no doubts the democrats are engaged in unprecedented partisan obstruction. i hope they won t engage in that for the supreme court. i would suggest the democrats should apply the standard, what s changed from a decade ago when they were willing to confirm him then to the court of appeals? it is possible that democrats will choose to obstruct. there are some senate democrats who might be counted on to filibuster any supreme court nominee. reporter: what happens at that point? nuclear option? the democrats will not succeed in filibustering judge gorsuch. they may try but won t succeed. the senate will confirm a strong constitutionalist to replace justice scalia. reporter: democrats would say what s good for the goose is good for the gander.
i also asked senator graham what he would say to democrats who are still in the senate now who were in the senate back in 2006 who approved judge gorsuch s appointment to the 10th circuit court of appeals through the voice vote. here is what he told me. you lost the election, don t lose your mind, you ll look like an idiot. there is no good argument that trump can t make a good pick. i thought they were qualified. i ve tried to play it very fair. gorsuch will be on capitol hill having lunch with mitch mcconnell and the president at 11:30 will meet with a lot of groups to help him make his pick for the supreme court and help to push him through. bill: a lot of reaction to come. john roberts leading coverage there. from the white house back to the court with shannon. shannon: judge gorsuch is described as a slam dunk. he served as a law clerk to
trump made the first supreme court pick. neil gorsuch, currently the youngest supreme court justice. he served on the tenth circuit court in colorado since 2006. appointed to that seat by president george w. bush. i want to go back to pamela brown over at u.s. supreme court. pamela, understand you are getting some inside details now, surrounding the pick? that s right. clear, that the white house wanted to build suspense leading to the announcement. you heard president trump say there, asking the crowd whether they were surprised by his pick of neil gorsuch. learning the cloak and dagger detales d deta details, getting it under the radar. my colleague and i are told that yesterday, he left his boulder, colorado home out the back, and went through a dirt road to his small airport. so he was able to evade the press that was waiting in front of his gated community. and he arrived here to washington, late last night. and then we are also told, wolf,
have a single judicial philosophy that you would apply in every single case is unreasonable given there are constitutional cases and statutory cases and common law cases. and i think what people are obviously most focused on is that as a constitutional interpreter, he tends to be a originalist and tend to be focused on the text of the constitution. but he uses different approaches depending on the needs of the case. which is what i think makes him a good judge. and and a great pick for the court. what are some of the key, use that judge gorsuch professor hasn t ruled on issues on which we don t know exactly for example where he stands? well we don t know exactly where he stands on how he would apply the second amendment to a particular issue. he has not had second amendment cases. we don t know how he would apply his approach to any squegs say
done and even when he had to be confirmed with the senate it was unanimous 95-0. very few people get that position. i thought the way he carried himself listening to him, this is a judge s judge. you listen to the written word from the cases he s gotten. this is not one people should fight over. reporter: what do you think about the fact he s 49? this gives president trump a chance to shake this court for decades, putting neil gorsuch on the court and potentially have more picks in the future. gives an opportunity for america to have somebody on the court for a while. this is an individual that clerked for two supreme court justices. he understands he s prepared, look at his educational background. look where he s gone. i don t know we ve had somebody as prepared to be on the supreme court as he is.