Rubio: ‘ I Do Not Believe the President Should Appoint Someone’ for SCOTUS

DICKERSON Senator Rubio applause ░░░░░░░░ Rubio you re a ░░░░░░░░ Quickly can you address ░░░░░░░░ issue of whether the ░░░░░░░░ tells us who has ░░░░░░░░ power to appoint Supreme ░░░░░░░░ justices And then also ░░░░░░░░ Senate Republicans last year ░░░░░░░░ an idea of removing ░░░░░░░░ filibuster for Senate excuse ░░░░░░░░ for Supreme Court nominations ░░░░░░░░ seemed open to that ░░░░░░░░ s your feeling on ░░░░░░░░ now Rubio Let me ░░░░░░░░ talk about justice Scalia ░░░░░░░░ loss is is tremendous ░░░░░░░░ obviously our exphaerts prayers ░░░░░░░░ out to his family ░░░░░░░░ will go down as ░░░░░░░░ of the great justices ░░░░░░░░ the history of this ░░░░░░░░ You talk about somebody ░░░░░░░░ defended the original meaning ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution who understood ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution was not ░░░░░░░░ to be interpreted based ░░░░░░░░ the fadz of the ░░░░░░░░ but it was there ░░░░░░░░ be interpreted according to ░░░░░░░░ original meaning Justice Scalia ░░░░░░░░ that better than anyone ░░░░░░░░ the history of this ░░░░░░░░ His dissent on the ░░░░░░░░ counsel case is a ░░░░░░░░ piece of jurist work ░░░░░░░░ his dissent on oberrer ░░░░░░░░ I do not believe ░░░░░░░░ president should appoint someone ░░░░░░░░ s been over 80 ░░░░░░░░ since a lame duck ░░░░░░░░ has appoint a Supreme ░░░░░░░░ justice And it remind ░░░░░░░░ us this how important ░░░░░░░░ election is Someone on ░░░░░░░░ stage will get to ░░░░░░░░ the balance of the ░░░░░░░░ Court and it will ░░░░░░░░ by filling this vacancy ░░░░░░░░ s there now and ░░░░░░░░ need to put people ░░░░░░░░ the bench that understand ░░░░░░░░ Constitution is not a ░░░░░░░░ and breathing document It ░░░░░░░░ to be interpreted as ░░░░░░░░ meant DICKERSON Quickly though ░░░░░░░░ the question applause Very ░░░░░░░░ senator on this specific ░░░░░░░░ though You were once ░░░░░░░░ favor of dropping the ░░░░░░░░ Rubio That s not ░░░░░░░░ DICKERSON You were never ░░░░░░░░ favor of that Rubio ░░░░░░░░ example today according to ░░░░░░░░ changes Harry Reid made ░░░░░░░░ judges can now be ░░░░░░░░ by simple majority but ░░░░░░░░ Supreme Court justices and ░░░░░░░░ I think you see ░░░░░░░░ wisdom of why we ░░░░░░░░ t that want to ░░░░░░░░ Because if that were ░░░░░░░░ case and we were ░░░░░░░░ in charge of the ░░░░░░░░ Harry expreed Barack Obama ░░░░░░░░ ram down our throat ░░░░░░░░ liberal justice like the ░░░░░░░░ Barack Obama has imposed ░░░░░░░░ us already.”