The Supreme Court Without Justice Kennedy

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🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Jacob Weisberg talks to Rick Hasen, a Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, about Justice Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court, the weight this will put on Chief Justice John Roberts, and whether or not this will finally motivate the left to vote on the courts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you want to see the court overturn?
0:02.0	You just said you want to see the court protect the second amendment.
0:04.9	Do you want to see the court overturn?
0:07.0	Well, if we put another two or perhaps three justices on,
0:11.0	that's really what's going to be, that will happen.
0:13.8	And that'll happen automatically in my opinion,
0:16.3	because I am putting pro-life injustices on the court.
0:20.3	We will begin our search for a new justice
0:24.6	of the United States Supreme Court.
0:27.2	It's imperative that the president's nominee be considered fairly
0:30.9	and not subjected to personal attacks.
0:33.9	Thus far, President Trump's judicial nominations
0:36.2	have reflected a keen understanding of the vital role
0:39.7	the judges play in our constitutional order.
0:46.7	Hello and welcome to Trumpcast, the show about the man
0:50.4	who's going to appoint another justice to the Supreme Court.
0:54.8	Yikes.
0:55.9	Donald Trump.
0:57.2	I'm Jacob Weisberg.
0:58.7	And that's what we're going to talk about today.
1:00.1	Justice Kennedy is retiring after 30 years on the court.
1:04.2	His retirement is effective July 31st.
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