out. tonight, on all in supreme court justices it s a cover-up in plain view. a crisis of confidence and a supreme court that is mired in ethics scandals. the justice claimed that lengthy cruises aboard a luxury yacht our personal hospitality. how low can the court go? tonight, the long list of concerns about the ultra conservative court, and senator chris murphy on what senate then democrats plan to do about. it then, a second accuser takes the witness stand of the former president vacations in europe. we ll have the shocking testimony from inside the trump trial. plus, congresswoman ilhan omar on the man arrested for vandalizing her office, and setting fires to minnesota mosques. and he s the so-called woke mine virus eating away at republican brains? no, no. not at all. that s bs. totally, totally bs. jamelle bouie online anti woke obsession is costing republicans with ordinary voters, when all in starts right now good evening, from washington,
concerns about the ultra conservative court, and senator chris murphy on what senate then democrats plan to do about. it then, a second accuser takes the witness stand of the former president vacations in europe. we ll have the shocking testimony from inside the trump trial. plus, congresswoman ilhan omar on the man arrested for vandalizing her office, and setting fires to minnesota mosques. and he s the so-called woke mine virus eating away at republican brains? no, no. not at all. that s bs. totally, totally bs. jamelle bouie online anti woke obsession is costing republicans with ordinary voters, when all in starts right now good evening, from washington, i m mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. they are nearly 1800 federal judges in the united states, and all but nine of them are subject to a federal code of ethics. because, of course, the nine justices of the supreme court, the nine most powerful jurist s in the united states nine of the most powerful people in o
and yet, last week, the guardian reported that the kavanaugh report, quote, contained series omissions in its attempt to exonerate the vein and then there s chief justice john roberts. late last week, insider reported on a whistleblower who says, after he joined the court, roberts s wife was paid more than $10 million by various legal forms to act as a consultant, including at least one firm which had business before the court after paying her fees. and it s worth noting that these five conservatives, along with the sixth and newest right-wing justice, amy coney barrett, all have ties to the ultra conservative judicial group the federalist society. the federalist society, in addition to effectively serving as a training ground for future right-wing judges, is a 501 c three tax-exempt charity, which means it is legally pretty habited prohibited from engaging in political activity. but yesterday, political reports that one of the society s top executives, a trump ally named leonard leo
donation for his conservative dark money group that used to be the largest political contribution ever made through connections he made through the federalist society. and that kind of sounds like political activity to me. but even after hearing all of that, republicans on the senate judiciary committee still resisted any move to bring in basic ethics requirements for the justices. in the last month, some not all but some democrats and their media allies have hyped up attempted hit pieces on every republican appointed supreme court justice except for one. this attempt to delegitimized the court, this attempt to personally smear clarence thomas, is dishonest. and everyone in the media echoing it is participating in a shameful reprise of 1991 s high tech lynching. this is an unseemly effort
says, after he joined the court, roberts s wife was paid more than $10 million by various legal forms to act as a consultant, including at least one firm which had business before the court after paying her fees. and it s worth noting that these five conservatives, along with the sixth and newest right-wing justice, amy coney barrett, all have ties to the ultra conservative judicial group the federalist society. the federalist society, in addition to effectively serving as a training ground for future right-wing judges, is a 501 c three tax-exempt charity, which means it is legally pretty habited prohibited from engaging in political activity. but yesterday, political reports that one of the society s top executives, a trump ally named leonard leo, obtained a 1. 6 billion dollar donation for his conservative dark money group that used to be the largest political contribution ever made through connections he made through the federalist society. and that kind of sounds like political ac