i think this is an activist court. getting rid of roe v wade was an incredible thing for pro-life. simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court. is the u.s. senate confirmation process to blame for polarizing the entire judicial branch? what you want to do is destroy this guy s life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. donald trump, mitch mcconnell and their republican buddies are shoving aside the wishes of the american people in order to steal the supreme court seat. is the court now out of sync with the american public? a court that s already pretty illegitimate is going to be in full crisis mode. and now new questions of ethical standards. have the justices damaged the court s reputation further by failing to disclose financial relationships and gifts from wealthy donors? the perception of the american people is important to me. the highest court in the land should not have the lo
More coverage of this coming up. Thank you for joining tonight and thank you all so much for joining us tonight. Seen a news night with abby. Phillip starts right now the trucks show makes its main character bystander. Thats tonight on new sign good. Evening im abby phillip in new york tonight, donald trump becomes savoy year in his own story. Today, the country her the beginnings of a story about donald trump. But this time, he no longer controls that narrative instead, its new york prosecutors who are painting a picture of an alleged hush money coverup scheme where the victims were the american public. Now in 20 own version of events, he says hes innocent, a victim of Michael Cohens vendetta and Stormy Daniels opportunism. But hes not a control of that narrative either. Trump, who believes he is his own best spokesman and defender, will now have to leave it to his lawyers. Now, as you can imagine, this is why weve seen trump letting loose outside of the court. Hes trying to take back
unrelated crimes committed by a host of different people, if those crimes are perceived to be in support of a common goal. and georgia district attorney fani willis, she is an expert at using we go to take down everyone from corrupt school teachers to violent street gangs. joining me now for a deeper dive, anthony michael, assistant law professor at georgia state university. it s good to have you back. you and i were together last weekend before this indictment was unsealed late monday night. we ve now had some time to look at some pretty bad hot takes, i think, on this indictment. i wanted to hear the focus on rico. fani willis has used it before. she is used to in the context of school corruption scandals. she s also using it right now for murder and other type of cases that constitute predicate acts for a big racketeering crime. how effective do you think it is for fani willis to use rico
told two partisan defenders at the wall street journal that the leak made us targets of assassination, saying, i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible. justice clarence thomas complained, you begin to look over your shoulder. and justice sonia sotomayor said she felt shell-shocked after the overturning of roe and has a sense of despair about the direction of the court. on tuesday, chief justice john roberts addressed public questions about the acrimony and concerns about the court s ethics while accepting an award. i want to assure people that i am committed to making certain that we as a court adhere to the highest standards of conduct. we are continuing to look at things we can do to give practical effect to that commitment, and i am confident there are ways to do that that are consistent with our status as an independent branch of government under the constitution s separation of powers. and joining me now are two former supreme court clerks, jennifer mas
a lot of people heard a lot in that sentence. all we can say now is he stated fact. i m joined now by two legal experts to discuss the draft position, and we re going from here, argued 45 cases in the court and jennifer is an assistant law professor at george mason university. clarence thomas. the circuit level if i have that right. welcome to both of you. hopefully you can take us inside the court a little bit. the leak, this decision was not the first leak. there was a first leak and it was a few days before, the wall street journal editorial report, the oral argument suggested that five justices lean toward doing so but a ferocious lobbying campaign is trying to change their minds. the particular targets are justice barrett and brett kavanaugh within five days. going to speculate that alito writing the majority opinion. it appears there is a debate happening. take us inside the court.