that is why today, i am announcing 20 additions to my original list of candidates for the united states supreme court. should there be another vacancy on the supreme court, during my presidency, my nominee will come from the names i have shared with the american public, including the original list, and these 20 additions. joe biden has refused to release his list. perhaps because he knows the names are so extremely far left, that they could never withstand public scrutiny, or receive acceptance. he must release the list of justices for people to properly make a decision as to how they will vote. it is very important that he do so. my original list of potential justices include many of our nation's brightest legal minds, such as bill prior, amy coney barrett and thomas harding, outstanding people. like those distinguished bear. the 20 additions i'm announcing today clarence thomas and samuel alito. their names are as follows: bridgett beatty of arizona. judge on the ninth circuit court of appeals. daniel cameron of kentucky, attorney general of the commonwealth of kentucky, paul clement of virginia. s

because the route was not open for us, we had to find another way and both end up on the united states supreme courttates supreme court." all the days of her life, she pursued justice. even in illness. she fought five bouts with cancer. and she supported her beloved marty through his battle with cancer, as well. each time, she pressed forward. she returned to work, to the bench, to the court, with focus. each and every time. nothing was given. pursuing justice took resilience, persistence, a commitment to never stop. as a lawyer, she won equality for women and men, not in one swift victory, but brick by brick, case by case, through meticulous, careful lawyering. she changed the course of american law. and even when her views did not prevail, she still fought. in recent years, justice ginsburg became famous for her dissents. despair was not an option. she said, and i quote, "dissents speak to a future age. it's not simply to say my colleagues are wrong and i would do it this way. but the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually, over time, their views become the dominant view. so that

that has paralyzed our politics and pitted americans against each other, spread to the united states supreme court. this election is about more than the presidency or the senate or the supreme court. this election as about our democracy. -- is about our democracy. and as joe biden has said from the moment he entered this race, it is about the soul of our nation, who we are, what we stand for. whomaybe most importantly we want to be. what i felt when i said goodbye to justice ginsberg. she understood the soul of our nation and what is expected of each of us and that belief is especially resonant at a place like shaw university, one of our nation's first black landmarks of people mourn into bondage and intolity stood on -- born bondage and brutality stood on this ground as scholars. i stand here, at the country's first university hall built to educate black women in america, a century later and a few months after the greensboro sitton, ella baker and fellow students -- sit in, ella baker and fellow students started the committee. i stand here on their shoulders and with all of you as the nominee for

court of appeals. christopher landau of maryland, united states ambassador to mexico. itlos moonies of florida, justice on the supreme court of florida. illinois, judge on the district court for the northern district of illinois. pennsylvania,f judge on the third circuit court of appeals. on thef missouri, judge district court for the eastern district of missouri. carolina,nes of north judge on the fourth circuit court of appeals. virginia, deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel to the president. lawrence van dyck of nevada. judge on the ninth circuit court of appeals. these individuals will ensure equal justice, equal fortment and equal rights citizens of every race, color, religion and creed. together we will defend our righteous heritage and preserve our magnificent american way of life. thank you, god bless america. thank you very much. does anybody have any questions on the judges? on the judges? excuse me. any questions? they are outstanding people. very important decision. . important that joe biden put out potential nominees. it's very important for our country that he do that. you have a questi

supreme court. just a few moments ago, this happened ♪ and amazing grace ♪ how precious. >> people singing amazing grace outside the united statesreme court building tonight we have been watching these crowds build all evening tonight in washington, d.c joining us now live is senator corey booker, member of the senator judiciary committee. sir, it is great to have you here tonight thanks for making time it is a difficult night. >> very difficult night. and that was very, very beautiful. >> yeah. i have been remarking on the air about how there aren't very many things that happen in u.s. politics where there is a physical place where people go to be together because of a political moment i mean, there are rallies and there are events and there are planned things and conventions and all those sorts of things. but this is a spontaneous outpouring tonight it's got my civics -- my civic soul sort of inflamed here looking at it. it's actually a very inspiring thing to see >> it really is. and i think that a lot of americans get it at their core, that we were -- have been a country where by force of law, whether you are gay or black or

united states love the united states constitution. [applause] i am truly humbled by the prospects of serving on the supreme court. med, i will be mindful of who came before me. the flag of the united states is still flying at half staff in memory of justice ruth bader ginsburg to mark the end of a great american life. ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession. only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. for that, she has won the admiration of women across the country and indeed all over the she was a woman of enormous talent and consequence in her life a public service serves as an example to us all. asticularly poignant to me her long and deep friendship with justice anthony schooley a -- justice scalia, my own mentor. they disagreed fiercely imprint without rancor in person. their ability to maintain a warm and rich friendship despite their differences even inspired an opera these two great americans demonstrated that arguments even about matters of great consequence need not destroy affection. both my personal and professional relationship, i strive to meet that st

willing to continue ramming a supreme court justice through who the president said was needed, quote, before the election because the election will be before the united states supreme court. where are our republican colleagues? this is not a partisan issue. democracy is at stake and every constituent from every corner of the land, regardless of party or ideology, should be asking their republican senators to speak out and demand that donald trump not be allowed to do what he says he's going to do and say they will join all of america in standing in the way if he tries. the most innocent interpretation of the president's comments is he's just trying to get people not to vote. mail-in voting is rigged. i'm going to stay anyway, he cries. 12 more years they chant at his rallies. all to erode american faith in the election and discourage americans from voting. it doesn't matter how false, it doesn't matter how undemocratic, it doesn't matter how corrosive it is to our democracy. the president doesn't care. it's his own ego and nothing else. the president says it if he thinks it will help him win. that is the most innocent interpretation. if you take the preside

we will destroy the united states supreme court as an institution by packing the court. shame on them. they are to hide their head in a bag and that is just further demonstration of the fact that they don't understand the role of the united states supreme court. they think justices are just politicians in robes. they think justices have the right to rewrite the constitution every other thursday to advance a political or social agendas that they can't get by the voters and that's not why our founders set up the united states supreme court or any of our federal courts. >> reporter: doesn't the former vice president have an opportunity to clearly state he's not with that section of his party. chris wallace is going to have to have questions next week and i expect he is going to be pushed on whether he thinks you should get rid of the filibuster or pack the court or any of the other things being proposed at this point because a lot of folks on the left are saying this is fair, you mentioned destroying the supreme court as an american institution, they say that is what you ar

given every indication that he wants the supreme court to act in the favor of the case that he has supported. he has helped to bring this case to the united statesrt. does anybody really think, you know, common sense will tell you, he's going put somebody on the court who has given all kinds of clues and writings about this issue and i tell you people in michigan are really worried. brit: i can understand, but you are saying all kinds of clues. what other clues other than this remark that was cited in my interview with secretary scalia? what other clues, senator? senator: well, we will lay all of this out in judiciary hearings and i don't want to get debate all the legalese back and forth with you today because i think there's a bigger picture here which is people's healthcare. i do have to say from a michigan perspective, we have people right now just holding on, you know, over 200,000 people have lost their lives, they are holding on and saying, why aren't you focused on another covid package that's going to help my family keep a roof over our head and food on the table and help our small businesses be able to open safely and, please, help us

and yet by carefully filtering who gets nominated to the united states supreme court, by stealing a secondeat on the united states supreme court, what donald trump and the republicans are planning to do is to have that court impose a will on the american people that is not who we are and not the america we want to be. >> what do you think is within the arsenal of senate democrats to try to stop this from happening? i know that senate minority leader, senate democratic leader chuck schumer has said nothing is off the table if they force through this nomination, if they get it done. what options do you think that you have tactically in order to try to stop them from doing what they want to do? >> well, chuck is right. as he said, everything should be on the table. and we will use everything we've got. but understand this. think back to the affordable care act fight in 2017. i still remember when donald trump was sworn in, i went home that night, and i said, this is it. they could repeal health care by next friday. they've got the house. they've got the senate. they've got the white house. th

united states and i love the united states constitution. lam truly... applause i am truly humbled by the prospect serving on the supreme court. i will be mindful of who became before me. the flag of the united states is still flying at half staff in memory ofjustice ruth bader ginsburg to mark the end of a great american life. justice ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession, but she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. for that, she has won the admiration of women across the country and indeed, all over the world. she went on to say that she would carry out her role without her personal beliefs impacting on herjudgements. the president has nominated me to serve on the united states supreme court, and that institution belongs to all of us. institution belongs to all of us. if confirmed, i would institution belongs to all of us. if confirmed, iwould not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle, and certainly not for my own sake. i would assume this role to serve you. i would discharge the judicial oath, which requires me to administer justice without res

he says this scam will be before the united states supreme court and that's the president of the united this to the united states supreme court in order to block the counting of mail-in ballots, and i want the woman i'm talking to right now, whoever she is, to be on the supreme court. wouldn't he, when he's talking to that woman, be telling her exactly this, this is what i want from you on the supreme court? >> well, i think so. i mean, he's doing it again. he's speaking the silent parts outloud. what we do know is this, lawrence, that donald trump is capable of anything. we know this. we know that he's going to cheat. it's clear, right? and we know what the republican party is capable of. we saw what they did at north carolina when they lost. we saw what they did in wisconsin when they lost. what we need to understand is that november is not going to settle anything, right? in fact, we're going to experience perhaps one of the most fundamental challenges that the republicans ever faced. and i think the representative was right on point that it will be in our hands. it is not just these

speaking about gender equality, fighting for it, not only as a lawyer before the united states supreme courting so many cases involving gender equality, but in addition when she took the bench and became a justice of the supreme court 27 years ago. so how does it feel to you knowing her and sharing a lot of her passions to have donald trump nominating her replacement? first of all, i think it is obscene that senator mitch mcconnell and donald trump are talking about her replacement. she is not even been buried yet. and they are just in a rush to nominate or appoint a replacement. this is so disgusting, and i want to say that her granddaughter said that justice ginsburg, her last wish, i will read it to you, she said about her grandmother, "my most fervent wish is that i would not be replaced until a new president is installed." so they're not even giving her last wish. at this point, let us play you what the leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, had to say about the timing. let's let the american people decide. our view is this, give the people a voice in filling this vacancy. what do you s

that is why today i'm announcing 20 additions to my original list of candidates for the united states supreme courte another vacancy on the supreme court during my presidency, my nominee will come from the names i have shared with the american public including the original list and these 20 additions. joe biden is refused to release his list, perhaps because he knows the names are so extremely far left that they could never with stand public scrutiny or receive acceptance. he must release a list of justices for people to properly make a decision as to how they will vote. it is very important that he do so. my original list of potential justices include many of our nation's brightest legal minds such as bill pryor, amy coney barrett, and thomas like those distinguished individuals, the 20 additions i am announcing today would be justices antonin scalia, clarence thomas and samuel alito. their names are as follows. bridget bade of arizona, judge on the 9th circuit court of appeals, daniel cameron of kentucky, attorney general of the commonwealth of kentucky. paul clemente of virginia, former solicito

which is thinking about the importance of the united states supreme court and the leaders of our nation who have sat on that court and changed the trajectory of our lives. the inspiration for me to become lawyer was thurgood marshall. who, of course, you know, trailed the way through his work up until being on the court for brown v. board of education, which desegregated the schools of america. think of ruth bader ginsburg similarly. it's interesting because i think there's a lot of coverage that has been about the fame that she received late in life but not understanding that her fame started when she was in her teenage years. in terms of the work she had been doing every step of the way to lay the foundation for equality for all people, but with her focus having been an emphasis on women. and when i was there this morning, while she lay in state in the united states capitol, i'm the only black woman in the united states senate. angela: yeah. senator harris: and only the second in the history of the united states senate to have been elected. i'm looking at this casket laying in state,

from the rose garden at the white house way just nominated judge amy coney barrett for the united states supreme courtjudge: a victory lap after nominating a third person to the highest court in the land. hello and welcome to justice i am judge jeanine pirro thank you for being with us. the fight ahead will be ugly but today ceremony in the rose garden was historic as president trump officially nominated amy coney barrett to the supreme court. >> if we understand this is a momentous decision for president. and if the senate does me the honor to confirm me i pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. i love the united states and i love the united states constitution. judge: we will talk about it but first my open. we are in the fight of our lives. it is a fight between good and evil, truth and lies, freedom and anarchy, law and order in the future of the greatest experiment in democracy, the united states. president trump's nomination today of amy coney barrett a brilliant scholar, jurist in context list and mother of seven with an unblemished reputation will c

election year should a sitting president be allowed or able to nominate someone to the united states supreme court. this is not even an election year. we're actually in the election. people started voting. almost a million americans have been voted. people will be voting next week. people will be voting up until election day, and they have a right in an election to elect their next president who then will make the decision about who will be the nominee. and sadly, my republican colleagues in the senate are violating, i think, that most important right that the american people have, which is to choose their president, who will choose who will serve for a lifetime who will serve on the united states supreme court and especially during an election. this election is 36 days from today. people have been voting. it's wrong. >> we all read the extraordinary reporting in the atlantic last week about the army of republican lawyers who are already targeting cases that they want to bring to invalidate ballots cast in battleground states. do the democrats have an army of lawyers ready to go to fight this? >>

we know that history, we know the history that in 2013, the united states supreme court gutted the votingherein, almost two dozen states, almost immediately put in place laws to try and suppress, or prevent block people from voting. students from voting, indigenous people from voting. the effort was so obvious, that as an example, in north carolina, the court of appeal when they reviewed what that stated. said that that state did it with quote surgical precision. to prevent black folks from voting. 2013, shall be the hold of that case. 2016, i served on the senate intelligence committee, believe what you have been told. russia interfered in the election of the president of the united states. with a misinformation campaign, with an intent to cause the american people to distrust one of the most important pillars of our democracy. which is our election system. and believe what you are being told that they will do it again. so detroit, i think all of this begs the question, why are so many powerful people spending so much time to prevent us from voting? are they going through so much trouble

from the rose garden at the white house way just nominated judge amy coney barrett for the united states supreme court. judge: a victory lap after nominating a third person to the highest court in the land. hello and welcome to justice i am judge jeanine pirro thank you for being with us. the fight ahead will be ugly but today ceremony in the rose garden was historic as president trump officially nominated amy coney barrett to the supreme court. >> if we understand this is a momentous decision for president. and if the senate does me the honor to confirm me i pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. i love the united states and i love the united states constitution. judge: we will talk about it but first my open. we are in the fight of our lives. it is a fight between good and evil, truth and lies, freedom and anarchy, law and order in the future of the greatest experiment in democracy, the united states. president trump's nomination today of amy coney barrett a brilliant scholar, jurist in context list and mother of seven with an unblemished reputation will

all persons having business before the supreme court of the united states are admonished to draw nearly, terribly nervous. but then i looked up at the justices, and i thought, i have a captive audience. i knew that i was speaking to men who didn't think there was any such thing as gender-based discrimination, and my job was to tell them it really exists. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court, women today face discrimination in employment as pervasive and more subtle than discrimination encountered by minority groups. sex classifications imply a judgment of inferiority. the sex criterion stigmatizes when it is used to protect women from competing for higher-paying jobs, promotions. it assumes that all women are preoccupied with home and children. these distinctions have a common effect. they help keep woman in her place, a place inferior to that occupied by men in our society. >> there was not a single question. i just went on speaking, and i at the time wondered, are they just indulging me and not listening, or am i telling them something they haven't heard before, and are

ute was not the ro open to us we had to find another way in both end up on the united states supreme courthe days of her life she pursued justice. even in illness she fought five bouts of cancer and supported her beloved marty through his battle with cancer as well. each time she pressed forward. she returned to work, to the bench, to the court, with focus, each and every time. nothing was given. pursuing justice took resilience, persistence, a commitment to never stop. equality forhe won women and men not in one swift case, but through meticulous, careful lawyering. she changed the course of american law. even when her views did not prevail she still fought. in recent years, justice ginsburg became famous for her dissents. option.was not an "dissentsnd i quote, speak to a future age. it is not simply to say, my colleagues are wrong and i would do it this way. but the greatest dissents do become court opinions and heirually, over time, t views become the dominant view hope isthe dissenter's they are not writing for today, but for tomorrow." her dissents were not cries of defeat. they were

united states and i love the united states constitution. i am truly... i am truly humbled by the prospect of serving on the supreme court. hould i be concerned, i will be mindful of who came before me. the flag of the united states is still flying at half staff in memory ofjustice ruth bader ginsburg to mark the end of a great american life. justice ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in that legal profession. but she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. for that, she broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. forthat, she has won the admiration of women across the country and indeed all over the world. she was a woman of enormous tale nt world. she was a woman of enormous talent and consequence, and her life of public service serves as an example to us all. particularly poignant to me was how long and deep friendship withjustice poignant to me was how long and deep friendship with justice antonin scalia, my own mentor. justices scalia, my own mentor. justices scalia and ginsburg disagreed fiercely in print without rancour in person. their ability to maintain a warm and rich friendship

the flag outside of the united states supreme court is flying at half staff. ginsburg became the second woman in the history on the high court nominated by the president bill clinton and confirmed by senate. justice ginsburg's chair at the supreme court has been draped in remembrance of her. a ceremony inside the court is expected tuesday. there was a second night candlelight vigils. remake that's exactly right. there was another vigil again tonight are many, if not over 1000 people attended. they heard from speakers, including senator elizabeth warren who strongly criticized mitch mcconnell saying he will bring the presidents nominee up for a vote and she had the entire crowd chanting, we will fight! this comes a day after the late justice died in her home in washington surrounded by her family. outside the supreme court mourners gathered for a second straight night toner the life of ruth bader ginsburg. >> she really changed the way we treat gender under the law. >> reporter: the late justice is being honored for 27 years on the bench. senate minority leader

supreme court. just a few moments ago, this happened. ♪ and amazing grace >> people singing amazing grace outside the united states supreme court buildingonight. we have been watching these crowds build all evening tonight in washington, d.c. joining us now live is senator corey booker, member of the senator judiciary committee. sir, it is great to have you here tonight. thanks for making time. it is a difficult night. >> very difficult night. and that was very, very beautiful. >> yeah. i have been remarking on the air about how there aren't very many things that happen in u.s. politics where there is a physical place where people go to be together because of a political moment. i mean, there are rallies and there are events and there are planned things and conventions and all those sorts of things. but this is a spontaneous outpouring tonight. it's got my civics -- my civic soul sort of inflamed here looking at it. it's actually a very inspiring thing to see. >> it really is. and i think that a lot of americans get it at their core, that we were -- have been a country where by force of law, whether you are gay or black or a woman, the

as i mentioned we have been watching scenes of the united states supreme court building where people are convening spontaneously having heard the news about justice ginsburg's passing. stuff like that does not happen on the in u.s. politics. that's a live shot tonight. joining us now is nina totenberg. she covered justice ginsburg over the long arc of her career on the court but was a clerk to the justice. thank you for making time. i know that you knew he would get the calls to talk on the night that justice ginsburg finally passed. i can't imagine it's easy. >> no, it's not easy. i knew it was coming, but only 54 a coup -- but only for a couple of weeks at the most. she was ferocious, if she could have lasted longer she'd have lasted longer. she dictated this note to her granddaughter just a few days before she died. she said my wish, i am paraphrasing it. >> my wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed. >> she was first and foremost delivered her life to the court. >>> she fought very hard to not have it politicized. she disappointed progressives when