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Never know what he's been up to. he upheld merrick garland's hearing and amy coney barrett is like, we're not partisan, never, we're not doing a shadow docket, what are you talking about, look the other way. it's insulting, is really what it is, to the american people. i'm outdone by them, constantly. >> shocked, shocked, i tell you, that gambling is taking place here. john, justice barrett isn't the only one who went up against the media. i want to play for you what justice clarence thomas said this week. >> i think the media makes it sound as though you are just always going right to your pe...

Than a month ago, but denied mary garland a hearing because it was eight months out. >> i just consistently feel like republicans are punching us. like, they just think that the american people are stupid. like we don't know what mitch mcconnell is doing, like we never know what he is up to? he upheld, you know, mary garland's confirmation hearing just through amy coney barrett and then she's just, like we're not partisan. what do you mean? us? never! we are not doing a shadow docket, what are you talking about? look the other way. it's insulting, really what it is to the american people. and ...

Clearly need to look in the mirror and do some soul searching, if they are trying to figure out how the court became so politicized. they are the ones who are breaking all of the courts rules, who are violating decades, if not centuries, of institutional precedent, in order to change the law on abortion, on religious liberty, on every issue republicans care about, in the middle of the night, through the shadow docket. >> so john, can we track this all back to senator mcconnell playing politics with obama's confirmations, or is there something else here to blame? is there more than one person t...

On religious liberty, on every issue republicans care about, in the middle of the night through the shadow docket. >> jon, can we track this all back to senator mcconnell playing politics with obama's confirmations or is there something else here to blame? is there more than one person to blame in how we got here? >> i mean, in the modern era or the very modern era, you could look back at that moment, it's certainly a big moment, right? he says, we're not going to let you nominate anybody, we won't even hear from them, merrick garland doesn't get a hearing. and there's certainly anger on the s...

Court has all but green lit? can you just give me your legal analysis on where things stand? >> two separate issues. the supreme court of the united states has made clear they are going to put restrictions on roe and they are going to allow states to clearly move in a direction that makes it harder for women to exercise decisions over their own bodies. on a parallel track, we do have a department of justice that is fighting back and hopefully crafting a legal argument that is going to carry the day. what i think texas did, i believe, to be unconstitutional. i wish that the supreme court of the...