If you didnt watch, i envy you. There was nothing new, republicans and democrats placed their assigned roles but we are not here to talk about that. We are talking about something more interesting, the Roberts Court. More than any other Supreme Court justice in recent history, john roberts has played a defining role in shaping our free speech block. Hes been more than twice as many majority opinions in this area than any of his colleagues and there is a certain result in 95 of the greek expression cases decided in his tenure, hes been in the majority. Hes taken the lead of nearly 80 of the time so theres Something Special about this, something that speaks to how john roberts sees the court. The first conference of report the roberts report, collins and hudson, each of whom is published more than ten books on free speech examined 56 cases handed down by Roberts Court from 2005 to 2020. He offers i open details looks at the cases and justices different approaches. Here to tell us about i
And often em coarse and often embarrassing questions. They see the Supreme Court and, indeed, the entire federal judiciary as policymakers rather than neutral arbiters of the law. Judge barrett made the clash between the radical dems and republicans all the clearer. This is her view of the court and a role of judges to uphold the law as written. Judges cant just wake up one day and say i have an awe agenda, i like guns, i hate guns, i like abortion, i hate abortion, and walk in like a row yall queen and impose, you know, their will on the world. I interpret the constitution as a law that i interpret text as text, and i understand it to have the meaning that it had at the time people ratified it. So that meaning doesnt change over time, and its not up to me to update it or infuse my own policy views into it. Lou the dems today also exposing their ang sue few about joe biden anxiety i think about joe bidens chances next month against President Trump. So much so, senator Patrick Leahy ask
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And often em coarse and often embarrassing questions. They see the Supreme Court and, indeed, the entire federal judiciary as policymakers rather than neutral arbiters of the law. Judge barrett made the clash between the radical dems and republicans all the clearer. This is her view of the court and a role of judges to uphold the law as written. Judges cant just wake up one day and say i have an awe agenda, i like guns, i hate guns, i like abortion, i hate abortion, and walk in like a row yall queen and impose, you know, their will on the world. I interpret the constitution as a law that i interpret text as text, and i understand it to have the meaning that it had at the time people ratified it. So that meaning doesnt change over time, and its not up to me to update it or infuse my own policy views into it. Lou the dems today also exposing their ang sue few about joe biden anxiety i think about joe bidens chances next month against President Trump. So much so, senator Patrick Leahy ask
Unfiltered view of government. Created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Nominee amyourt Coney Barrett was back on capitol hill for a third day in a row to answer another round of questions at her confirmation hearing. This time, Committee Members had up to 20 minutes each to question judge merrick on her judge barrett on her legal philosophies and other issues. Good morning, welcome, judge. Welcome to all my colleagues. It is a long day but i thought a productive day. We have 20 minute rounds and hopefully we can be done in time before dinner tonight and we will plow ahead and have a few breaks along the way. So, a couple observations from yesterday. Theres an opportunity here to thinkinghe nominees to the extent she can share her thoughts without deciding a particular case that comes before her. Senator harris who are respect suggested you were not candid and judge barrett, i could not disagree more. I hav