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once justice ginsburg whose 86, clarence thomas is in his 70's. once those older folks leave the court i think they will be a little more open to it. there is a website ready to go that can do live audio. make it happen. i think that will be a good start and we will get to cameras a few years after that. in independence, missouri. caller: i'm glad you are having the court -- to this show. the court has become way too political. handing down such damaging decisions as citizens united. corporation ever be an individual? it's not a human being. and i think gerrymandering and those things that came down on the wrong side, we should get rid of all gerrymandering and they didn't do that either. i think our supreme court has become way too political. we should take the selection process. judges randomly decide who the next supreme court justice to be because who better to pick a justice than people who are already in the business of maintaining our constitutional rights. >> kind of like a cardinals picking the pope. that's not a bad idea. am all in favor
once justice ginsburg whose 86, clarence thomas is in his 70's. once those older folks leave the court i think they will be a little more open to it. there is a website ready to go that can do live audio. make it happen. i think that will be a good start and we will get to cameras a few years after that. in independence, missouri. caller: i'm glad you are having the court -- to this show. the court has become way too political. handing down such damaging decisions as citizens united....
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. >> the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas.e concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. >> anita hill enters the room now. >> democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. >> the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been made against judge clarence thomas. >> he spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals. >> this seemingly personal matter is being aired out in front of this jury of all-white men. and it created quite a spectacle. >> this is a circus, and from my standpoint as a black american, as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> clarence thomas decided to fight back by invoking one of the most painful elements of black history, which was designed to point out the burden of being b
. >> the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas.e concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. >> anita hill enters the room now. >> democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. >> the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear...
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clarence thomas hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign against the affordable care act. her name certainly made his way into her household. her husband not only did not refuse himself but believed she wanted him to vote. how in the world is that no class is thomases bought ten paid for and shouldn't he be thrown off the courtai and also tgiven kavanaugh his demonstrae lies doing his hearings to be on the court, should he be some.of the board. so the only way to remove a justice of the supreme court as you know is through impeachment and removal similar to the way the president would agree remove. currently there is no recourse or reprimand or inexcusable behaviorsco that he referred to see that i part of impeachment. right now is being debated. the democratic and republican circles. singer is this judicial chronic neck and lower judges and black coat judges can they be rebuilt of cases, ricardo to mandatory sensitivity training in the all these things getting done and there's a whole judicial process investigation is occur for misconduct investigation with her, doesn't e
clarence thomas hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign against the affordable care act. her name certainly made his way into her household. her husband not only did not refuse himself but believed she wanted him to vote. how in the world is that no class is thomases bought ten paid for and shouldn't he be thrown off the courtai and also tgiven kavanaugh his demonstrae lies doing his hearings to be on the court, should he be some.of the board. so the only way to remove a justice of the...
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once justice ginsburg whose 86, clarence thomas is in his 70's.e those older folks leave the court i think they will be a little more open to it. there is a website ready to go that can do live audio. make it happen. i think that will be a good start and we will get to cameras a few years after that. in independence, missouri. caller: i'm glad you are having the court -- to this show. the court has become way too political. handing down such damaging decisions as citizens united. corporation ever be an individual? it's not a human being. and i think gerrymandering and those things that came down on the wrong side, we should get rid of all gerrymandering and they didn't do that either. i think our supreme court has become way too political. we should take the selection process. judges randomly decide who the next supreme court justice to be because who better to pick a justice than people who are already in the business of maintaining our constitutional rights. >> kind of like a cardinals picking the pope. that's not a bad idea. am all in favor of
once justice ginsburg whose 86, clarence thomas is in his 70's.e those older folks leave the court i think they will be a little more open to it. there is a website ready to go that can do live audio. make it happen. i think that will be a good start and we will get to cameras a few years after that. in independence, missouri. caller: i'm glad you are having the court -- to this show. the court has become way too political. handing down such damaging decisions as citizens united. corporation...
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do you have issue with the way he performed during the hearing of clarence thomas? guest: i do believe if you are in charge, as he was as chair of the committee, that you should be accountable for how it was conducted. and it was not conducted at all in a fair means to anita hill. as mr.t is my point, biden also did, who voted for downar in iraq, he tore one place where we do need a wall, to keep accountability in. when they tore the wall down, wall street destroyed my constituency's livelihood in the great recession. but not one politician for the hearing of anita hill for that war in iraq, which is two decades of unaccountable consequences, or the devastation the great recession did to our nation has ever accounted for as they were responsible for that happening. thisieve very much that unaccountable leadership is response over the lack of trust in america today, of who we are and what we can be when we are united, because we have lost faith in our leadership down there. i do think that hearing was not handled well by someone who had been in office for four terms.
do you have issue with the way he performed during the hearing of clarence thomas? guest: i do believe if you are in charge, as he was as chair of the committee, that you should be accountable for how it was conducted. and it was not conducted at all in a fair means to anita hill. as mr.t is my point, biden also did, who voted for downar in iraq, he tore one place where we do need a wall, to keep accountability in. when they tore the wall down, wall street destroyed my constituency's livelihood...
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do you have an issue with the during the rmed hearing of clarence thomas? >> i do believe, just like the ship, if you're in charge as he was as chair of should mittee, that you be accountable for how it was conducted. at all as not conducted in a fair means to anita hill. those,t's my point about as mr. biden also did, who voted in iraq.war tore down the one place where we definitely do need a wall to and greed out accountability in, and then when hey tore that name down, aptly named wall street destroyed my constituency's livelihoods in great recession but not one politician, not one, for the hill, for that a war in iraq, which left two ecades of unaccountable consequences, or the devastation that this great recession did to accounted has ever for themselves. to be -- as they were that happening. very much that accountability, this naccountability leadership is responsible for the lack of trust in america today, with whom we are and what we can be united together because we've lost faith in our leadership down there so i do hearing was not handled well by
do you have an issue with the during the rmed hearing of clarence thomas? >> i do believe, just like the ship, if you're in charge as he was as chair of should mittee, that you be accountable for how it was conducted. at all as not conducted in a fair means to anita hill. those,t's my point about as mr. biden also did, who voted in iraq.war tore down the one place where we definitely do need a wall to and greed out accountability in, and then when hey tore that name down, aptly named wall...
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al's mind, and he's a republican senator, he's involved in these hearings in deciding whether clarence thomas should be on the supreme court, anita hill brings up these accusations of sexual innuendos that thomas was saying to her. and al is saying, well, did he ever touch you? no. and then after she left eeoc in 1983, she still would talk to clarence thomas once in a while. >> what did you say this man said to you? why in god's name, when he left his position of power or status or authority over you and you left it in 1983, why in god's name would you ever speak to a man like that the rest of your life? >> that's a very good question. and i'm sure that i cannot answer that to your satisfaction. that is one of the things that i have tried to do today. i have suggested that i was afraid of retaliation. i was afraid of damage to my professional life. and i believe you have to understand that this response, and that's one of the things i've come to understand about harassment, that this response, this kind of response is not a atypical. and i can't explain. it takes an expert in psychology to ex
al's mind, and he's a republican senator, he's involved in these hearings in deciding whether clarence thomas should be on the supreme court, anita hill brings up these accusations of sexual innuendos that thomas was saying to her. and al is saying, well, did he ever touch you? no. and then after she left eeoc in 1983, she still would talk to clarence thomas once in a while. >> what did you say this man said to you? why in god's name, when he left his position of power or status or...
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clarence thomas serÍa un interrogante. tres mÁs votarÍan por la continuidad del programa.te, cuando se conozca la decisiÓn. el supremo escucharÁ maÑana los argumentos en la demanda hernÁndez versus meza. lasa familia de sergio hernÁndez, un joven que muriÓ baleado en la frontera en 2010, ha querido demandar al agente de la patrulla fronteriza que le disparÓ a joven de 15 aÑos, desde territorio estadounidense. hable con la madre sergio sobre la intenciÓn de la familia de exigir una reparaciÓn por el daÑo causado. >> hay otras formasde haberlo tenido, de haberlo agarrado. no creo que sergio hubiera tenido mÁs fuerzas que Él porque él estaba entrenado para matar, sergio no. ilia: si se diera una decisiÓn positiva eel sistema, en la que un funcionario dispara de este tercer estadounidense y mata a una persona en territorio mexicano. el juez federal nichols dictaminÓ hoy que el mandatario no podÍa demandar a funcionarios legales de nueva york en el tribunal de la capital del paÍs. los abogados de trump estÁn tratando de evitar que sus declaraciones de impuestos del estado de nu
clarence thomas serÍa un interrogante. tres mÁs votarÍan por la continuidad del programa.te, cuando se conozca la decisiÓn. el supremo escucharÁ maÑana los argumentos en la demanda hernÁndez versus meza. lasa familia de sergio hernÁndez, un joven que muriÓ baleado en la frontera en 2010, ha querido demandar al agente de la patrulla fronteriza que le disparÓ a joven de 15 aÑos, desde territorio estadounidense. hable con la madre sergio sobre la intenciÓn de la familia de exigir una...
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today, we take up the question implicitly raised by justice clarence thomas. do the present limits placed on the press serve the common good? we have assembled a distinguished panel to discuss and debate the matter, because at the heritage foundation we like to have debates on these difficult and contentious questions. speaking first will be my colleague, arthur milikh. arthur is the associate director of the simon center principles and politics are at the heritage foundation and he conducts research on america's founding principles. he also gives talks on the tenets of the american political traditions to the public at large and public officials in washington. he is written in a variety of outlets including an essay i would commend to your attention. he published an essay on benjamin franklin's critique of the freedom of the press and national affairs a few years ago. it's excellent. arthur would be followed by elizabeth locke who argue against the sullivan really. she is a highly accomplished defamation lawyer and litigator who devotes a practice to represen
today, we take up the question implicitly raised by justice clarence thomas. do the present limits placed on the press serve the common good? we have assembled a distinguished panel to discuss and debate the matter, because at the heritage foundation we like to have debates on these difficult and contentious questions. speaking first will be my colleague, arthur milikh. arthur is the associate director of the simon center principles and politics are at the heritage foundation and he conducts...
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' supreme sexual harassment nothing it's a wash ride the supreme court justice clarence thomas' supreme sexual harassment nothing gets the washington press corps more jazzed up and a good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to him to the press corps more jazzed up in the good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to former president bill clinton we got both a sex scandal and an impeachment back in the 1990 s. former president bill clinton we got both a sex scandal and an impeachment back in the 1990 s. but in recent weeks we've seen a sex scandal here on capitol hill that finally brought to light a very serious but in recent weeks we've seen a sex scandal here on capitol hill that finally brought to light a very serious issue that has victimized many women around the world in the digital age but yet to raise its ideas to victimize the many women around the world in the digital age but yet to raise its ugly head here in the nation's capital revenge porn heinous act of publishing nude we had here in the nation's capital revenge porn heinous act of publishing nu
' supreme sexual harassment nothing it's a wash ride the supreme court justice clarence thomas' supreme sexual harassment nothing gets the washington press corps more jazzed up and a good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to him to the press corps more jazzed up in the good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to former president bill clinton we got both a sex scandal and an impeachment back in the 1990 s. former president bill clinton we got both a sex scandal and an...
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today, we take up the question implicitly raised by justice clarence thomas. do the present limits placed on the press serve the common good? and we have assembled, pardon me, a distinguished panel to discuss and debate the matter because at the heritage foundation we like to have debates on these difficult and contentious questions. speaking first will be my colleague arthur millic who will set up the framework through which we should think about the power of the press. arthur is the associate director of the beacon at simon center for principles and politics here at the heritage foundation and he conducts research on america's founding principles. he also gives talks on the tenets of the american political tradition, to the public at large and public officials here at washington and he has written a variety of outlets and he published on the freedom of the press and national affairs three years ago. it's excellent. arthur will be followed by libby lock, and libby is a highly accomplished defamation lawyer and commercial litigator who devotes her practice to
today, we take up the question implicitly raised by justice clarence thomas. do the present limits placed on the press serve the common good? and we have assembled, pardon me, a distinguished panel to discuss and debate the matter because at the heritage foundation we like to have debates on these difficult and contentious questions. speaking first will be my colleague arthur millic who will set up the framework through which we should think about the power of the press. arthur is the associate...
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against working families and tried to humiliate anita hill and brought the claims against justice clarence thomas. that was a tough position today that senator never would have been but accountability for doing what is right for people when it does have consequences for yourself. the president on down endorsed him and i was shut out from going to the wards in philadelphia i went to over 200 african-american churches and they welcomed me and i went to the historical colleges and back universities that i was 40 points down in the people of pennsylvania republicans and democrats alike agreed with me and then i one for comfort you learn a lesson in politics is better to offend god than a politician because god gives forgiveness so with very little support from my party several years later they literally gave eight times the monetary support at the primary as a democrat then i got. i went home for guy was fortunate because my daughter's brain cancer came back in my daughter - - and my wife travels and then i could be there at all times with her and i was fortunate because of that but i also know that
against working families and tried to humiliate anita hill and brought the claims against justice clarence thomas. that was a tough position today that senator never would have been but accountability for doing what is right for people when it does have consequences for yourself. the president on down endorsed him and i was shut out from going to the wards in philadelphia i went to over 200 african-american churches and they welcomed me and i went to the historical colleges and back...
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all of its excesses when it comes to wealth inequality i don't care what color they are at all clarence thomas is the beautiful black man and i agree with him 2.5 percent of the time. it's a question of morality and spirituality in the same as tubercle obama if he's tight when he is tied to wall street when he's dropping drones when he's tied to subvert state i gotta bring critique to bear just finishing off the election discussion looking back at 2016 for a moment back then off to saunders lost to clinton he backed hillary and campaigned for you refused to vote for hillary clinton and voted for the green party presidential candidate jill stein given how narrow trumps electoral college victory over clinton was in the specially in those 3 states and given how utterly all for the trump presidency has been kids in cages the muslim by the wall the white nationalism on full display surely you must now regret that decision not to back in your eyes the lesser of 2 evils hillary clinton in 2016 well i don't think that my vote would have been the one vote to push hillary killed clinton across the line
all of its excesses when it comes to wealth inequality i don't care what color they are at all clarence thomas is the beautiful black man and i agree with him 2.5 percent of the time. it's a question of morality and spirituality in the same as tubercle obama if he's tight when he is tied to wall street when he's dropping drones when he's tied to subvert state i gotta bring critique to bear just finishing off the election discussion looking back at 2016 for a moment back then off to saunders...
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this is the first vacancy since clarence thomas was nominated in 1991.f one partysident making a nomination to the senate by the other party. again, what happened was entirely predictable. president obama's white house -- inl, an event which which i took part with her, they recommended the exact same thing, had situations been reversed. >> what if there is an opening on the supreme court in 2020? what should senator mcconnell do? >> he has been quite clear, he will move expeditiously to confirm the nominee. the opposite party situation is critical to the situation in 2016, that the voters decide because we had a split situation. you wouldn't have that situation. >> senator mcconnell joined president trump on stage and lavelle and touted -- louisville and touted the judicial nominees. here's what he said. >> working together, we are changing the federal courts forever. [cheers and applause] tonobody has done more change the court system in the history of our country than donald trump. [cheers and applause] mr. president, we are going to keep on doing it.
this is the first vacancy since clarence thomas was nominated in 1991.f one partysident making a nomination to the senate by the other party. again, what happened was entirely predictable. president obama's white house -- inl, an event which which i took part with her, they recommended the exact same thing, had situations been reversed. >> what if there is an opening on the supreme court in 2020? what should senator mcconnell do? >> he has been quite clear, he will move...
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this was the same vacancy since clarence thomas was nominated in 1991 in which you had a president of one party making a nomination to a senate controlled by the other party. exactly the configuration that invites conflict and what happened was entirely predictable and president obama's white house counsel, an event in which i took part with her, said that she would have recommended the same thing, had this situation been reversed. host: what if there's an opening on the supreme court of vacancy in 2020, what should senator mcconnell do? guest: he's been quite clear what he'll do. he'll move expeditiously to confirm that nominee. you would not have the opposite-party situation which was critical to the situation in 2016 when he said, let the voters decide, because we have a split situation. under this hypothetical, you don't have the split situation. host: senator mcconnell joined president trump onstage in louisville on monday night at the campaign rally there. and touted the success rate so far in the senate. of judicial nominees. here's what he said. >> working together we are chan
this was the same vacancy since clarence thomas was nominated in 1991 in which you had a president of one party making a nomination to a senate controlled by the other party. exactly the configuration that invites conflict and what happened was entirely predictable and president obama's white house counsel, an event in which i took part with her, said that she would have recommended the same thing, had this situation been reversed. host: what if there's an opening on the supreme court of...
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also, it set the stage for why he was so tremendously loyal to clarence thomas's nomination as well. i believe he is inaccurately depicted as treating dan quayle as some kind of baby, and that could not be further than the truth. he went against the advice of , went with quayle in a surprise move and treated him as an equal because he himself had been a vice president and he wanted the same treatment for his own vice president. they had a close relationship, wayi think this is not the he looked at dan quayle. philip probably has more. thatis is about a speech quayle gave after the tower nomination was defeated. i take a more sympathetic view to the cartoonist than mary kay does. i agree with mary kate said that bush tried to treat quayle the way he thought a vice president should be treated, but do not think that dan quayle was one of the key insiders of the bush administration. meetings.a lot of bush treated him appropriately, but he was not a very influential person in the senior ranks of the administration, so this is early 89. tower has gone up and been defeated. quayle gave a qu
also, it set the stage for why he was so tremendously loyal to clarence thomas's nomination as well. i believe he is inaccurately depicted as treating dan quayle as some kind of baby, and that could not be further than the truth. he went against the advice of , went with quayle in a surprise move and treated him as an equal because he himself had been a vice president and he wanted the same treatment for his own vice president. they had a close relationship, wayi think this is not the he looked...
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doctor christine ford saying it was a need who inspired her to testify before congress who accused clarence thomasf sexual harassment during his confirmation hearing in 1991. katie hill made her final speech on the house for offering an apology to those who trusted her with the office. california democrat is resigning amid an ethics probe and whether she had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer in her congressional office. hill has denied the claims but admitted to a relationship with a campaign staffer. xmas at photos of hill surfaced online without her consent in what he'll call the senior campaign waged by her husband who she says is abusive. she says she's leaving because of a double standard and misogynistic culture. >> i'm leaving because i didn't want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites used by shameless operatives for the duty is to got her politics i have ever seen and the right-wing media, to expand their audience. >> congress is a woman's till final act voting in favor of the impeachment inquiry resolution. the medal of honor represents values of courage, commitment a
doctor christine ford saying it was a need who inspired her to testify before congress who accused clarence thomasf sexual harassment during his confirmation hearing in 1991. katie hill made her final speech on the house for offering an apology to those who trusted her with the office. california democrat is resigning amid an ethics probe and whether she had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer in her congressional office. hill has denied the claims but admitted to a relationship with a...
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. >>> from watergate to iran contra, clarence thomas, we have seen decades of public hearings in thisountry. public hearings in the runup to a house impeachment vote begin on wednesday. jeremy diamond, for those who haven't been following every twist and turn, give us just a quick run-through. >> that is the goal of these public impeachment hearings is to bring all of this to life. there have been these closed-door depositions for weeks. we've seen the transcripts of many of these depositions come out. but for many americans it may be easier to grasp if this comes out in public. you can see these officials on television actually talking about these allegations. we will have the first two key witnesses on wednesday. top of the list, of course, is the current top u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor. he has made those allegations of a quid pro quo. here is a key line from his testimony so far. he has said that was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. that again is kind of the crux of this q
. >>> from watergate to iran contra, clarence thomas, we have seen decades of public hearings in thisountry. public hearings in the runup to a house impeachment vote begin on wednesday. jeremy diamond, for those who haven't been following every twist and turn, give us just a quick run-through. >> that is the goal of these public impeachment hearings is to bring all of this to life. there have been these closed-door depositions for weeks. we've seen the transcripts of many of...
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as supreme court justice clarence thomas is reportedly blasting biden's handling of his 1991 confirmationre he was accused of sexual harassment. saying that biden's questioning targeted him for his views on abortion, which biden's team denies. joining me now, james pinto, "boston globe" political reporter. did biden's handling of the hearing, could actually come back to haunt him in 2020, do you think? >> this documentary where he made these comments comes out in may. she come closer to be the nominee for president, i think evil. anita hill is still very clearly upset with joe biden even though he called her and didn't exactly apologize, but she's been pretty vocal, that she's pretty upset with him. this is the wednesday he's going have to do is should he become the nominee, or even if we get further down the line on this nomination fight. this is long and expensive record in the u.s. senate. they were there moments like this, but democrats will obviously want to point out that he voided for the war in iraq , that he voted for nafta. you go down the line on the issues come up they may hav
as supreme court justice clarence thomas is reportedly blasting biden's handling of his 1991 confirmationre he was accused of sexual harassment. saying that biden's questioning targeted him for his views on abortion, which biden's team denies. joining me now, james pinto, "boston globe" political reporter. did biden's handling of the hearing, could actually come back to haunt him in 2020, do you think? >> this documentary where he made these comments comes out in may. she come...
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in fact, i would compare it to 1991 when clarence thomas says saided thurgood marshall. go into an election year so the politicking around any kind of confirmation battle would be so ratcheted up and if you recall back in 2016 when antonin scalia suddenly passed away and president obama tried to name a successor, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked that nomination. this time around though, martin, he has said that if president trump tries to put a third justice on the supreme court, he would ensure that that individual went through. >> in the meantime, we wish her good health. joan, i imagine that she is a woman -- i don't know her personally, but that she thrives on doing the job she does. >> she does. in fact, what she said is that -- first of all, she feels a real sense of mission. she's always been like that. she came up, first made a national name for herself as a woman's rights advocate. she's been on the court for 26 years and she has talked about how reading briefs, doing the work of the supreme court has helped her recover along the way. so this is he
in fact, i would compare it to 1991 when clarence thomas says saided thurgood marshall. go into an election year so the politicking around any kind of confirmation battle would be so ratcheted up and if you recall back in 2016 when antonin scalia suddenly passed away and president obama tried to name a successor, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked that nomination. this time around though, martin, he has said that if president trump tries to put a third justice on the supreme court,...
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latest to take a pot shot is clarence thomas. new documentary featuring thomas in own words.the justice's contentious confirmation at a time when biden was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. at that time thomas called the hearing a modern day lynching. in the new documentary, thomas adds, quote, i felt as though in my life i had been looking at the wrong people as the people who would be problematic towards me. we were told oh, it's going to be the bigot in the pickup truck the klansman the rural a sheriff sheriff, it turned out ultimately the biggest impediment was the modern day liberal. impeachment trial in the senate should it come to that. senators sanders, warren, harris and klobuchar will be among the jurors. all miss valuable campaign time as they have to sit in judgment of the president. dana. >> dana: that will be something to see, indeed. doug mckelway, thank you. a partner at seven letter communications and advisor to paul ryan and zac friend obama america spokesperson santa cruz county, california. zac, you always have the best back drop of any guest tha
latest to take a pot shot is clarence thomas. new documentary featuring thomas in own words.the justice's contentious confirmation at a time when biden was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. at that time thomas called the hearing a modern day lynching. in the new documentary, thomas adds, quote, i felt as though in my life i had been looking at the wrong people as the people who would be problematic towards me. we were told oh, it's going to be the bigot in the pickup truck the...
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frankly, in recent decades going all the way back to 1991 when clarence thomas succeeded thurgood marshall. so the difference would be striking. it would probably mean much swifter, more competent action on the part of a conservative majority against things like abortion rights, affirmative action, gay rights. you would have that, and then just think of where we're at right now on the cusp of an election year. and i probably don't need to remind you what happened in 2016 when scalia died suddenly and president obama nominated someone who mitch mcconnell blocked from any consideration. we're not sure it willer come to that, but mitch mcconnell has said if a trump nominee comes forward, even in an election year, he would move that person as swiftly as possible on to the supreme court. >> we hope it doesn't come to that. joan, thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, the lawmaker leading the investigation into impeaching the president says that there is enough evidence to go to trial. >> there is a sense of urgency when you have a president threatening the integrity of our e
frankly, in recent decades going all the way back to 1991 when clarence thomas succeeded thurgood marshall. so the difference would be striking. it would probably mean much swifter, more competent action on the part of a conservative majority against things like abortion rights, affirmative action, gay rights. you would have that, and then just think of where we're at right now on the cusp of an election year. and i probably don't need to remind you what happened in 2016 when scalia died...
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then you have justices on the far right, gorsuch, and joined presumably by clarence thomas who already shown that he's on that side. and right smack in the middle, when you go in and look up, it's john roberts. john roberts voted against a version of this program back in 2016 when it was parents of u.s. citizens whose deportation was being deferred. in a couple different turns, he mentioned the fact that the administration might have been right to believe that this childhood arrivals program known as daca would be unlawful the way the parental program was. but he didn't fully tip his hand. he asked questions about latitude in general and the agency heads in this, and about consequences. he asked questions about consequences. one other caution i would give here is that the chief doesn't fully show his hand. and last term, at the end of the census case, we were all ready to say he was siding with the trump administration about the citizenship query, and, indeed, he was, but he changed his vote at the last minute. so in the immortal words of some justices and sports figures, it ain't over
then you have justices on the far right, gorsuch, and joined presumably by clarence thomas who already shown that he's on that side. and right smack in the middle, when you go in and look up, it's john roberts. john roberts voted against a version of this program back in 2016 when it was parents of u.s. citizens whose deportation was being deferred. in a couple different turns, he mentioned the fact that the administration might have been right to believe that this childhood arrivals program...
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if for any reason he cannot serve in that role, my understand something that it would fall to clarence thomas be interesting on a whole host of levels. not the least of which is, i think he would have to speak. >> you know, justice thomas would preside over the supreme court. if chief justice roberts had to be over at the senate at the same time. because justice thomas is the most senior justice and he would have to speak, just as john paul stevens presided when chief justice rehnquist was sick. if chief justice roberts were unable to appear at the senate it's not clear whether another justice could preside. the constitution does say the chief justice must preside. it's probable or possible that the trial could not take place unless chief justice roberts actually were part of it. >> one final point, the constitution relative to remedy of an impeachment process is limited to removal. i mean that's what's at stake, right? simply, you make it sound simple, it's not. but just the removal of the president and not any other punishment that could follow. >> no, there is one other punishment, the con
if for any reason he cannot serve in that role, my understand something that it would fall to clarence thomas be interesting on a whole host of levels. not the least of which is, i think he would have to speak. >> you know, justice thomas would preside over the supreme court. if chief justice roberts had to be over at the senate at the same time. because justice thomas is the most senior justice and he would have to speak, just as john paul stevens presided when chief justice rehnquist...
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chief justice roberts has to preside and be absent from the court during the impeachment trial, clarence thomas chief justice in his absence. so the supreme court is taking this seriously. the senate is taking this seriously. this is a question of constitutional politics. at its highest level of gravity. >> jeff, before i let you go, i want to give this little teaser, you have a book coming out, "conversations with rbg, ruth bader ginsburg on life, liberty, love and law" and i think i want to talk to you about a week or so when it comes out. >> next tuesday. i think we will talk then. i cannot wait to share it you with and share it with all of you viewers, the excitement of being able to collect 25 years of conversation with the heroic justice ginsburg. it is a tribute to her, and my great admiration for her and long time friendship and i can't wait to talk about it with you next week. jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the national constitution center and a professor at the george washington university law school. >>> and a quick programming note, after a pivotal week in the impeachment i
chief justice roberts has to preside and be absent from the court during the impeachment trial, clarence thomas chief justice in his absence. so the supreme court is taking this seriously. the senate is taking this seriously. this is a question of constitutional politics. at its highest level of gravity. >> jeff, before i let you go, i want to give this little teaser, you have a book coming out, "conversations with rbg, ruth bader ginsburg on life, liberty, love and law" and i...
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hill accused a supreme court justice clarence thomas during hearings in 1991.atie hill made her final speech on the house floor today, offering an apology to those who trusted her with the office for the caliph when a democrat is resigning, a muted ethics probe into whether she had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer in . she has denied the claim, but admitted to a relationship with a campaign staffer. explicit photos of hill emerged, and the congressman says she is leaving because of a double standard and misogynistic culture. >> i'm leaving because i did not want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites used for the dirtiest politics i've ever seen, to drive clicks and expand the audience of the right-wing media. >> shannon: her final act today, voting in favor of the democrats impeachment inquiry resolution. the medal of honor represents core value of courage, commitment, and sacrifice. it is america's highest military honor. tonight, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge takes us on a unique tour into a program where recipients
hill accused a supreme court justice clarence thomas during hearings in 1991.atie hill made her final speech on the house floor today, offering an apology to those who trusted her with the office for the caliph when a democrat is resigning, a muted ethics probe into whether she had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer in . she has denied the claim, but admitted to a relationship with a campaign staffer. explicit photos of hill emerged, and the congressman says she is leaving because of...
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also, i think it set the stage for wide he was so tremendously loyal to clarence thomas is nomination as well. i believe he in accurately is depicted here as treating dan quayle as some kind of baby. that could not be further from the truth. he went against the advice of everyone to let all kinds of people on the short list for vice president, went with quayle in a surprise move, and really treated has -- really treated him as an equal. i think because he was a vice president and he wanted the same treatment for his own vice president to continue the tradition he started with president reagan on having lunch every week. there was a very close relationship. way he looked at dan quell. -- dan quayle. >> this is about a speech that quayle gave after the nomination. i take a more sympathetic view perhaps in mary cate does. i do not join the dan quayle rehabilitation movie. i agree with what mary cate said , bush tried to treat quayle the way he thought a vice president should be treated and with the appropriate dignity. do not think that dan quell was one of the key insiders of the bush a
also, i think it set the stage for wide he was so tremendously loyal to clarence thomas is nomination as well. i believe he in accurately is depicted here as treating dan quayle as some kind of baby. that could not be further from the truth. he went against the advice of everyone to let all kinds of people on the short list for vice president, went with quayle in a surprise move, and really treated has -- really treated him as an equal. i think because he was a vice president and he wanted the...
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and marilyn monroe to senator gary hart's monkey business boat ride to supreme court justice clarence thomas a supreme sexual harassment nothing it's the washington press corps more jazz the thomases supreme sexual harassment nothing it's the washington press corps more jazzed up than a good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to former president bill clinton up in a good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to former president bill clinton we got both a sex scandal and an impeachment back in the 1990 s. but in recent weeks we've seen a spike got both a sex scandal and an impeachment back in the 1990 s. but in recent weeks we've seen a sex scandal here on capitol hill that finally brought to light a very serious issue that has victimized the many which scandal here on capitol hill that finally brought to light a very serious issue that has victimized the many women around the world in the digital age but had yet to raise its ugly head here in the nation's capital in the around the world in the digital age but had yet to raise its ugly head here in the nation's capital re
and marilyn monroe to senator gary hart's monkey business boat ride to supreme court justice clarence thomas a supreme sexual harassment nothing it's the washington press corps more jazz the thomases supreme sexual harassment nothing it's the washington press corps more jazzed up than a good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to former president bill clinton up in a good sex scandal except maybe an impeachment thanks to former president bill clinton we got both a sex scandal and an...
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she has clerked for supreme court justice clarence thomas and is a litigator at gibson dunn. >> we doot sit on opposite sides of an aisle. we do not caucus in separate rooms. we do not serve one party or one interest. we serve one nation. >> it is not about partisanship. when you look under the hood of the jurisprudence, it is hard and reporting to do that sometimes. you see people are voting on principles and sometimes the outcome is one way or the other. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. on facebook, 126 million people were exposed to russian manipulation attempts in the 2016 election, 20 william people on instagram, 10 million on twitter with 6 million followers. we know russia attacked voting systems in all 50 states. we know they targeted misinformation at specific people and we know 27 percent of voting age americans assad russian misinformation in the final weeks leading up to the election. we do not know what effect, if any, any of this had on the election, on the 2018 midterms, what effect it will have in 2020 in the united states and liberal democracies around the
she has clerked for supreme court justice clarence thomas and is a litigator at gibson dunn. >> we doot sit on opposite sides of an aisle. we do not caucus in separate rooms. we do not serve one party or one interest. we serve one nation. >> it is not about partisanship. when you look under the hood of the jurisprudence, it is hard and reporting to do that sometimes. you see people are voting on principles and sometimes the outcome is one way or the other. >> tonight at 8:00...
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court did not take up the case of the ban in indiana; however, and really great news is that clarence thomase constitutional right currently that we have for abortion in this country extends to what he calls eugenic abortions which is exactly what this is. it is targeting children simply because they have one more chromosome than other people. ainsley: rachel, if you look at the stats pretty staggering, 65 to 80% of all down syndrome diagnosis end in abortion. a lot of women might find out or older and get pregnant and wants to find out if anything is wrong with the baby because they can't afford to have a baby that has medical issues or maybe they are sing goal moms or don't make a lot of money. what do you say to those moms having to make that did you have decision becaustough d. this is one of the first times have you talked about valentina and what she means to you. >> i'm amazed how much support there has been from all kinds of organizations for parents who find out that they have this diagnosis. this is a case where we need to think about and talk so much about tolerance and acceptance
court did not take up the case of the ban in indiana; however, and really great news is that clarence thomase constitutional right currently that we have for abortion in this country extends to what he calls eugenic abortions which is exactly what this is. it is targeting children simply because they have one more chromosome than other people. ainsley: rachel, if you look at the stats pretty staggering, 65 to 80% of all down syndrome diagnosis end in abortion. a lot of women might find out or...
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this was the same vacancy since clarence thomas was nominated in 1991 in which you had a president ofne party making a nomination to a senate controlled by the other party. exactly the configuration that invites conflict and what happened was entirely predictable and president obama's white house counsel, an event in which i took part with her, said that she would have recommended the same thing, had this situation been reversed. host: what if there's an opening on the supreme court of vacancy in 2020, what should senator mcconnell do? guest: he's been quite clear what he'll do. he'll move expeditiously to confirm that nominee. you would not have the opposite-party situation which was critical to the situation in 2016 when he said, let the voters decide, because we have a split situation. under this hypothetical, you don't have the split situation. host: senator mcconnell joined president trump onstage in louisville on monday night at the campaign rally there. and touted the success rate so far in the senate. of judicial nominees. here's what he said. >> working together we are changi
this was the same vacancy since clarence thomas was nominated in 1991 in which you had a president ofne party making a nomination to a senate controlled by the other party. exactly the configuration that invites conflict and what happened was entirely predictable and president obama's white house counsel, an event in which i took part with her, said that she would have recommended the same thing, had this situation been reversed. host: what if there's an opening on the supreme court of vacancy...
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they tried it against clarence thomas. they went after brett kavanaugh in the same way.y they keep doing it is some conservatives get weak and they back off. this is the time we have to draw a line in the sand and say these kinds of lies, we're not going to run away. we're not going to come screaming. we're not going to hide. we are going to stand strong and ignore these kind of smears. brian: hiram, let me ask you something. when there is a mistakwhen there democrats dig in. always famously liberal. that's been whittled away. what would van dyke do on the ninth district court as a conservative? he would have a big impact, wouldn't he? >> well, not only would very a big impact but do you know what he would also be? he would be fair to everybody. he would be fair to everybody. and the american bar association, they know that. and the fact that they lied about him and then lied about him saying that he wouldn't be fair, that's an absolute outrage. and they are desperate. they are scared. and just because, just because lawrence van dyke has had a strong commitment to the co
they tried it against clarence thomas. they went after brett kavanaugh in the same way.y they keep doing it is some conservatives get weak and they back off. this is the time we have to draw a line in the sand and say these kinds of lies, we're not going to run away. we're not going to come screaming. we're not going to hide. we are going to stand strong and ignore these kind of smears. brian: hiram, let me ask you something. when there is a mistakwhen there democrats dig in. always famously...