Mike Davis On The Future Of The Supreme Court

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.6 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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This week, Martha is joined by Mike Davis, founder of The Article III Project and former chief counsel for nominations to the Senate Judiciary committee to discuss the Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett Martha and Mike discuss why Judge Barrett has long been a frontrunner to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, how the difference between the political parties have begun to impact appointments to the judiciary and what can we expect for the future of the Supreme Court if Judge Barrett is confirmed. Later, Mike weighs in on the hypothetical of court packing, why the idea hasn’t worked in the past and why he doesn’t believe the idea will work in the future. Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	The Untold Story with Martha McCallum, exclusive interviews with top newsmakers who share their inspiring
0:38.7	stories of perseverance, positivity, and more. Now, here's Martha McCallum.
0:47.5	So this week, America has gotten to know, Amy Coney-Barritt, watching her in hours of hearings and question and answer
0:56.8	with the Senate Judiciary Committee.
0:59.0	I'm sitting down today for the untold story
1:02.2	with someone who knows a lot about this entire process.
1:06.4	Mike Davis is the founder of the Article III project.
1:10.5	He's also the former chief counsel for nominations
1:13.0	to the Senate Judiciary Committee under the chairman Chuck Grassley then at the time, and he's a former
1:17.7	law clerk to Justice Gorsuch. Mike, great to have you with us today. Thank you for having me.
1:24.6	So, Mike, for a long time, Amy Coney-Barratt's name has been on the short list during
1:30.3	the course of the three nominations, really, that the president has put on the court now.
1:34.9	So why was it that she was always somebody to watch in this process?
1:40.4	I think that everyone saw this week why Judge Barrett was always someone to look out for.
1:47.0	She is 48 years old.
1:49.6	She graduated number one in her class at Notre Dame Law School.
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