Trump picks Colorado judge to replace Scalia
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court fulfills a major campaign promise and lit a fire under Democrats still furious over the Republican stonewalling President Obama's own nominee. Guest host Barbara Bogaev explores whether a possible filibuster will take this fight all the way to Republicans launching the nuclear option -- and destroy the filibuster forever.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.9 | The brewing battle over number nine. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Barbara Boghav, sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:17.9 | President Trump has tapped Colorado Federal Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch |
| 0:21.9 | to fill the ninth seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, fulfilling a campaign promise to nominate |
| 0:26.7 | a conservative originalist. And it may ignite a battle royale in the Senate. Some Democrats want |
| 0:32.6 | to fight the nomination as payback for Republican stonewalling President Obama's own pick |
| 0:37.3 | for nearly a year? |
| 0:39.0 | Will the GOP escalate all the way to what's called the nuclear option and do away with the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees altogether? |
| 0:47.1 | And on today's talking point, Republicans are paving the way for a large-scale sell-off of federal property. |
| 0:53.2 | What will become of public lands under Trump? |
| 0:56.3 | First News. |
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| 1:06.1 | Programming from KCRW, NPR, BBC, and more. |
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| 1:34.6 | This is To the Point. I'm Barbara Bogavin for Warren Olney. |
| 1:37.9 | Just ahead, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court fulfills a major campaign promise and lit a fire under Democrats still furious over the Republican stonewalling of President Obama's own nominee. |
| 1:50.0 | Will a possible filibuster take this fight all the way to Republicans launching the nuclear option and destroy the filibuster forever? |
| 1:57.1 | That's coming up. Later on today's talking point, recent moves by congressional Republicans could pave the way for a sell off of millions of acres of federal property, where public land policy is headed under Trump. |
| 2:09.1 | First, this news update. For the first time in nearly a year, large-scale fighting has broken out between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country. |
| 2:18.7 | The conflict there has been going on for nearly three years now. |
| 2:22.1 | A ceasefire was signed in 2015, but skirmishes and artillery fire have continued. |
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