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
good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we ve actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program s popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation s highest court, over the years, fdr watched as the supreme court, led by a group
absolutely. and democrats to a person vote for that every time we bring it up. republicans to a person oppose it every time because i think they re very dependent on dark money. and more to the point, i think this operation that has surrounded the court judicial crisis network, funded by dark money, federalist society, funded by dark money, the groups that come in on little flotillas of amicus curiae to file briefs, funded by dark money there is a shadow of dark money influence around the court that is very unhealthy for the institution. let me close this to where we began, which is how do we restore some faith in the institution? because there are some court reformers on the left. let me play what ed markey and others would like to see happen to the court. so let s start with undoing the republicans thievery and adding four seats to the court. congress can do it by passing the judiciary act. expanding the court is constitutional. congress has done it before,
we know it. for now, though, we still have a democratic president, and democratic, house and democratic senate. so, shouldn t they be doing everything in their power to save our democracy? to stop this rogue supreme court? joining me now is one of the democratic parties few outspoken court reformers, new york congressman mondale jones. congressman, welcome back to the show. the chair of the republican national committee, running mcdaniel s tweeted today, that if democrats expand their sentiment already, they will pack the court. make no mistake, she says. i wish that were true, i wish you were right. the great irony is, the leaders of your party are not advocating do that. they are silent on this issue, or have come out against it, even as this roker court overturns roe and tries to overturn democracy itself. i wish wrote to mcdaniel s were right. i wish you are right to. i wish more of my democratic colleagues have the political courage to meet this moment, many. you know that i int