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Youre going to see democrats frame their questions along the line of political arguments. Democrats are going to focus on the Affordable Care act again, on abortion, all again arguing that she would turn the court to the right. For the nominee herself, judge barrett, she will follow whats called the ginsberg rule as stated by Justice Ginsberg during her 1993 hearings, and really say i cant answer how i would rule on a particular case. What case i might ciriticize frm the past in the Supreme Court because that could lead to bias when i do consider those cases but we do know about her judicial philosophy, and thats what theyre going to be talking about, she sees the law much like her old boss, the conservative justice antonin scalia. The way Justice Scalia ruled on ....
Life. The image of Donald Trumps america today. In joe bidens america, you and your family will never be face. America has always been full of hope and resolve. Go and vote good morning, im Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to first look, president ial 2020 debate, Washington Post live, one stop shop for news and and analysis from last nights president ial debate and what a debate it was. This morning, to kick things off, im joined by chief National Correspondent and veteran political reporter and editor, dan, thank you so much for being here. Im going to dispense with the opening questions that i had and im going to read the opening paragraph of your fantastic colum ....
Washington post lives onestop shop for news and analysis from last nights president ial debate and what a debate it was. This morning to kick things off, im joined by veteran political report reporter dan bulls. Im going to read the opening paragraph in todays paper where you no one alive has seen a president ial debate like tuesdays night shout fest between President Trump and former Vice President biden. 90 minutes of interruptions and insults. It was an insult to the public as well and a sad example of the state of american democracy five weeks before the election. Go on. Well, i think we know what happened last night. The president of the United States decided to come here and try to destroy the format of the debate that he agreed to the terms of and he set the tone for this debate. It was not that surprising other t ....
Religiously conservative it is ok to be personally prochoice. To all the young, conservative women out there, this hearing is about a place for you. When this is over, i hope there will be place for you at the table. Pickingdent trump, i judge barrett, you have publicly said you find value in all of these characteristics, beyond anything else, you find a judge barrett to be highly qualified. You are one of the best picks President Trump could have made and from the conservative side of the aisle you are one of the most qualified people of your generation. s talk about board versus brown versus board of education. Professor, i talked i think may be in political conversation or in newspapers people use it different ways but in my writing i was using a framework that has been articulated by other scholars and in that context, super precedent means precedent that is so wellestablished that it would be unthinkable that it would ever b ....
For textualism, the judge approaches the text with the meeting it had at the time. By want to be careful to say that, if i am confirmed, you would not be getting justice scalia, you would be getting justice barrett. And that is because originalists do not always agree, and not do textualists. It is not a mechanical exercise. Sen. Graham i will wait until the movie comes out. [laughter] the bottom line for me as there is a narrative building of this country, and again, you can stand down this is just me speaking for me. Justice ginsburg was an iconic figure in american history, just not the law. She was a trailblazer. She fought for better conditions for women throughout society. Progressivehamedly in her personal thought. She was devout to her faith. She worked for the aclu. She was fairly prochoice personally. But all of us on the side apparently when they voted accepted she was highly qualified. What i want the American People ....