1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000 PRESIDENT KNEW HIS CHOICES 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000 WOULD AFFECT THE DESTINY OF THE 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,000 NATION LONG AFTER HE HIMSELF HAD 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,000 LEFT OFFICE. >> WATCH REEL AMERICA THIS 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,000 WEEKEND ON C-SPAN 3. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,000 >> IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS ABOUT HIS 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,000 UPCOMING SUPREME COURT 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,000 ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF THE 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,000 DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE FROM PATTY 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,000 MURRAY. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: ONE OF THE MOST 13 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,000 IMPORTANT DECISIONS A PRESIDENT 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,000 WILL EVER MAKE IS THE DECISION 15 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,000 TO NOMINATE A JUSTICE TO THE SUPREME COURT. 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,000 LAST WEEK, JUSTICE ANTHONY 17 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 KENNEDY ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION 18 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 TO TAKE SENIOR STATUS. 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,000 I WAS GREATLY HONORED WHEN 20 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,000 JUSTICE KENNEDY CAME TO THE 21 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 WHITE HOUSE TO MEET WITH ME. 22 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,000 AMERICA IS TRULY GRATEFUL FOR 23 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 JUSTICE KENNEDY'S LIFETIME OF 24 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,000 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE. 25 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,000 HE HAS GIVEN ME A GREAT 26 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 RESPONSIBILITY TO CHOOSE A WORTHY SUCCESSOR. 27 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,000 LAST YEAR, I WAS PROUD TO APPOINT JUSTICE KENNEDY'S FORMER 28 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000 LAW CLERK, NEIL GORSUCH, TO THE 29 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 SUPREME COURT. 30 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,000 OVER THE LAST YEAR, JUSTICE GORSUCH HAS EMBODIED THE MOST 31 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 SACRED PRINCIPLES OF THE COURT 32 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,000 MAKING IMPARTIAL DECISIONS BASED 33 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 UPON THE CONSTITUTION. 34 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:23,000 IN CHOOSING JUSTICE KENNEDY'S 35 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,000 REPLACEMENT, MY GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SELECT A 36 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 JUSTICE WHO WILL FAITHFULLY 37 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION AS 38 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,000 WRITTEN. 39 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 JUDGES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO REWRITE THE LAW, REINVENT THE 40 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 CONSTITUTION OR SUBSTITUTE THEIR 41 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 OWN OPINIONS FOR THE WILL OF THE 42 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,000 PEOPLE EXPRESSED THROUGH THEIR 43 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,000 LAWS YOUR WE REJECT JUDICIAL 44 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,000 ACTIVISM AND POLICYMAKING FROM 45 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 THE BENCH. 46 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 THE FAITHFUL APPLICATION OF THE 47 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 CONSTITUTION IS THE BEDROCK OF 48 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,000 OUR FREEDOM, THE FOUNDATION OF 49 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 OUR SOCIETY, AND THE LINCHPIN OF 50 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 OUR GOVERNMENT. 51 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 THE AMERICAN SYSTEM TASK 52 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,000 CONGRESS -- TASKED CONGRESS WITH 53 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 WRITING THE LAWS THE EXECUTIVE 54 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,000 WITH ENFORCING THE LAWS, AND THE JUDICIARY JUDGING THOSE LAWS AND 55 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 THE CONSTITUTION WE HAVE SWORN TO PROTECT. 56 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,000 IN CHOOSING A NEW JUSTICE, I 57 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,000 WILL SELECT SOMEONE WITH 58 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 IMPECCABLE CREDENTIALS, UNBIASED 59 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 JUDGMENT AND DEEP REVERENCE FOR 60 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 61 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING AN 62 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 ANNOUNCEMENT SOON SO THAT WE CAN 63 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT 64 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 65 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. 66 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,000 SEN. MURRAY: IF YOU ARE 67 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 LISTENING, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL 68 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,000 YOU HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE AS 69 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP NOMINATES HIS 70 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 NEXT SIP IN COURT JUSTICE -- 71 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 72 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 YOU ARE ALREADY WONDERING WHAT 73 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 THIS COULD MEAN FOR VOTING 74 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,000 RIGHTS, THE ENVIRONMENT, WORKERS, FOR LGBTQ EQUALITY.