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Maybe closer to samuel alito and chief justice roberts. >> hes in the pragmatist wing of the conservative block. but the varieties of interpretation and originalism on display are interesting. justice thomas had a concurrence where he talked about respect for precedent. he said when faced with erroneous precedent, my rule is simple, we should not follow it. [ laughter ] paul: that would throw out an awful lot of law. >> an antonin scalia described himself as a faint hearted originalist. paul: wh...

She was joined by justice sonia sotomayor and elena kagan but then also by justice clarence thomas and neil gorsuch. and then you had the chief justice sam alito part of the conservative block, but then also steve breyer and brett kavanaugh on the other side. but, you know, i think what people are really going to remember about this term are the decisions that we still havent gotten yet. >> peetd, whats your take on how the chief justice is trying to position himself both on the court now as we ...

The right of the bench. many are expecting justice kavanaugh will join the conservative block in his vote. hes sitting next to justice elena kagan. during the breaks the two of them sort of laughed together, shared a few moments, talked a little bit. they are no stranger to each other. when elena kagan was dean of the harvard law school, she tired brett kavanaugh as a professor. those two do have somewhat of a history. can you see the lineup there, brett kavanaugh taking his situation, which is ...

Fight. newly confirmed supreme court justice, brett kavanaugh, wasting no time. the junior-most justice asked several questions on about seven different occasions during his first day on the bench. chief justice john roberts started the session, saying it was a great pleasure to welcome kavanaugh to the court, and wished him a long and happy career in our calling. >> i, brett m. kavanaugh -- >> reporter: he was ceremonially sworn in monday night by the monday whose seat hes taking over, anthony ...

Same-sex marriages, is that surprising? >> its worth noting that 80 or 90% of the time he was voting with the conservative block. that is why i think he feels comfortable handing this pick over to trump. if you read the letter, he says my dear mr. president. he feels confident handing that pick over to somebody whose going to pick something like neal gorsuch. the court is already conservative, the difference is now that the court is going to move even further to the right. further away from wher...

Almost all of the cases this term. i think if he believes that the trump administration will appoint somebody like that again, that probably gave him some comfort he could do this without endangering his legacy. >> im wondering, renato is this a promise on his decision on cases like roe v. wade, on same-sex marriages, is that surprising? >> its worth noting that 80 or 90% of the time he was voting with the conservative block. that is why i think he feels comfortable handing this pick over to tru...

Is already written, he has been the critical swing vote on a number of cases. >> yes, and i think it underscores that this is already a sort of center right court. his 5-4 decisions are more often with the conservative block. but i think his main legacy will be the ones where he actually went to the other side. people will talk about gay rights in particular. >> you heard tom perez on this program say this ruling by the supreme court on unions and the travel ban a sign democrats need to get out ...

>> senator, thank you so much for coming on the show. we want to get back to the breaking news that you heard referenced there, the supreme court dealing out that blow to public sector unions on its final day of the session. ruling that state government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be forced to pay union dues. that was the last big decision that we were waiting on. but there is something else that might have national implications also, not a ruling, but possibly a retirement. ...

Conservative block and of course youll always has the troublesome varian conservatives over her shoulder to worry about as well so i know a medical i would say dented by whats been going on in recent months having said that shes consolidated her position in the last few days shes installed a new general secretary of her party whos very much somebody in line with her thinking and shes also brought seen other names younger names fresh blood even some critics we mentioned yet spawn everyone into he...

The conservative block i think. were going to negotiate and get some more good results thats why voting yes today is worth it. they recently weeks two of the s.p.d. women also came into the focus off the german public first minute via although handicapped by multiple sclerosis shes deputy party leader and state premier of ryan and polity night and. also deputy leader and state premier from mecklenburg western pomerania all three women have had very different careers within the s.p.d. and they ar...