'Solidifying A Conservative Majority'? - 6/28/18

The Glenn Beck Program

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🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Hour 1 Goodbye to the swing vote?...Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire... 'greatest defender of liberty'? ...Can President Trump solidify court's conservative majority? President & CEO of First Liberty Institute Kelly Shackelford tells us if it's possible...Will this be the end of Roe v. Wade? ...Possible noms: Mike Lee, Mike Lee's brother? ...Rep. Mark Sanford talks to Glenn about The Hill Article: 'House Freedom Caucus roiled Trump's attacks on Mark Sanford'...Sanford pleads his case for his recent defeat ...Who wants to go live on the moon? Hour 2 Stranded in an airport with Bill O'Reilly?...Watching the left react to Kennedy's retirement = fun...The left is panicking because 'they are losing'...Will John Roberts be the new Anthony Kennedy?...Bill and Glenn go to bat for wounded vets...IndependenceFund.org ...To Serve or Not to Serve Gay Wedding Cakes?...Red Hen backlash; owner resigns?...Social Civil War is under way...'selective' not 'mass' violence is on the way? Hour 3 'The Great Revolt: Inside The Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics'...Co-authors Salena Zito and Brad Todd join the show to discuss the cultural unrest that helped make Trump president...Who voted, What, Where, and Why?...Obama Democrats did vote for Trump...Expecting a re-election? ...Sen. Mike Lee calls in to discuss the upcoming retirement of SCJ Anthony Kennedy... 'I certainly wouldn't not say no'...brother's name is in the mix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Glenn Beck.
0:02.0	Retiring Supreme Court justice, Anthony Kennedy, 81 years old, and the longest serving current
0:08.3	justice on the court.
0:09.8	President Reagan was the one who nominated Kennedy to the Supreme Court in 1988.
0:15.0	He was a compromise choice for Reagan after the Senate rejected his first choice, which
0:22.0	was Robert Bork.
0:23.2	I remember driving across the country.
0:25.9	I was just about to start at K-O-I in Phoenix, Arizona, and I listened to those hearings
0:33.1	on the radio and could not believe the way they were treating Robert Bork.
0:38.0	So it was a compromise, and it had huge ramifications as Kennedy developed a track record as the
0:43.6	swing vote in many Supreme Court decisions, including the decision on same-sex marriage
0:49.2	and votes that upheld Roe vs. Wade.
0:52.8	Now he was not a constitutionalist.
0:56.4	I think he was actually trying to do the right thing, but because it was just him trying
1:03.3	to find a way to do what he felt was right, he screwed things up.
1:10.0	He voted on several pivotal cases.
1:13.0	Many on the right are giddy that he is leaving the court.
1:17.2	But before conservatives throw too much confetti about his departure, it is worth noting that
1:22.1	he also sided with a majority on two decisions just this last month that have far-reaching
1:28.0	impact for people of faith.
1:30.3	The first was the masterpiece cake shop decision.
1:34.4	The second was the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates versus the California
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