host: carrie severino, merrick garland. guest: when we talk about packing the court it refers to adding seeds to the court. so your political party can take advantage of it. this concept goes back to 1937 when rank lynn roosevelt tried to do the same thing. he was frustrated with the supreme court, they kept finding his new deal policies unconstitutional. he was doing things in american law that have not been done before. he proposed adding seeds of the court which would've allowed him to fill the seats with people sympathetic with us all. it was wildly rejected even in a democratic-controlled congress. i am not talking about a metaphorical putting lots of people on the bench. we talk about packing the court, that has history in america which was soundly rejected and later rejected by ruth bader ginsburg and justice stephen breyer. liberal justices on the court. that is what the democrats are trying to do to add seeds for political ends. what leader mcconnell did in that case was a different thing. you can disagree with tha

host: carrie severino, merrick garland.uest: when we talk about packing the court it refers to adding seeds to the court. so your political party can take advantage of it. this concept goes back to 1937 when rank lynn roosevelt tried to do the same thing. he was frustrated with the supreme court, they kept finding his new deal policies unconstitutional. he was doing things in american law that have not been done before. he proposed adding seeds of the court which would've allowed him to fill the seats with people sympathetic with us all. it was wildly rejected even in a democratic-controlled congress. i am not talking about a metaphorical putting lots of people on the bench. we talk about packing the court, that has history in america which was soundly rejected and later rejected by ruth bader ginsburg and justice stephen breyer. liberal justices on the court. that is what the democrats are trying to do to add seeds for political ends. what leader mcconnell did in that case was a different thing. you can disagree with that

then, carrie severino on issues related to the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade.tch washington journal live at seven eastern this morning on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile app. join the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> the house returns for business at 9:00 a.m. eastern for more work on abortion bills. currently on the calendar, the first to grant the protections from roe v. wade into law. the other to help with travel across state lines for abortion services. watch the house live with members on c-span online as c-span.org or c-span now. >> president biden continues his middle east trip this morning visiting saudi arabia. watch live coverage of his arrival at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two. you can also watch our free mobile video app c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> during his trip to the middle east, president biden received the medal of honor from the

host: carrie severino judicial crisis network from the. we always appreciate your time. that will do it for our program this morning. we are back here tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern. but now we take you to live to the floor of the house of representatives for gavel-to-gavel coverage. >> the house will be in order. the speakers room. washington, d.c. i hear by a point holy, holy, holy lord fill the earth with the knowledge of your glory. as the waters cover the sea, the stars inhabit the heavens, the birds fill the air with their song, and the animals who roam the forest with majesty -- forest and plains with majesty so may your sovereign presence rein in our lives -- reign in our lives in this place. lift up our eyes to the hills that we may discover from whence our help does come. you who made heaven and earth speak your creative word into our discourse. your compassion into our engagements with one another. lord, you are our keeper. you watch over us so the harshness of the day will not overtake us. the dark of the night will not overwhelm us. keep us, then, from all ha