DONALD TRUMP HAS OFFICIALLY NAMED AMY CONEY BARRETT HAS HIS PICK FOR THE SUPREME COURT.
THIS COMES JUST ONE WEEK AFTER
THE DEATH OF JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG THEY’RE ITS
ELECTION PROMISES TO MOVE THE
HIGH COURT FIRMLY TO
THE RIGHT, SHE’S A NOTRE DAME
LAW PROFESSOR AND A FORMER LAW
CLERK TO THE LATE CONSERVATIVE
JUSTICE
ANTONIN SCALIA, THE 48 YEAR-OLD
MOTHER OF 7 FROM SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA HAS BEEN ON TRUMP’S
RADAR BEFORE BARRETT PREVIOUSLY
INTERVIEWED FOR A SPOT ON THE
HIGH COURT.
BUT JUSTICE KAVANAUGH WAS
CHOSEN INSTEAD.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAILED BARRETT
AS A WOMAN OF REMARKABLE
INTELLECT AND CHARACTER.
>>SHE IS A WOMAN OF
UNPARALLELED ACHIEVEMENT.
TOWERING INTELLECT
STERLING CREDENTIALS AND UNYIELDING LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION.
>>ON ACCEPTING HER NOMINATION
BARRETT TOOK TIME TO REMEMBER
THE LATE RUTH BADER GINSBURG
REFLECTING ON ALL THE WORK
SHE’S DONE FOR WOMEN IN LAW.
VIRGINIA SENATOR TIM KAINE WEIGHS IN SAYING, I’VE SAID FROM THE
BEGINNING THAT SENATOR
MCCONNELL SHOULD FOLLOW HIS OWN
PRECEDENT FROM 2016.
THIS VACANCY SHOULD BE FILLED
BY THE WINNER OF THE
ONGOING ELECTION.
I INTEND TO FOLLOW THAT
PRECEDENT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT
ANYONE’S CONFIRMATION.
UNTIL WE KNOW THE
ELECTION RESULTS.
MEANWHILE SENATOR MARK WARNER
SAYS VIRGINIANS ARE ALREADY
CASTING THEIR BALLOTS.
THE SENATE SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERING A SUPREME COURT
NOMINATION BEFORE INAUGURATION
DAY.
JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO TO
BREAK ALL THIS DOWN THIS
MORNING AS 10 NEWS POLITICAL
ANALYST DOCTOR
ED LYNCH, DOCTOR RICE, THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS
MORNING.
MY PLEASURE LET’S GET RIGHT
INTO THIS JUDGE BARRETT IS THE
NOMINEE OF COURSE NOT MUCH OF A
SURPRISE HERE.
MITCH MCCONNELL HAS PROMISED
THAT THIS IS GOING
TO HAPPEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY
HOW REALISTIC IS THAT AND HOW
IS GOING TO PULL
THAT OFF.
>>WHILE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE 53
SENATORS THEY ONLY NEED 50
BECAUSE THEY’VE GOT MIKE PENCE
TO BREAK
A TIE.
2 OF THE SENATORS SAID THEY’RE
NOT GOING TO SUPPORT MOVING
AHEAD BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT
ONLY 2.
SO HE’S GOT THE VOTE UNLESS
SOMETHING ELSE CHANGES AND
THAT’S VERY UNLIKELY WITH THIS
PARTICULAR PACK.
>>THE REPUBLICANS PAINTING
THIS NOMINATION ABOUT ABORTION
AND POSSIBLE ELECTION RULINGS
THE DEMOCRATS SAYING IT’S ALL
ABOUT OVERTURNING THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WHICH
STANCE IS
MORE ACCURATE.
>>WELL I THINK THEY’RE BOTH I
THINK WHAT IS MOST IMMEDIATE
AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
EMPHASIZING IS BUT THIS UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION THAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH WITH A LOT
OF MAIL IN BALLOTS AND PEOPLE
NOT WANTING TO GO TO THE POLLS
BECAUSE OF
COVE IT.
THE CHANCES FOR LAWSUITS, THE
CHANCES FOR BIG LAWSUITS IS
VERY
VERY GOOD AND HAVE A 4 FOR
DIVIDED COURT COULD THROW US
INTO A PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY
THAT COULD LAST FOR MONTHS AND
I THINK THAT SOMETHING IS
TRYING
TO AVOID.
>>AND OF COURSE DEMOCRATIC UL
DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE
ONE OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS QUESTIONING
JUDGE BARRETT FOR HER WILL THIS
RAISE HER PROFILE HOW
WILL THIS A FACTOR IN TERMS
OF UNDECIDED VOTERS WELL SHE
HAS A VERY FINE LINE TO WALK AS
DO ALL THE AMY CONEY BARRETT IS
IS A
>>COMPELLING A SPEAKER SHE HAS A GREAT STORY TO TELL WITH 2 ADOPTED CHILDREN AND A SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILD AND IT WAS NO ACCIDENT THAT SHE MENTIONED HER FAMILY SO PROMINENTLY IN HER
SPEECH YESTERDAY.
SHE PRESENTED HERSELF AS A
TYPICAL WORKING MOM, WHICH
MEANS FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO
ATTACK HER THEY’RE ATTACKING
ALL WORKING MOMS AND THAT’S A
HUGE DEMOGRAPHIC AND A
SWING DEMOCRATIC.
SO HARRIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO
PLAY THIS VERY VERY
CAREFULLY SURE TO BE A
CHALLENGE FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND
THAT ONE.
>>HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI OF
COURSE HAS TALKED OF ROADS AND
HER QUIVER REFERRING TO POSSIBLE WAYS TO KEEP THAT NOMINATION FROM
GOING THROUGH WHAT MIGHT THOSE
BE OR COULD SHE BE BLUFFING
HERE.
>>I THINK SHE’S
NOT THAT NOT THAT SHE DOESN’T
HAVE ANY ARROWS IN YOUR QUIVER
BUT THE ONES THAT
SHE’S MENTION LIKING LIKE
BRINGING IN OTHER IMPEACHMENT
I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE TO
DEFINE WHAT THE CRIME
FULFILLING A CONSTITUTIONAL
DUTY TO NAME A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE IS NOT A CRIME INDEED,
IF HE IF TRUMP HADN’T
CHOSEN SOMEONE
SHE MIGHT HAVE STRONGER GROUNDS
FOR
THAT SO I THINK WE’RE GOING TO
SEE A LOT OF THIS
BUT AGAIN THE DEMOCRATS WOULD
BE VERY VERY WISE TO TO
NOT MAKE A HUGE ISSUE OUT OF
THIS AND NOT GO NUCLEAR OVER
THIS BECAUSE EVERY MINUTE WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT AMY CONEY BARRETT
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CORONA
VIRUS WHICH IS AN ISSUE THAT
WORKS BETTER FOR THEM SO WE’LL
WE’LL SEE IF THEY FIGURE THAT
OUT OF COURSE THE GOP HOPES
THIS NOMINATION MOVES THE
ELECTION FROM BEING A
REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP
TO A REFERENDUM.
>>ON THE SUPREME COURT.
HOW SUCCESSFUL DO YOU THINK
THAT PLAN CAN BE I THINK
I THINK THAT THE THE LARGER
PLAN
IS TO MOVE THE ELECTION TO
PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING EXCEPT
CORONA VIRUS AND
COVE IT AND IN SO FAR AS WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT THE
SUPREME COURT OR FOR THAT
MATTER REFERRED IF WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER
ANYTHING OTHER THAN COVERT IS
GOING TO HELP
THE REPUBLICANS WHICH IS
ANOTHER GOOD REASON THAT THE
DEMOCRATS MIGHT
WANT TO NOT MAKE THIS INTO
WORLD
WAR 3.