We live in a country of the rule of law.

Chief among the laws is the Constitution.

How can we possibly allow the President to install his lackey as the attorney general

of the United States with no Senate confirmation?

The story that Weber Ross told to Congress is false.

He did not do this in response to a Department of Justice letter.

He did consult with the White House and was motivated by political considerations.

And some of the stuff that we found in discovery, I mean it's wild.

Hi and welcome back to Amicus Slates Podcast about the Supreme Court, the Law and the Rule

of Law.

I'm Daly Lyfoot, I cover the courts for slate and it has been a rollicking week again featuring

midterm madness on Tuesday and recounts and broken machines and then the forced resignation

of Jeff Sessions on Wednesday.

And then a fall by Ruth Bader Ginsburg that resulted in news of three cracked ribs on

Thursday, Justice Brett Kavanaugh had his formal installation at the court on Thursday

and who knows, who knows what comes next, the beat goes on as they say.

Later on in the show we are going to take a closer look at voting again, not just how

we all voted last Tuesday with the glorious long lines and the broken machines and the

possible vote purges.

Now we are going to take a deep dive into a case that is actually being litigated this

very week in federal court in New York about the propriety of seeking citizenship information

on the next census.

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