neil gorsuch.hose of you who are here, all of you, to show your admiration, your respect, your reverence for the constitution and for the liberty it secures. years,red that over the my family and colleagues on the supreme court shared with me the have in receiving this metal. the pride that we have in constitutionthe center, each year, it has ideaed to preserving the and the reality of the rule of law, and again of the freedom that it secures. you have our profound and lasting thanks. please be assured that this metal, at this event, in this , it willis evening give us new dedication and inrgy as we move forward this magnificent world that so needs the constitution and the values that it embodies. we were fascinated a few years hall, be at independence to walk up to the constitution center. we later found out that it is about 1100 feet, just shy of 400 yards. it is important for us to move forward. we not only go forward, but we look upwards at this beautiful building. if you think in terms of a ti

we will also hear from neil gorsuch, who delivered remarks as part of the presentation. ladies and gentlemen, we meet to celebrate justice anthony kennedy.

already appointed more than 150 principled judges to our federal , includingvery level justice neil gorsuch and justice brett kavanaugh. [cheering and applause] firsthand, having met so many of these men and women, they are all principled, conservatives who will defend all of the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution, like the freedom of religion. the freedom of speech. and the second amendment to write to keep and bear arms. [cheering and applause] at a time when 1/3 of all abortions in this country end the life of unborn african-americans, i could not be more proud to stand with a president and a party that stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. [cheering and applause] so it is about security. it is about prosperity and jobs. it is about life. and liberty. for african-americans and every american. are gathered at this historic launch of black voices for trump, that is our message, and we are going to carry that message across this land. that america is safe again. america is prosperous again. the truth is for african-americans in every american, we have made am

celebrated yesterday, more than 150 conservatives confirmed to our federal court, including justice neil gorsuch and justice -- [applause] mr. pence: the american economy is booming. our military is stronger. we have strengthened the conservative constitutional in aation of our courts very real sense. under president donald trump's leadership, we have made america great again. [applause] to keep america great, new hampshire, we need four more years. [chanting] four more years. four more years. [indiscernible] >> [chanting] usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] >> [chanting] four more years. four more years. four more years. four more years. mr. pence: thank you. where do i go? indiana would have been the first in the nation primary, but they changed it in 1916. lot, too.ged it a mr. pence: i believe it. [indiscernible] >> in 1920 we became first because indiana decided to move its primary to make. since then, since 1952 when voters in new hampshire could vote directly, almost every person that has been president the new hampshire primary. >> mr. vice presid

the pre-and court justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. -- supreme court justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. [applause] attorney general barr: and the numerous appeals and district court judges he has appointed. the many outstanding nominees to come, many of whom are also here this week. [laughter] attorney general barr: i wanted to choose a topic for this afternoon's lecture that had an originalist angle. it will likely come as little surprise that i have chosen to constitution's approach to executive power. i admire the presidency as a political and constitutional institution. it is one of the great and remarkable innovations in our constitution and has been one of the most successful features of the constitution in protecting the liberties of the american people. more than any other branch, it has fulfilled the expectations framers. over the past several decades, we have seen the steady encroachment on executive authority by the other branches of government. this process has substantially weakened the presidency to the detriment of the nation. i would like to expand on th

, robert bork, ray randall, edith jones, doug ginsburg, jeff sutton and then judge not justice neil gorsuch, also included former attorney general michael mr. casey, from white as counsel don mcgahn, john allison and senators tom cotton in ben sasse. that brings us to today's lecture. it is my privilege to introduce for this year's lecture the honorable william barr, attorney general of the united states. people serve in government from a wide variety of reasons in addition to performing valuable public service. there's power. there's a stepping stone to even higher office, or the prestige of having had the position and the honor one receive all serving the country in such an important role. but in the current case it's really difficult to see how most of these self-serving and sends apply. the that still does is for performing a valuable public service. indeed, much of his career has been spent performing executive session exact to such service going back to his early days with the cia. he received his ma in, from columbia in chinese studies, and that might come in handy. [laughing] and is

celebrated yesterday, more than 150 conservatives confirmed to our federal court, including justice neil gorsuch and justice -- [applause] vice pres. pence: the american economy is booming. our military is stronger. we've strengthened the conservative constitutional foundations of our courts in a very real sense. under president donald trump's leadership, we've made america great again. [applause] vice pres. pence: but to keep america great, new hampshire, we need four more years. [applause] [inaudible] >> [chanting] four more years. four more years. four more years. [applause] >> [inaudible] >> [chanting] usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. usa. [indiscernible] >> [chanting] four more years. four more years. four more years. four more years. vice pres. pence: thank you. where do i go? >> [inaudible] vice pres. pence: they told me indiana would've been the first in the nation primary, but they changed it in 1916. >> we keep changing it a lot, too. [laughter] vice pres. pence: i believe it. [indiscernible] >> [chanting] four more years. four more years. >> [inaudible] in 1920, we became first

cheney, judges can star, robert, ray randolph, edith jones, doug ginsberg, jeff sodded in judge neil gorsuch's. also former attorney general and white house counsel, and senators tom and ben. that brings us to today's lecture. it is my privilege to introduce for this year's the honorable william barr attorney general of the united states. people serve in government for a wide variety of reasons in addition to public service. there is power, there is a stepping stone to higher office, or the prestige of having a position than the honor when received while serving the country an important role. but in the current case, it is really difficult to see how most of the self-serving incentives apply. but when this still does is performing a valuable public service. indeed much of his career has been spent performing exactly such services going back to his early days with the cia. he received his ma from columbia in chinese studies and that may come in handy. [laughter] his gw from george washington. he clerked for the underrated judge malcolm on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit and in fa

reporter: leaving it up to the supreme court which has a conservative majority which includes neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. president trump has sent mixed messages. today he said many are hardened criminals and if the supreme court overturns daca a deal will be made for them to stay. a decision is expected to be made in june. over the 18 minutes of arguments here today the justices did not seem inclined to block the end of daca . we also want to remind people that more than a quarter of those who qualify for the daca program live in california. >> thank you. after the hearing california's attorney general spoke about protecting daca and said ending it will put the lives of 200,000 people and their families at risk . >> today we stand here very proud of the arguments that were made on behalf of the 700,000 daca recipients but many more dreamers and so many more immigrants who are waiting to come out of the shadows. >> students and activists are rallying to defend daca and they say their goal is to show the importance of passing immigration reform. >>> recovery efforts began in the kinca

that is true of his two outstanding appointments to the supreme court, supreme court justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. and of the many super appeals and district court judges he has appointed, many of whom are here thisweek . and of the many outstanding judicial nominees to come, many of whom are also here this week. i wanted to choose a topic this afternoon's lecture that had an originalist angle and it will likely come as little surprise to this group that i've chosen to speak about the constitution's approach to executive power. i deeply admire the american presidency as a political and constitutionalinstitution . i believe it is one of the great and remarkable innovation and has been one of the most successful features of the and protecting the liberties of the american people. more than any other branch, it has full expectations of the framers. unfortunately over the past several decades we have seen a steady encroachment on executive authority by the other branches of the government . this process i think as substantially weakened the function of the presidency to the detrim

but even justice neil gorsuch, a trump appointee, acknowledged the wrenching emotions at the heart of this case, saying, "i hear a lot of facts, sympathetic facts you put out there and they speak to all of us." >> and terry moran live at the supreme court tonight. another major headline out of the court today, as you know, clearing the way for the families of the victims in the newtown massacre, clearing the way for those families to sue the maker of the ar-15-style rifle used in that shooting that killed, as we all know, 20 children and six adults? >> reporter: that's right, david. those families suing remington arms, the maker of that rifle. they allege that the company knowingly marketed that weapon to civilians for offensive combat-style operations against their perceived enemies. the company wanted this court to squash that suit. the justices refused. so, it will go forward, a big step for gun control advocates. david? >> terry moran live at the court again tonight for us. thank you, terry. >>> and we turn now to the vaping emergency. tonight, doctors are now talking about the te

justice neil gorsuch: "what more would you have the government say?"daca is a very, very difficult subject for me. >> reporter: the president announced in 2017 he was rescinding daca, which he claimed president obama had created with an illegal executive action. the program protected some 700,000 people who came here illegally as children, the so- called dreamers, from deportation. according to a government study, 90% of them work, and 45% are enrolled in school. dreamers, like pre-k. teacher karen reyes. she came to the u.s. when she was two years old, and will never forget the day daca was announced. >> oh, my god, this means i don't have to be fearful when i'm driving. i can work. >> o'donnell: and, jan, there was also news today in a case that dealt with the sandy hook school shooting. can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, that's right. i mean, the justices let stand a landmark decision by the connecticut supreme court which said the families of sandy hook victims could sue remington, that's the manufacturer of the rifle that was used in t

neil gorsuch is an all-star, isn't he? [applause] sen.cconnell: and the president alluded to that easy confirmation we had with brett kavanaugh. you made a great choice, mr. president. it is not just the circuit courts where 99% of litigation stops, and people who believe in the quaint notion that maybe it is the job of a judge to follow the law. so mr. president, this is one of the many ways you are helping to make america great again. thank you so much. [applause] pres. trump: thank. it is true, when he first came to office because of what i said before that i have always heard how important it is, the choice of judges and the number of judges. in my first day i said to one of assistants, how many judges do i have to pick? how many are there? i figured none or one, maybe two. sir, you have 142. no no no, tell me the truth. i want the truth. [laughter] pres. trump: that was it. and i say thank you president obama very much. 142 empty slots and nobody can believe that. i could not believe that but now i believe it because we have so many

appointed more than 150 conservative judges to our federal courts at every level, including justice neil gorsuchnd justice brett kavanaugh. [applause] vice pres. pence: it was remarkable. we met yesterday at the white house with republican members of the senate judiciary committee. and they reflected on how, as a candidate, our president took the unprecedented step of literally publishing a list of people that he would draw from, men and women who believed in applying the constitution from an originalist basis, who believed in interpreting laws as written and not legislating from the bench. and i can tell you, having the privilege to interview all the finalists for those last two supreme court nominations -- having met many of the men and women that have been confirmed to our courts, this is an entire generation of judges added to our federal courts at every level who will support all that god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution, like the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, and the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [applause] vice pres. pence: so, we've made great p

they will interpret the constitution as written great supremetwo court justices, neil gorsuch and brettaugh. [applause and cheers] invested $2 trillion in our military. you are a big an official eerie, with better ships, airplanes, bombers, tanks, missiles, rockets, better than ever before, built in the usa. [applause and cheers] i withdrew from the horrible one-sided iran nuclear deal. i recognized israel's true capital and opened the american embassy in jerusalem. and we have recognized israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. for years he watched as your politicians apologize for america. now you have a president who is standing up for america and we are standing up for the people of louisiana. [applause and cheers] beginst step to victory on saturday. your vote on saturday is your chance to show the radical left washington democrats that louisiana rejects their extremism and their corruption. you will not allow your voice to be silenced, your vote to be canceled. you will not allow your country to be demolished which is what would happen if they get in. little head start because

there's been some makeover in the personnel of the court lately with donald trump's two picks neil gorsuche is now a conservative anti-abortion majority on the court. because of that, america's abortion providers have been planning for a post-roe world. thinking and talking mostly amongst themselves about which states would be first to ban abortion and how they might develop ways to get women from those states in what they're calling haven states where abortion will remain legal. if roe were overturned by the court tomorrow, these are the states that have laws already in place so that they could ban abortion right now way. so if roe gets overturned at the court legal abortion could be gone in all of these states basically immediately. that suddenly seems possible. it probably will not happen in the next year, but here's what could happen next year. if the supreme court lets that louisiana trap law stand, the one that's basically identical to the trap law of the court throughout 2016, the one that closed all those clinics in texas, if the new conservative majority in the supreme court lets

incredible judges to interpret the constitution as written, including two great supreme court justices, neil gorsuch and brett kavanau brett kavanaugh. [cheers and applause] our historic investment in rebuilding the military has included more than $30 million to box scale. do you know where that is? do you know where that is? barksdale, where is barksdale? good, barksdale air force base right here in louisiana, $40 million to naval air station, joint reserve base in new orleans. i withdrew from the horrible, one-sideiran deal, and we recogd israeli sovereignty after 52 years. for years, you watch as your politicians apologized for america. now you have a president who is standing up for america, and we are standing up for the people of louisiana. the next step to victory begins in this state and it begins with you right now. with your support, we will show the correct democrats. and they are corrupt, do-nothing democrats that the american people are not backing down. we need you to get your friends, get your family, get your neighbors and get out to vote early for eddie, and if you don't vote early,

>>the justis neil gorsuch and steven brier a conservative and a liberal both said they're strugglingurts have to review government decisions, thjustices are expected to reach a decision by june in washington alexandra leigh moun >>today we caught up with newly elected san francisco district attorney's chase abou dean over the weekend he was declared the winner a very contentious race was interim da suzy loftus it's still unclear when he will ficially take office but he says he's hoping for a smooth transition. >>very productive conversations with the mayor with interim district and what weall want is a stable transitions of the staff at the district attorney's office. >>continue to doheir difficult jobs. well, the focus at the job buyers of us want to destabilize the office and we are discussing what the best timing mechanism would be for and over is a labrador process. >>the teen sayshe wants to tackle racial bias in the criminal justice system overhaul the bail system protect immigrants from deportation and pursue accountability n police misconduct cases we've been talking about th

incredible judges to interpret the constitution as written, including two great supreme court justices, neil gorsuch brett kavanaugh. [cheers and applause] our historic investment in rebuilding the military has included more than ready million dollars to park scale. do you know where that is? barksdale. where's barksdale? nice? good? barksdale air force base right here in louisiana and $20 million to naval air station joint reserve base in new orleans. horrible, from the one-sided iran nuclear deal. i recognized israel's true capital and opened the american embassy in jerusalem. [cheers and applause] and we recognized israeli sovereignty over the goal on heights after 52 years -- israeli sovereignty over the the on heights -- overl golan heights. now you have a president who is standing up for america and we are standing up with the people of louisiana. [cheers and applause] the next step to victory begins in this state and it begins with you right now. with your support, we will show the corrupt democrats -- and they are corrupt, do-nothing nothing democrats -- that the not backingple are down. we

there is great hope on conservatives that neil gorsuch will be a solidly conservative voice and there is great fear on the part of liberals that both of those things are going to happen and that donald trump might get another nomination which justice ginsburg is back at work, she hasn't missed a beat. as activist ever during oral arguments and anything that suggests otherwise -- she is even thinner but other than that her voice is strong, she seems, three or four weeks of every day radiation this summer and 11 public events in september. when i say 11 most of those were multiple events she goes somewhere. >> not locally. >> i did one with her where i interviewed her in little rock, arkansas in the verizon center, 15,000 people and awaiting 16,000 and you see this little person in the middle and i warned them that they -- you could really -- you could have heard a pin drop. it was an amazing problem i can't explain. i have known her for a very long time but i can't explain this except to say people and maybe young women in particular want to have a living hero. it is so relatively rare

neil gorsuch and breatt kavanaugh.ting to see as this moves to the next phase. >> thank you very much for being with us this morning. >>> to this story now. the trump organization putting its luxury hotel in washington, d.c., on the market. cnn has learned the biggest selling point is something the first family insists it has not taken advantage of. the exclusive details now. what are they using -- what are the trumpeting as their biggest selling point. >> gloria borger and i have seen the listing. the biggest selling point by far that they said they haven't taken advantage of is profiting off of foreign governments. in this brochure they said they turned away $9 million from foreign governments they could have made this year including 17,100 room reservations. but that's the only specific detail in this prosure. it does not say how profitable the hotel is. it doesn't say how much money they've made. this hotel is the center of controversy for them as critics say the trump family has improperly profited off of the pres

but bret kavanaugh and neil gorsuch, their most passionate view is about the power of the executive. we talk a lot about abortion and affirmative action and those are obviously very important issues in naming a new justice, but if you look at their backgrounds, an expansive view of executive power is at the core of their judicial being and i think that certainly increases the president's chances for holding on to these tax returns. >> i want to ask you about rudy giuliani because there's been reporting from "the wall street journal" and cnn that there have been these subpoenas that have been asking about information about giuliani associates and his businesses on a wide range of topics. i'm not going to read the whole thing but it includes obstruction of justice, money laundering, wire fraud. violations of federal election laws. acting as an unregistered foreign agent. i'm not going to read the whole thing. how nervous is trump world about rudy giuliani? >> i think the president is watching all of this closely. this has happened before with michael cohen. he was assured it wasn't goi

goitein graduated former aideool, and jamil jaffer clerked for justice nielson gorsuch -- justice neil gorsuch. we go to kentucky, republican line. welcome. caller: good morning. host: good morning. isn't in the difference between the fisa court and the regular court that the fisa court is much more important, because it is classified? and i feel like the lawyers before the fisa court judge or not prosecutors, they are asking for permission to obtain information. and didn't wait, through our representatives, give up a lot of privacy, because the government is interested in national defense, not in prosecuting for somebody that they overhear, that they ran down a stop sign or something. they are not going to call their local police in turn me in. they only care about national defense. host: jamil jaffer, i will let you answer that. i also had a question on twitter. shannon asks, "how do these rules d apply t domestic terrorism, ways of domestic terrorism, anything from white nationalism?" guest: that is a great question, both great questions and both great points. that goes back to the earlier

he had one of his former clerks join him on the court in the form of neil gorsuch.ou could be preceded by the -- justice kennedy is known to have a significant ego. many of us do. and that idea just really, really appealed to him. and also, quite honestly, it was very surprising to those of us who watched these things that brett cavanaugh's name was not on those original two lists because he was an obvious choice really for any republican president. >> ruth, thank you for joining us to talk about -- >> thanks so much for having me. >> ruth is the author of "supreme ambition." it is out december 3rd but it is available now for pre-order. coming up next, early prime minister netanyahu is indicted on fraud, breech of trust, and bribery charges. he insists it's -- hope you're sitting down for this -- witch hunt, a coo, and a political vendetta. you are watching msnbc. watching, can be tough. you diet. exercise. but if you're also taking fish oil supplements, you should know, they are not fda-approved, they may have saturated fat and may even raise bad cholesterol. to tr

celebrated yesterday, more than 150 conservatives confirmed to our federal courts including justice neil gorsuch and justice -- the american economy is booming. our military is stronger. we've strengthened the conservative constitutional foundations of our courts. in a very real sense under president donald trump's leadership we've made america great again. but to keep america great, new hampshire, we need four more years. >> four more years. four more years. >> there you have it. vice president mike pence making it official there in new hampshire, and also, jonathan lemire, giving us a preview of what we will likely hear a lot of over the next year or so, pence making the case that he and president trump should get four more years because they've rebuilt the military, fought for free and fair trade, they've created jobs, unemployment numbers according to mike pence at a 50-year low and also traditional employment. that's something we hear from conservatives a lot, making the argument perhaps that that is the number one accomplishment, signature accomplishment. >> yes, the president had an event

justice anthony kennedy asked donald trump to put brett kavanaugh on the supreme court in 2017 after neil gorsuchurce involved in the confirmation process told fox exclusively that kennedy, quote, never went and lobbied the president on any prospect of nominee, a second source adding the claim is, quote, flat wrong, way off, a big swing and miss. marcus says she stands by her reporting. leland: life pictures, new london, new hampshire, amy klobuchar on the stump for the first in the country primary. allison barber on the ground in the first in the country caucus state in iowa. >> five candidates on the ground in iowa. we are following joe biden when he got a significant endorsement in all of that. it is nice. his haircut is "nice." this is the most-awarded minivan three years in a row. the van just talked. sales guy, give 'em the employee price, then gimme your foot. hands-free sliding doors, stow 'n go seats. can your car do this? man, y'all getting a hook up and y'all don't even work here. don't act like i'm not doing y'all a favor. y'all should be singing my praises. pacificaaaaa! with employe

goitein graduated former aideool, and jamil jaffer clerked for justice nielson gorsuch -- justice neil gorsuch go to kentucky, republican line. welcome. caller: good morning. host: good morning. isn't in the difference between the fisa court and the regular court that the fisa court is much more important, because it is classified? and i feel like the lawyers before the fisa court judge or not prosecutors, they are asking for permission to obtain information. and didn't wait, through our representatives, give up a lot of privacy, because the government is interested in national defense, not in prosecuting for somebody that they overhear, that they ran down a stop sign or something. they are not going to call their local police in turn me in. they only care about national defense. host: jamil jaffer, i will let you answer that. i also had a question on twitter. shannon asks, "how do these rules d apply t domestic terrorism, ways of domestic terrorism, anything from white nationalism?" guest: that is a great question, both great questions and both great points. that goes back to the earlier call

groups uses hundreds of millions of dollars in anonymous work money to get nominees like this one, neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh into the most powerful courts and the land. gavegle anonymous donor $70 million to stop judge garland and pushed for judge gorsuch. , maybe the same person gave another $70 million to push judge kavanaugh into the court. that donor might expect something in return for that money? today, we see the dark machine money at work. supreme court justices over and over benefit big republican donor interest. republican appointed justices have struck down civil rights laws,ation, gun safety basic environmental rules. through the roberts court last year, republican appointees delivered partisan 5 -- four serving corporate interests 73 times. too often, you can predict who will win a case once you know who the parties are. that is wrong. wednesday's celebration at the white house was the signal to those big donors that republicans are delivering, handing over the judicial branch of the united states government to big donor interests. meanwhile, back in the senate, republicans

precedents and norms to allow this president to jam pack the courts with hard-right picks from neil gorsuch to brett kavanaugh, down the line. the majority leader has told us how the republicans cleared the way to take up more trump judges by generally turning the senate into a legislative graveyard. led by the majority leader, senate republicans have ignored the standards swee have held for -- we have held for decades when considering judicial nominees and opened the door to people who lack even the most basic qualifications to sit on the federal bench. for starters, today the senate is slated to take up the nomination of lee rue rudofsky r the arkansas eastern district. now, mr. rudofsky had a history in arkansas of working to deny women access to reproductive health care. he had a law to ban abortion at 12 weeks as an ideal vehicle for the supreme court to reevaluate and overturn roe v. wade. on top of that he has previously argued in favor of efforts to cut off medicaid funding to planned parenthood. he defended a state law that could have resulted in the closure of every reproductive h