URGENT Supreme Court Warning | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

Defending Democracy with Marc Elias

Democracy Docket

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4.9 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joins Marc Elias for a sweeping conversation on the state of American democracy—from the tragedy at Brown University to the urgent fight against Supreme Court capture, dark money, and fossil fuel influence. Whitehouse breaks down how billionaire interests engineered a “captured court,” why voting rights and environmental regulation are under attack, and what real Supreme Court reform must look like.Support independent journalism:https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-youtubeStay informed with the latest news and political analysis:https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/youtubeFollow Democracy Docket:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/democracydocket.comInstagram⁠: https://instagram.com/democracydocketFacebook⁠: https://facebook.com/democracydocketX/Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/DemocracyDocketTikTok⁠: https://tiktok.com/@democracydocketThreads: https://www.threads.net/@democracydocket

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0:00.0	Donald Trump's first year in office is almost complete, and boy, it hasn't been good.
0:04.8	Today's guest, Senator Sheldon White House, has been on the front lines fighting against Donald Trump's power grabs.
0:11.2	As the senator from Rhode Island, he is battling corruption on the Supreme Court,
0:15.3	defending democracy and Congress, and paving a path for Democrats to win in 2026.
0:20.6	In this conversation, the senator explains why polluters always seem to win on the
0:24.8	Supreme Court, and he proves why Donald Trump finds him his worst nightmare.
0:29.6	But before we get into it, please subscribe to this channel to stay informed about how you can defend democracy.
0:35.4	Senator Sheldon White House, welcome back to defending democracy.
0:38.3	Thank you very much, Mark. It's wonderful to be with you again.
0:41.3	It is great to see you, and we have a lot to cover, but I want to start by extending my condolences to your home state of Rhode Island, where we have again seen another mass shooting, this time at Brown University, one of the premier
0:55.5	colleges and universities in the country. You know, I don't even know what to ask you or what to say
1:02.0	other than there have now been more than 400 mass shootings in 2025. And I know you and your
1:09.5	colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle have done everything
1:13.4	you can to you know to try to curb this I assume that you're going to tell me that you've gotten
1:20.9	thoughts and prayers from Republicans in the Senate and in Congress but but no movement on any legislation.
1:28.3	Nope.
1:29.3	Yeah, I think the immediate thing that I would ask anyone listening is if you have opinions
1:37.3	on what the motives for this incident were, keep them to yourself.
1:42.3	It's not helpful now to the families who have injured kids, who
1:47.3	have murdered kids, and who are going through all of this trauma and sorrow and drama right
1:53.9	at the beginning of the holidays, to have a bunch of people with big mouths and no good thoughts
2:00.0	to be trying to butt into all of this. Let the
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