>> Dana: SO MUCH AND THAT
BUILDING IS SO BEAUTIFUL BEHIND
YOU.
THANK YOU, DAVID.
SOME DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ARE
REFUSING TO EVEN MEET WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PICK FOR THE
SUPREME COURT.
WATCH.
>> NO, BECAUSE I BELIEVE FIRST
THAT THE WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN
ILLEGITIMATE AND SECOND, SHE HAS
ALREADY STATED THAT SHE IS FOR
OVERTURNING THE ACA, I WILL NOT
MEET WITH HER.
>> I WILL NOT BE MEETING WITH
HER, I WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO QUESTION HER WHEN SHE IS
UNDER OATH.
>> I HAVE NO INTENTION OF
MEETING WITH JUDGE BARRETT
BECAUSE I SIMPLY REFUSE TO TREAT
THIS PROCESS, A SHAM,
ILLEGITIMATE PROCESS AS REALLY
LEGITIMATE.
>> Dana: LET’S BRING IN TREY
GOWDY, HOST OF "THE TREY GOWDY
PODCAST" AND A FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
I WANTED TO READ YOU SOMETHING
FROM AXIOS THIS MORNING ABOUT
DEMOCRATS FEELING BOXED IN
SAYING LIBERALS CAN HANDLE THIS
BY BOYCOTTING OR TREATING HER
WITH THIS RESPECT, YOU COULD
HAVE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
SCREW IT UP, ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE OR EVEN AS SOME MIGHT LOOK
LIKE A RELIGIOUS BIGOT OUT OF
ALL OF THIS SO THEY MAY BE
CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD
PLACE.
>> ARE ALL OF THE ABOVE IF YOU
WATCH DIANNE FEINSTEIN DURING
HER COURT OF APPEALS
CONFIRMATION.
I THINK IT’S INCREDIBLY
DISRESPECTFUL NOT TO MEET WITH
SOMEONE, I DIDN’T LIKE IT WHEN
MY COLLEAGUES BOYCOTTED THE
STATE OF THE UNION OR THE
INAUGURATION, IT’S DISRESPECTFUL
BUT DANA, LET’S BE ABSOLUTELY
CLEAR.
THE LAST BLUE STATE DEMOCRAT TO
VOTE FOR NOMINEE FOR THE
SUPREME COURT ANYWAY, THEY ARE
SAVING HER THE TIME IN THE
EFFORT TO TRY TO APPEAL TO THEIR
NARROW-MINDEDNESS BECAUSE THERE
IS NOT AN.
>> Dana: JUST GO STRAIGHT TO
THE CONFIRMATION HEARING.
I KNOW MARCO RUBIO REFUSED TO
MEET WITH MERRICK GARLAND BUT
OTHER REPUBLICANS DID MEET WITH
HIM, MERRICK GARLAND DID NOT GET
A VOTE EITHER.
TAKE A LISTEN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
LAST NIGHT ABOUT AMY CONEY
BARRETT BEING ATTACKED BECAUSE
OF A RELIGION.
>> IT SO WE SETTLED IT 60 YEARS
AGO WITH THE ELECTION OF
JOHN F. KENNEDY, THEY ARE
SERIOUSLY GOING AFTER HER
CATHOLICISM.
I WILL STAND WITH HER, FIGHT
WITH HER AND WE WILL MAKE SURE
THAT THESE ATTACKS STOP BECAUSE
IT’S UNPRECEDENTED, FIGHTING A
MAJOR RELIGION IN OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
>> Dana: AND ATTACKS ON
RELIGION, ARE REALLY
ANTITHETICAL TO THE ACTUAL
CONSTITUTION.
>> YEAH, THERE IS EXPRESSLY A NO
RELIGIOUS PAST BUT I CAN’T GET
OVER THE IRONY OF IT, A DEVOUT
CATHOLIC PUT ON THE BENCH BY A
REPUBLICAN WHO SAVED THE ACA SO
FOR ALL THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT, THAT WAS JOHN ROBERTS
THAT SAVED IT.
ROE VS. WADE WHICH IS GETTING A
LOT OF ATTENTION, FIVE OF THE
SEVEN JUSTICES WERE PUT ON THE
BENCH BY REPUBLICANS SO WHAT I
FIND REALLY IRONIC IS EVERY
ARTICLE REFERS TO HER AS
CATHOLIC LIKE THAT SOMEHOW A
NEGATIVE.
IN THE OLD DAYS THE MEDIA WANTED
US TO BELIEVE THAT NANCY PELOSI
WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC, THEY USE
THAT TERM A LOT WITH HER AND
JOE BIDEN, NOW, NOW THEY USE
THAT PHRASE, "DEVOUT CATHOLIC"
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SCARE US
ABOUT HER.
I THINK SHE IS SMART ENOUGH TO
SEPARATE HER RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
FROM THE OATH SHE WILL SPEAKING
ON THE BIBLE.
IF SHE TAKES AN OATH AND SHE’S
GOING TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE
CONSTITUTION OVER ANY OTHER
PERSONAL BELIEF I BELIEVE HER
WHEN SHE TAKES IT.
>> Dana: AND SHE SAID THAT IN
HER APPELLATE COURT
CONFIRMATION.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS,
YOU ARE IN CONGRESS, WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE THREE EQUAL
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT BUT OVER
THE PAST FEW DECADES THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE
JUDICIAL BRANCH SEEM TO HAVE
GOTTEN A LOT MORE POWERFUL
BECAUSE THE CONGRESSIONAL BRANCH
SEEMS TO NOT DO ITS JOB.
IF THEY PASSED FEDERAL LAWS
MAYBE THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO RELY
ON THE SUPREME COURT IN ORDER TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY
CONSTITUTIONAL.
I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THAT.
>> I THINK YOU’RE 100% RIGHT, WE
WERE WORRIED THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WOULD BE TOO
POWERFUL, THEY NEED NOT WORRY
ABOUT THAT.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON THOUGHT THE
JUDICIAL BRANCH WOULD BE THE
WEAKEST OF THE THREE AND HE NEED
NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT ANYMORE,
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH HAS
ABDICATED ITS ROLE IN THIS
TRIPARTITESYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
I LISTENED AS MY DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES APPLAUDED AS
PRESIDENT OBAMA SETTLED IT
WITHOUT YOU AND MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES HAVE A DIFFERENT
POLICY NOW THAN FOUR YEARS AGO.
THEY HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT
THEMSELVES.
>> Dana: I KNOW YOU LEFT
CONGRESS A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED
BUT WE ARE VERY GLAD YOU CAN
EXPLAIN TO US YOUR POSITION ON
THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT
OVERALL ASIDE FROM THIS
PARTICULAR SUPREME COURT