David Souter: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings from PBS NewsHour and EMK Institute

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David Souter: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings from PBS NewsHour and EMK Institute

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Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

14 жыл бұрын

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As the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan get underway, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute is partnering with the PBS NewsHour to provide video highlights of the nine most recent Senate confirmation hearings.

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@historyprofessor1985 3 жыл бұрын

I have always had a great deal of admiration for Justice Souter, and his sharp wit and New England bites are definitely expressed in this hearing. He certainly gave Sen. Specter a good read @5:15!

@josephnolan3570 2 жыл бұрын

Ted Kennedy did vote against Souter, but after the big surprise, he regret that decision.

@pleaseenteraname1103 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he became one of the more liberal justices on the court.

@GeorgiaKev 13 жыл бұрын

Justice David Souter was one of the finest justices to ever sit on the Supreme Court, and also a very kind and decent man. His appointment to the high court was the best "mistake" that George HW Bush ever made. : )

@HemantKumar-uf7iu 7 жыл бұрын

GeorgiaKev I definitely agree with you.

@dvferyance 5 жыл бұрын

That on read my lips no new taxes.

@davidaulds7031 3 жыл бұрын

No, Souter was horrible plain and simple.

@blib6205 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidaulds7031 that’s your shitty opinion

@davidaulds7031 3 жыл бұрын

@@blib6205 Souter was a weak PUSSY of a " man ". He allowed the Liberals on the court to dictate his every decision. Facts are facts!

@kittymartin8930 Ай бұрын

I admire him, wish we had the likes of him on the Supreme Court now.

@Larry-liu371 8 ай бұрын

Surprised how substantive the questions were and how substantive the answers were. It is not going to happen now.

@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807 3 жыл бұрын

'Answer the question without rephrasing the question, never play games with words, show some heart and never forget that the senate hearing room is really a t.v. studio.' Thankyou for sharing this video on youtube.

@bduhe219 9 жыл бұрын

he really was a surprise to daddy BUSH. assumed to be a conservative, yet he sided with the liberals 75% of the time. what a ray of sunshine.

@seabrook1976 8 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you can point out where he was wrong.

@bduhe219 8 жыл бұрын

seabrook1976 nope...not interested in a case by case vote from him. it was a general statement.

@4lifeReagan 6 жыл бұрын

How do you like how Kennedy has screwed you guys over since Roberts took over? SUCK IT!

@johndanielson3777 6 жыл бұрын

More like 90%

@justinscott4503 3 жыл бұрын

You mean President Bush? What’s wrong with a little dignity and respect?

@mikitavi 12 жыл бұрын

I like the look on his face when Senator Humphrey is asking him the "abortion question". Even before he mentions abortion and he's saying, "You were a member of the board of trustees..." Judge Souter has that look on his face like "oh damn, here it comes!"

@bduhe219 12 жыл бұрын

why is it that ideologs cannot understand that a person can honestly have differing opinions and sill be uprightand and true to their beliefs. he had principals and honor. he was to g.h.w. but was what brennan and warren was to eisenhower they were not as conservative asthe president who appointed them had hoped. he should hav stayed on the court longer, but i feel he must have had pressure from the more consevatives on the court to vote their way.

@guodade2239 3 жыл бұрын

You could add “or what Harlan Fisk Stone was to Coolidge”, although there would have been no confirmation difficulties in 1925 with someone as conservative as Pierce Butler or Willis van Devanter, whereas 1953, 1956, 1975 and 1990 were very different. I discuss the question of a possibly completely overturned New Deal if Coolidge had picked someone more conservative at www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-a-conservative-was-nominated-instead-of-harlan-stone-and-edward-sanford-did-not-die-suddenly-does-the-new-deal-get-completely-derailed.499158/. Souter actually had wanted to leave the bench at a much earlier date than 2009, to return to his New Hampshire home. He did not want to see an ideological conservative like Alito, J. Michael Luttig, Diane Sykes, Janice Rogers Brown, Edith Jones a decade and a half late, or Brett Kavanaugh a decade early as his replacement.

@jaqqqqqqattack 12 жыл бұрын

@Willredd94 He and Tom Harkin have both been in the Senate from Iowa since the 1980's, and they keep doing a good job. Seems interesting because Grassley is pretty conservative and Harkin is pretty liberal, but they kind of represent the overall political environment in the state.

@jimmbo13 12 жыл бұрын

@GeorgiaKev He certainly is a decent man...interesting to hear that he is not at all part of the washington social scene, and still has his New Hampshire values

@johndanielson3777 6 жыл бұрын

Souter really backfired on daddy Bush

@justinscott4503 3 жыл бұрын

You mean President Bush? Show some class.

@johndanielson3777 3 жыл бұрын

@@justinscott4503 daddy Bush is literally one of his nicknames

@colbalt95 3 жыл бұрын

@@justinscott4503 its to denote which Bush we r talking about

@justinscott4503 3 жыл бұрын

@@johndanielson3777 It was Poppy.

@justinscott4503 3 жыл бұрын

@@colbalt95 George HW Bush would suffice

@ALeeBatey 12 жыл бұрын

@kkhwt Well said.

@Chubachus 11 жыл бұрын

I wish Mudd didnt retire

@Zakariah1971 13 жыл бұрын

Gave some jacked up answers on judicial activism, de facto declaration of war in Korea... Of course everyone knows the shedding of innocent blood, viz, infanticide is an unpardonable sin!