Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, reacts to Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation vote on 'Fox & Friends.'
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That we dont continue to
subsidize the oil companies
Griff. Georgia has sixteen electoral
votes.
President Trump won them by more
than five points in twenty. Sixteen
well see what happens here in
the peach state, while they have
also got two pretty competitive
Senate races. We are watching
here Brian Ainsley, Steve
Ainsley Good Deal.
Thank you so much Griff
lets bring in MIKE Lee member
of the Senate Judiciary
Committee
good Morning to you
good morning, Ainsley
Ainsley gosh. You have had a
busy last few weeks and you are
heading to Arizona to campaign
for the president. Why are you
doing that?
Im heading to Arizona today
to campaign for President Trump
and later Senator Martha
Mcsally? We need them elected.
We need to make sure that we
have in the White House
continued defender of liberty,
somebody who is looking out for
Americans and not big corporate
or overseas interest
and thats, who Donald Trump is.
I was born in Arizona.
I look forward to telling people
in the state of my birth all the
reasons why we need to re elect
him.
Brian all right
lets talk about whats at
stake.
The New York Post talks about
what was accomplished last
night.
It was a beautiful setting,
wonderful weather and the
President of the United States
was on Cloud nine, as were you
cover ACB newest member of the
Supreme Court, sworn in by
justice. Thomas,
not everybody is happy about
this.
First senator your reaction.
I was there at the White
House when she was sworn in.
It was fantastic moment.
Look for president Trump. This
was the Scotus trifecta that he
managed to pull off
in first term alone. Having put
three justices on the: U Dot S
Supreme Court,
that doesnt happen very often
im glad it did,
and I think he might well have
saved the best for last justice.
Barrett is going to be terrific,
Steve folks who miss you had
missed one of the other cable
chants who chose not to cover
this historic event.
Here is ACB Amy, Coney Barrett
talking about her new job and
what it means to her, not only as
a judge but as a person.
The judicial oath captures
the essence of the judicial
duty. The rule of law must
always control
my fellow Americans, even though
we judges dont face elections,
we still work for you.
It is your constitution that
establishes the rule of law and
the judicial independence that
is so central to it.
The oath that I have solemnly
taken tonight means at its core
that I will do my job without
any fear or favor, and that I
will do so independently of both
the political branches and of my
own preferences,
Steve Senator thats, exactly
what you want, somebody in that
job to say
so. Why are Dems so angry?
First of all, its music, to
my words
when she said those things last
night, heart pounding faster and
brought a bigger smile to my
face,
including especially when she
referred to the fact that were
a republican and accurately
described our tourism of
government.
I will tell you the reason why
this is making the heads of
Democrats explode everywhere is
that they dont want the courts
to be limit. You had to judging
institutions,
they want them to be
institutions of social change
of social policy.
They want them to take debatable
matters beyond debate and so
thats why this isnt satisfying
to them.
They want something much bigger,
much grander than what the
constitution actually allows.
Justice Barrett sees the
eloquent simplicity of the fact
that you want judges to
interpret the law based on what
it says:
Ainsley some of those
democratic senators outraged
Senator Richard Blumenthal of
Connecticut and Senate Minority
leader, Chuck Schumer of New
York
Watch. This
nothing less than everything
is at stake,
a shift in the balance of the
court that will last for
decades.
If we do not act to correct
this
and believe me, there are
appropriate measures that will
be considered
and the next time the
american people give Democrats a
majority in this chamber. You
will have forfeited the right to
tell us how to run that
majority.
Ainsley senator AOC, tweeted
Brian wow,
Ainsley republican- does this
because they dont believe Dems
have the stones to play hard
ball like they do for a long
time they have been correct,
dont, let them to bleep the
public that normal but response
isnt.
There is a legal process for
expansion.
What do you make of that threat?
Basically,
they are going to try to expand
the court. It sounds like at
least
a lot to unpack there. The
last time this was seriously
under taken was by President
Franklin D, Roosevelt starting
in the fall of nineteen. Thirty six.
Now he failed by the spring of
one thousand nine hundred and thirty seven,
but that attempt to pack the
court with a nine member court
thats now about one hundred and fifty one years into
its existence as a nine member
court
ended up suffering as a result
of that you cant undertake, or
even threaten an action like
that without threatening serious
damage to the judicial
independence of the Supreme
Court.
So I think its irresponsible.
It doesnt work. Well,
it doesnt sit right with the
american people and it
shouldnt
Brian put it this way
they are going to do it.
I dont think there is any
question
you saw how incensed and talked
about rotating justices too.
That was the brainchild of the
vice president, who could be
president
and also Senator Markey, blasted
Barretts Judicial Flofl, saying
originalism is just a fancy word
for discrimination.
Do you want to take that on?
Yes, I absolutely do Brian
look. This is patently
irresponsible
of all irresponsible and
Inprogram. That story staples. I
have heard over the last few
weeks and I have heard Doosie
this might be the worst
if you think about what he is
really saying there.
Senator Markey has essentially
said that our constitution is
racist and an effort to
understand it understand its
words at the time that they were
written, something itself racist
and big Gouted.
I cant think of a statement
that has a greater tendency to
undermine the foundation of our
constitutional republic.
I hope expect and demand
Senator Markey retract his
statement,
its heir responsible.
He cant defend that
Steve. We will be watching for
that to see what happens.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-27.