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Clean water act, which will likely narrow the scope of that administrative law regulation but were seeing it on a range of different issues including social justice and one of things this grant makes very clear is that this conservative block which has been at war with itself at some point over the last couple of years is really assented and focused now. they have five conservative stall warts. they dont need people like john roberts with his institutional, need for incremental, they dont need h...

Mcconnell would block another democratic president from celebing a justice. conservatives had a 6-3 majority on the court, and it will stay that way even after breyer is replaced, which is a remarkable turn of events considering this. democrats have won the popular vote in seven out of the last eight presidential elections. of course we have the electoral college system, which is how trump, who lost the popular vote in 2016, got three picks on the supreme court. now, a hard right supreme court a...

This is like i said, its a clown world. its the same thing is going w on with a filibuster right now. the filibuster was fine for two or three hundred uses in the last legislative cycle when trump was president. right. but now all of a sudden that too is a threat to democracy. i guess thats justgues the hot button these days. you call something a threat to democracy and thats what it is. that theras outut democrats are just fairts weathr fans of democracy. right. they likef when it works fort th...

We dont know how the ballots will shift. because we only pay attention to the hot button issues but there are other things that the court decide. but in terms of diversity, it is important for the court. for one, there have ome been two black justices. there have only been, what are we at the count now, four women. so i think that that kind of diversity matters for the legitimacy of the institution and this is a point in which a lot of people are asking about the supreme court, how responsive it...

In 2016, got three picks on the supreme court. now, a hard right supreme court appears poised to turn back the clock to the 1970s. its like americans voted for the west wing and instead got "that 70s show." this has created the scenario where the minority views on major hot button issues could carry the day for a generation. and that brings me something justice sonia sotomayor warned last year, that overturning roe vs. wade would create a stench in washington. >> will this institution survive th...

Now, the u.s. supreme court has the final word on any legal appeals that come before it, with adherence to the u.s. constitution as the guiding principle, of course. their decisions can directly affect daily life in america for generations. the court is made up of nine justices, who span really the political spectrum from the left to the right as you can see on your screen. under former president trump, three right leaning justices were confirmed, giving conservatives a 6-3 majority. the most re...

Says the election was stolen. he is right. >> as republicans argue amongst insults over the last election, democrats are gearing up for a fight this november. nbc news reports today that ron klain is headed to capitol hill tomorrow to talk strategy with house democrats. meanwhile, political rights that -- is developing a new strategy to push back against a host of culture war criticisms being pushed by republicans. the plan is to offer strong rebuttal to cut political hits on hot button issues l...

Election, democrats are gearing up for a fight this november. nbc news reports today that white house chief of staff ron klain is headed to capitol hill tomorrow to talk strategy. and the house campaign arm is developing a new strategy to push back against a host of culture war criticisms being pushed by republicans. the plan is to offer a strong rebuttal to political hits on republican hot button issues like immigration, and critical race theory. can democrats keep the majority while playing de...

That the democratic parties -- is developing a new strategy to push back against a host of culture war criticisms being pushed by republicans. the plan is to offer a strong rebuttal to political hits on the political hot button issues, like immigration and critical race theory. can democrats keep the majority while playing defense? should democrats focus their own political messaging on kitchen table issues, or should they trained their fire on trump, and the threat to democracy, posed by the fo...

Allies, people who care about us, to speak out about this and to really educate the public about what it means to be transgender, that were just people trying to get up in the morning and go to school or go to work like anyone else. >> and state senator jones, im going to end on you. as someone who is an elected official, you have to campaign for peoples votes, tough go to the state capitol and work with people who are actively trying to limit your rights and rights of others in florida. but it ...