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Amanpour: Trevor Potter, Frank Langella, and Bill Kristol

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Campaign finance and election law expert Trevor Potter joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss mail-in voting and the U.S Senate’s confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Then, from courtroom battles to courtroom dramas, Oscar nominated actor Frank Langella talks about the Netflix film, “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Joining Walter Isaacson, conservative political analyst Bill Kristol shares why he thinks the Republican party could become obsolete if its members continue to back the Trump administration at all costs. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammon poor here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

I nominated Amy Koney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States and

0:16.2

tonight she will be confirmed by the Senate. Just one week before election day

0:22.3

and Trump gets his third conservative justice onto the Supreme Court.

0:26.3

Its first test could be to decide the 2020 election.

0:30.3

Trevor Potter joins me about using the law to defend voters rights.

0:35.0

Then...

0:36.0

We want to underscore again that we're coming to Chicago peacefully,

0:39.0

but whether we're given permits or not, we're coming.

0:42.0

Alarming parallels between this election season and 1968.

0:47.0

The Oscar-nominated actor Frank Langella joins us to talk about his new film,

0:52.0

the trial of the Chicago 7.

0:54.0

Plus, he's made clear he wants people who will do what he says.

0:58.0

Does not want of people who will follow the rule of law.

1:00.0

How Trumpism has devoured the Republican Party Hall, prominent conservative and editor at large for the

1:06.3

Bullwock, Bill Crystal speaks to our Walter Isakson. Thank you. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London.

1:29.4

After today's confirmation vote in the Senate, Judge Amy Barrett becomes President Trump's

1:34.4

third appointment to the Supreme Court just in his first term and likely to tilt the court

1:39.2

to the right potentially for the next generation.

1:42.1

But the court could make some important rulings in the next generation. But the court could make some important

1:44.0

rulings in the next few weeks. A record 60 million Americans have already cast their

1:48.8

ballots in early voting and President's

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