a good thing to talk about this redemption issue because mark hallpren, remember him. i say case to case, there were accusations he would rub his hard-on to others in the office and then he would ask them out and he denied and al franken, and he said many times, i don t think he did that, but it depends. we need a court, like a redemption court, because like mike hallpern, he has been gone two years and now he has a book out and democratic strategists are having to back pedal, people are saying why are you in his book, mark hallpern, and i m asking, who decides, what does he, does he never get to come back? i will own this. yes, you ve had him on. he re-emerged on my program. my calculus, as one who is privileged to have this
pete williams also saying this particular court, although they just started without that ninth justice, they did have a docket that reflected the fact that they did have an ongoing nomination process it would seem. so by choice and potentially by number. they ve made a conscious choice to have fewer cases this term because they weren t sure they would have a ninth member to join them, but they obviously do. they can take on more work. the larger point i think you made is that we re seeing a court that has never been as conservative in history than it is right now. the last time we saw a court this deserve was in the 1930s and that court had basically been in place since after the civil war, the redemption court. this is going to be enormously important for questions of individual rights. you asked what justice kavanaugh will mean for questions of reproductive rights, same sex marriage, all of that. will we see the court lurch to the right in ways that would be