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a german u-boat turned up in the a german submarine hit a sandbar 100 yards off the coast in long island in the hamptens in new york. and this german nazi submarine drops off four guys, four saboteurs. and we know they were saboteurs because they came ashore in a raft that was launched from that submarine. once they hit the beach they buried the raft. they also buried what they brought ashorebu with them, whi was a big cashe of explosives and detonators. and then they got away. that wa...

tonight, donald trump visits capitol hill for the first time since january 6. while president biden signs a 10 year defense agreement with ukraine. then the supreme court rejects a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone. plus, what happened today when donald trump made his election pitch to americas top ceos? as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle and we are now 145 days away from the election. this weekend will mar...

accountable. "new york times" with this, quote -- within hours of a jury finding mr. trump guilty last week, the anger conyield into demands for action. since then, the prominent gop leaders have demanded they use every instrument of power again democrats, included targeted investigations and prosecutors. here step miller puts it -- >> is every house committee controlled by republicans? in every way, it needs to right now with every republican d.a. to start is every donor off the sidel...

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Supreme court justices had been appointed by democratic president. the next 11 appointments were by republican presidents. 11 in a row. 16 of the last 21 appointments to the supreme court have been by republican presidents. the republican court packing tonight begin with donald trump and mitch mcconnell, but took it to a new level. now most republican members of the mcconnell senate have effectively taken position that no democratic presidents should ever be allowed to appoint a supreme court ju...

Controversial, divisive political issues that come before them, things like abortion rights and voting rights. things like if the court acts in a controls way they are risking some of the country may not want to abide by their ruling because some significant portion of the country thinks the court is bs so why should they follow its rulings. as argued in the new book "the shadow docket" quote as courts become the battlefield for fights over voter suppression laws, election integrity disputes, pe...

Joining us now is the university of texas law professor, the author of the new book "shadow docket" how the supreme court uses stealth rurngs to amispower and undermine the republic. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> what did i say wrong? >> nothing. no. i think the reality is that over the last five or six years, weve seen the supreme court use what used to be rare orders that we actually saw in the 1980s and 1990s in the death penalty context where they were enormously importa...

But in type, in terms of the way that ruling came down, its the kind of ruling that has actually become much more rare in recent years. along with everything else thats changing in the way our country runs. since 2017, the supreme court has started issuing its rulings differently. has started issuing fewer what we think of as sort of traditional rulings even on controversial issues like that one. theyve instead shifted to something you might have heard of but probably didnt understand called the...

Become much more rare in recent years. along with everything else thats changing in the way our country runs. since 2017, the supreme court has started issuing its rulings differently. has started issuing fewer what we think of as sort of traditional rulings even on controversial issues like that one. theyve instead shifted to something you might have heard of but probably didnt understand called the shadow docket. well, now its time for those of us who arent lawyers to understand what lawyers a...