and every vote is potentially a swing vote. every justice potentially can sway other justices, and so to say this nominee because he seems bland and nonthreatening is less important than the next is a mistake. >> appreciate you as always, sir. >> thank you. >>> breaking news there are two explosions in a mow to restation in st. petersburg, russia. our reporter will bring us a live report, next. energy is amazing. how we use it is only limited by our imagination. and at southern company we're building the future of energy, for you. >>> we are following breaking news right now. cnn has learned there are fatalities

ruth bader ginsburg sided with the state saying the constitution's framers didn't want the money usedchurch buildings or property. the state will no longer automatically turn down requests for money from churches. even so, the supreme court appears headed for a decision reducing the wall between church and state. >> after recent violent protests on and around their campus, the university of california berkeley has canceled an upcoming speech by conservative author ann coulter because of safety concerns. in a letter to the republican group that invited her, university officials said they were, quote, unable to find a safe and suitable venue for the april 27th speech and said it was not able to ensure the event could be held responsibly. ann coulter saying, they can't stop me. i'm an american. i have constitutional rights. violence flared back in february on the campus when milo man nop laos was scheduled to speech. the cancellation of his appearance caused president trump tweeted, if uc berkeley shows violence on people with a different point of view, no federal funds? >> we'll have ob

>> they would've kept the structure in the senate because ruth bader ginsburg is 84 years old. 84. so how much longer can the justice stay in the chair? >> i hope a lot of years. >> bill: i know you would help. 84 is 84, okay? >> 84 is 84. >> bill: were going to have to bring you chocolates. she still working every day. >> i want her to get vitamins. >> bill: okay, you sent her vitamins. but she has to come off the court for whatever reason, now it's much easier to get a more on, much easier. >> that's where i disagree. because, they would've got rid of the filibuster then and b, if you think the republicans are going to respect the line they used on merit garland that we shouldn't nominate somebody in the last year of the term, justice ginsburg steps down in the last year of trump's term, do you think they're going to nominate someone and shove them onto the court? >> bill: from what i see, i don't see any pluses for the democratic party in this whole debacle. now gorsuch is on and may be inside going those democrats, a [laughs] the wait until you hear what i'm going to do. i thin