Hey everybody, we got a great one today. You know, for a change, Adam Surwer from the Atlantic

Monthly joins me today. He wrote one of the essays in the Atlantic Monthly's special issue

on what a second Trump term would look like. And believe me, it's a nightmare and a very real seeming nightmare.

Adams piece in the double issue is about what the courts will look like in a second Trump term.

And as you know, Trump nominated a lot of nightmares last time,

including the three Supreme Court justices who made overturning row possible.

But that was easy.

The Federal Society had time to line up Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Connie Barrett.

According to Serber, they didn't have all their ducks in a row for the district and circuit

courts last time because they, along with a lot of us, were taken by surprise by Trump's

victory.

And you will remember that there were Trump judges who made the right rulings in the 60-odd election

cases that went against Trump.

But this time, the Federal Society is ready with a list of reliably right-wing candidates

for federal judgeships.

And remember, it will only take 50 votes to confirm a judge because the vice president in a Trump term will be, of course, a Republican.

And we got a tough map in the Senate this term, folks.

And if Trump wins, it's quite likely they'll take the Senate.

Though I question whether they can keep the

House after their performance thus far. Anyway, something that's been really bothering me,

and probably many of you, is the way Israel has been conducting the war in Gaza, and I'm

reluctant to weigh in on this because it's loaded. I am a supporter of

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