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Of democracy docket, where he rode up both groups threatening our democracy. mark, on the polling, as someone who obviously cares about this, and youve devoted your career to this, are you like i was pleasantly surprised by this polling result? >> i am chris. i am surprised, but its not enough. im glad as we are getting closer to election day, americans are waking up and realizing that the threat to democracy is real, and if we dont find it now, and we dont defeat it now, we could lose our democ...

Dont think people understand how much we depend on them for rules guiding our lives. >> and pete, one final question. whats the timeline on when were going to get these two decisions? >> good question. normally speaking, if this was a normal case, it would take months, but this is not. it came on the emergency docket. the supreme court had this extremely rare friday session. and so theyre going to act pretty quickly. and one of the things that came up today was, would the court issue a temporary...

Court, which meticulously applied this courts longstanding voting rights precedent and, most of all, it does a disservice to black alabamans, who under that precedent, have had their electoral power diminished. justice kagan also pointed out that the court shouldnt even be issuing such an order on its so-called shadow doctor, which is this emergency docket that doesnt have the benefit of getting full briefing, of having arguments, and some would argue the transparency needed to understand the na...

Well, theres a balance that the court has to consider, and that it -- insofar as, on the one hand, it has always had an emergency docket. the need for flexibility, the ability to get answers to the parties at issue is something thats important in our system. on the other hand, the court has also considered the interest in allowing issues to percolate, allowing other courts to rule on things before they come to the court, and i am not privy, at the moment, to the justices views and why and how th...

Court has to consider. and that it -- insofar as on the one hand it has always had an emergency docket, the need for flexibility, the ability to get answers to the parties at issue is something thats important in our system. on the other hand, the court has also considered the interest in allowing issues to percolate, allowing other courts to rule on things before they come to the court. and i am not privy at the moment to the justices views and why and how theyre using the emergency docket in t...

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That may embolden some of the people calling for expansion of the court. what the report really does it lay out in a very comprehensive way the arguments on both sides of that issue, as well as another issue on term limits for the justices. and explore some of the complications and the difficulties of making these changes, but also suggest ways that they could be done. so, for example, on term limits, it lays out a way to phase them in. whereas, you would have existing justices who are not term ...

Effect in a divided 5-4 order released late at night on the courts emergency docket. the news continues right now. lets hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> thank you, anderson. im chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." we now have the newly released 911 call in the fatal shooting involving actor alec baldwin on a movie set in santa fe, what hes calling a tragic accident. ill play you the 911 call. but really the freshest information to help us understand the questions being aske...

Released late at night on the courts emergency docket. the news continues right now. lets hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> thank you, anderson. im chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." we now have the newly released 911 call in the fatal shooting involving actor alec baldwin on a movie set in santa fe, what hes calling a tragic accident. ill play you the 911 call. but really the freshest information to help us understand the questions being asked by investigators are in the ...

Uncommon about the handling of emergency applications like the recent ruling that allowed texas to ban most abortions at six weeks. >> the catchy and sinister term shadow docket has been used to portray the court as having been captured by a dangerous can ball that resorts to sneak yip and improper methods to get its ways. this portrayal is to intimidate the court. >> shannon: he said shadow docket should be changed to emergency docket because its the way the judges cover all of the requests. it...