, neil gorsuch has never been bad because Ãà because he thought that the courts did too much. has only been modern with the possible exception of the marriage equality system but i think i don't think neil gorsuch is personally anti-gay, he wrote the ÃÃevery time in his life he's been mad at the courts it's because he wanted them to do more. why didn't you strike down obamacare. >> irin: he wanted them to strike the regulations. >> ian: right. if you are a young conservative, neil gorsuch is in his 50s but i will call him tiyoung by this metrics. your whole life you could say do more courts because you've never been disappointed with the courts if that something à Ãyou didn't live through roe v wade.you didn't live through those kinds of decisions. i think there is this generational divide where now à Ãit's only going to get worse because now there is no one better republic and president could nominate who has a healthy fear of judicial power because everyone in society now is young enough to be a judicial nominee grew up in an age when they wanted the courts to do more and wa

on the other end of the extreme if you're neil gorsuch neil gorsuch has never been mad because the courts -- because he thought that the courts did too much. no gorsuch entire life has only been mad with the possible extension of the marriage equality decision but like -- i don't think neil gorsuch is personally antigay he wrote -- so like -- neil gorsuch every time in his life that he's been mad at court is because he wanted them to do more. why didn't you strike down obamacare? >> he wanted to strike down on regulation. >> yeah. and so if you're a young conservative -- and you know, gorsuch is not but i'll call him young by this metric. your whole life you can say do more courts because like you've never been disappointed when courts have done sthang you didn't like you didn't live through roe v. wade and times of decisions. so i think there's this generational divide where now and, i mean, it is only going to get worse. because now there's no one that a republican president could nominate who has a healthy fear of judicial power because everyone in the federal society now who is young

first, mcconnell held a supreme court seat open for over a year just to fill it with neil gorsuch, a man with very strong ties to conservative dark money groups and those same groups spent millions of dollars to have him confirmed. then, mitch mcconnell bent over backwards to confirm brettt kavanaugh, i don't think we need to relive all of the ways in which that man is hideously unqualified to serve on the bench and then mitch mcconnell confirmed amy coney barrett, the woman who refused to say whether or not climate change is real, eight days before the november election and after tens of millions of people had already voted. these are hardly the actions of a man or a political party who now claims to revere and a political court system. mitch mcconnell and donald trump have pushed our democracy to the cliffs edge and the conservatives on the supreme court are ready to finish the job and push it right on over that cliff. so we have to address this issue before it's too late. indivisible is proud and supports the judiciary act of 2021 and i know we can get this done, thank you so much

they held the seat open for months and months and then allowed donald trump to appoint neil gorsuch.at the proximity to a presidential election meant the seat had to be held open until the people through their votes for president could decide who should fill it. senator mcconnell even wrote that because we were, quote, in the midst of a presidential election process, we believe that the american people should seize the opportunity to weigh in on whom they trust to nominate the next person for a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. yet four years later, just days before the 2020 presidential election, even while americans were casting ballots, leader mcconnell and his republican colleagues confirmed amy comey barrett to the court to fill the seat held by the late, great justice ruth bader ginsberg. so much for letting the people weigh in. as a result we have a 6-3 conservative majority on the court that has caused this crisis of confidence in our country. the republicans stole two seats on the supreme court and now it is up to us to repair that damage. our democracy is in jep or

amy coney barrett, brett kavanaugh, neil gorsuch, clarence thomas and john roberts.hree liberals from elena kagan and stephen breyer but the bench hasn't always had a total of nine. nowhere in the constitution doesn't say how many it should have. the first judiciary act of 1789 set the number at six but it's fluctuated five to as many as ten the last time the president changed it, 1937. when fdr introduced judicial reform bill that became known as his court packing plan seeking to add more justices to obtain favorable rulings regarding the new deal. the senate rejected it overwhelmingly. 1983, then senator joe biden, member of the judiciary committee had this to say about fdr's court packing plan. >> it was a boneheaded idea, a terrible mistake to make. >> during the campaign, he opposed it. >> i would not get into court packing. we have three justices, next time we lose control, they have three justices, you lose credibility the court has little. >> two of the most liberal justices of the modern court share the opposition. the late ruth bader ginsburg and stephen br

we appointed almost 300 conservatives to our federal courts at every level, including justice neil gorsuchrsuch, justice brett kavanaugh, and just as amy coney barrett. [applause] we defended religious liberty. we ended the assault on the little sisters of the poor, and every single day, this president , this vice president, and our administration stood without apology for the sanctity of human life. [applause] it was perhaps my highest honor when as the president of the senate i was able to cast the tie-breaking vote to defund planned parenthood and states across america -- in states across america. and groups like palmetto family council made that progress possible and i couldn't be more grateful. the support for life was literally started on day one. we were in our first month in office in 2017, and the anniversary of the roe v. wade decision came up, and a barge where life was scheduled to take place on the national mall article day. the prime minister of the united kingdom was in town and the president was not going to be able to address the crowd. i remember standing next to the reso

currently the nine, six conservatives, brett cavanagh, neil gorsuch, thomas, chief justice roberts andals, sotomayor, alana kagan and breyer, the change of heart a significant, as a senator on the judiciary committee he had this to say about the idea. >> it was a bonehead idea. it was a terrible terrible mistake to make. >> reporter: as recent as the campaign trail, october of last year he wasn't one to embrace it. >> you will know my opinion on court packing when the election is over. there has never been a court appointed once an election has begun. >> reporter: doesn't sit well with former and current justices, ruth bader ginsburg, liberal icon famously said 9 seems to be a good number and last week justice stephen breyer shut it down, saying politics would erode trust in the institution. last night republican congressman jim jordan blasted it. watch. >> the left controls everything because they don't have control of the supreme court, they will add more people to the court, they control everything, this is a radical takeover of our country and we better stop it. >> reporter: how li

in a decision authored by conservative justice neil gorsuch, the court ruled the justice department had violated the law by not properly notifyg immigrants about their deportation proceedings. the food and drug administration is moving to ban the sale and manufacturing of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. the fda claims the move could potentially save 633,000 lives by 2050, with the benefits being most felt in the african-american community. for decades, tobacco companies have heavily marketed menthol cigarettes to communities of color. the aclu, however, is warning this could lead to greater policing in areas where underground menthol markets pop up. the aclu cited the case of eric garner, who was killed by police in new york after being stopped for selling untaxed cigarettes. in boone, north carolina, a gunman killed two sheriff's deputies as well as his mother and stepfather on thursday, leading to a 13-hour standoff that ended with the gunman killing himself. the deputies were killed while conducting a wellness check after co-workers of the gunman said he didn't show up to wor

that is how you get the nominations of people like neil gorsuch. he was known for his expertise in administrative law. brett kavanaugh certainly was more focused on ministrant of law than -- on administrative law than any other area of law. so the priorities of the conservative movement have changed. as far as the second part of your question, will, i guess harmonizing is maybe what you're asking, what i'm calling congregated originals and with traditionalist originals him. so, look, i will try to make this quick. there are three strands of broadly speaking originalist thoughts in the modern conservative legal movement. there is quote unquote conservative original is him -- originalism. kind of a positivist approach. that there is one right answer. you have to get it. that has been conservative originalism. there is more libertarian originalism. randy calls it the quote resumption of liberty. randy gets also as of libertarian conclusions aced on his assumptions that i find preposterous to be honest with you. then there is quote unquote progressive

currently, there are six conservatives; amy coney barrett, brett kavanaugh, neil gorsuch, samuel alitoclarence thomas and john roberts. there are three liberals, sonia sotomayor, elena kagan and stephen breyer. but nowhere in the constitution does it say how many it should or must have. the first judiciary act set the number at six, but it's good luck candidated from 5 to 10. the last time a president attempted to change it, 1937, when fdr introduced a judicial reform bill that became known as his court-packing plan, seeking to ad more justices -- add more justices. the senate rejected it overwhelmingly. in 1983 then-senator joe biden, a member of the judiciary committee, had this to say about fdr's court-packing plan. >> it was a bonehead idea. it was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. >> reporter: and during the campaign, he opposed it. >> i would not get into court packing. we add three justices, next time we lose control, they add three justices. >> reporter: two of the most liberal justices share that opposition. the late ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer, who has been on

justice neil gorsuch offering a 6-3 decision that the federal government had to provide comprehensive residents who want the attend public events like concerts. >> bill: stay taoupd on that. 23-year-old man has fined $12 million for his role in setting a minneapolis police station on fire during the george floyd protest last may. >> dana: more on these and other stories download the fox news app. scan the qr code on your screen. president biden sticking with wearing a mask outside despite new cdc guidelines. is this akin where president trump not wear masks and what does it say about the administration's faith in vaccine? dr. giroir. yesterday there was an event in georgia that president biden went to. i said on the night of the speech if you are indoors and you are with other vaccinated people as i understand it the guidelines say you don't have to wear a max. yesterday down in georgia, i think we can take a look at this. can't find his mask after his speech but he is outside, does he really need it? they had the big car rally yesterday, too. instead of being -- have people being out

the current makeup of the court, justices barrett, brett cavanagh, neil gorsuch, chief justice roberts a terrible terrible mistake to make. >> there has never been a court appointment once the election is done. >> it didn't sit well with the most liberal members of the court, liberal icon ruth bader ginsburg and stephen right. >> think long and hard before putting those changes into law. >> a bad idea when president roosevelt tried to pack the court. >> reporter: this is causing a twitter feud between one of the democrats sponsoring this legislation and conservative republican jim jordan tweeting at jones saying does this count as infrastructure? jones saying you bet it does. is this going to happen? the senate is split 50/50, it will take 60 votes but special-interest groups are not sitting idle. in the last few minutes the conservative judicial crisis network intends and add by of $1 billion to fight the court packing. pete: i would think democrats have a problem with it. democrats, house and senate will be there. is there a swearing-in ceremony for the squad members? not sure but ci