PRESIDENT KNEW HIS CHOICES
WOULD AFFECT THE DESTINY OF THE
NATION LONG AFTER HE HIMSELF HAD
LEFT OFFICE. >> WATCH REEL AMERICA THIS
WEEKEND ON C-SPAN 3.
>> IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS
PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS ABOUT HIS
UPCOMING SUPREME COURT
ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE FROM PATTY
MURRAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT DECISIONS A PRESIDENT
WILL EVER MAKE IS THE DECISION
TO NOMINATE A JUSTICE TO THE SUPREME COURT.
LAST WEEK, JUSTICE ANTHONY
KENNEDY ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION
TO TAKE SENIOR STATUS.
I WAS GREATLY HONORED WHEN
JUSTICE KENNEDY CAME TO THE
WHITE HOUSE TO MEET WITH ME.
AMERICA IS TRULY GRATEFUL FOR
JUSTICE KENNEDY'S LIFETIME OF
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.
HE HAS GIVEN ME A GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY TO CHOOSE A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.
LAST YEAR, I WAS PROUD TO APPOINT JUSTICE KENNEDY'S FORMER
LAW CLERK, NEIL GORSUCH, TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, JUSTICE GORSUCH HAS EMBODIED THE MOST
SACRED PRINCIPLES OF THE COURT
MAKING IMPARTIAL DECISIONS BASED
UPON THE CONSTITUTION.
IN CHOOSING JUSTICE KENNEDY'S
REPLACEMENT, MY GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SELECT A
JUSTICE WHO WILL FAITHFULLY
INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION AS
WRITTEN.
JUDGES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO REWRITE THE LAW, REINVENT THE
CONSTITUTION OR SUBSTITUTE THEIR
OWN OPINIONS FOR THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE EXPRESSED THROUGH THEIR
LAWS YOUR WE REJECT JUDICIAL
ACTIVISM AND POLICYMAKING FROM
THE BENCH.
THE FAITHFUL APPLICATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION IS THE BEDROCK OF
OUR FREEDOM, THE FOUNDATION OF
OUR SOCIETY, AND THE LINCHPIN OF
OUR GOVERNMENT.
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM TASK
CONGRESS -- TASKED CONGRESS WITH
WRITING THE LAWS THE EXECUTIVE
WITH ENFORCING THE LAWS, AND THE JUDICIARY JUDGING THOSE LAWS AND
THE CONSTITUTION WE HAVE SWORN TO PROTECT.
IN CHOOSING A NEW JUSTICE, I
WILL SELECT SOMEONE WITH
IMPECCABLE CREDENTIALS, UNBIASED
JUDGMENT AND DEEP REVERENCE FOR
THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING AN
ANNOUNCEMENT SOON SO THAT WE CAN
FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
SEN. MURRAY: IF YOU ARE
LISTENING, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL
YOU HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOMINATES HIS
NEXT SIP IN COURT JUSTICE --
NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
YOU ARE ALREADY WONDERING WHAT
THIS COULD MEAN FOR VOTING
RIGHTS, THE ENVIRONMENT, WORKERS, FOR LGBTQ EQUALITY.