The origins of the Brooklyn-born altar boy who leaned conservative, even as the civil rights era was flourishing all around him. Giuliani s stark view of good.
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it s a strategy to lobby some of the most influential people in the country has worked this well, why stop now? joining us now is melissa murray, she s a professor of new york university school of law, co-host of the legal podcast a must close sense, strict scrutiny and msnbc legal analyst. it s great to see you, thank you for coming on the show! thanks for having me. this is a lot to sow why this isn t headline news like across the country and it is shocking, and it is unacceptable if you believe in the independence of the judiciary. how can this be going on? well that is the question, and everyone has been talking about the reported lake and liberals versus hobby lobby decision, but that s not really the story. that is burying the lead. the real story is this coordinated highly finance campaign to get access to these justices naturally they were successful. they got access to some of the most conservative justices, and we don t know if it shaped the outcome in any decision,