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I think thats why theyre hearing oral argument on this as opposed to the rent moratorium case you mentioned a moment ago in which the supreme court just decided that on its shadow docket. >> neal, i wont tell anybody where you are, but you did put on twitter a picture of that ski slope and i wont say what state its in. i think i know. please go out there and do a double black diamond for me and dont die in the process, okay? >> i will. >> thank you for spending time with us. >> i will, my friend...

To face a real dilemma in think about the material consequences of its actions if it tries to strike this down. i mean, you dont need to be a scientist to know that higher vaccination rates are good for everyone. i mean, heck, even donald trump thinks that vaccines are saving lives. thats what he said yesterday. and hes about as far as you can get from a scientist. so, i think its a really hard thing for the court to strike down, so i guess i disagree a little bit with the "new york times" and i...

The shadow docket is the emergency management tool it uses to handle emergency appeals like this. we saw they used it in the texas abortion case and earlier in a case involving execution but they received a lot of criticism. from the shadow docket to the regular docket is a really interesting move that suggestions that the court is amenable to out cry from the public. whether or not the biden administration is going to face a hospital reception before the 6-3 conservative super majority is a dif...

Merits of the case, they did it about procedure, vigilante stuff. what happens this week thats different from last time? >> well, this time, unlike before when you had that ruling you referred to in which they allowed this to go into case, even though some justices expressed skepticism. that was done in the shadow docket. its an emergency order that goes up to the court often before a law goes into effect saying, hey, we think theres a problem here. can you intervene? can you put it on hold unti...

Something like that. >> what else did he say? >> he talked about some of these expected commission recommendations. he is discouraging court expansion, saying that he thinks that people should think long and hard about making any coined of major changes to the court. he once upon a time was in favor of term limits, like 18-year term limits, but he is going on his nearly 28th year. he certainly isnt favor in that for himself anymore. but he addressed court practices, issues of transparency. he al...

Affirm the decision yesterday. they can try on technicalities and so on, but i take justice alito, what he said at his word and it makes it very difficult for the court of appeals to do anything but stop the enforcement of the texas law. what that then does is set up a supreme court decision, do they want to hear this on the shadow docket, which means no oral argument, just kind of, you know, quick decision on whether roe vs. wade is the law of the land? i dont think so. i think they will have t...

The courtss conservative justices. criticizing how the court handles emergency appeals. got to love the shoutout. what do you make of this public positioning to defend the court and alitos response to your work? >> this is one of the most powerful people. not addressing the criticism of what is called the shadow docket. not that it exists, but yized to make sweeping decisions outside of public scrutiny when theres partisan link. alito giving a trump-like rant, is exactly what i was rite writhing...

That way for a while. and we didnt see a political price being exacted for that. so, i worry that this is happening when people are exhausted of the onslaught of a host of different urgencies. i worry that this happens when we are spending a lot of time talking about budget reconciliation, when people dont even understand what that means. and im not sure its going to be that same uprising of women that we saw a few years back when the threat seems so much newer and so much more shocking. im afra...

With arguments on a new york gun law restricting people from carrying guns in public in november and arguments on a mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks, a direct challenge to roe v. wade. fractures have been in full few with stinging dissents after five conservatives refused to block the law in texas without hearing arguments, a move some label part of the shadow docket. sonia sotomayor was blunt about what she thinks lies ahead. there will be a lot of disappointment in the law...

Handles emergency appeals. have to love the shout out. what do you make of this public positioning to defend the court and alitos response to your work? >> i mean, this is obviously a disgraceful way for a justice to behave. this is one of the most powerful people in the american government, unable to face criticism without throwing a tantrum. hes not even addressing the criticism of whats called the shadow docket, which is not that it exists but its used to make sweeping decisions outside of pu...