today sworn in as the nation s 116th justice, and the first black woman ever to serve on the high court. her husband, dr. patrick jackson held two bibles on which she swore a family bible, and the court s harlan bible. a court federal appeals judge, jackson replaced justice stephen breyer, who stepped down today after three decades on the bench, justice breyer hired ketanji brown jackson as a clerk in 1999, making it a full circle moment when he administered the judicial oath to her today. a formal investiture for justice jackson is expected in the fall we can call her that now, justice jackson. taking her oath today allows her to begin her judicial duties. she arrives on the bench in the wake of several hugely polarizing decisions, issued by the court on abortion, gun rights, and today s ruling limiting the epa s authority to fight climate change. we are going to have much more on that ruling specifically, and on the future of the court, and its newest member just ahead. b
january 6th hearing begins. [laughs] so, histories moving fast on the subject. and the question remains in michigan politics as to whether being arrested for his purported role in the crimes of january 6th is going to boost him boost his chances in that republican primary, since apparently participating in that particular crime is a badge of honor. i don t know it helps you, somehow? we will await republican voters judgment on that. i have to agree with you, rachel, about a point you made. about this whole question of, will the january 6th committee send criminal referrals to the justice department? the attorney general said i am watching the hearings i am watching every minute of them. if i don t watch them live i play them back later. and he said, at the same time, what he called the january 6th prosecutors are watching. every sentence has been referred to the justice department in realtime. i mean honestly, what we could do, just to make sure every tee s crossed in
candidate brian kelly. his initial appearance is scheduled for thursday at 1:00 pm, exactly the same time that the january 6th hearing begins. [laughs] so, histories moving fast on the subject. and the question remains in michigan politics as to whether being arrested for his purported role in the crimes of january 6th is going to boost him boost his chances in that republican primary, since apparently participating in that particular crime is a badge of honor. i don t know it helps you, somehow? we will await republican voters judgment on that. i have to agree with you, rachel, about a point you made. about this whole question of, will the january 6th committee send criminal referrals to the justice department? the attorney general said, i am watching the hearings, i am watching every minute of them. if i don t watch them live i play them back later. and he said, at the same time, what he called the january 6th prosecutors are watching. every sentence has been referred
and just like ann burford,, and her son neil gorsuch who have been in this fight for decades, so is this next guest. he is an empty pioneer in environmental activism, he is bill mckibben, he s an environmentalist and the founder of a organization called third act, which is comprised of people overseas to are deterring to change the world for the better, he s also the author of a memoir called the flag, the cross, and the station wagon, bill good to see you again, thank you for being with us tonight. a real pleasure to be with you, friend. tell me, can you help us understand what exactly this ruling does to the epa? it limits their ability to limit or restrict the negative environmentally negative output of power plants. that s right. the epa is filled with experts whose job it is to figure out how to regulate the pollution that comes out of power plants and things. with a supreme court today said, we don t care about that, [inaudible] going to be serious regulation congress has t
eric schumer when he was a press secretary for hillary clinton s press but after the electoral college handed donald trump the presidency, brian fallon decided to take a different path toward making change. he started by raising the alarm about america s broken institutions. there s one institution in particular that needed radical change, americas courts. in 2018, brian fallon cofounded an organization called demand justice. an organization whose mission was to understand the risks posed by the increasingly radical majority and across lower courts as well the group has pushed for sweeping changes to institutions sweeping changes to meet the urgency of what they say is a crisis in american jurisprudence. brian fallon has been warning us about this moment we re in now for nearly four years, and he and his organization have been thinking harder than any about how to fix it. joining us now is brian fallon, cofounder and executive