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Between and man and a woman? i do believe that. neil: so all the same sex marriages we ve seen, would it be your view then that that this new configured supreme court down the road, assuming it s more conservative should recognize that as well and upend these gay marriages? as a culture, we should return back to the gay god designed and intended it, between and a man and a woman. neil: that would be big news to the gays that welcome these three decisions that have seen marriage in that expanded light. you don t think we should? no. i don t think we should. i think we re going to continue to have this conversation as a country but do it in the right process. that s what you saw with your previous guest, rand paul, wanting a justice that understands it s not their job ....
Gorsuch s opinion was better than anybody else s on the court. you re talking to a guy that is a big fan of gorsuch on the fourth amendment and property and a lot of other issues. he will probably end up being the most libertarian justice that we. have so if anybody else is in the mode of neil gorsuch, i m for them. neil: some of the close decisions have prompted people to say we need a more decisive court, one more conservative vote could make 6-3 rulings. the other side laments that process. this will be a very divisive summer and fall. what do you through? if i d have to predict the vote, no matter who the president picks will be divided among party lines. the democrats have dug in. i don t think they re willing to look at each individual person. they re so angry, they re now talking about violence, people in the capitol pushing people, ....
Follow tradition of the sandra day o connor that can analyze facts, sometimes vote liberal, sometimes vote conservative. we re getting the best rules and best laws out of it. neil: sometimes the candidates to doug s point will surprise you and not be predictable. we ve seen it out of this court. the gorsuch vote. some of the roberts votes. justice roberts that was infuriated conservatives by keeping obamacare alive. so they can surprise you. what do you look for in the hearings for a hint of that? in a nominee, i look for someone that chooses fidelity to the constitution, interpret it as originally intended. i think that is what is on display in the list of 25 very qualified jurists that the president put out to evaluate. we got justice gorsuch out of ....
You re concerned about a business direction this court could take. i am. everything in public life has to be laid against the backdrop of 40 years of stagnant wages. here we re in this period with this supreme court where they gave power and say to corporations in the citizens united case. now in this case, reversed 40 years of precedence. remember, the ruling which made the precedent here was made in the late 70s. so they reversed precedence to further weaken the voice of the working people and further weaken labor unions which is part of the problem. it s the main part of the problem that we re losing our middle class. neil: that s been happening to your point with private union, that 6% of the work ....
That list. as you mentioned, chief justice roberts is an incredibly adept and narrowing these decisions neil: he made a swing vote, a real possibility there. doug, his name has been mentioned as becoming the new kennedy, the new swing vote. i don t know how this will morech and who will become what. that does happen in history, doesn t it? it sure does. it seems like when you think the court is going to tilt one way or the other, one of these justices starts rethinking. i ll just say this. that s what this election was all about. you can hear all of these theories about jobs and wisconsin, pennsylvania, why the conservative catholic labor were voting for trump and why a few more hispanics than normal, why the evangelicals this is what ....