The Lever

The Conservative majority once again flexing its clout on the sharply divided high court.

Supreme Court ruling that significantly expands the right to carry a gun.

Justices released their decision effectively overturning the constitutional right to an abortion. That was a six to three ruling blocking President Biden's student loan forgiveness program.

I probably don't have to tell you that the U.S. Supreme Court has been in the news a lot lately.

A defiant judgment from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito today.

Like a lot a lot.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas finally discloses one of his

controversial trips. At least 38 destination vacations, including a yacht trip around the

Bahamas, 26 private jet flights, eight private helicopter rides. Paid for by Republican megadoner Harlan Crow.

And the news has been about some pretty shady stuff.

Billionaires who are invested heavily in influencing the Supreme Court have been caught,

giving enormous secret gifts to individual justices.

When you doomscroll through story after story, it can be overwhelming.

By issuing subpoenas to conservative political activist Leonard Leo.

Today, 18 Democrats from the House Judiciary Committee signed a letter to Chief Justice Roberts.

Sometimes it's helpful to step away from your phone and computer and dust off your old VCR. And go back in time to when the Supreme Court wasn't such an obvious horror show of scandal and corruption.

Let's take those, some of those issues you mentioned.

Check out this VHS tape.

It's a recording of capital conversation.

It was a public affairs TV program from the Clinton era.

You probably don't remember it unless you were one of the cool kids who spent Sunday mornings watching dry political talk shows on Channel 8 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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