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Rules. by the way, if the supreme court does not make decisions. based upon majority rules. the way they want to pack there that they will make it anothers legislative branch. what makes them believe that? >> why do they get to tell us how to live in new york and california? i think you have a unique point of view you are from —-dash the republicans and democrats living together. what do you think about this mindset? >> i lived in newark.tennessee is home. i dont agree with that transition. i ...

The country. >> and no one noticed iceland? i think that the middle stuff is super offensive and it is exactly the same type of thing hillary clinton said. it is the same language. they do believe it. they always have to have these really thoughtful discussions about, why did we lose another election? this is why. the other reason is so that you can-win world war ii. >> yeah. >> grade point. judge, the middle stuff, we dont have a democracy. you have the senate. you have the white house. you hav...

Course, if you kill the filibuster so with a simple majority, you can reverse and create a federal law protecting the right to an abortion, then when the republicans come in, as they may well in january, with a majority, they could undo that with a simple majority. so, you know, i can understand the practical and the political reasons why the -- this administration and every administration says lets not turn the senate into the house, where majority rules, because then you could have a whipsaw b...

Constitution. furthermore the constitution was explicitly designed against. majority rules, the opinions on the rights of minorities are protected thats why theres a difference between a republic in a democracy. its so crucial all those foundational ideas of what kind of country we are and how we should be run are reflected in this weeks rulings. people cite polls showing 70% of americans wanted roe to stay. others show similar majorities for abortion restrictions and in line with the mississipp...

Constitution. furthermore the constitution was explicitly designed against. majority rules, the opinions on the rights of minorities are protected thats why theres a difference between a republic in a democracy. its so crucial all those foundational ideas of what kind of country we are and how we should be run are reflected in this weeks rulings. people cite polls showing 70% of americans wanted roe to stay. others show similar majorities for abortion restrictions and in line with the mississipp...

Constitution. furthermore the constitution was explicitly designed against. majority rules, the opinions on the rights of minorities are protected thats why theres a difference between a republic in a democracy. its so crucial all those foundational ideas of what kind of country we are and how we should be run are reflected in this weeks rulings. people cite polls showing 70% of americans wanted roe to stay. others show similar majorities for abortion restrictions and in line with the mississipp...

His confirmation process? they tried to destroy kavanaugh. bush 41 stood by clarence thomas, president trump stood by kavanaugh and here we are today. alito set the right tone but he said nothing and this decision puts those cases at risk. the reason he decided roe v wade was wrongly decided it deals with potential for life. these are the privacy issues like contraception do not deal with the potential for life. he made a distinction between same-sex marriage and contraception which i think will...

That. so joe manchin joined in the effort to come together and get a bill which he thought could get ten republican senators to join on to and have 60, not to do it by the majority rules rules, but do it with the 60 votes that the senate requires unfortunately. so there was movement. there was work and what we did, we didnt pass hr-1 again, we passed the manchin bill again, the freedom to vote act. i think its unfair to sort of say theyre just sitting on there -- keep passing stuff that wont pas...

People act. so now the question is reforming our senate rules and senator manchin has said that he wants -- wanted time to get republicans on board, either enough to support the freedom to vote act or republicans to reform the rules. it looks very clearly like thats not happening now and so now is the moment that we have to move forward as senator manchin said today, earlier today, the american people need to have faith that their votes will count. and the only way to do that at this point in ti...