so help me god. so help me god. now all of the members of the court, i m pleased to welcome justice jackson to the court and to our common calling. [ applause ] an historic transition coming at the end of the most activist and frankly destructive supreme court term in more than a century. also tonight, more criminal exposure for trump and his january 6th enablers, including a potential criminal referral for witness tampering. we begin tonight with a look back at what has been one of the most consequential and life changing supreme court terms since they overturned segregation and expanded women s rights. only this court has done all of it in reverse. today was the last time we heard from them and thank god. they have successfully weakened miranda rights. kneecaped state laws. began to dismantle the separation of church and states and one in the court s final rulings this term the 6-3 majority effectively gutted the epa s authority to work on climate change. with the u
tomorrow. you may know him as steve bannon but on monday trump s former campaign manager and chief white house strategist will become federal inmate 056- 3509. having already lost his case and first appeal bannon is expected to report to a federal prison in connecticut on monday morning. s that unless the supreme court intervenes which it could do at any moment. today the department of justice, formerly urged the high court not to intervene here. and to let mr. bannon face accountability for his actions but remarkably, the justice department isn t the only group that lobbied the court about steve bannon today. mr. speaker, i understand there might be a change in position regarding the house and their stance on the january 6th committee and it might be regarding steve bannon and it may have a big impact on his contempt case. tell me what s going on. yeah, we re working on filing an amicus grief on his apellate court there in his case. reporter: today speaker of the hou
hear a case on whether state legislatures should be immune from judicial oversight in state courts when it comes to setting election rules. they want toer bring to jerry manneder. the right to do exactly what donald trump wanted swing states to do as part of his january 6th coup attempt just in time for 2024. no, do not expect clarence, husband of insurrectionist ginni, to recuse. joining me is erin carmone. good to see you, my friend. it has been too long. you wrote the notorious rbg. you ve been paying attention to the court for a long time. this court s radicalism is striking some people as a shock. i m not sure why, but did it
and then have them be paralleled by brett kavanaugh when both of them have been accused of sexual harassment and attempted rate. we are living the whirlwind right now and going to continue. erin carmone, really appreciate you. with me now is senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. you know, senator, we ve talked about this before, but, i mean, i think a lot of people were taking back with the breathtaking polite tieization of this court. this court has been very clear that they no longer worry about how it looks. roberts is not in control. it s the plate tently, braze generally political partisan wing, the trump wing that is produced by presidents who haven t even won the popular vote that s in control.
comes to fulfilling vacancies on the supreme court. in other words, majority leader chuck schumer does have his work cut out for him. he said justice breyer will get a hearing with speed. he offered rulings on abortion and the death penalty, among others, has yet to make it official. he argues that justiced should be loyal to the law and not political parties. biden is anxious to support any democratic nominee, whoever it may be, at a time when justices rushed through amy barrett coney s nomination. she was elected in just 26 datz. eugene, and erin carmone and author of the great book,