but the mantra is, no more david suitors.uitors was appointed to the court in 1990, named by george h.w. bush, and people around george bush said, he'll be a home run for conservatives. david suitor ended up serving in a liberal vein until 2009 when he stepped down. so there is a warning in things, that you often don't get that you think you have. but in neil gorsuch, he has ruled enough as a federal judge, that i think we know what we have here. david suitor, i should mention, had only been a federal judge briefly. he had mainly been a state court judge. and if you listen to his testimony, he left a couple clues. i don't think we'll see those clues this time around with neil gorsuch. >> in terms of the supreme court, the game-changer will be president trump's second pick if he gets that chance. >> i think that's exactly right. and just so that you know, we've got justice anthony kennedy, who is age 80, and who's talked about possibly retiring. he might do that soon. then we have justice ruth bader ginsburg, liberal icon, who

david suitor was appointed in 1990 named by george h.w. bush.ple said he would be a home run for conservatives. he ended up serving in a very liberal vein until 2009 when he stepped down. so there is a warning in things that you often don't get what you think you have, but in neil gorsuch, he has ruled enough as a federal judge that i think we know what we have here. david suitor, i should mention, had only been a federal judge briefly. he was mainly a state court judge. if you listen to his testimony, he left a couple clues. i don't think we'll see those clue this is time around with gorsuch. >> this terms of the supreme court, the game changer with president trump's second pick if he gets that chance. >> i think that's exactly right. and just so that you know, we've got justice anthony kennedy who is age 80 and has talked about possibly retiring. he might do that soon. then we have justice ruth bader ginsburg. she's going to turn 84 in march. i'm sure she does not want to retire while donald trump is president, but if something should happen t

supreme court justice david suitor. if his name sounds familiar, it's because he is the great, great grandson of president theodor roosevelt. welcome. thank you for being with us. let's talk about executive orders. help us understand what does that really mean? >> well, an executive order is actually not as mysterious or important as most people think. it's the president telling someone within the executive branch to do something. the president has authority over the executive branch. he can tell his executive officials or his executive agencies, here is what i want you to do. >> we have seen a lot of these over the last couple of days. what is the difference between an executive order and executive action? >> the executive order is when the president transmits his desires to these people. so he is saying, customs and border patrol, you are officials within the executive branch. here is what i want you to do. when they do that, that's the executive branch taking action. >> is there anything different or unusual about pr

for some of the folks we think of as more shadow or stealth nominees like a john roberts or a david suitor. >> i guess my final question is, is this the right fight for the democrats? why not wait till the next time around which may come, right, considering the age of the justices on the court? >> i think they really are going to wait for the next time around. however, judge gorsuch will get hit on questions such as environmental protection, about women's rights, about views in general about what is government. they're trying to get bad media moments for the judge, ding him up a little bit. at the end of the day, just like all of donald trump's picks for his cabinet, they're getting through, and this will be a new supreme court justice i'm pretty confident unless something goes amiss that we can't foresee. >> i have to leave it there. thanks to all of you. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," cabinet chaos, democrats hitting back hard against trump's nominees prompting one republican lawmaker to call them, quote, idiots. jain's pick for budget director. will the arizona senator reverse cou