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Elected office in the legislator. my worry is that they don't believe that they should be bound by the code that every other justices bound by. because they think they aren't judges, they believe their policy makers. >> i think they're probably people magical peyton enjoy the fact that they're making law. they're effectively the functioning branch of the republican party in a lot of ways. the republicans in the legislator are busy having hearings about covid coming from mars or wherever. other republicans, conservative justices on the court a crafting law. i had a magic and that the republican...

Conservative justices on the court don't really think they are judges. they don't really think they should be bound by the same code of conduct as every other federal judge is. their policy makers, not judge. as they're making -- not interpreting law -- the new justices, gorsuch, kavanaugh, coney barrett, they ran campaigns for the supreme court. that's just like we run campaigns for elected office in the legislature. my worry is that they don't believe that they should be bound by the code that every other justice is bound by, because they think they aren't judges, they believe their policy m...

Think they are not judges, they believe they are policy makers. >> well, and i think there are probably people in the gop that enjoy the fact they're making law. right, they're effectively the functioning branch of the republican party in a lot of ways. the republicans in the legislature are busy having hearings about covid coming from mars or whatever and the justices on the court are actually drafting law. and i would imagine that the republican caucus is probably loathe to do anything that would curb that kind of -- their ability to do something like that. do you have a sense there's any ki...

You may know i silt on the house intelligence committee. i'm a former air force pilot and officer of national security is one of the main things that i work on here in congress. i can tell you there's ways for us to be aware of whether there are imminent dangers or things we have to have members of congress have knowledge of. so i'm not terribly concerned about that. i think a greater concern is the issue you raise about suppose we get another ten days into this and we don't have a speaker and then people begin to wonder a am i going to get paid. that does become a concern. but i don't think w...

Shores of a west wing that now closely resembles "home alone" than a functioning branch. inside the white house aides describe a chaotic, free wheeling atmosphere reminiscent of the early weeks of trump's presidency with counterweights like ousted chief of staff john kelly gone, some advisers say the west wing has the feel of the 26th floor of trump tower, where an unrestrained trump had absolute control over his family business and was free to follow his impulses. joining us on this big day, one of the reporters with that huge scoop of the weekend, axios political reporter alexi mchammond, pl...