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Federalist society and asked them, not the senate, to advise and consent on a supreme court nomination. >> okay. the federalist society and the heritage foundation. during his election campaign, then candidate donald trump promised to only nominate supreme court justices approved by the two conservative organizations. both of them have amassed vast power and influence over the conservative agenda during recent decades. in a june 2016 interview, trump publicly guaranteed that the federalist socie...

Documents when he was staff secretary for george w. bush. that means hundreds of thousands of documents they could try to review. >> i want to bring my panel in. it is one of my faves. eddie glaude, a princeton university professor. rick, to you first, who is the front runner? >> hardiman. >> without a doubt. >> yes, he seems the obvious choice. theres a reality here and then theres an alternate political reality here. the democrats have really kind of hurt themselves in this whole nomination pr...

You guys, i did promise you a question each on the scotus nominations. things are being played very close to the vest from the white house, although we have this interpretation from mitch mcconnell on who he thinks would have a better chance of getting through the nomination process, that being raymond kethledge and thomas hardiman. im curious if you agree with that, kate. thomas hard minnesoiman is a ve second amendment extremist. wouldnt that pose some problems, you think, given the nature abo...

The dogma lives loudly within you. and thats of concern. >> reporter: despite barretts comment that she believes roe v. wade would not be overturned. >> i would have no interest in as a court of appeals judge, challenging that precedent. >> reporter: new york chuck schumer criticized barrett on twitter calling her an activist judge who will be the deciding vote to overturn roe v. wade. three judges, three very different backgrounds, the nomination process awaits. during that session with repor...

President trump. >> and theres an overarching concern be so many americans that roe v. wade could go away, that abortion could become illegal in this country so senators susan collins and lisa murkowski have a lot of thinking to do. >> theyll start getting lobbied by a host of folks. this as you know, alison, a supreme court vacancy and the nomination process is a cottage industry. interest groups will launch television ads, writing editorials in local newspapers and going as far as knocking on ...

Cannot -- theres no check on this court. once it decides it decides. and i think the truth is that senator collins and senator murkowski are hoping that these hearings are kabuki theater in which people say just bland statements about supporting precedent and they wont rule and theyre able to skate by this nomination process. sxumtly a hard right conservative goes on the court and we could use roe in two years time in 18 states in the country. and i think the only thing thats going to stop that ...

Statements about supporting precedent and they wont rule and theyre able to skate by this nomination process. sxumtly a hard right conservative goes on the court and we could use roe in two years time in 18 states in the country. and i think the only thing thats going to stop that kabuki theater and that game is for the american people to do what they did during health care and really hold people accountable. susan collins could be a united states senator when her -- when the person she votes fo...

You can also believe in story decise s. >> senator collins met with the president to discuss his prospects for the court. she says she encouraged him to broaden his list beyond the 25 candidates by the white house. remember the president said during the campaign he would only pick anti-abortion jurists for the high court. >> i know youre opposed to abortion. how important is that issue to you now when president trump picks supreme court justices? would that be a litmus test? >> it is. it is. >> ...

Rights. our chief white house correspondent john roberts has the news. hes live on the north lawn. hi, john. >> shep, good afternoon. a very briusy day for the president having interviewed nominees for the supreme court. with that announcement coming next monday, following along the same pattern with neil gorsuch when he introduced him to the nation in a prime time address. listen to what the president had to say a short time against. >> very interesting was my four meetings. ill be meeting with...

Record supporting the overturn of roe v. wade and arent they typically cautious of blowing up the precedents? >> well, we have seen the jay us in decision regarding the labor and donations or the contributions from the people in labor unions, and that is going to change late built of the precedent -- >> hold that thought for a second, because i want to point out that these are live images as the president and the first lady returning home coming back are the their week hend in new jersey. please...