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Speaker 1: and Greg Stewart discussed today's confirmation hearing for Neil Gorsuch

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Speaker 1: to fill Antonin Scalia's seat on the Supreme Court. They

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Speaker 1: speak with the Utah Senator Mike Lee, who was a

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Speaker 1: member of the Judiciary Committee. You've said Judge gorse would

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Speaker 1: make a great Supreme Court justice. Democrats said the same

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Speaker 1: thing about Merrick Garland. Both very well respected, great qualifications.

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Speaker 1: Given that Republicans blocked to vote on Merrick Garland, is

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Speaker 1: there any reason a Democrat should support Neil Gorsuch is

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Speaker 1: a good judge, and I know people have the same

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Speaker 1: thing to say about Merrick Garland. At the time, there

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Speaker 1: were reasons behind the fact that America Arland didn't get confirmed,

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Speaker 1: including the fact that we were in the final year

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Speaker 1: President Obama's administration, and we were just a few months

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Speaker 1: away from a presidential election that the American people knew

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Speaker 1: would decide important issues regarding the future of our country. So,

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Speaker 1: particularly for those who supported Merrick Garland, I would say

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Speaker 1: to them, take a look at Judge Corse, which this

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Speaker 1: was not his judgment call whether or not Merrick Garland

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Speaker 1: should be confirmed. Take a look at him. Judge him

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Speaker 1: based on his own merits, and I think they'll like

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Speaker 1: what they see. Senatorally, President Trump has disparaged federal judges

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Speaker 1: who have ruled against him. Judge Gorse will undoubtedly be

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Speaker 1: asked about that. What kind of a response do you

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Speaker 1: expect from him? I think he'll give a fair minded

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Speaker 1: judicial answer to a pointing out that there are principles

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Speaker 1: of law and are there to protect the separation of

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Speaker 1: powers between the three branches of the federal government, and

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Speaker 1: that we need to do everything we can to respect

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Speaker 1: those boundaries of those limitations before them. Would you like

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Speaker 1: to hear him say something in particular there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you come from a family that is very steeped in

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Speaker 1: and the legal profession your father was to general, your

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Speaker 1: brother is a judge. Do you do you hope to

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Speaker 1: hear him, Uh, you know, say that what the President

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Speaker 1: said was out of line. Look, he's not there to

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Speaker 1: be the president's coach. He's not there to be the

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Speaker 1: president's critic. He's been nominated not for White House Press

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Speaker 1: Secretary or causseilor or advisor to the President, but for

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Speaker 1: the Supreme Court of the United States. I suspect he'll

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Speaker 1: answer questions that are related to his judicial role or

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Speaker 1: to the role of the courts. Uh. But I also

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Speaker 1: suspect he's going to be somewhat reluctant, understandably to comment

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Speaker 1: on what the President chooses to say in a press

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Speaker 1: conference or in a tweet. As Utah Senator Mike Lee

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Speaker 1: speaking with Bloomberg Law host Student Grosso and Greg Store.

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