>> GO WHITE SOX, TOO.
HOW EXCITING IS THAT.
>>> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WILL
NOMINATE A WOMAN.
THREE SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS THAT
FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT JUDGE
AMY CONEY BARRETT HAS EMERGED AS
A FRONT-RUNNER.
BARRETT WAS ON THE SHORT LIST
FOR REPLACING KENNEDY IN 2018.
BARRETT IS VETTED AND IS A,
QUOTE, KNOWN QUANTITY GIVEN HER
2017 CONFIRMATION TO SIT ON THE
7th CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
BASED IN CHICAGO.
REPUBLICANS THOUGHT SHE
PERFORMED WELL IN THAT VENUE AND
DEFENDED HERSELF AGAINST
ALLEGATIONS THAT HER RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS AS A CATHOLIC WOULD
COLOR HER LEGAL JUDGMENT.
TWO OTHER JUDGES UNDER SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION TO FILL THE
SUPREME COURT VACANCY, BARBARA
LAGOA IS A JUDGE ON THE U.S.
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 11th
CIRCUIT BASED IN GEORGIA, AND
THE OTHER IS AMIL, ON THE 6th
COURT BASED IN CINCINNATI AND A
FAVORITE OF SENATE MAJORITY
LEADER MITCH McCONNELL.
>> I WILL TELL YOU, AMY CONEY
BARRETT WILL HAVE A LOT OF
APPEAL FOR A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVES FOR A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE, THEY KNOW THAT SHE WILL NOT
ONE, THEY KNOW THAT SHE WILL NOT
GO SOUTH ON ANY ABORTION RULING.
THEY BELIEVE UNLIKE NUMEROUS
NOMINEES FROM REPUBLICANS IN THE
PAST, SHE WILL TOE THE HARDEST
OF LINES ON ROE V. WADE.
I SUSPECT SOME POLITICAL
OPERATIVES MAY THINK DEMOCRATS
MAY ATTACK HER FOR HER RELIGIOUS
VIEWS AND SOME MIGHT, BECAUSE
SHE IS A CONSERVATIVE ORTHODOX
PRACTICING CATHOLIC, THAT SHE
WILL BE TREATED LIKE AN ALIEN BY
SOME OF HER POLITICAL OPPONENTS
AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY ACCRUE TO
HER INTEREST.
I KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF OTHER
CANDIDATES, BUT THOSE ARE TWO
THINGS THE WHITE HOUSE ARE
CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW.
>> LET’S BRING IN COLUMNIST AND
DEPUTY EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR AT
"THE WASHINGTON POST," RUTH
MARCUS, NBC NEWS ANALYST, HOWARD
FINEMAN, NEW YORK LAW PROFESSOR,
MELISSA MURRAY, AND FORMER
SENIOR ADVISER FOR THE HOUSE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, KURT
BARDELLA, SENATOR ADVISERIOR ADV
LINCOLN PROJECT.
LOOKING AT RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S
LEGACY, ALSO LOOKS AT WHAT’S AT
STAKE WITH THIS NEXT CHOICE,
WHICH IS WITHIN THE PRESIDENT’S
RIGHT.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
>> PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHY.
IN HER ACADEMIC WRITINGS, JUDGE
BARRETT HAS TALKED ABOUT HER
VIEW OF STARE DECISIS WHICH
MEANS, LET IT STAND.
DON’T LIKELY OVERTURN
PRECEDENCE.
SHE HAS MADE CLEAR THAT NOT JUST
WITH PRECEDENCE BASED ON THE
CONSTITUTION, BUT WITH
PRECEDENCE BASED ON STATUTES.
IF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGE IS
EMPOWERED TO CHANGE THE LAW,
CHANGE THE PRECEDENCE, SHE
THINKS IT’S WRONG, SHE SHOULD
OVERTURN IT.
THAT WILLINGNESS TO OVERTURN
PRECEDENT MEANS ANY NUMBER OF
CASES COULD FALL.
JUDGE BARRETT HAS BEEN CRITICAL
OF THE COURT’S UPHOLDING OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
SHE’S OBVIOUSLY, BASED ON BOTH
HER WRITINGS AND ACADEMICS AND
HER RULINGS FROM THE BENCH, NOT
A FAN, TO SAY THE LEAST, OF ROE
V. WADE AND ABORTION RIGHTS.
CASES ACROSS THE SPECTRUM ON
RACE DISCRIMINATION, ON
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, ON GAY
RIGHTS, WHICH SHE DOESN’T HAVE A
TRACK RECORD ON SOME OF THOSE.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN