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Top? >> i think president biden has been doing a lot better on federal courts and federal judges than previous democratic administrations have, both in focusing on judicial nominations as an important part of any political parties agenda, as well as in the kinds of nominees he has nominated to the federal bench. but the reality is it is not actually fix the problem we find ourselves in. and i think he's doing better as far as talking about the problems that the supreme court is for the country acknowledging that this is not a normal court, but words are not going to be enough, because we know ...

What is happening in the courts is actually resulted in a lack of faith of the supreme court itself. they are willing to burn down the house, debris down the institution of our democracy to preserve power. this is the time we have to vote. we have to take action. we can't be silent. >> that is an excellent point that i think people should keep in mind. to your points about the popular standing of the supreme court -- it seems to me that she justice roberts doesn't quite get that the ethics problems that the court is facing, plus these decisions -- snatching back constitutionally guaranteed rig...

As for him getting advice, there's actually a committee with in the judiciary made up of other judges, called the financial disclosure committee of the judicial conference. it's there specifically to answer questions about what is required and not required for financial disclosure. why don't the supreme court justices go there instead of listening to this nebulous advice from unidentified people. it's a real mess and the excuse has made it worse. >> wow, so dahlia lithwick writes today, quote, we keep center doing the justices and their ethics misfires at the expense of the real crusting here....

Listening to this nebulous advice from unidentified people. it's a real mess and the excuse has made it worse. >> wow, so dahlia lithwick writes today, quote, we keep center doing the justices and their ethics misfires at the expense of the real crusting here. billionaires being assigned like something out of the big brother's program, to individual justices for the purposes of lavish gift giving and influence. it is a big game safari for access the powerful people. thomas and alito ought to behave like republican politicians but cry foul when the court is accused of being political? >> i thin...

Leak of the decision. there is a big mess of ethics problems that surrounds these trajectory of the dobbs decision and the decision itself. >> all right. thank you for being with us tonight, senator sheldon. the white house of rhode island. joining me now is louisiana congressman troy carter, and thank you for being with us today. let's start with this, president biden signed the debt ceiling bill yesterday, avoiding a default. you spent some time on the house floor, urging the republican colleagues to pass a deal. are you happy with what congress in the white house settled on? >> first of all...