to school - very dear to antonin scalia's heart. -- who is the lord in the context of capital punishment. it is the state. so capital punishment is on its face authorized by the constitution and fifth amendment. it talks, no one hall answers a capital crime list by indictment and no one should be deprived of life without due process of law. so the due process of law you know damn well that the state can, in the lives of the authors of those words to deprive people of life. but at the time of the constitution, we would hang people for stealing horses. at the time of the constitution, we would hang people for crimes short of murder. we do not do that anymore. with his and in the constitution that might prevent that?it is the eighth amendment pitiful and unusual punishments clause.there arises a very interesting question. in 1791 with three people in the stocks refacing his wife in public on sunday for 30 days. now that is unusual but today we would consider that perhaps cruel.but at the time it was certainly the understanding of society. if there ever were a line now that said t

justice antonin scalia, who died last year.grant lodes..has a closer look at the president's pick, grant? the president is relpacing justice antonin scalia, who justice antonin relpacing justice antonin scalia, who died suddenly nearly one year ago...with conservative...neil gorsuch.announcement tonight in prime time at the white gorsuch is a judge on the court of appeals in the 49-year-old supports freedom...he's thought to be like the majority of the supreme court, is harvard educated. now the question is...how much of fight will democrats in the senate mount? with three court members in their 80's or near 80...all three liberal or moderate...pres ident trump could easily have one or more additional appointments...and those could really shift the way the court leans. some think the demoncrats should wait to make a stand. but many democrats are still bitter. last year, republicans refused to consider president obama's nominee for the seat....merrick garland. that was a big gamble leading up to the election, and it worked out for the g-o-p. democrats are already vowing to delay th

. whenjustice antonin scalia passed away suddenly last fairjury antonin scalia passed away suddenly lastfairjury are antonin scalia passed away suddenly last fairjury are made a promise to the american people. if i were elected president i would find the very bestjudge in the country for the supreme court. i promised to select someone who respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves our constitution, and someone who will interpret them as written. this may be the most transparentjudicial selection process in history. months ago as a candidate, i publicly presented a list of brilliant and accomplished people to the american electorate and pledged to make my choice from among that list. millions of voters said this was the single most important issue to them when they voted for me for president. i am a man of my word. i will do as i say. something that the people have been asking for from washington for a very, very long time. today... applause. thank you. today i emptied in another promise to the american people —— today i am keeping another promise t

late, great justice antonin scalia whose image and genius was in my mind throughout the decision-making process. not only are we looking at the writings of the nominee-- and i studied them closely-- but he is said to be among the finest and most brilliant, oftentimes the writings of any judge for a long, long time. and his academic credentials, something very important to me, and education has always been a priority, are as good as i have ever seen. he received his undergraduate degree from columbia with honors. he then received his law degree from harvard, also with honors, where he was a truman scholar. after harvard, he received his doctorate at oxford, where he attended, as a marshall scholar, one of the top academic honors anywhere in the world. after law school, he clerked on the supreme court for both justices byron white and anthony kennedy. it is an extraordinary resume, as good as it gets. judge gorsuch was born and raised in colorado and was taught the value of independence, hard work, and public service. while in law school, he demonstrated a commitment to helping the

and great justice antonin scalia. [applause] >> earlier this week we were joined not only by our nominee and his wife but also by the widow of justice scalia and his son. justice antonin scalia's devotion to the constitution will be forever remembered by the people of the united states of america. [applause] >>> but this was president trump's promise, and make no mistake about it, my friends in the federalist society, we're in the promise keeping business in washington d.c. now. before i say anything more it behooves us to say justice scalia's memory and honor. we all knew justice scalia. the federalist society actually owes him a great deal. justice scalia was one of its first faculty mentors in the early 1980s i'm told at the university of chicago. our country owes a great deal to him too. his incisive dissents and opinions will stand the test of time influencing future generations of lawyers through his wit and wisdom. america misses him greatly and i know we'll always cherish him in our hearts. would you mind getting to your feet and just showing how much we appreciate the li

vacant by the death of justice antonin scalia on february 13, 2016. the east room of the white house filled with all sorts of guests. major political players, members of congress, and of course, the vice president as well in addition to the president children. the president will be coming down shortly. two names that throughout the day have surfaced as the likely final candidates, neil gorsuch of denver and thomas hardiman. trump announcing this after justice antonin scalia back in february died in texas. obama namingack merrick garland his nomination in march, but the u.s. senate never taking that nomination up. the president advisors are here. just to let you know, we will show you the whole nomination tonight, but following the coverage, we will open up our phone lines and get your thoughts on the presidents pick tonight. naming merrick garland his nomination in march, but the u.s. senate >> ladies and gentlemen, the presidents of th of the united states. [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. scalia passed

being made between this judge and the former and late judge antonin scalia. samenessoday about the between the two. judge gorsuch is like justice scalia and considered a talented writer and he hasn't been afraid to draft opinions that raise the profile of difficult legal issues. just a bit of the philosophy of the judge. we will be learning more about him as we go along. we want to get your thoughts. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. .or independents, 202-748-8002 a lot of reaction to the nomination of this judge, judge neil gorsuch for the supreme court. >> some news on the new supreme court nominee's schedule already this morning. has his first capitol hill visit as supreme court nominee today with mitch mcconnell. he will be accompanied by vice president mike pence. one metric last night showing the level of interest in the supreme court nomination here and around the world could be seen on twitter. twitter sending out some stats last night. neil gorsuch was the number one worldwide trend on twitter last night. tweets sent in one minute. was the number on

court vacated by the death of justice antonin scalia in february of 2016. we're opening up our phone lines to hear from you, your reactions. send is a tweet at @cspan. we will read them in the next 10 or 15 minutes. reaction from capitol hill. senate democratic leader chuck schumer posting a statement. schumer, judge gorsuch has repeatedly sided with corporations over working people." now more than ever a supreme court justice that is independent and who will preserve our democracy backed and standing up to a president who is already shown a willingness to bend the constitution. we will hear from frederick in louisiana. caller: thank you very much. i have a question. i don't know whether you can answer it or not. i've been told the supremelouis. caller: thank you very court up between up between members that are jewish and catholic, roman catholic. do you know what religion this nominee is? host: i don't know. i do know he went to a catholic boy's high school in the washington area. underther servedis divided president reagan in the environmental protection agency, but i don't know h

antonin scalia on the supreme court. he chose u.s. court of appeals judge neil gorsuch. here's the 15 minute announcement. [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. when justice scalia passed away suddenly last february, i made a promise to the american people. if i were elected president, i would find the very best judge in the country for the supreme court. i promised to select someone who respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves our constitution. and someone who will interpret them as written. this may be the most transparent judicial selection process in history. months ago as a candidate, i publicly presented a list of brilliant and accomplished people to the american electorate and pledged to make my choice from among that list. millions of voters said this was the single most important issue to them when they voted for me for president. i am a man of my word. i will do as i say. something that the american people have been asking for from washington for a very, very long tim

mold of not only justice thomas but also of the late and great justice antonin scalia. [applause] vice pres. pence: it was such a special night earlier this week, when we were joined not only by our nominee and his wife but also by the widow of justice scalia and his son, who was with us there to share that moment. justice antonin scalia's devotion to the constitution will be forever remembered by the people of the united states of america. [applause] vice pres. pence: but this was trump's promise, and make no mistake about it, my friends, in the federalist society, we're in the promise-keeping business in washington, d.c. now. before i say anything more, it behooves us to remember justice scalia's legacy and honor his memory. we all knew justice scalia. the federalist society actually owes him a great deal. justice scalia was one of its first faculty mentors in the early 1980's, i'm told, at the university of chicago. our country owes a great deal to him, too. his incomparable opinions, even more his incisive dissents, will stand the test of time, influencing future generations of law

the ultime she is the ultimate representative of the late great justice antonin scalia whose image and genius was in my mind throughout the decision making process. not only are we looking at the writings of the nominee, and i studied them closely. but he is said to be among the finest and most brilliant, oftentimes the writings of any judge for a long, long time. and his academic credentials, something very important to me in that education has always been a priority, are as good as i have ever seen. he received his undergraduate degree from columbia with honors. he then received his law degree from harvard. also with hostages. where he was a truman scholar. after harvard he received his doctorate at oxford where he attended as a marshal scholar. one of the top academic honors anywhere in the world. after law school, he clerked on the supreme court for both justices byron white and anthony kennedy. it is an extraordinary resume. as good as it gets. judge gorsuch was born and raised in colorado. and was taught the value of independence, hard work and public service. while in law sc

is a crucial ninth seat on the evenly divided seat, vacant since the death of antonin scalia. president obama nominated judge merrick garland but senator republicans refused to consider the nomination arguing it should fall to the next president. democrats still raw over that move, some vow to filibuster whoever trump nominates setting up another fierce battle in this already tumultuous term. in a reality show twist, president trump has kept suspense high right up to the last minute. our chief white house correspondent john karl in the east room. john, we've never seen anything like this. it's happened not one but two finalists are heading to washington. >> reporter: george, the president wanted to build up anticipation but it doesn't need any buildup. for all he has done, this will likely be the most consequential decision he has made as president. the two finalists coming into today's date are judge neil gorsuch from the tenth circuit court of appeals and judge thomas hardiman of the third circuit court of appeals. i have been told judge gorsuch has been the front-runner in this. he's

great justice antonin scalia whose image and genius was in my mind throughout the decision-making process. not only are we looking at the writings of the nominee, and i studied them closely, but he's said to be among the finest, most brilliant of any judge for a long, long time. and his academic credentials, something very important to me. education has always been a priority, are as good as i have ever seen. he received his undergraduate degree from columbia with honors. he then received his law degree from harvard, also with honors where he was a truman scholar. after harvard he received his doctorate at oxford where he attended as a marshall scholar. one of the top academic honors anywhere in the world. after law school he clerked on the supreme court for justices byron white and anthony kennedy. it's an extraordinary resume. as good as it gets. judge gorsuch was born and raised in colorado. and was taught the value of independence, hard work and public service. while in law school he demonstrated a commitment to helping the less fortunate. he worked in both harvard prison lega

antonin scalia's career and legacy. this was held in washington dc. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. i am paul peterson. i am the director of the program on education policy and government at harvard university and i am a senior fellow at the hoover institution.i want to welcome you all today to an event that surveys the publication of a new book called scalia's constitution. as is online education. it is published by paul gray mcmillan and the editors are myself and michael mcconnell was a professor at stanford university school of law and was a judge of the circuit court of appeals. we have a conference about one year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. antonin scalia was an associate justice of the united states supreme court who wrote and signed opinions directly on fundamental elements of the american system. he was also a scholar and a leading public figure. it is

great justice antonin scalia whose image and genius was in my mind throughout the decision-making process. not only are we looking at the writings of the nominee, and i studied them closely, but he's said to be among the finest, most brilliant of any judge for ntials, long time. something very important to me. education has always been a priority, are as good as i have ever seen. he received his undergraduate degree from columbia with honors. he then received his law degree from harvard, also with honors where he was a truman scholar. after harvard he received his doctorate at oxford where he attended as a marshall scholar. one of the top academic honors anywhere in the world. after law school he clerked on the supreme court for justices byron white and anthony kennedy. it's an extraordinary resume. as good as it gets. judge gorsuch was born and raised in colorado. and was taught the value of independence, hard work and public service. while in law school he demonstrated a commitment to helping the less fortunate. he worked in both harvard prison legal assistance projects and harv

conservative, he fill the seat left vacant by the death last year of antonin scalia, who was then the right‘s most powerful voice on the high court. this is how president trump made the announcement. whenjustice antonin scalia passed away suddenly last february, i made a promise to the american people. if i were elected president, i would find the very bestjudge in the country for the supreme court. i promised to select someone who respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves our constitution, and someone who will interpret them as written. this may be the most transparent judicial selection process in history. months ago as a candidate, i publicly presented a list of brilliant and accomplished people to the american electorate and pledged to make my choice from among that list. millions of voters said this was the single most important issue to them when they voted for me for president. i am a man of my word. i will do as i say. something that the people have been asking for from washington for a very, very long time. today... applause. thank you. t

stephen breyer? right now, we simply have a conservative, replacing antonin scalia a. nextext one, if there is a one, and we know the ages -83, it wouldve totally change the court. nan aron: we are in this to win. i think we will win. number two, there is no lock on the seat to find a scalia clone as neil gorsuch has been described. as i recall, that seat should have been filled by merrick a moderate stellar candidate for the supreme court who enjoyed support from both democrats and republicans. hatch, het was orrin called president obama after the seat became available by justice scalia's death and recommended merrick garland. so i don't necessarily see this as the antonin scalia a seat. number three, this is the real thing. this is the most important fight and we should not be looking mighthe road at who vacate their seat. this is the seat and the fight at the moment. neil gorsuch is not the right judge for this seat. given his background and, you know, we have only talked about his record. when we haven't talked about is the hearing itself. he is not being considered for just a

of the late justice antonin scalia and his judicial approach towards a procuring -- appropriating the constitution. one of the speakers as a white house counsel who served during the administration of george w. bush. this hoover institution event is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, i am paul peterson, director of the education, policy and governance at harvard university , and a senior fellow at the hoover institution. i would like to welcome you all today to an event that celebrates the publication of the new book called "scalia's constitution, essays on law and education." it is published by paul gray mcmillan and the editors are myself and michael mcconnell , who is a professor at stanford university's school of law and was a judge of the circuit court of appeals. of appeals. we held a conference about year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. antonin scalia was an asso

opposite to the essays included in this collection. antonin scalia was an associate justice of the united states supreme court who wrote and signed opinions directly on fundamental elements of the american system. he was also a scholar and a leading public figure. it is appropriate that to honor this man with the selection of reflections on his impact on education. seeing broadly is not just schools but scholarship and public discourse as well. in doing so, we hope to discover the, through the education and look into the fundamentals of the justices thinking if you doubt his impact on constitutional prudence, cast unseen at harvard that he was not only one of the most important justices in the nation's history also among the best. and justice elena kagan says part of this consists in his abiding commitment of all to the rule of law.his articulation of principles communicated in the distinctive splendid pros transformed our legal culture. despite this applause and despite nearly 30 years of service on the supreme court, only a few have sympathetically considered his constitutional a

. she's really the ultimate representative of the late great justice antonin scalia whose image and genius was in my mind throughout the decision making process. not only are we looking at the writings of the nominee, and i studied them closely, but he is said to be among the finest and the most brilliant, often time the writings of any judge for a long time. his academic credentials, something very important to me -- education has always been a priority -- are as good as i have ever seen. he received his undergraduate degree from columbia with honors. he then received his law degree from harvard, also with honors. he was a truman scholar. after harvard, he received his oxford, where he attended as a marshall scholar. one of the top academic honors anywhere in the world. after law school, he clerked at the supreme court for both justices byron white and anthony kennedy. it is an extraordinary resume. as good as it gets. judge gorsuch was born and raised in colorado and was taught the value of independence, hardware, in public service. hard work and public service. while in law schoo

, justice antonin scalia reached the supreme court, he declared himself a chevron fan. quote -- in the long run, chevron will ensure, justice scalia wrote in the 1989 article, because it more accurately reflects the reality of government and thus more adequately serves its needs, but that was then. the reagan administration's effort to cut back on regulation ran out of steam. it turned out the public often likes regulation because it keeps the air and water clean, the workplace safe and the financial system in working order. deregulation of the financial system led to the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980's, the financial crisis a decade ago costing taxpayers billions. businesses, however, have continued to complain that the federal government regulates too much. in the past 20 years, conservative legal scholars have bolstered the red tape critique with a constitutional one. they argued that only congress, not agencies, can create rules. this is shecter poultry all over again. and judge gorsuch has fortunately joined in. last year in a concurrent case called gutierrez brezela ver

supreme court pick to fill the seat of antonin scalia. this is the second individual who will be nominated for that seat. the first, merrick garland, who never got a hearing. let's listen to the president. >> thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. when justice scalia passed away suddenly last february i made a promise to the american people, if i were elected president i would find the very best judge in the country for the supreme court. i promised to select someone who respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves our constitution and someone who will interpret them as written. this may be the most transparent judicial selection process in history. months ago as a candidate i publicly presented a list of brilliant and established people to the american electorate and pledged to make my choice from among that list. millions of voters said this was the single most important issue to them when they voted for me for president. i am a man of my word. i will do as i say, something that the america

justice antonin scalia exactly 352 days ago. senate republicans vowed to block anyone president barack obama chose to succeed him and that's what they did, refusing to hold a confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee judge merrick garland. it worked and now there's a republican in the white house. joining me from the east room where president trump will announce his choice, msnbc national correspondent peter alexander. give me a sense of what it's like. >> we got the two-minutetelepro. this room is filled with republicans right now, the leadership is here. also donald trump's inner circle, steve bannon, reince priebus, kellyanne conway, all in this room. in addition what's notable is his two adult sons don, jr., and eric trump are also in this room. this is an announcement that has been heavily filled with suspense. remember when the announcement of the vice presidential pick back in the day came out? we found out on thursday who it would be but it got delayed. they've been much more disciplined this time around. >> and we'll now listen to the president of the united states introd

have impacted the american legal discourse as profoundly as the late justice antonin scalia. in the wake of his untimely passing last february, justice goya left behind a legacy of faithfully applied a lot and upholding the principles of our constitution. judge neil gorsuch is a worthy successor to judge antonin scalia. judge gorsuch understands these protections granted in theights. constitution, including the separation of power, federalism and the bill of rights.ca he knows that the constitution provides americana with an investment will safeguard against government overreach. his past opinions demonstrate that he will honor constitutional protection afforded through due process. the right to bear arms. equal protection under the law and religious freedom. legal experts from across the political spectrum are very much in agreement with the gorsuch nomination. the american bar association's standing committee on the federal judiciary unanimously gave judge gorsuch the highest possible rating of well-qualified supreme court. i couldn't agree more. a lot of judge gorsuch associates,

death of antonin scalia. president obama's nominee was blocked last year by the republican—controlled congress. sarah corker reports. there was a hint of reality tv drama. president donald trump's nominee for the supreme court revealed during a prime time televised address. today, i am keeping another promise to the american people by nominating judge neil gorsuch. supreme court justices are appointed for life. president trump's choice, a staunch conservative judge who will help shape law for years to come on things like gun control and human rights. —— and religious rights. he has a tremendous mind and tremendous discipline. he has earned bipartisan support. what do we know about judge neil gorsuch? he's 49 and lives in denver, colorado. a graduate of columbia university and harvard law school. he served on the 10th us circuit court of appeal since 2006 and used to work with george w bush's justice department. he is most noted for his strong defence of religious freedom. the court's work is vital to the protection of people's liberties and law. the continuity of our constitution,

court? >> the justice he is replacing is antonin scalia he was truly a lien of the law. extraordinary conservative, someone i knew and respected. i believe that judge gorsuch is likely to follow in the pattern of justice scalia. following the law, vigorously defending the bill of rights. whether religious, second amendment, our basic rights protected under the constitution. what that means it's it will maintain the balance of power in the supreme court. if hillary clinton had been elected and a judicial activist had been elected, we would've lost much of our fundamental liberties. we would've lost or our second amendment rights would've been in peril. i believe based on his record, judge gorsuch will respect federalism and separate separaf power. i will tell you a story, when antonin scalia was nominated to court of appeals, he got a call from his family priest back in new jersey. the priest said nino, the fbi called and they are asking questions about you but do not worry, i did not tell them anything. >> tucker: [laughs] that's pretty good. i think a lot of conservatives, certainly

refused to consider the vacancy caused by the death of justice antonin scalia. rex taylor said is about to become secretary of state. senate expected to confirm the ceo and a final vote today despite demands by some democrats to question rex tillerson one more time to get the controversial immigration order. a couple of text apps today. apple one of them but three straight quarters of declining iphone sales ring back with the fourth quarter and demands to the iphone seven and seven plus and facebook reporting latest numbers. earnings and revenue for five straight quarters. the markets overall with the rebound after two triple digit losses. s&p also 1% tacking on half a percent this morning. nicole: as lauren mentioned from the democrats preparing for a fierce fight over judge neil gorsuch nomination. the ndcith details on what we can expect next. >> good morning to you. this could be the most contentious of president trumps nomination. during his introduction, president trump is living up to his promise to nominate someone for the constitution. judge gorsuch was confirmed unanimously by th

consider merrick garland. if confirmed he would replace conservative justice antonin scalia who passed away last year. president trump will meet with microsoft cofounder bill gates as well as the iraqi prime minister at the white house today. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with adam schiff, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee on the president's allegations of wiretapping and the investigation into russia's attempt to influence the presidential election. >>> well, the man who drove up to a white house security checkpoint saturday night and told the secret service he had a bomb has been arrested. there was no bomb and he was charged with false bomb threats. earlier saturday a man jumped over a low metal barrier just outside the white house fence. he was arrested for unlawful entry. president trump was not at the white house during either incident. >>> north korea tested a high-performance rocket engine. it's believed north korea is working to develop a nuclear warhead missile capable of r

comes nearly a full year after justice antonin scalia's death left the high court shorthanded. we'll take a closer look at what's at stake coming up in less than 10 minutes. and you can follow all the developments of president trump's first 100 days by getting breaking ws right at your fingerprints any time. just head to wjla.com/text. and now, let's take it outside and we'll get a look on the weather and looks like we're in for a bit of a warmup today, doug? >> now, looks pretty good out to me out there with a little bit of snow well north of the metro area this morning. as expected, very little impact and now we have gusty winds and clearing skies. so beautiful image as we look out across the potomac river at national harbor. one advisory until 5:00 this afternoon for gusty winds. this stretches west of interstate 81, the higher elevations. so gusty winds there. not, you know, 50, 60 miles per hour but we have some 30, 32-mile-per-hour gusts and still have gusty breezes out of the south and that's how we're going to draw up these warmer temperatures today. many areas started at or

. >washington journal continues. jaffer is with george mason university and the antonin scalia a law school, serving as the founder of the national security institute. guest: thank you for having me. host: we want to talk about fisa and its role in the intelligence gathering process. it was established in 1978, in large part the aftereffects of watergate. from theates a judge 11th federal district to review all the warrant applications. judges are drawn from at least seven of the judicial circuits. each judge serves a term of at least seven years. residef the judges must within 20 miles of the district of columbia. what does that mean? guest: the foreign intelligence surveillance court generally sits and classified session. it reviews applications by the government for surveillance generally of people in the united states or americans around the world. it approves what amounts to warrants, actually court orders for surveillance. regular judgese from around the country who come in for a week at a time and here applications. they rotate through. the reason we have a number of judges in

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tomorrow night. there has been an opening since last february when antonin scalia a died. it is called being one of the worst terror attacks in canada ever. , come in chilled six people five others wounded. two of them fighting for their lives. joe calls it a terrorist attack on muslims. brexit negotiator says there is no reason to hold up talks with the u.k. trade discussions can be held even though two sides are uniong about breaking the -- breaking with the union. mark: the u.k. parliament beginning negotiations on brexit. present donald trump should not receive a full stay. down withday, i sat and discuss the latest and brexit. -- with brexit. >> the administration did not -- about who had tojudges rule you can do for them and out appears that this doesn't order -- this doesn't apply to them. you would think that any administration, you might have worked out beforehand what you would actually mean and to whom it would apply and that does not appear to have happen in this case. mark: let's talk brexit. is the god government -- the government rushing it through? i will be voti

justice, of course, the late justice antonin scalia. it is a momentous moment at the white house because, again, ali, this is their first domestic achievement, particularly significant after health care failed, after the president's travel ban was blocked. and it is worth noting if the travel ban does go to the supreme court, which it looks like it might, judge gorsuch will have to make a determination abt it. al snirks. >> we just saw a number of the supreme court justices walking in. i saw elena kagan, justice ginsberg, justice thomas, everybody just stood up and that means to me that we are expecting the president to come out. interesting that that has -- let me just go over to kasie hunt at the capitol. the first swearing in was there this morning, the oath of office, as it was. >> reporter: chief justice john roberts swearing in with the proper ceremony with the justices at the supreme court this morning, ali. so this is the more formal public version of the swearing in. there you can see the president and the judge walking out. ali? >> reporter: okay, let's listen in to the

court left vacant by the death of antonin scalia a. . getting your comments. twitter, it is @cspan. a member of the judiciary committee, we will hear from judge gorsuch, it is mike lee from utah. he says we are ready to get to work to get judge gorsuch confirmed. and were joined by ben sass senator ted cruz. we continue to watch the gathering of the east room in the white house. go ahead. caller: hi. i love watching c-span, first of all, because you really show everything. that president donald trump did a fabulous job. i know we put a lot of effort into looking into his candidate and i feel really good about who he picked. i hope we can come together because i think if we reach across the table, it will stuff the vision. because we are not in a good place in thisi know w. thank you for letting me express my opinion. i respect c-span very much and i respect the people that call in. host: breaking up a bit but we will let you go. we see senator john cornyn there. it is anne on the democrats line. caller: hi. host: go ahead. you are on the air. caller: i want to say america are got -- m

widow and son of justice antonin scalia attended the ceremony. this is 20 minutes. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. friends and distinguished guests welcome to the white house. , we are gathered for a truly momentous occasion in our democracy -- the swearing-in of a united states supreme court justice. in particular, i am honored to welcome to these grounds every sitting justice of the united states supreme court. welcome. thank you. [applause] president trump: mr. chief justice and fellow justices, it is a privilege to have you here to join in this historic moment on this very beautiful spring day in the rose garden. spring is really the perfect backdrop joyful gathering of friends, because together we are in a process of reviewing and renewing and also rebuilding our country. a new optimism is sweeping across our land, and a new faith in america's filling our hearts and lifting our sights. i would like to recognize senators cory gardner, mike lee -- where's mike? and mike crapo. thank you very much and for all your work. thank you. and although he could not

once held by the late justice antonin scalia, who died about a year ago. before that choice has been named, some democrats are already threatening to block this nomination no matter what. they are accusing republicans of stealing the seat because they refused to grant president obama's nominee, merrick garland, a hearing at all. we will examine all of this tonight. in moments, we talked to mike lee, he was also on the president's list of 21 that was released in the summer. we will also be joined by charles krauthammer. first, let's talk to shannon bream, reporting live as she has throughout the day from the steps of the supreme court. shannon, good evening to you. >> hi, martha. as you mentioned, we are down to two federal judges. judge neil gorsuch. he is the one with a sterling resume. you look at him on paper and his friends and supporters say come and practice, as well, he went to columbia, harvard, got her doctorate at oxford. he is very well respected. here is a little bit about his feeling on justice scalia. he was giving a speech last year at case western reserve in cleveland

the u.s. supreme court, to fill the seat of the late justice antonin scalia. we would like to get your thoughts after you watched for the last few minutes judge gorsuch making the rounds on capitol hill. your thoughts on the nomination of judge gorsuch to the supreme court. numbers there on your screen. as always, you can tweet us or leave a comment on our facebook page. you just saw a video with the senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley and the supreme court nominee. this story from rollcall senate judiciary chairman charles grassley is laying out his plan on thejudge neil gorsuch supreme court before the easter recess. the republican from iowa has a roughly six-week timeline for getting the circuit appellate judge from colorado, who was named tuesday night by president donald trump, as his choice to replace the late antonin scalia up on the highest court. grassley, "i'm not saying absolutely six weeks because you always try to be accommodating to the minority as long as they are reasonable, so we have to work things out, but it kind of worked out to be ," senatorwee

the next supreme court justice is going to be to replace antonin scalia. sure enough in just his first few weeks in office, president trump appointed one of the people off of that list, neil gorsuch, a justice who will truly fit the mold of antonin scalia who you can't truly replace but somebody who fits that mold and keeps to the promise that he kept that he made to the american people. >> we're going to keep monitoring this as we hear from gop house leadership. they'll take questions in a moment so you can bet you'll want to hear those live. we'll get back to that when that begins. let's go to capitol hill. sunlen serfaty is there with more news on what seems to be a coming together of the white house and gop leadership on repealing and replacing obamacare. and that they are going to be the message from the president tonight will be that they are working hand in glove. is that correct? >> that's right. and i think we saw that echoed in what speaker of the house paul ryan just said, calling this a generational moment. a chance to hear directly from the president about our agenda

. take a look about what he said on a regionalism during a lecture about justice antonin scalia last year. >> text, structure and history is essential to being a good judge. yes, they should be in the business of declaring what the law is using judicial tools of interpretation, not what they wish the law to be. always with an eye on the outcome, some calculation of pleasures and pains along the way. >> sean: joining us now with reaction, leonard leo, one of the people that advised president trump on this decision. welcome to the program. glad to have you. >> great to be here. >> sean: you and a lot of prominent judicial scholars were asked to look for certain candidates that fit this meaning of a constitutionalist, an originalist. maybe some americans are hearing these terms for the firstma tim. how would you best define those terms and differentiate originalism from judicial activism? >> first of all, the way to think about it is a judge has a deep sense of fairness and f a sense of impartiality. when he is grounded in text and original meaning of the constitution, he is putting the