Not once, but four times, according to the 9/11 report.
And my argument was, no, the responsibility of 9/11 falls on the fact that Al Qaeda was allowed to grow and prosper and the decision was not made to take out their leader when the chance existed to do so. And it was in response to this argument that Trump was making, that somehow President Bush was responsible for 9/11. Well, I believe that if Osama bin Laden had been killed, Al Qaeda as an organization would not have grown to the point where it have conducted 9/11. This is a basic question, who will defend our liberties? And the consequence is, if either Hillary or Bernie or Donald Trump is the president, we will see the Second Amendment written out of the constitution. And I would note, look, how do we know Donald Trump's record on this is going to be bad? He has supported liberals for four decades: Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid.Īnyone who cares about judges would not be supporting Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer and John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. I'm very happy to take that case directly to Hillary Clinton, directly to Bernie Sanders. I don't think the American people want that. That we're going to have an election, and if liberals are so confident that the American people want unlimited abortion on demand, want religious liberty torn down, want the Second Amendment taken away, want veterans' memorials torn down, want the crosses and stars of David sandblasted off of the tombstones of our fallen veterans, then go and make the case to the people. We're advising that a lame-duck president in an election year is not going to be able to tip the balance of the Supreme Court. You know what? The Senate is advising right now. And we'll also see our religious liberty torn down, our basic rights.īy the way, the Senate's duty is to advise and consent. If Donald Trump is the nominee, or if Hillary Clinton is the president, we will see unlimited abortion on demand throughout this country, partial-birth abortion, taxpayer funding, no parental notification. And another thing we'll see, and this is very relevant for conservatives in South Carolina. If Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders wins, or for that matter, if Donald Trump wins, whose record is indistinguishable from them on a great many issues, then we will see the Second Amendment written out of the constitution. I cannot wait to stand on that debate stage with Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders and talk about what the Supreme Court will look like depending on who wins. And what this means, Chuck, is we ought to make the 2016 election a referendum on the Supreme Court. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year. It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. Anybody would have realized Iran and Iraq, they used to fight. But I will say this, the war in Iraq, it was a mistake. I'm going to build the military bigger, better, stronger, hopefully we'll never have to use it, but nobody's going to mess with us. In fact, I saw somebody commenting on it last night, that Trump really was against the war. If you look the 2004, there are articles. But if you look at 2003, there are articles. I built a great company, I employed thousands of people. I was, as they say, world-class businessperson. So people didn't write everything I said. Well, I did it in 2003, I said it before that. Well, I want to just, for what it's worth, PolitiFact has never been able to find, none of us have been able to find any instance where before the invasion, you came out against this war. So at this point, under this scenario, we might go an entire term, October of '16 through June of '17 without a Supreme Court justice, because even if the next president appoints, it takes time to get this through the process. It's possible, terms of the Supreme Court begin in October, end in June.
The Republican-controlled Senate doesn't want to consider it. If the president wants to nominate somebody, he's made that clear. For public-sector unions though, it might be a victory because they won in the lower courts, defeating in efforts and try to restrict their ability to raise union dues.Īll right, we are headed for the potential of if. Might encourage other states to try the same thing. So for the immigration policy, it would be a defeat for the administration, because it would leave standing the lower court rulings that blocked it.įor the abortion question which is coming, it would leave the tough Texas restriction on access to abortion clinics standing. The lower court ruling stands and the Supreme Court decision has no precedential value. When there's a tie, it's as though the Supreme Court decision doesn't count. So when you have eight justices, it creates the possibility of a four-four tie.
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