Nobody better to joioi me on this than our justice correspondent pete williams. Pete, welcome back, sir. T me ask veryquickly, were in the middle of some ontentious cases ononhe Supreme Court now. What happens rigigig nowow the most one with pololical mplications is e immigration decision. Right. When you have eight justices it creates the possibility of a 44 tie. When theres a tie its as though the Supreme Court decision doesnt count, the lower courtruling stands and the Supreme Court decision has no president ial value. So for the immmmration policy it would be a defeat for the administration because it would leave standndg the lowow Court Rulings thatlocked it. For s sch abortion question which is coming, it would l lve the tough texas restriction on access to abortion clinics standing. Might encourage other states too try the same thing. For Public Sector u uons though it might be a victory because they won in the lower courts, defeating an effort to try to restrict their ability t
Right. Thats the 51st time. Can Hillary Clinton win by making this campaign a referendum on sanders, not herself . Joining me this sunday morning for inside and analysis are gwen ifil, chris, ron fournier and kathleen parker, columnist for the Washington Post. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. It hasnt happened since 1968. A vacancy battle on the Supreme Court at this stage of an Election Year. We learned late yesterday of the sudden and tragic death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. An intellectual and conservative thought leader, a man president obama last night called one of the most consequential judges and thinkers to serve on the Supreme Court. Scalias death of course is a personal tragedy for his family and colleagues, but it is also bursting with Major Political implications. What will his loss due to the balance of power on the court . Will the Republican Senate even consider
Cape may. Its only going to be rain for philadelphia. You might see a brief period of snowflakes as this one moves in but sat the surface, look at these temperatures. In the upper 30s for wilmington, northeast philadelphia. Doylestown at freezing should be warming up before it starts raining there. 36 degrees right now in roxborough and south philadelphia is at 37 degrees. Your hour by hour forecast is calling for clouds and then some rain. 39 degrees at 7 00, the winds will be picking up, too. Theyll be out of the northeast at 14 miles an hour, 10 00 increasing to 18 miles an hour at 1 00 and the rain will still be coming down and temperatures still climbing, 44 im at 1 00 this afternoon. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood and take a closer look at the areas that might see a wintry mix when i come back in ten minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. We are starting off on the boulevard around wissahickon avenue, no problems in either dire
Meanwhile were also quick to respond to the vacancy. Supreme court of the United States has nine members, not eight. We need that ninth member. Elections have consequences. The president has a responsibility to nominate a new justice. And the senate has a responsibility to vote. Well also be taking a close look at the democratic race and how Hillary Clintons team is working overtime to try to turn this contest from being a referendum on her to a referendum on Bernie Sanders. A lot to get to, but we start with the impact and the implications of scalias death on the Supreme Court. Nobody better to join me on this than our justice correspondent pete, welcome back, sir. Let me ask very quickly, were in the middle of some what happens right now . The most one with political decision. When you have eight justices it creates the possibility of a 44 tie. When theres a tie its as though the Supreme Court decision doesnt count, the Lower Court Ruling stands and the Supreme Court decision has no