liberal feminist lawyer, that's what she called herself, who argued more cases before the united states supreme court than any other woman. in "politico" she wrote recently with regard to judge kavanaugh, she said sometimes a superstar is just a superstar. she said that our democratic colleagues should stop pretending that kavanaugh or his record is the issue. she went on to say that he is well qualified, brilliant, has integrity, and is within the mainstream of legal thought. her last words were the most emphatic. she said democrats should quit attacking kavanaugh full stop, close quote. she said their behavior is unbecoming, and i don't disagree with her. we know many on the other side are not particularly interested in the nominee's qualifications, as i said for some, the fact that president trump nominated judge kavanaugh is all they need to know. they are opposed to anybody and everybody that this president might nominate. and others have now come out in opposition before they've examined these perhaps approaching a million pages of documents that will be produced. and, again, it's obvious

and they remind us that he is exactly the kind of standup person we should want on the united states supreme court. of course you wouldn't guess that in judging by the way -- that judging by the way that democrats and the media have treated him over the past few weeks. for example, earlier this week one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle said she would cancel her meeting with the nominee, which, of course, she is free to do. what media reports ignored is that this same senator had announced her resolute opposition before any nominee was even announced. talk about jump pg the -- jumping the gun. another colleague of -- democratic colleague suggested in dark and gloomy terms that the judiciary use was some nefarious tool to hide details about the nominee. in doing so he neglected to inform the tens of thousands who retweeted his misleading message, the committee confidentiality is in, in fact, a practice used by chairmen from both parties. before the media reports these claims, they should apply rigorous fact checking to see if democrats are telling the truth or crying wolf to whi

position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service.

personal life. 2002 i was the lead counsel who argued virginia versus black in the supreme court of the united states. when i argued the case in the united states supreme court i was filled with cocksure certitude that i knew exactly what the supreme court should rule. that it should hold that there is a distinction between hateful speech and hateful conduct and that it should not rule that the mere brandishing of historically racist symbols like the burning cross or a swastika could be banned in our society. that the court had to instead wait until there was a palpable threat or a genuine eichmann. but as oliver wendell holmes warned us, certitude is not a test of certainty. we have been cocksure of many things that were not so. today i was asked to represent the various racist and white supremacist and all right groups that have been staging summer inroughout the charlottesville, virginia and that were on the third of conduct and the united right rally summer in on august 11 and august 12. weekendld be the coming this current august. and i declined that representation. i then watched that friday we

he will make an excellent addition to the united states supreme court. he's honest, he's faithful, he's a good family man. he's everything you'd want in a justice on the greatest court in the world: the united states supreme court. i know him. i support him not just because he's a republican or because he gives the republicans somewhat of an advantage on the court, but because he is one heck of a good person, one heck of a good judge, one heck of a good student of the law. he's a wonderful man, and i hope that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will see it through in a way that will be an honor to this body, not a desecration. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. or should i -- the presiding officer: would the senator suspend his request for the calling of a quorum call. mr. tillis: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. tillis: i have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the senate. it has the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. m

do or right during that time that we ought to know before he becomes the swing vote on the united states supreme court for more than a generation. the second issue i raised goes back to an earlier time when he came before the committee under oath and i asked him questions about his role when it comes to the detention of combatants. and i didd to say -- not bring my glasses. this may be a struggle in this light situation. i asked him about his role and i was noti did not -- involved and was not involved in the questions about the roles of -- of rules governing detention of combatants, so i do not have the involvement with that issue of combatants." i paraphrase that because i did not bring my glasses. -- when hea letter told me under oath he had no involvement it later turns out he did have involvement. in fact, he volunteered at one of these meetings how he felt justice kennedy. when i asked him today he tried to draw a distinction between those combatants which were being held by the cia, those held by the department of defense, and others. he did not make that distinction when he made that sta

do, or right ring that time that we ought to know before he becomes the swing vote on the united states supreme court for more than a generation. the second issue i raised goes back to an earlier time when heap became -- when he came to the committee under oath. i asked questions about his role when it came to the detention of combatants. what he had to say, and i didn't bring my glasses so this may be a struggle, but i asked him about his role and he said i did not, i was not involved and was not involved in the questions about the roles governing detention of combatants and so i witht have the involvement that issue of combatants. a paraphrased that because i didn't have the glasses. i sent him a letter a year later, when there was a press release that said he was personally at the hearing or at one of the meetings relating to the detention of combatants. when he told me under oath he had no involvement, it later turns out he did have involvement. he volunteered at one of these meetings. when i asked him today, he tried to draw a distinction between those combatants which were being held by t

this president made it clear that any person who wanted to be eligible for the united states supreme court needed to pass a clearance by two organizations. one is called the federalist society, and the other is the heritage institute. both of these are conservative organizations which reviewed all of the potential supreme court nominees and produced a list of 20 or more men and women who would be eligible for the supreme court by their judgment. is their judgment important? i will point to one fact in history which illustrates. when neil gorsuch was nominated by president trump to serve on the supreme court, to fill the vacancy of antonin scalia, he was not notified by the white house. the white house called the federalist society head, leonard leo, and asked him to call mr. gorsuch and tell him the good news. so to say that the federalist society and heritage institute play a critical role in the selection of a nominee is an understatement. if you don't clear their background test, their litmus test, you cannot be considered by the trump administration for the supreme court. that's o

at this point the case goes to the united states supreme court. there is no other alternative so i argue to avoid that kind of constitutional crisis that congress ought to read this to not create a conflict with the executive branch. if it does it's going to be up to the supreme court to decide who's right and the two prior justices already said if this conflict arises and congress acts improperly than the supreme court might very well intervene and decide the case. i lay all of that out in the book as a possible scenario. i am not advising president trump if he were to be impeached and removed not to leave. i'm just saying certainly is a reasonable possibility when you have three branches of government and two of them disagree on the interpretation of the constitution. in the end that has to be decided by the supreme court. >> that would be very unlikely to end up being a problem. as you know you need two thirds to convict in the senate even when there's a question about whether it was a crime you have a bipartisan coalition of senators who voted

again, as representatives of the united states public, an opportunity to review the background of someone who will have a lifetime appointment to the united states supremeand let's also remember, this is kennedy's seat. this is the seat that is the so-called swing seat. this is -- the person who fills this seat will be pivotal in making decisions about a variety of issues that impact americans in our everyday lives including a woman's right to choose, including the affordable care act and whether we're going to have access to health care, including issues that relate to voting rights or organized labor's ability to collectively bargain, issues that affect people every day. >> you and other democrats have been making that argument, unsuccessfully. now chuck schumer has been issued a call to action to republicans, saying the president is under a cloud. do you think that will make any difference? >> i would think that folks will understand that this has reached a point, like that point years ago during the watergate scandal. this is a situation where a court of the united states of america has accepted a guilty plea from someone who was the lawyer for pres

the fact is judge kavanaugh will sit on the united states supreme court when we are through. i would hope the opponents on the other side, without having even heard him, i am hopeful they will be fair, and if they will be in the end, they will vote for judge kavanaugh. and before him to be a member of the supreme court. my colleagues understand this. i think my colleagues on both sides of the floor understand this. and this is a man who has been very well examined for these positions. he is already sitting on the second most powerful court in the land. if anybody deserves to be on the supreme court, brett kavanaugh certainly done. i want to compliment senator grassley and the other members of this committee for being as strongly behind him as they are. i want to really compliment the democrats who have stood up and are willing to stand up for judge kavanaugh because they realize that we cannot keep going down this partisan, picky, dumbass rolse that has been going on -- role that has been going on. we did not treat their candidates for these positions the way they are treatin

judge kavanaugh is one of the most qualified people to ever be nominated to the united states supreme court, and you may hear from the other side that he is out of the mainstream. that is simply not true. in fact, the supreme court has adopted judge kavanaugh's reasoning more than a dozen times. this gives him one of the most impressive records of any federal appellate judge and hardly places him outside of the mainstream. during my meeting with judge kavanaugh we had a very thoughtful discussion about the founders' vision and intent when they crafted the constitution. we discussed the separation of powers, we discussed the importance of the second amendment, and just as he does with his rulings on the court, judge kavanaugh did not focus on his personal opinions but rather he brought it back to the text of the constitution and the historical understanding required. that is exactly what we need on the bench from our highest court. i want to thank president trump for nominating such an outstanding and well-qualified jurist. i'd also like to thank chairman grassley for committing to a f

the colorado civil rights commission is coming after me again after the united states supreme court hasthem that they were hostile to my faith, and that they can do that, and yet, here we are again, the same situation. >> laura: the transgender individual, she came to your bakeshop, and said, will you bake a cake? for a specific -- how did the transaction or potential transaction go down? >> this is actually on the day that last year, that the united states supreme court announced that they were granting our case, and they were going to hear it, and so this colorado attorney called my shop and asked us to make pink and blue cake signifying their gender transition. >> laura: wait a second -- wait a second. the colorado attorney? we didn't even get a visit to the cake shop, with bakeshop --- >> cake shop. >> laura: a transgender person did a walk in and say, "high, kate, jack, how are you doing -- >> it was a lawyer who called you? >> it was a lawyer who called us. >> laura: it's ridiculous. >> they explained that we couldn't sell anything else in our shop, or create customer, they asked

according to the united states supreme court he did or radio remote control and robots. on and these are the very basics of our economy were done by m one single man. the american institute of electrical engineers said were we to seize and eliminates our industrial world the results of mr. tesla's work the wheels of industry would cease to turn. our towns would be dark. it's not only the things he did but he had this fantastic imagination. he was able to envision things and would outline what they would look like. even though technology wasn't available for him to make it he foresaw cell phones radar, laser weapons artificial intelligence | aircraft. the list goes on. one of the things that knocked me out this guy 110 years ago was talking about the ability to have something in your vest pocket which would give you news and he said we shall see and hear one another so perfect they as though we were face to face despite distances of thousands of miles. a man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket. this was 105 years ago that he comes up with this. as a visionary he

united states. different in this respect, this president made it clear that any person wanted to be eligible for the united states supreme court needed to pass clearance by two organizations, one is called the federalist society and the other is the heritage institute. both are conservative organizations which reviewed all of the potential supreme court nominees produced a list of 20 or more men and women who would be eligible for the supreme court by their judgment. is there judgment important? all point to one fact in history which illustrates. when neil gorsuch was nominated by president trump to serve on the supreme court and fill the vacancy, he was not notified by the white house. the white house called the federal society had been asked him to call mr. gorsuch and tell him the good news. to say that the federal society play critical role in the selection of a nominee is an understatement. if you don't clear their background tests. their litmus test you cannot be considered by the trump administration for the supreme court. that's offensive to me. you don't see reference to the federalist society for the heritage i

accord ago the united states supreme court he invented radio. did remote control, robots, the list goes on and these are the basics of our economy. we're done by one single man. there was a quote by the american institute of electrical engineers who said, were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the results of mr. tesla's work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our towns would be dark. and it's not only the things he did in his life but he has this fantastic imagination. he was able to envision things and outlined what they looked like even if the technology was available. he foresaw cellphones, radar, laser weapons, artificial intelligence, vertical left aircraft. the list guess on. one quote that knocked me out, on a cellphone, guy 110 year was talking about the ability to have something in your vest pocket which would give you news and he said we shall see and hear one another so perfectly as though we were face-to-face, despite intervening distance of thousands of miles. a man will be able to carry one of these in h

position in the fall shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. mcgann played a key role in shaping the president's conservative judiciary picks including supreme court justice neil gorsuch and now nominee brett kavanaugh. sources close to mcgann tell cbs news that he was surprised by that tweet. there is speculation the president is upset with mcgann's 30-hour interview with robert mueller. he was involved in discussions that could be key if mueller's team looks to build an obstruction of justice case against the president. >> 3d printed guns a the the center of a legal battle. now an alarming discovery. a man on probation caught with one inside his home. why police couldn't arrest him. >> and who would shoot an eagle? bay area vets are racing to nurse it back to health. >> eat a free avocado everyday and get paid for it. the details on this unique home of a man on probation. it comes amid a fierce legal battle over the technology. reporter steve >>> an alarming discovery in sacramento. a 3d printed gun found inside of the home of a map on

judge brett cavanaugh to the united states supreme court.have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. although he is planning to leave, sources told cbs news that he was surprised by the tweet. he has been key in helping the president nominate conservative judges to the bench. he made recent headlines for cooperating extensively with the special councils russia probe, reportedly giving over 30 hours of testimony. >> he is a really good guy. he has been with me for a long time. privately before me you represented me. he has been here for almost 2 years. and a lot of affection for don. he will be moving on probably to the private sector maybe the private sector? he will do very well. but, he has done an excellent job. >> mitch mcconnell released a statement on twitter calling the announcement sad news for our country. >> students in san mateo are remembering a classmate killed in a car crash. students at sarah high wrote tribute letters to lake but arena. they celebrated with his picture and stickers to honor his life

i think one reason is, thanks to the worst decision in history by the united states supreme court, they have unleashed a tidal wave of money, special interest money in this campaign — you may have seen... sure, but he has the choice of being positive or negative, but mitt romney, he thinks he can only win the republican nomination by being extremely brutal and negative. because the sad truth of american politics is that negative ads move numbers. that is the reality of american politics. the day that they don't move numbers will be the day that politicians stop using them. i have learned a new acronym, abi — "anyone but romney". why is he not connecting with republican voters? i have had several republicans say this. —— i have heard several republicans say this. he seems to have passions of the job, he ran in 2008 and is coming back again. why is hejust job, he ran in 2008 and is coming back again. why is he just not connecting with the voters? i think he is connecting, he got 50% of the vote in florida, the first really diverse, heavily populated state. he did extremely well in new ham

i don't think it is a foregone conclusion that he is going to get to the united states supreme court. we haven't started hearings. the republicans are working hard to hide many documents, which makes a lot of us think that there is stuff in the documents that people don't want the public to see. if you look at all the polling, the public is not so big on what they are hearing about kavanaugh. that is not surprising. he was picked off a list that was put together by right-wing organizations. president trump had a litmus test, including one nominee that would take away a woman's right to make her own decisions with respect to reproductive choice. also wanted somebody that was going to wipe out the affordable care act, which helps people with pre-existing health conditions. all of that is now going to be part of the debate that we will have hearings for. it is true that in order to block the nomination, we would need at least two republican senators. senator murkowski, senator collins, would be two who are continuing to watch the nomination. we are going to have a big battle ahead. my vi

ago this month ruth bader ginsburg made history as the second woman to be sworn in as the united states supremenew cnn original film "rbg" takes an intimate look at justice ginsburg's life and legacy, including her famous friendship with justice antonin scalia. >> even though they had differing points of view, they were dear friends. i'm sure they were taking at each other the whole time but enjoyed it. >> justice scalia would whisper something to me. all i could do to avoid laughing out loud is pinch myself. people ask me what was your favorite scalia joke. i say i know what it is but i can't tell you. >> they enjoyed going to the office together, they enjoyed discussing particular operas. of course they appeared together in an opera. >> joining us now, eugene scalia, the son of the late supreme court justice, antonin scalia. thanks so much for coming in. why were they such good friends? >> they had a lot in common. people forget that. they had the same job, right? and in fact they were on the lower court of appeals together as well. they had both been professors. they're both new yorkers, so

was destroyed timidly under hillary clinton she would have been a disaster and appointed to united states supreme court judges who regard the constitution has a blackboard rather than the great and talented judges. revel -- with business would remain here to do literally on the day of the election optimism went like this does the business optimism index going up 3.5% of historic levels and historic levels emerson. i talked to some of those franchisees that they hadn't done anything yet. but that response was we are not waking up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning wondering what massive piecep of legislation that makes it more difficult so it is a disaster the same people that told you clinton would win the action or tell you able do very well in november. the reason the polls were wrong in 2016 will become one -- must because those attack on trump, if you are at home and get a call from the guy i like to know how you're going to vote what do you tell them you don't want to tell them what you really think i think they are wrong again for the same reason. but vote if anything it's that would discourage

court of the united states and when i argued the case in the united states supreme court i was filled with sure that i knew what the supreme court should rule, it should hold there's distinction between hateful speech and hateful conduct and should not rule that the mere brandishing of historically racist symbols like theik burning cross or a swastka and the court had to wait until there was a threat or incitement. as oliver warned us, it's not the test of certainty, we have been cocksure of many things that were not so. a year ago today i was asked to represent the various racist and white supremacist and alt-right groups that had been staging ralliess in summersville, virginia and on the verge to conduct the unit the right valley on august 11th and august 12th, what would be the coming weekend this august and i declined that representation. i then watched that friday evening from my home with my wife who iss here with me today in horror as i saw hundreds of neo nazis and white supremacists and other alt-right marchers with torches, wearing clothes deliberately con

contribution is now thousand dollars on individual limit, that was upheld as constitutional by the united states supreme court a few months ago. i wouldn't mind seeing that to $3,000, that's which a thousand was in 1974, but you can't -- there's no sense in discussing that if the soft money, the million dollar contributions and half million all those are coming in. what about individual contribution, it's meaningless if you can come in, my friends it's now legal in america for chinese army owned corporation to give unlimited amounts of money to american political campaign, us the that disturb you a little? it's gone so far any foreign entity -- not disclose their names. >> do you think it's one of the things that young people are caught in barrier to go to politics? >> sure, they think they are not represented and you know what, they aren't. one more question, yes, sir, i will take two more. >> senator -- >> thank you, ma'am, sorry. [laughter] >> thank you for responding to me waving hand i received communist book for my son who is in class of 2002 air force academy so you have touching the right people

i am proud to support his nomination to the united states supreme court and i urge all of my colleagues to support him as well. we've got to get away from the politics of the supreme court. and when we have somebody who has the qualities the ability the reputation and the historiesty of doing what's right on the bench we should give that person an opportunity to serve. judge kavanaugh deserves an opportunity to serve. he's more than adequately proven that he deserves it. we're going to be lucky to have him on the united states supreme court. and i'm not sure that he's always going to rule the way i want him to rule either but nobody is. and from time to time we may be disappointed. but the fact of the matter is, i know one thing he's going to apply the best of legal knowledge to the opinions that he writes, and he will be a force on the court who will get along with the other justices by showing mutual respect for them and receiving mutual respect back from them. he's the type of a guy who really will make a tremendous difference for our country. he deserves this appointment. we need to

so, to me, it's 13 -- better an -- than a 13-1 record of being adopted and upheld by the united states supreme court. judge kavanaugh has earned positive attention and praise for being a good mentor, producing a number of clerks who have gone on to work for the united states supreme court itself. one of his former clerks wrote in july, no court of appeals judge in the nation has a stronger, more consistent record than judge brett kavanaugh. indeed, judge kavanaugh is known for being thoughtful, principled, and a jurist who will will uphold the sanctity of the constitution, and that's exactly what the american people want and exactly what the american people have voted for. now, recently i had the opportunity to meet with judge kavanaugh, like many of my colleagues, and i found him to be just as his reputation and record suggested, smart, genuine, approachable, and well qualified to serve on the highest court of the land. what i've not found in my view -- review of judge kavanaugh's records is that he is radical or outside the mainstream. it is disappointing to see that negative assumptions abo

position in the fall shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don a long time and truly appreciate his systems. sarah westwood is at the white house, this probably doesn't come too much of a surprise that don mcgahn is leaving. this is someone that had extraordinary access to president trump. what should we expect? >> reporter: president trump is announcing via twitter. something we expected for a long time mcgahn will be leaving the white house in the weeks ahead, obviously the relationship between president trump and don mcgahn has been at times complicated even contentious and there was another speed bump in the road in terms of their relationship just weeks ago when we learned earlier this month just how extensive mcgahn had cooperated with investigators on special counsel robert mueller's probe. it's not sure president trump knew at the time the extent of that cooperation. mcdawn's departure is generating strong reaction from conservatives, including senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley who tweeted moments ago,

cable news or read enough coverage to know that 13 of his opinions have been endorsed by the united states supreme court which i think suggests all the opinions are within the mainstream. -- all ofse opinions those 13 were endorsed not just by the most conservative members 's the court but by the court less conservative members. since there is not time to cover liberties, i will start with the first amendment theget all the way to second. [laughter] i want to highlight for judge kavanaugh's the second. opinion -- four of his opinions a religious liberty and a second amendment. speech, judge kavanaugh -- one of his more recent opinions concerned the obama administration's net neutrality law. the other panelists can speak more eloquently and in depth about the first part of that opinion, which concerned whether statute authorized the fcc to regulate the internet. i'll lethe date -- that pass. the second part of the opinion suggests a first amendment violation within the law. it is based on two opinions by the court. the court suggested that the federal government cannot commandeer a cable network --

mark: as opposed to to the united states supreme court that can pick and choose its own issues, throughnd that's that. and so here this is the broad body politic, not a mobocracy, to achieve something that is noble and legitimate under our constitutional system. we'll be right back. i'm going to start with some balayage clip-ins, then razor cut up to a blunt angled lob. i'm retiring; you're my swan song. what?! he's gonna slap some clips in your hair, give you a bob and then he's gonna move to boca raton. but you're gonna look amazing. ok. there are multiples on the table: one is cash, three are fha, one is va. so what can you do? she's saying a whole lotta people want to buy this house. but you got this! rocket mortgage by quicken loans makes the complex simple. understand the details and get approved in as few as eight minutes by america's largest mortgage lender. hi there.me! so, what do you look for in a vehicle? sleek designs. performance. dependability is top on my list. well then, here's some vehicles that deliver on that. woah! wow. oh jeez! that's our truck! it's our truck! and

fall shortly after the confirmation pair ren they willl they parenthetict kavanaugh for the united states supreme court. i have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. foxconn firmed earlier this month that mcgahn cooperated extensively with special counsel robert mueller's team and that mcgahn was trying to protect himself from taking the fall in the russia investigation. he testified, we're told, for some 30 hours. president trump claims he personally approved mcgahn's interviews with investigators as we know. we have also known that mcgahn could be on the way out for a while now. our chief white house correspondent john roberts first reported back in the month of may that don mcgahn was talking about leaving by the end of the summer. john is live at the white house on fox top story. hey, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. one of the emit was brought to ty cobb that was an indication that don mcgahn was preparing to leave emit flood is the a friend and colleague of his person he would like to have as white house counsel. people began discussing that mcgahn might lea

position in the fall shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supremehave worked with don a long time and truly appreciate his systems. sarah westwood is at the white house, this probably doesn't come too much of a surprise that don mcgahn is leaving. this is someone that had

position in the fall, shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme

. >> the united states supreme court has ruled that government can act against broadcasters who present the government reprimand of a radio station who broadcast a record by george carlin. >> played a cut from the album. cut it called filthy words. and follow up to an earlier album that says seven words you can never say on television. wbi played it in an a context of a program they were doing mid afternoon about contemporary language. the fcc took issue with them based on a guy in his car at the time with his son kplamd was indecent and in vision of his privacy and shouldn't be subjected to that. >> those are not seven words you can't say on television. he put those words together because of the rhythm. because of the way they sounded and because of the routine. and instantly it goes into the court record. and the fcc, everybody pretends that these are the actual words. he created the very battle that was fought against him. >> the federal communications commission said that new york's wbai was wrong in playing the record. though the fcc imposed no punishment immediately. and the supre

i think there are some real legal issues that could end up before the united states supreme court here and they are fryitry to come to reasonable dpreeagre. >> got to give jim the last word. thank you guys. always good to have you on the show and appreciate your expertise and perspective. >>> in washington, d.c. white supremacists had a plan rsh gather, march to the white house and spread their message of hate. it didn't work out that way. only a handful of white supremacists showed up today and they ran right into a wall of counter protesters who let them know that their hateful attitudes were not welcome. the white supremacists made a couple of speeches and then disappeared. this occasion is the one year mark since the violent white power rallies in charlottesville, virginia. a young woman died during those rallies. today her mother saw people use her daughter's name as part of their protests. >> the group who was confronting police used heather's name. they chanted her name. i wasn't real appreciative of that. it is what it is. >> what is your message to people who do that? >> i don

then it would likely go up to the united states supreme court. they could either decide it or return it in part to the lower court. we could be looking at a process that would stretch out over months. >> that's one of the reasons why republicans are racing as fast as they can to confirm the next supreme court justice, it is the route that joyce just described. but the giuliani game of he wants to testify. "the new york times" reporting last night as if it was breaking news that there are people in the white house who tell the nonew york times that the president really wants to talk to the special prosecutor, but it is his lawyers who are reluctant. there is absolutely no way to back that up. we have no idea whether donald trump actually wants to talk to mueller or not. all the indicators are that he's desperately afraid of talking to mueller. >> yeah. he ought to be, i think. if he's not. it is true that donald trump does appear to believe he can talk his way out of anything, just by lying, basically. that would be a really, really bad strategy t

or read enough coverage about him to know that 13 of his opinions have been endorsed by the united states supreme court, which i think, suggest that all the opinions we will talk about today, are pretty much within the amendment, this is a good example of a republican appointed judge applying the first amendment in a neutral, mainstream way in a case that , a liberal group that supports abortion rights and female pro-choice candidates. what he said there was the fec's regulation of these groups was invalid, because they were restricting how much money they could spend to speak. he distinguished, as the supreme court has done, regulations on donations directly to candidates, which can be regulated under buckley, and he distinguished that from a nonprofit organization, like emily's list, expenditures on advocacy and speech. this was before citizens united was decided. it suggested a principle that,it is just not the government's job to tell people, "we want to hear less from you." so, coming from free speech, to religion, in a case called newdow v. roberts, the case of a prayer before the president

position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. this afternoon trump was asked about the departing white house counsel. >> don mcgahn is a really good guy, been with me for a long time. privately before this he represented me. he's been here now almost two years, and a lot of affection for don. >> according to several reports, mcgahn did not know in advance about trump's plans to announce his departure. the "washington post" spoke to one person about mcgahn's response to the trump announcement writing, his reaction was, of course, it happened this way. don mcgahn worked with trump during the 2016 election before he was appointed to be white house counsel. and during an interview at this year's cpac, mcgahn talked about his influence within the west wing. >> i advise the president on a range of issues from constitutional law, executive power, whether or not we can go to war, judicial selection, administrative law, essentially government law that the pres

shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme courtave worked worh don for a long time truly appreciate his service. no firm date for his departure but when he leaves it is clear that he steps into role of white house counsel earlier he was brought into the white house to represent president trump in the special counsel probe. back to you in new york. >> and president is heading to indiana today for rally in evansville endorse republican senate candidate mike bron when he's there. >> well amazon is firing back at one its harshist krit arings. tracee carrasco joins us with that and more headlines making news this morning. >> a frequent target of criticism from president trump. now has a new battle brewing this time with senator bernie sanders and amazon is firing back. on its company blog amazon said fired back an it called inaccurate misleading accusations by sanders who has said he'll require large employers like amazon and wal-mart to i a, quote, living wage or face a tax. amazon disputed those claims stating that average hourly wage

position in the fall shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service! the washington post reports that donald trump and donald mcgahn have had spectacular fights. mcgahn especially during the beginning of trump's term contacted the president about contacting justice department officials. the two men would have spectacular fights, according to a person who witnessed some of them and leaked to the press about them. in today's breaking news report of the discussions of impeachment in the trump white house, the washington post reports mcgahn and other aids have invoked the prospect of impeachment to convince the president not to take actions or behave in ways they believe would hurt him. robert mueller probably already knows exactly when and why don mcgahn has had to use the threat of impeachment to convince donald trump not to do something. don mcgahn's cooperation is crucial to the special prosecutor's investigation. he was involved in all of president trump's suspicious activ

the district court then it would go to the court of appeals then it would go to the supreme court of the united states from the supreme court that states it goes back down to the lower.

order to get a simple majority to hold back on that consideration of brett kavanaugh to be a united states supremeourt justice, isn't that right? you can't just do it with democrats. you're in the minority. >> no, that's absolutely right. i go back to the health care debate where so many people thought that because the republicans in the majority, because they had campaigned against the affordable care act, they would wipe out health care for 22 million to 32 million americans. we kept hoping that at least one republican senator or at least two would step forward and say, we really do care about the health care of americans. we're not going to do this. that happened. in this case, we want one or two senators to step forward and say, we really do care about a legitimate confirmation process for something as important as the supreme court. >> you might need more than one or two because there could be two or three or maybe four democratic senators who will go along with the republicans at this critically important time just before the midterm elections. let me move on to another issue while i have yo

election is over, and b, crucially, after republicans have confirmed brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. this is not a man they've talked about publicly but apparently they are talking about it behind closed doors. >> appears from outsiders -- >> well, so it's a bit complicated. i say that because you have to -- we only have so many months left. so we vote to impeach, right? what that does, the senate only has so much time. you don't want to drop everything and not confirm the new supreme court justice. you're not getting from what i said publicly, i don't think you'll get any argument from most of our colleagues. the question is, the timing of it right before the election. >> so the senate has to start -- >> the senate would have to drop everything they're doing and start to start with impeachment on rosenstein. and then take risk of not getting kavanaugh confirmed. so it is not a matter of rosenstein. it is a matter of timing. >> it is a matter of timing. don't think that we're not against rosenstein. don't think we're not going to impeach rosenstein. it is not just because they

in the fall shortly after that the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supremeurt. i have worked with him for a long time and truly appreciate his service. chuck grassley responded on twitter saying, i hope it's not true that mcgann is leaving the white house counsel, i can't let that happen. he gave hours of interviews and what the white house said was an effort to be transparent. meantime after months of negotiations, president trump's legal team has no agreement in place on an interview. legal scholar alan dershowitz is subpoenaing the president. >> we are getting ready for what could be a difficult legal battle. the tactic of the trump team is to make the mueller team and offer they can't accept, so that in the end there will be no sit down and the trump team can say, look. we made them an offer, it's their fault that they didn't accept it. i suspect that mueller is onto this tactic and is now looking forward to filing some kind of legal action compelling the president to appear in front of a grand jury. >> you have written prolifically and spoken on the sub

position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don a long time and truly appreciate his service. >>> the message there, it's confirmation of what sources told cnn in the past days after the president learned exactly how much jodon mcgahn has cooperated with special counsel robert mueller, 30 hours of cooperation and conversations. "the washington post" is reporting that mcgahn was not aware that the president was going to send his tweet, but he was not angry about it. so let's start at the white house with our reporter, sarah westwood. and sarah, you tell me, do we know why the president decided to announce mcgahn's exit today? >> reporter: well, president trump seemed to surprise a lot of people to announce that mcgahn will be leaving the administration after the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. president trump and mcgahn have had a contentious relationship and they hit a speed bump when we learned how extensively he has been working with special counsel mueller's investigators. he's

will be leaving in the fall after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. >> bret: don mcgann has been a really good guy, been with me a long time and privately before this represented me. he's been here now almost two years and lots of affection for him. >> mcgann spoke at length with special counsel robert mueller on several occasions with the request of the president. his outside legal team said mcgann's attorney assures them that he said nothing to incriminate the president. >> are you concerned about what he said to the mueller team? >> not at all. >> mitch mcconnell set don mcgann is the most impressive white house counsel during my time in washington and i've known them all. he said mcgann's departure will be a big loss for the white house. senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley suggested it could be a real problem, tweeting to the president, i hope it's not true that he's leaving white house counsel. no official announcement has been made and sources tell fox news the leading candidate to replace again is emmet flood who has been serving th

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