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Is that, you know, with the democratic senate we can continue to confirm judges. joe biden has been very successful at confirming judges for the federal judiciary. he also gets to continue to govern, which means that he gets his cabinet and sub cabinet officials confirmed when he needs them. we were looking at, you know, a scenario where that might get a standstill. i agree with ashley. this is a great moment for our country. i disagree a little bit that, you know, that means we are going to get a big proactive legislative agenda. i just don't think the house of representatives is going to let...

By the way, who have to make these tough decisions we are going to make considerable progress. >> i was shocked to find out how difficult it is for people without insurance, women without insurance to get contraception in the city. >> it is very very difficult. but i'm gonna tell you this, i think that our opportunities right now are -- because when you got a supreme court decision, and you've got a back stop, so it's easy to let politicians demagogue issues to death. and run is far to the right as they can, knowing that there is a backstop there that is not gonna happen. well this is kind of ...

Doctrine. it is basically this idea that state legislatures have basically supremacy over federal elections in their state, overruling state courts, et cetera. it could have really profound implications on federal elections going forward and the court says, yeah, we're going to take up this issue. >> yeah, and people who have watched the redistricting process for years have always thought about, well, it gets kicked over -- a court takes it over, a state court and they look at it and they're an independent arbiter here. that's been a back stop for them. governors have been a back stop, particu...

Of discussion. they have known each other for some time. >> the issue of the formula shortage -- >> please stop. >> i understand. >> silence. please show -- >> thank you for your service and your husband for your service as well. issue of formula, if anything the crisis reminded everyone -- >> simon, if you could respect your colleagues and other media and reporters, that would be appreciated. >> sir, please. >> this is not [inaudible] >> formula is not a luxury item, it's essential. such a valuable commodity the president thinks we need a back stop, to surge like we do other essential items, ...

Issues. he broke with the conservative block in the case of limits of this kind of political trick, where politicians draw a map and use that map to then basically pick their own voters to deny you an effective say because they preordained it. and republicans specifically as i mention are trying to cancel out black voters who currently tend to vote in the aggregate for democrats. as the times column recently put it, new conservative voting rights order from the supreme court is so at odds with precedent that john roberts is feeling constrained to dissent. roberts has a pretty narrow view of fe...