of had about -- antonin scalia a had about safety. we are going to try to hollow out that second half and the new york case that they seem to want to hear, it could be the trojan horse opportunity where they come in and say that theoretically congress could pass gun safety legislation but we will strike down everything they might consider. they basically would hollow out the idea that you couldn't and act common sense gun safety restrictions. people like myself could fully live within the spirit of what antonin scalia a was writing -- butnin scalia was writing, we are unsure the court will approach that in good faith. host: rodney is a democrat. good morning. caller: i just want to say a few things about the supreme court. i always thought it was a racist system. there hasn is -- never been a black men -- black woman. does the guest see a time where there may be a black lady elected to the supreme court? guest: i would hope so. one of the people on barack obama's short list for the merrick garland appointment was a judge here in d.c.

united states sucourt justice antonin scalia has died. >> scalia is found dead in s, in his bed one dayat to do in this... in this moment of crisis becomes probably the defining moment of, of mitch mcconnell's career. >> ...and breaking news, u.s.ne supreme court justice antonin... narrato mcconnell immediately understoodtohe political implications of scalia's death d ar >> the stakeenormous, because if you replace scalia. with a obama appointee, then you probably have five justices on thcourt that are going to move the court in a muchore progressive directio >> wit wthat vacancy, the quesquon is, will a republicanontrolled senate... >> narrator: president barack obama's replacement would give democrats a five-jus majority on the court. >> mitch mcconnell doesn't even wait for the day to end after antonin scalia dieto put out a statement saying, in effect, "we're not going to let president obama replace him." >> majority leader mitch mcconnell just releasing a statement. >> .this vacancy should not filled until we have a newha ident. >> "it doesn't matter if you name anybody or t, i'm..

swearing-in for incoming labor secretary eugene scalia, son of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia a. vice president pence administered the oaths of office. oath of office. pres. trump: a new head of the joint chiefs of staff and now we have the department of labor. big stuff. a big day. and it is my pleasure to welcome this wearing in of our new secretary of labor coming eugene scalia. he is joined by many members of his family which is a large family including his mother maureen who has been a friend of mine for a long time even before i knew you. his mother is an incredible woman. and his wife, patricia. incredible job, thank you, honey. and six of their beautiful children. and i have a list of the folks, it is like -- what a family. you have maureen who a lot of the people in this room know from the standpoint even of the media. you have patricia who is a very powerful family in the family -- ery powerful member of the family. -- scillyalia is son a's son. that is pretty impressive. john scalia, brother. catherine courtney, sister. mary claire murray, sister. who manypaul scali

> narrator: the federalist society was started as a student group 1981, with bork at yale and antonin scaliae university of chicago as the faculty adsers.so ted spoke at their first convention. >> these were studentshat had been unhappy with the fact that they felt that their law school education was tilted so stronglf to the that they were not hearing oppong views. >> narrator: abortion. busing. protections for criminals. y righ. the federalist society founders ought the courts had gone too far to t left. >> for years, for decades, the left, as we call them, progressivesa lot in the democrat party, were getting a lot of their agenda passedth througcourts. >> narrator: what began as a student grouquickly grew, a job network, then a pool of prospective judges, supported by powerful >> the olin foundation in particular, the bradley foundation. there's this handful, this cluster of far-right foundations with tons on old moneyem. and they start to nurture theie federalist s. >> ...many members of the federalist society... >> narrator: during reagan's presidency, more than half the political appo

and worked to confirm supremely qualified judges including the late great supreme court justice antonin scalia whose son became the secretary of labor, just had him in, a great ceremony we had. after concluding a historic tenure as attorney general, he joined the heritage foundation and helped create the foundation's legal and judicial studies department. which is named in his honor and we are talking judges and i will say heritage has been helpful with us as you know and i just had on that desk a little while ago another six and very soon 182 federal judges and two supreme court judges. that is not including two supreme court -- we really have that. it is a number few people could come close to. we appreciate all the work you have done. edwin meese has advocated effective law enforcement against over criminalization and always in defense of the constitution and system of government designed by our founders. you are loyal fighter for freedom, champion of law and order, mentor to young americans and faithful defender of our republic. you are an inspiration to liberty loving citizens everywhere.

and worked to confirm supremely qualified judges including the late great supreme court justice antonin scalia a whose son just became the secretary -- you know that, the secretary of labor. a grazerad him in for money. after concluding a historic tenure as attorney general, he joined the heritage foundation. over his 30 years at heritage he helped to create the legal and judicial studies department which is now named in his honor. we are talking about judges. erika check been very helpful with us also as you know. and i just had on that does a little while ago another six and we will soon be up to 182 federal judges and two supreme court justices. twothat is not including supreme court justices. a number that a few people have been even able to come close to. we appreciate your work. he has advocated for effective overnforcement against criminalization and is always in defense of the constitution and the system of government defined -- designed by our founders. fighter foryal freedom. a champion of law and order. a faithful defender of our republic. you are an inspiration to liberty loving ci

of had about -- antonin scalia a had about safety. we are going to try to hollow out that second half and the new york case that they seem to want to hear, it could be the trojan horse opportunity where they come in and say that theoretically congress could pass gun safety legislation but we will strike down everything they might consider. they basically would hollow out the idea that you couldn't and act common sense gun safety restrictions. people like myself could fully live within the spirit of what antonin scalia a was writing -- butnin scalia was writing, we are unsure the court will approach that in good faith. host: rodney is a democrat. good morning. caller: i just want to say a few things about the supreme court. i always thought it was a racist system. there hasn is -- never been a black men -- black woman. does the guest see a time where there may be a black lady elected to the supreme court? guest: i would hope so. one of the people on barack obama's short list for the merrick garland appointment was a judge here in d.c.

rights and expanding access to health care congratulations you might be dead supreme court justice antonin scalia. you might also be said of majority leader mitch mcconnell or the pastor from the movie footloose but if you thought you'd never have to hear the last names again don't forget he spawned 9 kids and one of them is eugene scalia whom president trumps warren last week as the new secretary of labor. most of you probably think we need another scalia in charge of something the same way we needed to see sean spicer look like he fell off a caribbean cruise ship deck and onto a dance floor but just because you jeans last name is scalia doesn't mean he's going to be as much of a cad as his father just take a look at. never mind i see everyone's point now we want is a lawyer who spent most of his professional career working for the law firm gibson dunn and crutcher which is represented corporations such as wal-mart goldman sachs and even sea world and dismantling health and safety protections retirement security collective bargaining rights and more for american workers when wal-mart got pissed

you won't tell me much but i know there is a whole chapter about justice antonin scalia, justice ginsburgreat friend, sparring partner and entertainer in some ways. so, tell me why there's a whole chapter about him and about your interview with him. >> there is a whole chapter about him in my own words including justice ginsburg reminiscence of justice and they talk about the unlikely friendship between the two. interviewing justice scalia was a treat for the buck and we interviewed him for the biography but part of that in my own words as justice scalia and justice ginsburg or so different in so many ways, going into his chambers is veryy different. they are light, airyha modern at with dozens or hundreds of pictures of friends, family, colleagues. there's a big dead animal walking down the hall. [laughter] so as i sat there interviewing justice scalia i've watched how he went from what we know in his face lighted up as he talked about his good friend one is when they travel to india together and they went to visit for hashemi hall and justice scalia described how she wanted to justice g

swearing-in for incoming labor secretary eugene scalia, son of the late supreme court justice antonin scaliadministered the oaths of office. oath of office. pres. trump: a new head of the joint chiefs of staff and now we have the department of labor. big stuff. a big day. and it is my pleasure to welcome this wearing in of our new secretary of labor coming eugene scalia. he is joined by many members of his family which is a large family including his mother maureen who has been a friend of mine

. >> yes, back in 2016, after the death of justice antonin scalia, the supreme court, by a vote of 5to 3, struck down a texas lawq thatred doctors who perform abortions in texas to have what's known asdmitting privileges, the right to admit theipatients at local hospitals. justice anthony kennedy joined the court's four more liberal justices in striking that law down. the u.s. court of appeals fors. the fifth circuit earlier this year upheld a very similar law in louisiana. so the abortion providers asked the supreme court to step in and block the law temporarily to heve them time to appeal. and justice kennedy has retired since ths replaced by justice brett kavanaugh. the court, when it announced it was going to take up t cross-appeal from the state that said that we also think youwe rould weigh in on whether not the abortion providers have the legal right to challengeis ealth and safety law at all. and so that's going to be in an interesting issue to watch. it could give the supreme court deciding whether or not theavoid louisiana law itself is d nstitutional. >> sreenivasan: at ha

functionally, all these information services were part of a bundle that turned what antonin scalia a. was a telik me occasion service into an information service. the law was vague and upheld the fcc. this is mainly what the sec and is net neutrality repeal order and the court relied upon in upholding a lot of what the fcc did. -- telecommunications service. mr. halley: as you can probably tell from our tell from our discussion, the big issue here is going to be the states. we will see what happens in terms of either side appealing classification or the central holding in the case. where the true ambiguity lies is what it means for state authority going forward. and i think it's important to thatthat the one thing perhaps the 20 15th title to order and the restoring internet freedom order both agree on is that states were preempted. most of broadband internet access is intrastate. let me turn what the title title ii order said about that. we reaffirm the long-standing conclusion that broadband is a jurisdictional interstate service. it was a constitute -- making into and jurisdictiona

it was functionally all these information services were all part of a bundle that turned, but antonin scalia, justice scalia felt was a pure transmission telecommunications service into an information service of the statute again was they, the law was they can upheld the fcc. this was mainly what both the sec in its net neutrality repeal order and the court relied upon in upholding a lot of what the fcc did. let me talk about -- >> guest: i do think this is important because as you can probably tell, the big issue is going to be the states. what, we'll see what happens in terms of either side appeals the classification, the major central holding in the case but where the true ambiguity lies is what the decision means for state authority going forward. i think it's important to note that the one thing that perhaps both the 2015 title ii order and restoring internet freedom porto both agreed on is states were preempted. she says most of broadband internet access is interesting because it's the last mile. let me check with the time to order set about that. it's that we reaffirm the long-standin

it was written by the late justice antonin scalia, who said this was not the principal people. congress was not concern with this when it passed but that's no moment. it applied in any discrimination and statutory requirement is forbidden. >> we are a block away from the white house. this comes down to the definition of sex. bill clinton and the whole question, but is sex orientation or sex? >> i don't think that is the question. the way we argued is that sex is sex with you are a man or woman. what is sexual orientation? i'm a man attracted to and partners with a man, for a woman who partners with other women. if i were a woman -- a woman attracted to a man, i would not be discriminated against. only if i'm a man. it is sex and the basic biological since we understand it to be. >> you cannot separate the concepts. you have to first look at sex. it simply does not follow. >> i will turn to the audience and ask questions. what have you heard from people who are lgbtq and people who are not? do you get love letters and hate mail at the same time? >> i've had a tremendous amount o

[laughter] and neither one of us will ever forget antonin scalia. [applause] >> i once had the pleasure to receive a tour from him he took me up to the top floor and showed me the basketball court the supreme court chambers and said is the highest court in the land do you ever seek a way to shoot hoops? book i like to ride my bike and row and ski and do a lot of things. occasionally i will go up there my old boss by red light who is now largely forgotten. the first justice from colorado. there are two special places in the core i think of him and that is one. is one of the great athletes of his day. road scholar highest-paid nfl football player leading rusher. i don't think that will happen again on the supreme court. that would be neat if it did. he had a mean game of horse. we would go up there and play horse. when he was younger he would although the law clerks and take them down apparently. but by the time i got there it was horse. the eye hand coordination was so good he had a shot from the free-throw line over the back of his head he could nai

you won't tell me much, but i do know that there's a whole chapter about justice antonin scalia. justice ginsburg's great friend, sparring partner and entertainer, in some ways. [laughter] so tell me why there is a whole chapter about him and about your interview of him? >> sure. so there's also a whole chapter of him -- about him in "my own words" including justice ginsburg's reminiscences about justice scalia. and everyone i think in this room knows about the unlikely friendship between the two. and interviewing justice scalia was a real treat for the book, and we interviewed him for the biography, but parts of that interview are in "my own words." and as they are so different in so many ways, going into his chambers is very different. justice ginsburg's chambers are light, airy, modern art, dozens or hundreds of pictures of friends, family, colleagues. and going into justice scalia's chambers, dark, leathery. there's a big dead animal looking down on you -- [laughter] so as i sat there interviewing justice scalia, i watched how he went from the kind of tough jurist that we all

are both stuck in washington for the rest of our lives and neither one of us will ever forget antonin scalia [applause] >> speaking of your former boss i once had the pleasure to have a supreme court tour he took me to the top floor to show me the basketball court which is above the supreme court chambers and is therefore known as the highest court in the land. [laughter] do you ever sneak away to shoot a few hoops during the day? >> i like to ride my bike and ski and row. like to do a lot of things. occasionally i will go up there and i have happy memories up there. my old boss byron white who is now largely forgotten but i like to remember him a little bit the first justice from colorado and their two special places i think of him and that is one of them. one of the great athletes of his day. road scholar, highest-paid nfl football player, leading rushe rusher, i don't think that will happen again with the supreme court. but he had a mean game of horse. we would go up there and play horse. i was younger he would elbow the law clerks and take them down. he had a shot from the free-throw lin

he is treated differently than a woman in his situation, and that justice who wrote that was antonin scaliacinating. you're in for quite a ride this term. pete, thank you so much from the supreme court. that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. our thanks to jimmy carter and habitat. and remember follow us on line on facebook and twitter. and here are ali velshi and recei step f stefan any ruhle. >> hello, everybody. there is news that ambassador gordon sondland who was supposed to testify today whom the 2rud said will not be testifying has been found to have been exchanging texts and encrypted texts on whatsapp which by the way may be in violation of how they are supposed to do it, between the special envoy kurt volker and the boaambassador to ukraine. >> this is according to two congressional sources and another person with knowledge. let's

he twice worked for antonin scalia, once on the court of appeals for the district of columbia and once at the u.s. supreme court. professor lawson is also a founding member of the federalist society where he serves on the board of directors. he is also on the editorial advisory board for the heritage guide to the constitution, a reference guide for legal scholars. today professor lawson will discuss his views on why robert mueller's appointment as special counsel was unlawful. in an article of the same title authored by professor lawson and his colleague from the prisco school of law -- pritzker school in aw will appear forthcoming edition of the notre dame law review. i now want to invite professor lawson to the podium. [applause] professor lawson: thank you. as i said 20 years ago when i got hired here, you may be right. i may be crazy, but i just might be the lunatic you're looking for. [laughter] professor lawson: i guess you will all be able to judge that over the next hour or so. on may 17, 2017, acting united states attorney general of rod rosenstein appointed robert mueller, fo

it was so funny, they had antonin scalia's wife was there, all these politicians and they appreciatedd stick up for italian americans. it was great. i'm telling you. neil: sticking up -- >> because it's columbus day. neil: oh, oh, oh. >> they said, you know, listen, adam schiff is there -- neil: here we go. >> my adam schiff impression, oh, god. neil: you really are an idiot. >> i'm telling you, i had to do it. the fact of the matter is he says we believe in columbus day, it will always be columbus day for us and we appreciated that. neil: what are they doing, celebrating both, indigenous people day because it was so horrible? >> indigenous people have a day, november 9th. neil: don't take anything away from chris. who else was at the white house shindig? >> mario andretti, all the italian american folks in office. i didn't even know. steve scalise was there. which was great. it was wonderful going around. but the fact that -- the governor wasn't there. he wasn't there. but everybody from within, ta i the communities, he did a great speech and president mattarella seemed to get along

i think this passes constitutional muster, and we know that a conservative justice like antonin scalia i'm not talking about confiscation to be clear. i'm talking about a mandatory buyback, and that is founded on a faith in this country and our fellow americans that they will follow the law just as they follow every other law that is on the books. but if we allow the polling or the conventional political wisdom to dictate what we do or what we don't do, then we're not going to make progress on guns. and a country that loses 40,000 people to gun violence every single year, they're going to see more massacres like the one that we saw in el paso or midland, odessa, or dayton, ohio, the state we're in right now. >> you're talking about 2% of the gun problem. i was with you in el paso. i've been to two dozen communities struck that way. it's a horrible reality. it's 2% of our problem. mental illness is 60% of our problem when it comes to gun deaths. >> no, i don't think so. >> yes. >> i think it does a disservice to those who have a mental illnessme illness. >> statistically much more likel

you know, even antonin scalia, a conservative jurist on the supreme court said there are some commonin american history we have acknowledged that with machine guns in the past, with an assault weapons ban in the mid-1990s that was allowed to expire within a decade, and these weapons that i'm talking about, an ar-15, an ak-47 are so materially different than a shotgun or a hunting rifle or a handgun that they should be treated differently. they are weapons of war that should only be on a battlefield. i mean 22 people killed in under three minutes in el paso, texas, when the second amendment was ratified and adopted it took you three minutes to reload your musket. i don't know that the founding fathers could have envisioned the kind of carnage that could be produced with one of these weapons. and no civilian should own them. and i hope you all acknowledge this, every candidate on that stage is for an assault weapons ban, so if the logic is that those weapons are too dangerous to sell and then you acknowledge that there are 16 million of them out there, you have to do something about th