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Gives -- >> well, the thing about supreme court confirmation hearings and processes, theres so much kabuki theater. everyone will say i cant answer these thing, its going to potentially come before me when in truth we know donald trump wants someone to overturn roe v. wade, we know the federalist society is pushing this, mitch mcconnell and senate republicans are mostly interested in this and the question we are awaiting for will susan collins and lisa murkowski demand any perspective nominee an...

They are what prevents us from having a tyranny, what makes sure our presidents are accountable under the law, whether its through processes like impeachment or being held to standards of criminal justice when crimes are committed. it is so important that we have a justice on the supreme court who adheres to these principles, that as a member of a coequal branch -- >> jack, i hear you, and i think that most people in the audience, most rational people would agree. but we know that over the cours...

Emphasize the importance of this person understanding that he plays -- he or she will play a role in the wonderful architecture of american democracy. this country is founded on the greatest metaphor in the english language, checks and balances. we have three independent and coequal branches of government. we are at a moment in our history where those principles arent just vitally important. they are what prevents us from having a tyranny, what makes sure our presidents are accountable under the...

At this point. really maybe as quickly as 5 or 10 minutes from now if they can move that fast. but again, they are trying to finish the process of clearing out this area and shrinking the footprint a little bit as i think they are turning the page to that more investigative phase. >> garrett, were grateful to have you join us and well watch that briefing with you in a few minutes. joyce vance, what can you say about the seamlessness with which the state, local and federal response seems to fun...

Hes very interested in possibly going to one of his nominees that is a woman or a minority. again, conservative groups say they would happy with anybody on the list of 25. its been vetted by them. i think the president inaccident to stick to the list. no shannon bream, our court correspondent and host of fox news at night. well see you at 10:00 p.m. stay with us. big news today. lets turn to the "fox news sunday" anchor, chris wallace who is live on capitol hill. chris, my guess is that this isn...

>> let me ask you about other big news in addition to immigration. and the victory as we have been talking this morning of alexandria cortez who is a 28-year-old woman out of new york beating joe crowley. a couple things on that. she ran on abolishing i.c.e. i dont know that ive seen public reaction from you on this issue. do you think i.c.e. should be abolished, should democrats push that? >> ive been a strong supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. we have laws that need to be changed. ...

Been called back but not at the supreme court level. he has a list vetted by the federalist society and generally going to be approved by most if not all republicans who get a vote in this matter. >> the federalist society did a lot of leg work in coming up with the list. obviously it was done with advisors here at the white house. that has been one of the more disciplined processes that we saw, the confirmation process for neil gorsuch, the meetings on capitol hill to meet with the lawmakers to...

Ban. let bring in chris. how are you going tok tackling this decision on the travel ban later tonight? >> head on in terms of what it is and what it isnt. i think theres a little bit of confusion b about what the supreme court does. people are scrutinizing the travel ban as a policy. as its politics. who do we want here, who do we wanot want. rce. messages does this decision those are not issues for this support. their demain, purview, is whether or not this was lawful and it got shot down a cou...

Feinstein -- ted cruz and dianne feinstein leading an effort. the house republican caucus is operating differently. but the question is whether trump will sign something if it passes -- i dont think it will pass -- because he is saying dont do anything. wait until after the midterms when more republicans are in there. >> lawrence: he says that when he gets frustrated though. >> marie: so republicans are like wait a second. we are trying to do something but we need presidential support and he is ...

And thank god we have a constitutional republic and laws and processes and he cited the military and trump tweeted ban the transgender troops and he said -- it is ironic that were looking at generals as guardians of our democracy against trump but that is the fact. i think mattis has done that in all kinds of ways and i worry about the reports that trump is getting impatient with him. mcmasters departure was bad and mattis would be bad. >> i read in nbc today that trump according to sources that...