states supreme court. four years ago i announced my first list of highly qualified candidates and promised to fill vacancy froma's among those names. inauguration,r my i kept that promise when i ,ominated judge neil gorsuch and as you know, he has been very spectacular. a year later, i nominated and the senate confirmed another outstanding justice, brett kavanaugh. by the end of my first term, we will have confirmed a record number of federal judges, over 300, all of whom will faithfully uphold our constitution as written. what has always made america exceptional is our reverence for the impartial rule of law. people have come from all over the world to pursue the american dream based on this sacred principle, equality under the law is the bedrock of our society. it is the principal that inspired american heroes to abolish slavery and end segregation and build the most free and just nation. unfortunately, there is a growing radical left movement that rejects the principle of equal treatment under the law.

states supreme court. this election is about more than the presidency or the senate or the supreme court. this election as about our democracy. -- is about our democracy. and as joe biden has said from the moment he entered this race, it is about the soul of our nation, who we are, what we stand for. whomaybe most importantly we want to be. what i felt when i said goodbye to justice ginsberg. she understood the soul of our nation and what is expected of each of us and that belief is especially resonant at a place like shaw university, one of our nation's first black landmarks of people mourn into bondage and intolity stood on -- born bondage and brutality stood on this ground as scholars. i stand here, at the country's first university hall built to educate black women in america, a century later and a few months after the greensboro sitton, ella baker and fellow students -- sit in, ella baker and fellow students started the committee. i stand here on their shoulders and with all of you as the nominee for

supreme court. -- on the united states supreme court." all the days of her life, she pursued justice. even in illness. she fought five bouts with cancer. and she supported her beloved marty through his battle with cancer, as well. each time, she pressed forward. she returned to work, to the bench, to the court, with focus. each and every time. nothing was given. pursuing justice took resilience, persistence, a commitment to never stop. as a lawyer, she won equality for women and men, not in one swift victory, but brick by brick, case by case, through meticulous, careful lawyering. she changed the course of american law. and even when her views did not prevail, she still fought. in recent years, justice ginsburg became famous for her dissents. despair was not an option. she said, and i quote, "dissents speak to a future age. it's not simply to say my colleagues are wrong and i would do it this way. but the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually, over time, their views become the dominant view. so that the dissenters hope

, quote, before the election because the election will be before the united states supreme court. where are our republican colleagues? this is not a partisan issue. democracy is at stake and every constituent from every corner of the land, regardless of party or ideology, should be asking their republican senators to speak out and demand that donald trump not be allowed to do what he says he's going to do and say they will join all of america in standing in the way if he tries. the most innocent interpretation of the president's comments is he's just trying to get people not to vote. mail-in voting is rigged. i'm going to stay anyway, he cries. 12 more years they chant at his rallies. all to erode american faith in the election and discourage americans from voting. it doesn't matter how false, it doesn't matter how undemocratic, it doesn't matter how corrosive it is to our democracy. the president doesn't care. it's his own ego and nothing else. the president says it if he thinks it will help him win. that is the most innocent interpretation. if you take the president at his word,

states supreme court. this year 2020 has been so difficult, but it has really been a reckoning we are being called to confront the deep flaws in our democracy and the flaws in our political leadership this is one of those moments where we will see what we need to see we will there are enough united states senators who have the decency and the courage to stand for what is right. today we saw long lines of people preparing to vote in fairfax, virginia. there is a presidential election happening right now. early voting has started, and people are trying to pick the person who will lead the country. they're trying to pick united states senators and other dow down-ballot races. the obscenity of trying to nominate and ram through a justice for the united states supreme court for a lifetime appointment at this moment is something that is very, very serious indeed and that i don't think we can recover from. i don't think this is just about civil rights cases i think this would be a grave blow to our democracy. and

the president has nominated me to serve on the united states supreme court. that it's a tuition belongs to all of us. it confirmed, i would not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle and certainly not for my own sake. i would assume this role to serve you. which requiresge me to administer justice without respect to person, do equal rights to the poor and rich and faithfully and impartially charge might duties under the constitution. i have no illusions that the road ahead of me will be easy either for the short term or long haul. i never imagined that i would find myself in this position. younow that i am, i assure i'll meet the challenge with both humility and courage. members of the senate, i look forward to working with you during the confirmation process and i will do my very best to demonstrate that i'm worthy of your support. [applause] president trump: come on up, family. i want to acknowledge attorney general bill barr. my chief of staff, thank you very much. and all of the senators, we really appreciate it. i know you will have a bu

we will destroy the united states supreme court as an institution by packing the court . shame on them. they ought to hide their head i a bag and that is just further demonstration of the fact that they don't understand the role of the united states supreme court. they think justices are just politicians and robes. they think justices have the right to rewrite the constitution every other thursday to advance a political or social agenda that they can' get by the voters. that is not why our founders se up the united states supreme court or any of our federal courts. >> but doesn't the former vice president have an opportunity t clearly state that he is not with that section of his party. chris wallace is going to ask tough questions next week, and would expect him to be pushed o whether he thinks he should get rid of the filibuster or pack the court or any of the other things proposed at this point because a lot of folks on the left are saying this is they are . you mention potentially destroying the supreme court as an american institution. they say that's what you guys a

states saying i will litigate this to the united states supreme court in order to block the counting of mail-in ballots, and i want the woman i'm talking to right now, whoever she is, to be on the supreme court. wouldn't he, when he's talking to that woman, be telling her exactly this, this is what i want from you on the supreme court? >> well, i think so. i mean, he's doing it again. he's speaking the silent parts outloud. what we do know is this, lawrence, that donald trump is capable of anything. we know this. we know that he's going to cheat. it's clear, right? and we know what the republican party is capable of. we saw what they did at north carolina when they lost. we saw what they did in wisconsin when they lost. what we need to understand is that november is not going to settle anything, right? in fact, we're going to experience perhaps one of the most fundamental challenges that the republicans ever faced. and i think the representative was right on point that it will be in our hands. it is not just these power hungry people, but we have to assert this is a government of the

he has helped to bring this case to the united states supreme court. does anybody really think, you know, common sense will tell you, he's going put somebody on the court who has given all kinds of clues and writings about this issue and i tell you people in michigan are really worried. brit: i can understand, but you are saying all kinds of clues. what other clues other than this remark that was cited in my interview with secretary scalia? what other clues, senator? senator: well, we will lay all of this out in judiciary hearings and i don't want to get debate all the legalese back and forth with you today because i think there's a bigger picture here which is people's healthcare. i do have to say from a michigan perspective, we have people right now just holding on, you know, over 200,000 people have lost their lives, they are holding on and saying, why aren't you focused on another covid package that's going to help my family keep a roof over our head and food on the table and help our small businesses be able to open safely and, please, help us wit

states supreme court. judge: a victory lap after nominating a third person to the highest court in the land. hello and welcome to justice i am judge jeanine pirro thank you for being with us. the fight ahead will be ugly but today ceremony in the rose garden was historic as president trump officially nominated amy coney barrett to the supreme court. >> if we understand this is a momentous decision for president. and if the senate does me the honor to confirm me i pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. i love the united states and i love the united states constitution. judge: we will talk about it but first my open. we are in the fight of our lives. it is a fight between good and evil, truth and lies, freedom and anarchy, law and order in the future of the greatest experiment in democracy, the united states. president trump's nomination today of amy coney barrett a brilliant scholar, jurist in context list and mother of seven with an unblemished reputation will

front of the united states supreme court. they will have to decide if it is constitutional, and what donald trump and mitch mcconnell are hoping is if they can get in another justice, what was 5-4 to say that of course the affordable care act is constitutional, they may now be able to flip to 5-4 the other way, denying millions of people access to health care and cutting out people who have diabetes, who have had cancer, people who have had serious pre-existing conditions. and that just gets us started with what's at stake here. >> do you believe that "roe v. wade" will be overturned if a trump nominee is put on the court? this is something that we've described and talked about, i think, worried over and fought about for a generation now, since roe has been in the precarious position that it's been in on the court. it seems to me now that the math is unequivocal. it seems if there is a trump nominee on the court because he said he will only nominate justices who he believes will overturn roe, that it's basically a sure thing

states supreme court. because this will change our lives from each and every one of our lives for decades to come, and it will hurt our lives, and we cannot, cannot allow this to happen. in a sign of the uk government's increasing determination to tackle a steep rise in coronavirus infections in england, it will introduce stiff financial penalties for anyone failing to self—isolate after a positive coronavirus test. from 28 september, those who break the rules will be fined £1,000, with up to £10,000 for repeat offences. the prime minister, borisjohnson, is also considering further restrictions after warning the uk is "now seeing a second wave" of coronavirus. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. here in preston, households are already banned from meeting other households in their homes, gardens or indoor venues. from tuesday, curfews will be imposed and have already been imposed in other parts of northern england and in the midlands, covering around one in five of the country's population.

which is thinking about the importance of the united states supreme court and the leaders of our nation who have sat on that court and changed the trajectory of our lives. the inspiration for me to become lawyer was thurgood marshall. who, of course, you know, trailed the way through his work up until being on the court for brown v. board of education, which desegregated the schools of america. think of ruth bader ginsburg similarly. it's interesting because i think there's a lot of coverage that has been about the fame that she received late in life but not understanding that her fame started when she was in her teenage years. in terms of the work she had been doing every step of the way to lay the foundation for equality for all people, but with her focus having been an emphasis on women. and when i was there this morning, while she lay in state in the united states capitol, i'm the only black woman in the united states senate. angela: yeah. senator harris: and only the second in the history of the united states senate to have been elected. i'm looking at this casket laying in state,

states supreme court. four years ago i announced my first list of highly qualified candidates. and promised to fill justice scalia's vacant seat from among those names. and just days after my inauguration i kept that promise when i nominated judge neil gorsuch and as you know he has been very spectacular. a year later i nominated and the senate confirmed another outstanding justice, brett kavanaugh. but the end of my first term we'll have confirmed a record number of foeederal judges, ove 300, all of whom will uphold our constitution as written. what has made america exceptional is our reverence for the impartial rule of law. people have come from all over the world to pursue the american dream based on this sacred principle, equality under the law is the bedrock of our society and the principle that inspired the abolishment of segregation and surk ear civil rights and build the most free and just nation in history. unfortunately there is a growing radical left movement that rejects the principle of equal

states supreme court. judge: a victory lap after nominating a third person to the highest court in the land. hello and welcome to justice i am judge jeanine pirro thank you for being with us. the fight ahead will be ugly but today ceremony in the rose garden was historic as president trump officially nominated amy coney barrett to the supreme court. >> if we understand this is a momentous decision for president. and if the senate does me the honor to confirm me i pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. i love the united states and i love the united states constitution. judge: we will talk about it but first my open. we are in the fight of our lives. it is a fight between good and evil, truth and lies, freedom and anarchy, law and order in the future of the greatest experiment in democracy, the united states. president trump's nomination today of amy coney barrett a brilliant scholar, jurist in context list and mother of seven with an unblemished reputation will

we know that history, we know the history that in 2013, the united states supreme court gutted the voting rights act. wherein, almost two dozen states, almost immediately put in place laws to try and suppress, or prevent block people from voting. students from voting, indigenous people from voting. the effort was so obvious, that as an example, in north carolina, the court of appeal when they reviewed what that stated. said that that state did it with quote surgical precision. to prevent black folks from voting. 2013, shall be the hold of that case. 2016, i served on the senate intelligence committee, believe what you have been told. russia interfered in the election of the president of the united states. with a misinformation campaign, with an intent to cause the american people to distrust one of the most important pillars of our democracy. which is our election system. and believe what you are being told that they will do it again. so detroit, i think all of this begs the question, why are so many powerful people spending so much time to prevent us from voting? are they going through s

states supreme court. because this will change our lives from each and every one of our lives for decades to come, and it will hurt our lives, and we cannot, cannot allow this to happen. views from both sides of the bbc website still being updated on that seismic political event. some breaking news to bringing out. us media are reporting the deadly poison rise and was sent in a package addressed to donald trump early this week but was intercepted before reaching the white house. no comment yet from the trump administration. the fbi in the us secret service are investigating where it came from. the uk has recorded its highest number of new coronavirus infections since the 8th of may. it comes as prime minister boris johnson has been spending the weekend considering whether to tighten covid—i9 measures in england, after saying the uk was "now seeing a second wave". 4,422 new cases of covid—i9 were recorded in the past 2a hour period. as ministers consider their next steps, former government adviser, prof

ute was not the ro open to us we had to find another way in both end up on the united states supreme court." all the days of her life she pursued justice. even in illness she fought five bouts of cancer and supported her beloved marty through his battle with cancer as well. each time she pressed forward. she returned to work, to the bench, to the court, with focus, each and every time. nothing was given. pursuing justice took resilience, persistence, a commitment to never stop. equality forhe won women and men not in one swift case, but through meticulous, careful lawyering. she changed the course of american law. even when her views did not prevail she still fought. in recent years, justice ginsburg became famous for her dissents. option.was not an "dissentsnd i quote, speak to a future age. it is not simply to say, my colleagues are wrong and i would do it this way. but the greatest dissents do become court opinions and heirually, over time, t views become the dominant view hope isthe dissenter's they are not writing for today, but for tomorrow." her dissents were not cries of defe

very intelligent thing to do. >> we appeared at the united states supreme court in 1975. when we got to the courtroom, she sat me down at the table with her. she just wanted a male presence to be at that table so the justices would have something to identify with. that was just part of her strategy. >> she's trying to convince members of the supreme court, who were mostly white, male, privileged class at that time. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court, for the eight months immediately following his wife's death, stephen wiesenfeld did not engage in substantial gainful employment. instead, he devoted himself to the care of jason paul. >> she knew exactly what she was doing, and it was a very shrewd strategy. >> that case resulted in a unanimous judgment in stephen wiesenfeld's favor. his case was the perfect example of how gender-based discrimination hurts everyone. >> ruth's conception of the strategy led to a whole string of litigation for the next decade. >> she wanted to build the idea of women's equality step by step. to use each case, to move things forwa

remember in the united states, the supreme court rules on all the key issues, abortion, lgbtq rights, immigration, gun laws and the election in november if it is contested, and it's hard to see that it won't be. donald trump is given very equivocal answers on whether he would accept the results come november, so if he doesn't, and if there is a legal ramble, who sorts it out? the supreme court. jim hobart is a veteran republican pollster. he says republican lawmakers in the senate will want to work as fast as possible now to get coney barrett confirmed to the bench. next they will try to move very quickly to get her to the us senate to confirm her. that's the way it works, the president nominates someone the way it works, the president nominates someone and it's up to the senate to confirm and vote, whether to confirm her or not. it used to take 60 votes to confirm a supreme court justice, now is only 50. with a majority of republicans of the senate, it likely she be confirmed. the hope for the trump campaign it will do a whole couple things. one, it will fire up the conservative base

states supreme court. this is not even an election year. we're actually in the election. people started voting. almost a million americans have voted. people will be voting next week. people will be voting up until election day, and they have a right in an election to elect their next president who then will make the decision about who will be the nominee. and sadly, my republican colleagues in the senate are violating, i think, that most important right that the american people have, which is to choose their president, who will choose who will serve for a lifetime who will serve on the united states supreme court and especially during an election. this election is 36 days from today. people have been voting. it's wrong. >> we all read the extraordinary reporting in the atlantic last week about the army of republican lawyers who are already targeting cases that they want to bring to invalidate ballots cast in battleground states. do the democrats have an army of lawyers ready to go to fight this? >> well,

states supreme court. this year 2020 has been so difficult, but it has really been a reckoning. we are being called to confront the deep flaws in our democracy and the flaws in our political leadership. this is one of those moments where we will see what we need to see. we will see whether there are enough united states senators who have the decency and courage to stand for what's right. this is a presidential election starting now. early voting started. people are trying to pick the people who will lead the country. i think this would be a grave blow to the democracy. frankly this is a moment in which i don't feel challenged. this democracy has been challenged. we are expecting and i hope you will be compelling united states senators to stand up and answer the appropriate questions and finally at the end stand for decency. it is indecent to imagine running over the will of the people who are voting in the election. the election is 47 days away. on average it takes 163 days from vacancy to confirmation for

as i mentioned we have been watching scenes of the united states supreme court building where people are convening spontaneously having heard the news about justice ginsburg's passing. stuff like that does not happen on the in u.s. politics. that's a live shot tonight. joining us now is nina totenberg. she covered justice ginsburg over the long arc of her career on the court but was a clerk to the justice. thank you for making time. i know that you knew he would get the calls to talk on the night that justice ginsburg finally passed. i can't imagine it's easy. >> no, it's not easy. i knew it was coming, but only 54 a coup -- but only for a couple of weeks at the most. she was ferocious, if she could have lasted longer she'd have lasted longer. she dictated this note to her granddaughter just a few days before she died. she said my wish, i am paraphrasing it. >> my wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed. >> she was first and foremost delivered her life to the court. >>> she fought very hard to not have it politicized. she disappointed progressives when

the flag outside of the united states supreme court is flying at half staff. ginsburg became the second woman in the history on the high court nominated by the president bill clinton and confirmed by senate. justice ginsburg's chair at the supreme court has been draped in remembrance of her. a ceremony inside the court is expected tuesday. there was a second night candlelight vigils. remake that's exactly right. there was another vigil again tonight are many, if not over 1000 people attended. they heard from speakers, including senator elizabeth warren who strongly criticized mitch mcconnell saying he will bring the presidents nominee up for a vote and she had the entire crowd chanting, we will fight! this comes a day after the late justice died in her home in washington surrounded by her family. outside the supreme court mourners gathered for a second straight night toner the life of ruth bader ginsburg. >> she really changed the way we treat gender under the law. >> reporter: the late justice is being honored for 27 years on the bench. senate minority leader