and laws of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> i see before me so many to whom i owe so much. i know i would not be here today without your friendship and support. thank you, all, from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank the president for nominating me. and for the great confidence and trust he's imposed in me. i want to thank the vice president for his constant encouragement and friendship throughout this process. it's not possible to mention here everyone i should mention, but i would be remiss if i didn't thank the president's counsel don mcgann and the vice president's counsel and every single person in the white house counsel's office for their tireless and tremendous support. i want to thank kelly ayotte and my day-to-day team for their humor, for their sage advice, for their faith, as we spent months and so many miles trooping together through the senate complex. i want to thank every single person, and there are so many, in the white house and in

under the constitution and laws of the united states. so help me god. congratulations. [applause] metice gorsuch: i see before so many to whom i owe so much. i know i would not be here today without your friendship and support. bottom ofall from the my heart. i want to thank the president for nominating me. and for the great confidence and trust he proposed in me. i want to thank the vice president for his constant encouragement and friendship throughout this process. it is not possible to mention here everyone i should mention. that i would be remiss if i did not think the president's counsel don mcgann and the vice and everys council single person in the white house counsel's office for their tremendous and tireless route -- support. i want to thank kelly ayotte for .y day-to-day team for the humor, sage advice, soth as we spent months and many miles trooping together through the senate complex. i want to thank every single many innd there are so the white house and department of justice who worked through so many late nights and long weeks on my behalf. i want to tha

states constitution and a state the donald trump won by 1%, helping propel into the white house. how is he doing? that is the question of the day. joining me now to answer this question is joe watkins. joe, you are a republican analyst and worked for george bush. you have a radio show. how's donald trump doing? joe: not very well on domestic policy, on foreign policy gets may be slightly better marks, because of his response to assad and syria, and the bomb he dropped on isis. here at home in the u.s., he has are having a tough time getting his to mystic agenda passed. domestic agenda passed. laura: does that matter to his supporters, many of whom call into your radio show? joe: they don't mind. he's keeping 95% of them. a matter what he does, no matter how low his ratings might be him and his approval rating might be, he has got a very strong support from his base. they are sticking with him. laura: if we look at the polls, we see donald trump has historically horrific approval ratings, the lowest -- he won the state despite the fact that hillary -- does it trouble you as a long

united states constitution is the oldest written national constitution still in force. one of the reasons why it hasn't doored is the allowance that the framers made for peacefully amending it. or the first actions of the first federal congress in 1789 was the pass a set of amendments we call the bill of rights. it was necessary to expressly declare the rights of mankind secured under the constitution. during this 225th anniversary year, the national archives for together a nationwide program of events and exhibits to celebrate and examine the bill of rights. we have posted several discussions, like tonight relating to constitutional rights. we put on a series of conversations on the right and justice around the country. we've created several exhibits and educational resources. i hope you have the opportunity to see the special exhibit on amending america upstairs in the gallery. outside of washington, d.c. area you may have the opportunity to see the companion traveling exhibit. it is currently in dallas, texas, and will soon be in houston. the centerpiece of this acti

states, under the constitution and laws of the united states, so help me god. justice gorsuch: so help me god. justice kennedy: congratulations. [applause] justice gorsuch: i see before me so many to whom i owe so much. i know i would not be here today without your friendship and support. thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank the president for nominating me and for the great confidence and trust he has reposed in me. i want to thank the vice president for his constant encouragement and friendship. it is not possible to mention here everyone i should mention, but i would be remiss if i did not thank don mcgann and every person in the white house counsel's office for their tremendous and tireless support. i want to thank kelly ayotte and my day-to-day team for their humor, for their sage advice, for their faith, as we spent months and so many miles trooping together through the senate complex. i want to thank every single person -- and there are so many -- in the white house and the department of justice who worked so many late nights and lo

states, under the constitution and laws of the united states, so help me god. justice gorsuch: so help me god. justice kennedy: congratulations. [applause] justice gorsuch: i see before me so many to whom i owe so much. i know i would not be here today without your friendship and support. thank you, all, from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank the president for nominating me and for the great confidence and trust he has imposed in me. i want to thank the vice president for his constant encouragement and frenchman -- and friendship. it is not possible to mention here everyone i should mention, but i would be remiss if i did not thank don mcgann and every person in the white house counsel's office for their tremendous and tireless support. i want to thank kelly ayotte and my day-to-day team for their humor, for their sage advice, for their faith, as we spent months and so many miles trooping together through the senate complex. i want to thank every single person -- and there are so many -- in the white house and the department of justice who worked so many

under article 2, section 2 of the united states constitution, president obama had a duty to make a nomination to fill that vacant seat. he nominated chief judge merrick garland. but the leader of the senate republicans, majority leader mcconnell, announced that for the first time -- for the first time in the 230-year history of the senate he would refuse the president's nominee a hearing and a vote. senator mcconnell said he would refuse to even meet with judge garland. it was a transparent political decision made by the republican leader in the hopes a republican would be elected president and fill the vacancy and it was part of a broader republican political strategy to influence if not capture the judicial branch of government at every level of the court system. not only did the senate republicans keep a supreme court seat vacant for over a year, they turned the senate executive calendar into a nomination obituary column for 30 other judicial nominees who'd been reported out of the judiciary committee with bipartisan support. they were hoping a republican president would fill all of those

the senate of the united states adopts the lecompton constitution. but there, buchanan starts to lose traction. the lecompton constitution has to go the house of representatives and in the house, the lecompton constitution fails, 120-112.

, ultimate fairness and provide a life that would be lived under the united states constitution. they felt in those days if we could just get the federal government to have a federal marshall here and a federal -- federal marshal here and a federal court here, gosh, life would be so much better. it's lived e seen beyond the usefulness it once had and has become quite a burden to overcome in reaching fairness and constitutionality. and so, mr. speaker, before i continue with andrew mccarthy's piece, i want to point out, we're in preparation of a bill that would eliminate any federal district court or circuit court from having jurisdiction over matters regarding immigration. and certainly we have that power. in fact, we have the power to eliminate the ninth circuit court of appeals altogether. i have a bill that would in fact limit the ninth circuit court of appeals to california and all of the other states that comprise the ninth circuit would be part of a new 12th circuit. and in that new 12th circuit, whoever the current president is when the law is passed, would appoint the ent

today the court said unequivocally that that tactic violated the united states constitution. >> the injunction will stay in place while both lawsuits work their way through the system. sanctuary communities are those that refuse to use local resources to help the federal government find undocumented immigrants. >> a new study shows the number of mexicans coming into the country illegally is the lowest in a decade. they made up 50% of more than 11 million immigrants in the country illegally in twiktd. the number of undocumented in the u.s. has been shrinking since 2007. it peaked at the total number of unauthorized immigrants. >> now to a shocking story out of petaluma, benjamin gorky is accused of offering up a 6-year-old girl for sex. >> h

will supporthat i and defend the constitution of the united states. sec. acosta: that i was support defend the constitution of the united states. v.p. pence: against all enemies, foreign and domestic. sec. acosta: against all enemies, foreign and mastic. that i will bear true faith to the same. that i take this obligation freely. sec. acosta: that i take this obligation freely. v.p. pence: without any mental reservation. sec. acosta: without any reservation or purpose of evasion. v.p. pence: and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. sec. acosta: and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. v.p. pence: of the office upon which i'm about to enter. uponacosta: of the office which i'm about to enter. v.p. pence: so help me god. sec. acosta: so help me god. [ applause ] [ applause ] sec. acosta: i want to think president trump, and the members of the senate for the privilege of serving as secretary of labor. , hert to thank my wife jan unyielding support and her heartfelt love means the world to me. it is amazing to be loved and i more than w

the senate of the united states adopts the lecompton constitution. but there, buchanan starts to lose traction. the lecompton constitution has to go the house of representatives and in the house, look onto an constitution fails -- the lecompton constitution fails. 120-112. a compromise proposals put forward by william h english of indiana. a bill known as the english bill. the compromise works something like this. the lecompton constitution was adopted by the proslavery-ites without a single vote. from the anti-slavery kansans and the rest of the state. this is what stuck like a fishbone sideways in the throats of the house of representatives. english bill proposes to send the lecompton constitution back to kansas for referendum. embarrassment of james buchanan, this time the anti-slavery kansans turn out to vote and the referendum sends the lecompton constitution into the abyss. embarrassment for buchanan. that makes buchanan politically vulnerable. if there is one person in a good position to take account of buchanan's political vulnerability, it i

and laws of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> i see before me so many to whom i owe so much. i know i would not be here today without your friendship and support. thank you all from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank the president for nominating me, and for the great confidence in trust he proposed in me. i want to thank the vice president for his constant encouragement and friendship throughout this process. it's not possible to mention here everyone i should mention, but i would be remiss if i didn't thank the president's counsel don mcgan and mike paleta, the vice president's counsel and every single person in the white house's council's office for their tremendous and tireless support. i want to thank kelly ayotte and my day to day team for their humor, for their sage advice, for their faith as we spend months and so many miles trooping together through the senate complex. i want to thank every single person and there are so many in the white house

acosta: that i was born and defend the constitution of the united states. mr. acosta: against all enemies foreign and domestic. that i will bear true and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely, reservation'sntal or purpose of evasion. and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i am about to enter. so help me god. [applause] vp pence: [indiscernible] [applause] mr. acosta: i want to thank president trump, vice president pence, and the members of the senate for the privilege of serving as secretary of labor. i want to thank my wife jan for unyielding was -- unyielding support and her heartfelt love. it is amazing to be loved, and i love her back more than words can really say. so thank you. [applause] mr. acosta: my daughter's delia andrew celia -- delia and rosie are amazing. when president trump nominated me, i had to sit down and explain to them that we were going to move to washington. they wanted to know why. and sort of took a pause tried to explain what being secretary of labor means in words that a four

states tells us to do that is a violation of the constitution of the united states. >> tucker: so you're not answering the question. the president is saying uphold federal immigration law and if you don't there's going to be a consequence. we'll take your federal funds away. so you're basically establishing a principle the federal government has no right to tell you how to behave. so if jackson, mississippi decided to resegregate schools would it be ok to pull federal funding. >> we're not talking about that we're talking about the president of the united states telling us to detain people in criminal jails so ice can interview them and the courts have told us it's unconstitutional and we're subject to civil liability under several jurisdictions that have been successfully sued and the president of the united states is saying do it anyway. a secure program is what he calls it. it was dismantled voluntarily last year and the president comes along and says do it anyway. >> tucker: this is the law. these are federal immigration laws passed by congress. these are not from the executive branc

and laws of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> i see before me so many to whom i owe so much. i know i would not be here today without your friendship and support. thank you all from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank the president for nominating me. and for the great confidence and trust he had in me. i want to thank the vice president for his constant encouragement and friendship throughout this process. it's not possible to mention here everyone i should mention, but i'd be remiss if i didn't thank the president's counsel don mcgann and the vice president's counsel and every single person in the white house counsel's office for their tremendous and tireless support. i want to thank kelly ayotte and my day-to-day team for their humor, for their sage advice and for their faith as we spent months and so many miles trooping together through the senate complex. i want to thank every single person and there are so many in the white house and the department of justice wh

the united states constitution, so there is a lot going on here in terms of sort of setting the standard of how intertwined taxpayer money and religious institutions can be. host: one more call, and this will be from gene in pennsylvania. good morning and god bless you. this is really simple to me. i am a constitutionalist. but this is simple. if we choose to send our children to a christian school, to a christian day care, we also pay house taxes. -- i mean, wel are paying federal taxes, we're paying estate taxes, we are paying county school taxes, and these are children. this is a playground. i just don't even understand why these things go far up the scale like they do accept it is religious persecution. thank you. god bless you. i think you heard the two arguments on either side of this case. it is a playground. missouri would say it is just a playground. trinity lutheran would say it is a playground, why can't we resurface hours? it is religious persecution. we will say what they court says today. host: sam baker of the national journal, thank you for your time. coming up, we will m

right now, the federal supersede neglects to the united states constitution -- events, areational you concerned about the way the u.s. is treating these countries? china need to and be dealt with a little better. they could come together and give us a bit of static. do not stand firm for civil rights for individual actors, weom state don't stand true to the constitution. host: republican line. pueblo, colorado. this is when. -- this is wayne. caller: i agree with what trump did . -- a horrible act done to children. america is the only one that did step up and did something and did something quickly. this might have delayed another attack afterwards. there's no cause for acts like this to be done anywhere in the world and america is known for morals. up for as far as north korea, that guy is a nut. he's out of control. used taken fear if out of commission, north and south korea will come together. that's why china's not doing much to do anything. everything that is being done right now come trump is not doing it on his own. he has advisers and attorneys and people giving him advice. to

. >>> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states if so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> well, now at noon, the nation's highest court welcomes its newest member less than hour ago neil gorsuch sworn in as the supreme court's ninth justice. gorsuch fills the 14th court vein anisi created after antonin scalia. good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. forty-nine year old appellate judge serving on the score, president jump therefore the public swearing in ceremony and the white house rose garden, gorsuch took the oath of office in a private ceremony earlier this month. restores supreme court's conservative majority. >> the american people, i'm humbled by the trust placed in me today. i will never forget that to whom much is given, much will be expected. >> i do all that i can for the constitution of this great nation. >> his impact on the supreme court will likely begin right away, he is weak seated in time to hear freedom of religious case on april 19th. >> in other news this noon, mea

of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> jon: the supreme court made whole once again, justice gorsuch fills out the supreme court that has been short a member for over a year now. peter doocy joins us live now. >> on the last four hours the composition of the supreme court officially changed after only having eight justices for 14 months, there is now a ninth. the process for having that ninth confirmed starting this morning in the justices conference room where neil gorsuch put his hand on the family bible that his wife louise was holding to take an oath to support and defend the constitution. he then signed the oath and loaded into a motorcade for the white house with the rest of the supreme court justices along for the ride. justice anthony kennedy who gorsuch wants clerked for, administered the judicial oath to gorsuch steps away from the white house. late antonin scalia was wet out more rain and son eugene were in the rose garden as well, in gorsuch promise he would never forget t

one of the things that president obama in his farewell address said the united states constitution is just a piece of paper. it's actually members of congress, citizens, even the press that give it a lot of meaning. one of the things that holds that together is being able to be agreeable to have good will even if you disagree. you are right. when it came to george w. bush's biggest legislative accomplishment outside of his tax cuts it was no child left behind legislation that ted kennedy ended up backing. there needs to be a certain sense of people saying, hey, i might disagree with you on items number one, two, three and four but on number five we can work together and we look back at the last eight to ten years and there's been so little of that where, yes, they can agree on options one, two, three and four but can't come together on item number five. >> and the other thing that we're seeing is the president's use of twitter and these interviews and phone calls to journalists to say things that arguably have no basis in fact. maybe it's working to take the eye off theussia probe, bu

jonathan bryant is a full professor at georgia southern sr university, his specialty is united states constitutional and legal history and also slavery. his book is, dark places of the earth.al histo it was a finalist for the los angeles book price in history and has one several other academic words.an let's begin.on and t >> it is truly an honor for me to be here, thank you to the people of tucson, and the tucson festival, thank you to my co- panelist and thank you for you for coming to listen to this panel of slavery in america. i'll be talking about my book stamped from the beginning. i don't often have the opportunity to talk about the book specifically as it relates to its chapters and sections of slavery. i'm excited to be on this panel. the book is a narrative history of racist ideas. it chronicles the history of racist ideas from their origins in 15th century western europe to the present. people are more interested in the present than the history, especially history of slavery. racist ideas developed as an effort to justify the enslavement of african people. surly in my resea

court of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> that was justice neil gorsuch as he was sworn in by none other than that his former boss, justice anthony kennedy at the white house. the first was a private ceremony inside the supreme court. with all nine seats filled, the supreme court is back in full force, this time with its concerned majority restored and with one of its youngest members yet. pete williams joins me live outside the supreme court. so pete, when does justice gorsuch have his first day at work? >> it takes four votes to grant so he'll be one of nine justice to see decide which way it will take. they have been piling up before he got here, we don't know why they haven't been acting on them, but tlls a question about whether businesses have the right to reserve their right for same-sex weddings because they have certain religious believes. the supreme court ruled in 2008 that the individuals have a right to possess guns in the

states constitution and really the way to make sure that it doesn't become a away convention is not only that it stick to its original purpose. but also that 38 states have to ratify whatever comes of that convention to the idea that we're going to change second amendment l i can list the the 13 states that would not approve of that. [laughter] and so i think that it is not only prudent for a constitutional convention to remain very narrow because whatever creates will not be accepted by majority of the states. but also think there's a stock gap that will encourage to stay fairly narrow. >> like the convention to take up are what and -- >> sure there are some that advocate for 12 or 13 issues discussed by the issue and if we covered one issue. it would be fine. two others would be better but i don't think we should go beyond that and first issue i'd like to see is a balance budget amendment in second issue is term limit so there are -- as many budget balance, balanced budget amendments as there are hairs on my head right now floating through congress. there are -- ideas that would c

states constitution. >> shepard: what ally do you expect to see involved now? >> i would hope we have all of our allies in the gulf region, because as indicated in the past by secretary powell, once you break something, you own it. so i want to make sure that all of our allies in the gulf states are there as well as our european allies and allies around the world. what has happened and when you talk about the violation of the chemical weapons particularly, it is a violation of international law. i think that is clear. we all need to stop and try to fight together to prevent the humanitarian crisis that syria has begun. which includes making sure that those that are properly vetted and those that for safety, kids and women and et cetera, those properly vetted as they're going to germany, we should allow them to come to the united states of america. >> that was part of your short statement on this matter. you believe that syrian refugees should be admitted to the united states as they are in so many other countries. is the vetting in place, a two-year vetting pro

the united states supreme court's will defending the constitution will be tested as never before, conflicts of interest, muslim bands, defending lgbt cute protections, the constitutional rights, violating every single day. we need a supreme court justice who is independent and not beholden to ideology. we need a justice who will stand up for the rights of all americans, and to the right of antonin scalia with chevron deference is not a mainstream justice. and by a substantial margin as professors from michigan state university and university of wisconsin concluded examining judge gorsuch's opinion of the 10th circuit and supreme court decisions reviewing them is not someone within the mainstream of american jurisprudence. everything we have seen so far of donald trump's judicial litmus test to the visible hand of right-wing interest groups in the selection process, to judge gorsuch's reluctance before the judiciary committee, to his pro-corporate bias in cases he has decided leads me to the conclusion that he will be neither a justice for all americans, nor one on whom we can count to stand

it violates the constitution of the united states, violates separation of powers. thank god for the judicial branch because we have an executive branch is trying to direct local governments when they're not empowered to do so. spare me the lecture because you just go over a fact that you're ignoring witches we just had eight years of this happening in. the obama administration threatened to withdraw federal funds from states that didn't go by his transgender bathroom policies. with that unconstitutional also? >> i'm here to tell you that in 2010, made a decision here along with cook county, two counties united states of america stood up to homeland security and eyes and said we are not going to hold people in unconstitutional manner despite whatever request you make. we've been vindicated. were not only vindicated today, been vindicated by every court looking at the issue. >> and giving you an opportunity to give your editorial. at like you to answer my question is very simple one. the president being set here by a federal judge that states do not have to comply wi

today the court said unequivocally that that tactic violated the united states constitution. >> the injunction will stay in place while both lawsuits work their way through the system. sanctuary communities are those that refuse to use local resources to help the federal government find undocumented immigrants. >> a new study shows the number of mexicans coming into the country illegally is the lowest in a decade. they made up 50% of more than 11 million immigrants in the country illegally in twiktd. the number of undocumented in the u.s. has been shrinking since 2007. it peaked at the total number of unauthorized immigrants. >> now to a shocking story out of petaluma, benjamin gorky is accused of offering up a 6-year-old girl for sex. >> he posted her photo online, even gave her real address. abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the details. >> reporter: this man, 22-year-old benjamin gorky was arrested for child endangerment in petaluma where parents trusted him to watch their children at a boys and girls club after school program. >> lots of kids use that program. there are a lot of full-tim

now, lawyers for the justice department argue that it's law that the united states constitution does not preclude state officers from cooperating with federal authorities. here's just a taste of the arguments made in court. >> if state officials choose to kuwait based on their request, they have that authority. we haven't seen anything specifically taking that authority away from them. >> there is no back drop of imphreu silt authority on behalf of law enforcement agents to make warrantless arrests for civil violations. >> reporter: now, this takes off an arrest of a man charged in 2016 with unarmed robbery. at the time of the arraignment ice had asked for a detainer against him. the commonwealth wasn't ready for trial. they answered not ready for trial. he was not prosecuted. ultimately slated for release, but he was not released. he was held at the courthouse for just a couple of hours. in that time ice agents arrived and took him into custody. melissa. >> reporter: thank you. supporters of sanctuary cities are pushing back against president president's crack down. now an entire st

i came to the conclusion i could not support judge gorsuch for a judge on the court of the united states because he was not a mainstream candidate. to me, i am concerned that he would put corporate interest before individual rights and to me, the strength of the constitution is in theia individual. individual rights should bees paramount to special interest or corporate interest. i fall in his legal opinion the hostility towards environmental, women's health, marginalized students with disabilities and others, vulnerable types of individuals that had me greatlyi concerned. i was particularly concerned about whether he could separate his political views from his to me this is an extremely important point. we want our judges on the supreme court and justices on the supreme court not to be influenced by the politics around us.ke the legislative branch that is perfectly legitimate to takews into consideration. the president of the united states is nominated by the political party. that is understood that there is the supreme court they need to leave their political views outside of their dee

the united states constitution, i deeply believe, is a living document intended to evolve as our country evolves. we're not supposed to ignore social progress, and i don't believe the founders of our country ever intended us to do so. another concern with judge gorsuch's record is his extreme conservative view of the federal government. for example, he's indicated he believes the long-standing legal doctrine that allows agencies to write rules to effectively implement laws should be overturned. and that doctrine, as the chair well knows, is the chevron doctrine, and it was discussed in committee. chevron was itself a unanimous opinion, authored by a liberal justice stevens and joined by conservatives, including chief justice burger. this legal doctrine has been in place for decades and has been cited more than 15,000 times. if chevron is overturned, as judge gorsuch has advocated, many important laws that congress has passed would become affected. and i want to give you a personal example. in 2007, senator olympia snowe and i finally passed legislation, thanks to senator ted stevens and

ellis clearly and eloquently explains how the united states constitution and the bill of rights came to be, and america was born. quote, it could be considered the most consequential act of political leadership in american history. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm palm beach welcome to dr. joseph j. ellis. [ applause ] >> i'm not sure i'm going to be able to live up to that. no human being can, and that's going to be one of my themes that the founders were all human and we finally have a moment in our own history we can understand them as creatures like us, imperfect human beings, impressive nevertheless for reasons that i'll try to explain. i want to begin with a statement of sorts, with a story and then a question for you. i can't see you very well, but i hope that i can ask you a question. here's the statement. i think that we must begin with certain assumptions about american society and culture right now as we address the founders that this lecture series. namely, that the american public is embarrassingly illiterate about our history, that the scholarly world has largel

with respect to this particular decision it was a clear-cut decision anchored in the united states constitution that the president doesn't have the power to threaten or withhold funding in order to accomplish a public policy objective. that has to happen through the legislative process. i'm hopeful we can deal with the issue generally of improving border security without demonizing cities like new york city that regularly send $25 billion more to the federal government than we get back if return. >> but do you think that cities like new york, los angeles, san francisco, others, there are dozens of other so-called sanctuary cities have a responsibility to pay attention to federal law? >> we certainly have a responsibility to act consistent with federal law when it's humane. but also to do the right thing on behalf of the constituents that people in the city of new york, los angeles, san francisco, are charged to protecting. and by penalizing and forcing cities like new york to enforce draconian aspects of the law in way that would undocumented flaem families not felons is not consistent with pro

supreme court. >> constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [applause] >> the 49-year-old was sworn in by justice anthony kennedy for whom he once served as a law clerk. the ceremony took place in the white house rose garden with president trump and other justices in attendance t gore such pledged to be a faithful servant of the constitution. >>> david muir will have more on world news tonight after "action news." >> a crash caused major delays on the blue route. this was the scene from chopper6 near exit three in springfield. at around 2:40 this afternoon a box truck and an suv collided injuring five people. some of them had to be extricated by emergency crews. one victim was airlifted and the others taken by ground to the hospital. we do not yet know there are conditions. >>> well, this is how many folks spent their afternoon today, outside soaking up the sunshine and the warm temperatures. rittenhouse square was the place to be in center city as some of the lunchtime crowds brought blankets to lay on since all of the par

let me ask you, have you even read the united states constitution? i will gladly lend you my copy. now mr khan has been debating the first 100 days of trump's presidency at an event in london and joins me now. good evening. tell us about the debate and the arguments you put forward. i was invited to participate in this debate. i was against the proposition of donald trump making america great. this is what i said. he is not making america great, america remains worried, divided and concerned. let's ta ke worried, divided and concerned. let's take three examples briefly. first, i will build the wall and mexico will pay for this wall. mexico will pay for this wall. mexico is not paying for the wall, america is paying for the wall because he has attached to the federal government's operational budgets the budget for this wall, up to $14 billion. he may find a way of recouping that money in the future, that would be his argument. these arguments have been made time after time and this is political inexperience, and self—promotion in its worst form. disingenuous plans and propositions

[laughter] [applause] press.ower of the ihave to use this since brought it, my copy of the united states constitution and the california constitution. it is open to pages 63, which is the 25th amendment. people did not know about the andument cause -- clause, did not know the 25th amendment existed until now. there is a way, short of impeachment, if someone wanted a change. doesn't work, and what you think the chances are? david: i am not that familiar accusing ofns mental or physical infirmity, it unavailable to use the job. bill: if the vice president and the majority of the cabinet wrote a letter to congress, saying the man is unfit to function, cannot function, then the vice president becomes the president. ,nd if the president then says no, i am ok, there is nothing wrong with me, they are wrong, then if they write the letter again, a two thirds vote of each house of the congress could the president, in effect. this dates from 1967, it has never been challenged or tested. it was put in because when howard baker took over as chief of staff or ronald reagan at the end of his administr

states constitution. but without this rule, the senate itself will be undermined by its own members. i have never seen any legislative body endeavor to diminish its own authority and that is what is going to happen this week. now, we can organization -- argue when we got here. was it 1987 when we deaned bork? what it when reid ee limb -- was it last year when merrick garland was not even given a hearing. well, we all have our talking points. but at the end of the day both sides own some of this mess. now, i'm a democrat. i think it's 80-20. republicans will think it's 80-20 on other side. the general public may think it's 40-60. i don't think it matters. the question at fault is not who is at fault. the question is, what will we do next? will the senate undermined its own authority and strengthen the power of partisanship? i say this to my republican colleagues: think about what you are going to do next. think about what this is going to mean the next time you're in the minority party because it will not

i brought my copy of the united states constitution, and the california constitution, by the way, and it is open to the 25th amendment. people did not know about and emoluments, the emoluments clause, and not many people knew the 25th amendment existed until now. people suddenly read it and say oh, my god. there is a way short of impeachment if someone wanted a change. david: right. bill: does it work, and what do you think the chances are? david: i am not that familiar with it. i know it would involve asserting infirmity, mental or physical infirmity, inability to carry out the job. bill: if the vice president and a majority of the cabinet wrote a letter to congress saying the man is unfit to function, can't function, the vice president becomes the present. and if the president then says, oh no, i'm ok, nothing wrong with me, they are wrong, then if they write the letter again, a two thirds vote of each house of the congress could depose the president come in effect. this dates from 1967. never been challenged, never been tested. we were talking about this earlier. it was put in beca

united states constitution in good faith. nominees should only be filibustered under extraordinary circumstances and each signatory must use his or her own discretion and judgment in determining whether such circumstances exist. in other words, if that nominee is so far out of the mainstream that it is extraordinary, then, only then would they seek to block the nomination and filibuster. judge gorsuch, i've had conversations with colleagues on both sides of the aisle in an attempt to once again come up with a way forward and avoid both a filibuster of judge gorsuch and the nuclear option. sadly, i learned on monday that those efforts had failed, and that the democrats had secured the necessary votes to successfully filibuster the highly qualified supreme court nominee for the first time in our history. in response, the majority leader has indicated that he will move to change the senate rules and eliminate the ability of the minority to do so. we are in a terrible place. my colleagues should understand that this is a historic

the united states constitution, i deeply believe, is a living document intended to evolve as our country evolves. we're not supposed to ignore social progress, and i don't believe the founders of our country ever intended us to do so. another concern with judge gorsuch's record is his extreme conservative view of the federal government. for example, he's indicated he believes the long-standing legal doctrine that allows agencies to write rules to effectively implement laws should be overturned. and that doctrine, as the chair well knows, is the chevron doctrine, and it was discussed in committee. chevron was itself a unanimous opinion, authored by a liberal justice stevens and joined by conservatives, including chief justice burger. this legal doctrine has been in place for decades and has been cited more than 15,000 times. if chevron is overturned, as judge gorsuch has advocated, many important laws that congress has passed would become affected. and i want to give you a personal example. in 2007, senator olympia snowe and i finally passed legislation, thanks to senator ted stevens and

. >>> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> under the constitution and laws of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> history made today as neil gorsuch was sworn in as the 113th associate justice on the united states supreme court to be a conservative appointee of president. he takes the seat left vacant by the late antonin scalia. jake tapper joins me now, host of "state of the union." nice to see you, my friend. is this the win, is this the shot in the arm that this white house needs for say future legislation? >> i don't know that it's going to make a difference in terms of future legislative fights, but it's certainly a win. it's certainly clear points on the board. president trump promising that he would deliver from a list of conservative possible supreme court justices and getting him nominated and confirmed within the first 100 days is a sizable accomplishment that was no doubt on the president's mind as he spoke earlier today. >> you just heard that the most important thing that a president of the united states does

states per unit to my constitutional authorities. he said the u.s. will take action as necessary and appropriate to further its important national interests. senior military officials say a russian drone was seen flying over the hospital where victims of the attack were taken. a few hours later, it was bombed. the kremlin is denying any responsibility. now russia is singled a warship towards the two u.s. ships that launched the strike on syria. rex tillerson is ready to take his first trip to moscow. the trip is still on and he will be bringing a powerful message with him, that president trump is willing to take decisive action any time a country crosses his red line. chris: joining me live from march mar-a-lago. general h.r. mcmaster. the trump administration seems to be sending mixed signals. u.n. ambassador nikki haley says getting rid of assad is a priority. and rex tillerson says first we have to destroy isis. assad can wait. how does the president see this playing out in syria? lt. gen. mcmaster: both secretary tillerson and am

"the constitution of the united states and its fourth article provides as follows, "no person shall labor in one state, escaping into another shell in consequence of any law or regulation be discharged from such service or labor. they shall be delivered up to the party for the labor may be due." you all know this, the fugitive slave clause. then they go on to denounce the states rights being asserted by northern states. they list 17 of them. the states -- they end with wisconsin and iowa have a negative laws which will nullify the acts of congress or render useless any attempt to execute them. in many states the fugitive is discharged -- it is back to the s word, slavery. they definitely have a position about states rights. they are against them. they are against other states' rights. they are of seven new york because new york has come out against the we might call temporary slavery. let's say you were a rich plantation couple from charleston. you do want to spent august the charleston. i did that once and i understand that you give it -- that view. [laughter] you don't want to cook your