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Of the justices key opinions. The Supreme Court corresponded. Afterwards is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guesthouse interviewing top authors about their latest work. I am pleased to be speaking with the judge who sits on the u. S. Court of appeals for the sixth circuit. His new book is titled the peoples justice. Clarence thomas in the constitutional story that divide him. Thanks for joining us. Thank you for having me. Lets start out with why we can start with justice in particular. Why Justice Thomas . I was originally trying to write an original is a book. Writing in exceptional book. As you know as an author, someone who writes a lot you often throw out your first draft. Drafting that i kept going back to Justice Thomas. One where he consistently throughout his entire career laid out what i thought was an original, purely originalist vision of the constitution and laws that govern us. And doing that i thought it was a way to tell a story through one justices ive. The ot
Judge amul thapar, who sits the u. S. Court of appeals for the sixth circuit. His new book, his first book, is titled the peoples Justice Clarence thomas and the constant fictional stories that define him. Judge departure, thanks for joining us. John thank you for having me. So lets start out with why you decided to write about justice in particular. There are several members of the court that espouse originalism and theyre jurists, prudence. Why Justice Thomas . John, i originally trying to just in originalism. So my goal was to write in excess possible interesting originalism book is in is you know as an author is someone who writes a lot you often throw out your first draft and what i discover in that in drafting i kept coming back to justice. I thought his brand of originalism called the original public, meaning originalism, was one where he consistently his entire career laid out what i was an original a purely vision of the constant tution and the laws that govern us. And so in d
To donald trump and january 6th. Jasmine crockett joins me live on the site. Trump in court. What to look for as the first trial of a former president l heads to the jury next week, and why Special Counsel jack smith is taking bold new action in trumps classified documents case. And reality check. You believe trumps rally in the bronx was about reaching out to black and latino voters . I dont. I am jonathan capehart. This is the Saturday Show. For decades, democrats have tried and failed to make the court a voting issue for its base. Well maybe this Election Cycle they will succeed, because this week in washington we are seeing two very different visions for the american justice system. President biden reached a major milestone in his mission to diversify the federal courts. The Senate Confirmed his 200 and 201st judicial nominees, adding two more women of color to the bench. Biden has appointed more black and brown judges than any president in history. He thinks the senate in a statem
Watching. Have a good show. The Worst Supreme Court justices were not appointed by the worst president. Donald trumps three Supreme Court justices have not yet proven themselves to be worse or more ethically challenged than the two who are now in an intense competition for the title of Worst Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas and samuel alito. They were each appointed 15 years apart by president s from connecticut who wanted you to believe they were from texas. The bushes were born in connecticut, where the family had deep roots. The father of the first President Bush was prescott bush, republican senator from connecticut. The bush family preferred to go to College Close to home and so, father and son, president spoke, went to jail. There what was then called Country Club Republicans, which simply meant they hated paying taxes. The first President Bush was a supporter of planned parenthood before he was selected to be Ronald Reagans running mate in 1980, whereupon he had to suddenl