Today is Saturday, October 17th, and today we're talking about the US Supreme Court.

We'll cover a lot from the potential impact of President Trump's latest nominee,

Judge Amy Koney Barrett, to the pros and cons of what's known as packing the court.

Joining me to break it all down is Tom Dupree.

He was a US Justice Department official from 2007 to 2009

who served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General.

He's taken part in plenty of high profile cases and

Chambers and Partners has named him one of the leading appellate lawyers in the US

for the last eight years in a row. He's often a guest as a legal analyst on

national media ranging from Fox News to MS NBC, and he's a partner at the private

practice Gibson Dunn.

So here's our conversation about the state of the US Supreme Court right now and the process

to fill its vacant seat on the bench.

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I'm Erica Mandy, it's time for today's special edition Saturday. You ready. the much for coming on the newsworthy. Absolutely, thanks for having me.

So we heard Senator Lindsey Graham acknowledge this earlier this week, but basically we kind of

know Republicans for the most part are going to vote yes and confirm Judge Amy

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