1 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:24,457 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:24,924 --> 00:00:26,192 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:31,331 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 4 00:00:31,398 --> 00:00:33,833 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 5 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:34,801 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT"! 6 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:36,770 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANKS FOR 7 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:38,972 JOINING US. 8 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:40,273 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK! 9 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:40,774 HURRICANE HELENE CAUSED 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,308 DEVASTATION ACROSS THE 11 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:43,543 SOUTHEAST, ISRAEL KILLED THE 12 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:44,544 LEADER OF HEZBOLLAH, 13 00:00:44,611 --> 00:00:46,279 DRAMATICALLY ESCALATING TENSIONS 14 00:00:46,346 --> 00:00:47,447 IN THE REGION, AND HERE IN 15 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:49,616 NEW YORK, AN ANCHOR ON 16 00:00:49,683 --> 00:00:51,117 "NEW YORK ONE" HAD THE MOMENT 17 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:52,852 EVERYONE THERE DREAMS OF. 18 00:00:52,919 --> 00:00:54,721 >> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS FOR YOU 19 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:56,589 HERE ON NEW YORK 1, ACCORDING TO 20 00:00:56,656 --> 00:00:57,290 MULTIPLE REPORTS, INCLUDING 21 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:59,659 "THE NEW YORK TIMES." 22 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:02,162 MAYOR ERIC ADAMS HAS BEEN. 23 00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:05,398 INDICTED BY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS. 24 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:08,435 >> John: I LOVE THAT DELIVERY. 25 00:01:08,501 --> 00:01:09,436 HE FINALLY GOT HIS BIG BREAKING 26 00:01:09,502 --> 00:01:11,271 NEWS MOMENT, AND WAS JUSTIFIABLY 27 00:01:11,338 --> 00:01:12,305 SAVORING IT. 28 00:01:12,372 --> 00:01:15,308 IF I KEEP TALKING LIKE THIS, 29 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:16,376 I CAN MAKE THIS MOMENT LAST. 30 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:21,314 FOREVER. 31 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:23,416 SORRY, JAMIE WITH THE WEATHER, 32 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:25,218 THIS IS MY FUCKING TIME. 33 00:01:25,285 --> 00:01:26,820 BUT IT'S TRUE, ERIC ADAMS WAS. 34 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:27,520 INDICTED. 35 00:01:27,587 --> 00:01:28,121 THIS WEEK, FOR -- AMONG OTHER 36 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:28,855 THINGS -- ALLEGEDLY TAKING 37 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:29,889 BRIBES FOR POLITICAL FAVORS. 38 00:01:29,956 --> 00:01:32,092 HE'S ACCUSED OF RECEIVING FREE 39 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:38,298 AND STEEPLY DISCOUNTED FLIGHT 40 00:01:38,365 --> 00:01:39,132 $100,000 AND FREE STAYS IN 41 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:40,300 OPULENT HOTEL SUITES. 42 00:01:40,367 --> 00:01:40,900 AND NOT JUST THAT -- HE'S ALSO 43 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:41,501 ACCUSED OF KNOWINGLY ACCEPTING 44 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:42,102 ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS 45 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:43,103 FROM FOREIGN DONORS -- SOME OF 46 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:44,738 WHICH, BY THE WAY, HELPED HIM 47 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:46,239 QUALIFY FOR MORE THAN $10 48 00:01:46,306 --> 00:01:47,407 MILLION IN MATCHING PUBLIC 49 00:01:47,474 --> 00:01:48,475 CAMPAIGN FUNDS. 50 00:01:48,541 --> 00:01:50,110 THE INDICTMENT FOCUSES PRIMARILY 51 00:01:50,176 --> 00:01:50,844 ON GIFTS AND DONATIONS FROM 52 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:52,912 TURKEY, WHICH IS INTERESTING 53 00:01:52,979 --> 00:01:57,751 ENOUGH -- BUT HONESTLY, EVERY 54 00:01:57,817 --> 00:01:58,651 DETAIL IN IT IS INCREDIBLE. 55 00:01:58,718 --> 00:01:59,285 >> ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT, 56 00:01:59,352 --> 00:01:59,886 WHEN THE MAYOR'S STAFF MEMBER 57 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,588 ONCE ASKED A TURKISH AIRLINES 58 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:02,222 OFFICIAL WHERE ADAMS COULD STAY 59 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:03,723 WHILE VISITING TURKEY THE 60 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:04,457 OFFICIAL REPLIED, "FOUR 61 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:05,492 SEASONS." 62 00:02:05,558 --> 00:02:06,026 "IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE," THE 63 00:02:06,092 --> 00:02:09,763 STAFFER RESPONDED. 64 00:02:09,829 --> 00:02:10,330 "WHY DOES HE CARE?" 65 00:02:10,397 --> 00:02:10,730 SAID THE OFFICIAL. 66 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:11,531 "HE IS NOT GOING TO PAY. 67 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:12,165 HIS NAME WILL NOT BE ON ANYTHING 68 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:12,665 EITHER." 69 00:02:12,732 --> 00:02:13,767 THE MAYOR'S STAFFER REPLIED, 70 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:15,335 "SUPER." 71 00:02:15,402 --> 00:02:17,003 >> John: WOW. 72 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:19,039 FIRST, MAYBE DON'T ASSURE 73 00:02:19,105 --> 00:02:19,873 SOMEONE NOTHING WILL BE IN 74 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:21,875 WRITING, "IN WRITING." 75 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:23,943 YOU CAN FIND MORE HELPFUL TIPS 76 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:25,912 LIKE THAT IN MY BOOK "FLAGRANT 77 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:26,880 CORRUPTION FOR LITERAL DUMMIES." 78 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:31,151 BUT I LOVE THE AIRLINE OFFICIAL 79 00:02:31,217 --> 00:02:34,587 GETTING A LITTLE BIT SASSY WITH 80 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:36,089 THE "WHY DOES HE CARE" THERE. 81 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:37,624 "BITCH: IT'S A BRIBE. 82 00:02:37,691 --> 00:02:38,258 THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A RECEIPT. 83 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:38,491 RELAX." 84 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:39,125 ADAMS ALLEGEDLY GOT SO USED TO 85 00:02:39,192 --> 00:02:40,727 GETTING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT 86 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:41,795 ON TURKISH AIRLINES THAT HE FLEW 87 00:02:41,861 --> 00:02:42,996 ON IT EVEN WHEN DOING SO WAS 88 00:02:43,063 --> 00:02:44,898 OTHERWISE INCONVENIENT. 89 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:46,299 DURING ONE FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK 90 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:48,301 TO FRANCE, HE SOMEHOW ENDED UP 91 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:49,235 IN TURKEY, AND WHEN HIS PARTNER 92 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:49,869 ASKED WHY, HE SAID "TRANSFERRING 93 00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:51,204 HERE. 94 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:52,038 YOU KNOW FIRST STOP IS ALWAYS 95 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:54,240 ISTANBUL." 96 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:56,476 WHICH IS STUPID, BUT ALSO, A 97 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:57,644 PRETTY GOOD TOURISM SLOGAN FOR 98 00:02:57,711 --> 00:02:58,812 ISTANBUL. 99 00:02:58,878 --> 00:02:59,946 I'D SAY ERIC ADAMS GAVE THAT TO 100 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,681 THEM FOR FREE, BUT THEY CLEARLY 101 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,683 VERY MUCH PAID HIM FOR IT. 102 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:05,418 ADAMS ALSO APPARENTLY ONCE ASKED 103 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:06,986 WHETHER TURKISH AIRLINES COULD 104 00:03:07,053 --> 00:03:08,388 FLY HIM TO EASTER ISLAND, 105 00:03:08,455 --> 00:03:09,889 FORCING THE AIRLINE TO CONFIRM 106 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,224 THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ROUTES 107 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:12,959 BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHILE 108 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:13,526 BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW A 109 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:16,463 GLOBE WORKS. 110 00:03:16,529 --> 00:03:17,997 AND HE DID SEEM TO KNOW WHAT HE 111 00:03:18,064 --> 00:03:19,733 WAS DOING WAS SHADY, GIVEN AN 112 00:03:19,799 --> 00:03:20,900 AIDE ONCE REMINDED HIM TO 113 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:22,669 "PLEASE DELETE ALL TEXT MESSAGES 114 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:23,903 YOU SEND ME," TO WHICH ADAMS 115 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:26,473 RESPONDED, "ALWAYS DO." 116 00:03:26,539 --> 00:03:30,510 AND THAT WAS CLEARLY A FOOLPROOF 117 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:31,378 PLAN, GIVEN I'M READING 118 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:32,445 THOSE TEXTS TO YOU RIGHT NOW. 119 00:03:32,512 --> 00:03:33,913 AND LOOK, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE 120 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:35,081 UNFAMILIAR WITH ERIC ADAMS: 121 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:35,682 FIRST, I WISH I LIVED INSIDE 122 00:03:35,749 --> 00:03:37,517 YOUR MIND. 123 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:40,387 BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW: HE'S AN 124 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:42,455 EX-COP, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF 125 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:43,023 NEW JERSEY, AND ARGUABLY THE 126 00:03:43,089 --> 00:03:43,623 WEIRDEST MAYOR IN THIS CITY'S 127 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:43,857 HISTORY. 128 00:03:43,923 --> 00:03:44,891 AND WE'RE NO STRANGER TO WEIRD 129 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:46,426 MAYORS. 130 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:48,294 IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE HAD 131 00:03:48,361 --> 00:03:50,964 GOOBER SLENDERMAN, BILLIONAIRE 132 00:03:51,031 --> 00:03:56,102 LAWN GNOME, AND A MAN WHO WAS 133 00:03:56,169 --> 00:03:56,736 DISBARRED IN D.C. THIS WEEK FOR 134 00:03:56,803 --> 00:03:57,270 HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN A 135 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:57,837 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 136 00:03:57,904 --> 00:03:59,105 BUT ERIC ADAMS TAKES THE CAKE. 137 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:00,206 AND WHILE THERE'S NO SINGLE CLIP 138 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:01,808 THAT CAN TRULY CAPTURE HIS 139 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:02,776 CHAOTIC ESSENCE, IF I HAD TO 140 00:04:02,842 --> 00:04:03,877 PICK ONE, IT'D BE THIS MOMENT 141 00:04:03,943 --> 00:04:06,279 FROM LAST DECEMBER -- WHICH 142 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:07,047 STARTS WITH THE SOFTEST OF 143 00:04:07,113 --> 00:04:09,115 SOFTBALL QUESTIONS, AND GOES 144 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:10,383 SOMEWHERE I GUARANTEE YOU'RE NOT 145 00:04:10,450 --> 00:04:11,618 EXPECTING. 146 00:04:11,685 --> 00:04:14,054 >> SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 147 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,855 TOTALITY OF THE YEAR, IF YOU HAD 148 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:16,856 TO DESCRIBE IT IN THE -- IT'S 149 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:18,158 TOUGH TO DO IN ONE WORD -- WHAT 150 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:18,792 WOULD THAT WORD BE, AND TELL ME 151 00:04:18,858 --> 00:04:18,958 WHY. 152 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:21,394 >> NEW YORK. 153 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:22,462 THIS IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYDAY 154 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:26,066 YOU WAKE UP, YOU CAN EXPERIENCE 155 00:04:26,132 --> 00:04:27,567 EVERYTHING FROM A PLANE CRASHING 156 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:30,170 INTO OUR TRADE CENTER, TO A 157 00:04:30,236 --> 00:04:31,905 PERSON WHO'S CELEBRATING A NEW 158 00:04:31,971 --> 00:04:35,041 BUSINESS THAT'S OPEN. 159 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:37,911 >> John: HE IS, SADLY, 160 00:04:37,977 --> 00:04:39,746 UNSPEAKABLY FUNNY. 161 00:04:39,813 --> 00:04:41,881 HIS TWO ANSWERS FOR WHAT MAKES 162 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,450 NEW YORK SPECIAL -- WHICH WAS, 163 00:04:43,516 --> 00:04:45,185 AND I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, 164 00:04:45,251 --> 00:04:47,687 NOT THE QUESTION HE WAS ASKED -- 165 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:49,489 WERE ONE, 9/11, THE TERRORIST 166 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:50,824 ATTACK, AND TWO, "A PERSON WHO'S 167 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,092 CELEBRATING A NEW BUSINESS 168 00:04:52,158 --> 00:04:54,094 THAT'S OPEN," A THING THAT COULD 169 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,161 HAPPEN IN LITERALLY ANY CITY AT 170 00:04:55,228 --> 00:05:00,000 ANY MOMENT. 171 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:00,734 WHAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING 172 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,568 ABOUT? 173 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:02,202 IT FEELS LIKE HIS BRAIN IS JUST 174 00:05:02,268 --> 00:05:03,169 A VERSION OF CHAT GPT THAT WAS 175 00:05:03,236 --> 00:05:05,138 TRAINED ON CITIBANK ADS AND 176 00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:05,772 OSAMA BIN LADEN'S VISION BOARD. 177 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:07,374 EVEN GIULIANI IS LIKE "I DUNNO 178 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,875 IF I'D HAVE SHOEHORNED 9/11 IN 179 00:05:08,942 --> 00:05:10,910 THERE." 180 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,545 ADAMS AND HIS INNER CIRCLE HAVE 181 00:05:12,612 --> 00:05:13,346 ACTUALLY BEEN UNDER MULTIPLE 182 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,015 INVESTIGATIONS FOR NEARLY A YEAR 183 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:16,783 NOW -- THIS MONTH ALONE HAS 184 00:05:16,850 --> 00:05:17,951 BROUGHT THE RESIGNATIONS OF HIS 185 00:05:18,018 --> 00:05:19,419 CHIEF OF POLICE, SCHOOLS 186 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:20,920 CHANCELLOR, AND CHIEF COUNSEL. 187 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:22,789 SO THIS INDICTMENT WASN'T A 188 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:23,990 SURPRISE -- IT'S BEEN 189 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:25,558 ANTICIPATED SINCE LAST NOVEMBER, 190 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:27,060 WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED 191 00:05:27,127 --> 00:05:29,362 ADAMS'S PHONE AND iPAD. 192 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:30,563 AND LOOK, IT'S NOT LIKE THE FBI 193 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:32,565 HAS NEVER INVESTIGATED ANYONE 194 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:34,134 FOR BULLSHIT REASONS, AND ADAMS 195 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,435 IS ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS LIKE 196 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:37,570 ANYONE ELSE. 197 00:05:37,637 --> 00:05:38,204 BUT HE'S NOT BEEN HELPING 198 00:05:38,271 --> 00:05:39,773 HIMSELF. 199 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,341 LAST YEAR, ADAMS SAID HE'D BE 200 00:05:41,408 --> 00:05:43,243 "SHOCKED" IF ANYONE ON HIS 201 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:44,511 CAMPAIGN HAD ACTED ILLEGALLY, 202 00:05:44,577 --> 00:05:45,745 BECAUSE, QUOTE, "I CANNOT TELL 203 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:46,680 YOU HOW MUCH I START THE DAY 204 00:05:46,746 --> 00:05:48,982 WITH TELLING MY TEAM WE'VE GOT 205 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:51,484 TO FOLLOW THE LAW." 206 00:05:51,551 --> 00:05:52,118 AND I'M NOT CONVINCED YOU HAVE A 207 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:54,254 TON OF RESPECT FOR THE LAW IF 208 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,822 EVERY DAY YOU HAVE TO HYPE 209 00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:56,489 YOURSELF UP INTO OBEYING IT. 210 00:05:56,556 --> 00:05:58,591 AND ADAMS'S COZINESS WITH TURKEY 211 00:05:58,658 --> 00:05:59,159 HAS ALWAYS SEEMED A LITTLE 212 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:00,226 WEIRD. 213 00:06:00,293 --> 00:06:02,328 BACK WHEN HE WAS BROOKLYN 214 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:03,763 BOROUGH PRESIDENT HE EVEN 215 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:04,397 APPEARED IN A TURKISH ROMCOM, IN 216 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:06,066 WHICH TWO SUPPORTING CHARACTERS 217 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,367 HAD A PRETTY TELLING 218 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:11,371 CONVERSATION WITH HIM. 219 00:06:11,438 --> 00:06:12,005 >> SIR, CAN I ADD A STORY TO MY 220 00:06:12,072 --> 00:06:12,272 BUILDING? 221 00:06:12,339 --> 00:06:12,872 COULD YOU PLEASE SHOW ME A WAY 222 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:16,242 TO DO THAT? 223 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:16,876 >> THE HONORABLE MAYOR, PRECIOUS 224 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:17,143 MR. ERIC. 225 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:17,777 WE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS AFTER WE 226 00:06:17,844 --> 00:06:18,244 DECIDED TO OPEN A GYRO 227 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:19,713 RESTAURANT. 228 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:21,081 COULD YOU PLEASE GRANT ME A 229 00:06:21,147 --> 00:06:22,282 LICENSE? 230 00:06:22,349 --> 00:06:23,950 >> YOU GUYS ARE FROM TURKEY. 231 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:25,518 BROOKLYN LOVES TURKEY. 232 00:06:25,585 --> 00:06:26,953 BROOKLYN IS THE ISTANBUL OF 233 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:28,321 AMERICA. 234 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,323 WE LOVE YOUR FOOD, WE LOVE YOUR 235 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:31,091 MUSIC, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND 236 00:06:31,157 --> 00:06:32,258 TURKISH. 237 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:39,332 WE CAN TAKE A SELFIE THOUGH. 238 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:41,901 >> John: OKAY, IT'S NOT A GREAT 239 00:06:41,968 --> 00:06:42,869 SIGN WHEN EVEN THE FICTIONAL 240 00:06:42,936 --> 00:06:44,270 VERSION OF YOURSELF IS BEING 241 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:48,241 APPROACHED FOR POLITICAL FAVORS. 242 00:06:48,308 --> 00:06:49,309 BUT ALSO, BROOKLYN IS THE 243 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:52,946 ISTANBUL OF AMERICA?" 244 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:53,680 THAT IS A STRETCH. 245 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:54,247 BUT WHILE THAT CLIP HAS AGED 246 00:06:54,314 --> 00:06:59,152 POORLY, I'D ARGUE NOT AS BADLY 247 00:06:59,219 --> 00:07:01,855 AS THIS ONE, FROM JUST A YEAR 248 00:07:01,921 --> 00:07:02,188 AGO. 249 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:04,124 >> DIDDY FINALLY HAS THE KEY TO 250 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:09,195 THE CITY! 251 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:10,730 THE BAD BOY OF ENTERTAINMENT 252 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:11,598 IS GETTING THE KEY TO THE CITY 253 00:07:11,664 --> 00:07:13,933 FROM THE BAD BOY OF POLITICS!" 254 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:14,267 >> John: HEY! 255 00:07:14,334 --> 00:07:17,971 HEY! 256 00:07:18,038 --> 00:07:19,806 HEY, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO 257 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:20,540 ASSOCIATE WITH THAT GUY. 258 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:21,141 BECAUSE THINGS AREN'T LOOKING 259 00:07:21,207 --> 00:07:21,641 GREAT FOR HIM RIGHT NOW. 260 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:22,242 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHICH 261 00:07:22,308 --> 00:07:23,510 ONE I'M TALKING TO, THE ANSWER 262 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:25,145 IS "YES." 263 00:07:25,211 --> 00:07:25,945 WE'LL SEE HOW THIS STORY 264 00:07:26,012 --> 00:07:26,846 UNFOLDS, BUT AS OF TAPING ON 265 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:28,615 SATURDAY, ADAMS HAS PLED NOT 266 00:07:28,682 --> 00:07:29,649 GUILTY, AND IS INSISTING HE 267 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:30,884 WON'T STEP DOWN. 268 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,385 WHICH, OKAY. 269 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,287 BUT THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH HIS 270 00:07:34,354 --> 00:07:35,655 GENERAL PHILOSOPHY, WHICH HE'S 271 00:07:35,722 --> 00:07:38,191 SUMMED UP LIKE THIS. 272 00:07:38,258 --> 00:07:40,827 >> I AM THE PILOT FOLKS, AND YOU 273 00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:42,262 ARE ALL PASSENGERS. 274 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:44,030 STOP PRAYING FOR ME TO CRASH THE 275 00:07:44,097 --> 00:07:46,032 PLANE. 276 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:46,866 PRAY FOR ME TO LAND THE PLANE, 277 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:48,468 CAUSE THERE'S NO PARACHUTES ON 278 00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:49,502 THIS PLANE, WE'RE ALL GOING DOWN 279 00:07:49,569 --> 00:07:53,606 TOGETHER. 280 00:07:53,673 --> 00:07:55,775 >> John: OKAY, OBVIOUSLY, PRAYER 281 00:07:55,842 --> 00:07:56,309 DOESN'T LAND PLANES. 282 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:58,545 COMPETENCE DOES. 283 00:07:58,611 --> 00:07:59,179 EVEN IN YOUR ANALOGY, YOU SOUND 284 00:07:59,245 --> 00:07:59,913 LIKE A BAD PILOT. 285 00:07:59,979 --> 00:08:00,513 THE BAD BOY OF AIR TRAVEL, IF 286 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:05,518 YOU WILL. 287 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:06,252 BUT WHILE ALL OF THIS IS VERY 288 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:07,554 FUNNY, IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING 289 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:08,154 ADAMS HAS DONE REAL DAMAGE TO 290 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:08,421 THIS CITY. 291 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:09,089 HE'S BEEN A TERRIBLE MAYOR. 292 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:10,023 EVEN BEFORE HIS INDICTMENT, HE 293 00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:14,728 PROPOSED SLASHING FUNDING FOR 294 00:08:14,794 --> 00:08:15,662 LIBRARIES AND PRESCHOOLS, 295 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:16,830 BLOCKED A LAW BANNING SOLITARY 296 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,298 CONFINEMENT, AND APPOINTED A 297 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:18,765 "RAT CZAR" WHO WAS -- 298 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:19,532 UNFORGIVABLY -- NOT A RAT IN A 299 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:20,600 TOP HAT. 300 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:27,674 SO DESPITE WHAT ADAMS CLAIMS, 301 00:08:28,108 --> 00:08:28,875 THE ANSWER IS NOT TO PRAY FOR 302 00:08:28,942 --> 00:08:29,743 HIM TO SUCCEED. 303 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:30,610 IT'S TO INSIST HE LEAVES. 304 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:31,711 BECAUSE NEW YORK DESERVES 305 00:08:31,778 --> 00:08:31,945 BETTER. 306 00:08:32,012 --> 00:08:32,545 AND I FOR ONE CANNOT WAIT FOR 307 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:33,513 THE DAY WHEN WE GET TO HEAR THE 308 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:35,715 MOST ELECTRIFYING NEWS 309 00:08:35,782 --> 00:08:40,854 BROADCASTER IN THE CITY TELL US: 310 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:41,721 MAYOR ERIC ADAMS HAS RESIGNED. 311 00:08:41,788 --> 00:08:42,655 AND NOW, THIS. 312 00:08:42,722 --> 00:08:47,727 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 313 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:50,964 A LITTLE MORE OF ERIC ADAMS IS 314 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:51,364 FAVORITE METAPHOR. 315 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:54,734 >> I'M THE PILOT AND ALL OF YOU 316 00:08:54,801 --> 00:08:56,236 PASSENGERS. 317 00:08:56,302 --> 00:08:57,737 YOU BETTER PRAY THIS PLANE 318 00:08:57,804 --> 00:08:58,838 LANDS. 319 00:08:58,905 --> 00:09:00,340 STOP PRAYING THAT IT CRASHES. 320 00:09:00,407 --> 00:09:02,709 ON THE PILOT. 321 00:09:02,776 --> 00:09:04,744 ANYONE'S WISHING FOR THE PILOT 322 00:09:04,811 --> 00:09:06,212 TO FAIL, YOU BETTER REMEMBER 323 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:07,714 WHO'S FLYING IT. 324 00:09:07,781 --> 00:09:09,015 I'M THE PILOT, COPILOT, I SAY 325 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:10,784 THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 326 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:13,319 WE ARE GOING TO LAND THIS PLANE. 327 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:14,688 >> THE PEOPLE WAKE UP EVERY DAY 328 00:09:14,754 --> 00:09:16,623 AND SAY HOW DO I GET THE PILOT 329 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:19,559 OF THIS PLANE TO CRASH? 330 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:22,729 THESE GUYS ARE ON THE PLANE. 331 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:26,499 I AM THE PILOT OF THIS PLANE OF 332 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:28,301 NEW YORK CITY AND WE ARE ALL 333 00:09:28,368 --> 00:09:28,735 PASSENGERS. 334 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:32,138 IF I FAIL, THE PLANE GOES DOWN 335 00:09:32,205 --> 00:09:33,573 AND THERE ARE NO PARACHUTES. 336 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,910 >> I SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, 337 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:40,780 UNITED WE LANDED THE PLANE. 338 00:09:40,847 --> 00:09:41,715 >> THROUGHOUT THE TURBULENCE, 339 00:09:41,781 --> 00:09:44,751 MANY OF YOU ON BOARD WITH US, 340 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:46,586 TURBULENCE MEANS THE PLANES 341 00:09:46,653 --> 00:09:47,887 GOING TO SINK. 342 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:48,455 NO. 343 00:09:48,521 --> 00:09:52,525 ♪ ♪ 344 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:53,259 >> John: MOVING ON. 345 00:09:53,326 --> 00:09:53,893 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 346 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:54,494 JUDGES -- THE ONLY GOVERNMENT 347 00:09:54,561 --> 00:09:56,863 WORKERS WHOSE OFFICIAL DRESS 348 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:57,597 CODE IS "GOTH PONCHO." 349 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:58,732 JUDGES RULE ON MATTERS BIG AND 350 00:09:58,798 --> 00:10:00,467 SMALL, BUT THEY'RE ALSO HUMAN 351 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:01,735 BEINGS, AS WE GOT REMINDED EARLY 352 00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:03,103 IN THE PANDEMIC, WHEN SOMEONE 353 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:04,871 DIDN'T MUTE THEIR MICROPHONE 354 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:05,538 DURING THIS REMOTE SUPREME COURT 355 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,707 HEARING. 356 00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:08,675 >> AND WHAT THE FCC HAS SAID IS 357 00:10:08,742 --> 00:10:10,110 THAT WHEN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF 358 00:10:10,176 --> 00:10:12,178 THE CALL RANGES TO THE TOPIC -- 359 00:10:12,245 --> 00:10:14,214 [TOILET FLUSHES] 360 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:19,386 THEN THE CALL IS TRANSFORMED. 361 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:21,221 >> John: IT'S TRUE, SOMEONE 362 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:21,921 FLUSHED A TOILET DURING ORAL 363 00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:22,188 ARGUMENTS. 364 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,424 WHICH, TO BE FAIR, ISN'T THE 365 00:10:24,491 --> 00:10:25,291 MOST EMBARRASSING ZOOM MISHAP 366 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:25,925 FROM BACK THEN -- ON A SCALE OF 367 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:26,526 "ZERO TO JEFFREY TOOBIN," IT'S 368 00:10:26,593 --> 00:10:27,060 PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE 369 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:28,261 MIDDLE. 370 00:10:28,328 --> 00:10:29,362 AND I LOVE THAT LAWYER JUST KEPT 371 00:10:29,429 --> 00:10:29,562 GOING. 372 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:30,964 WHO AMONG US DIDN'T SIT ON THE 373 00:10:31,031 --> 00:10:31,564 TOILET DURING WORK HOURS BACK 374 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:32,032 THEN? 375 00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:32,999 YOU REMEMBER WHEN I WAS INTHE 376 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:34,401 VOID? 377 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:35,101 I WAS ON A TOILET THE WHOLE 378 00:10:35,168 --> 00:10:37,003 TIME. 379 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:38,104 I WAS DRESSED, I'M NOT A 380 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:39,439 PERVERT, BUT I WAS ON A TOILET. 381 00:10:39,506 --> 00:10:40,040 WHAT DO YOU MEAN "THAT'S EVEN 382 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:40,407 MORE CONFUSING?" 383 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:40,874 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 384 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:42,809 SHUT UP. 385 00:10:42,876 --> 00:10:46,379 THIS PAST TERM WAS EVENTFUL FOR 386 00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:46,946 THE SUPREME COURT, TO PUT IT 387 00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:47,180 MILDLY. 388 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:48,148 THEY ISSUED RULINGS ON 389 00:10:48,214 --> 00:10:48,915 EVERYTHING FROM GUN RIGHTS TO 390 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:50,383 SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP, TO 391 00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:52,152 GERRYMANDERING, AND ALSO, KIND 392 00:10:52,218 --> 00:10:54,921 OF MADE THE PRESIDENT A KING, 393 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:55,922 HOLDING 6-3, IN TRUMP VS. 394 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:56,523 THE U.S., THAT "PRESIDENTS ARE 395 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:56,990 COMPLETELY IMMUNE FROM 396 00:10:57,057 --> 00:10:57,791 PROSECUTION FOR THINGS THEY DID 397 00:10:57,857 --> 00:10:59,626 THROUGH CORE CONSTITUTIONAL 398 00:10:59,693 --> 00:11:02,796 POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY." 399 00:11:02,862 --> 00:11:06,533 ADDING, THEY'RE AT LEAST 400 00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:08,868 "PRESUMED TO BE IMMUNE -- AND 401 00:11:08,935 --> 00:11:09,502 POTENTIALLY ARE ALWAYS IMMUNE -- 402 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:10,103 FOR ALL OFFICIAL ACTS OF THEIR 403 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:10,737 PRESIDENCY," BUT LEAVING IT OPEN 404 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:11,304 TO INTERPRETATION AS TO WHAT 405 00:11:11,371 --> 00:11:11,938 CONSTITUTES A CORE POWER AND AN 406 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:12,806 OFFICIAL ACT. 407 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:15,875 WHICH ISN'T IDEAL! 408 00:11:15,942 --> 00:11:19,112 BECAUSE THERE ARE PRETTY OBVIOUS 409 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,080 REASONS WHY YOU'D WANT TO BE 410 00:11:20,146 --> 00:11:20,647 MORE PRECISE THERE, AS SONIA 411 00:11:20,714 --> 00:11:22,549 SOTOMAYOR TRIED POINTING OUT TO 412 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:22,916 TRUMP'S LAWYER. 413 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:25,885 >> IF THE PRESIDENT DECIDES THAT 414 00:11:25,952 --> 00:11:29,689 HIS RIVAL IS A CORRUPT PERSON 415 00:11:29,756 --> 00:11:32,659 AND HE ORDERS THE MILITARY OR 416 00:11:32,726 --> 00:11:34,794 ORDERS SOMEONE TO ASSASSINATE 417 00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:36,329 HIM, IS THAT WITHIN HIS OFFICIAL 418 00:11:36,396 --> 00:11:38,965 ACTS THAT -- FOR WHICH HE CAN 419 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:39,699 GET IMMUNITY? 420 00:11:39,766 --> 00:11:40,233 >> IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE 421 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:41,234 HYPOTHETICAL. 422 00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:44,437 WE CAN SEE THAT COULD WELL BE AN 423 00:11:44,504 --> 00:11:44,771 OFFICIAL ACT. 424 00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:45,972 >> John: HOLY SHIT! 425 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,174 THAT IS TRUMP'S ATTORNEY ARGUING 426 00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:49,676 THE PRESIDENT COULD BE SHIELDED 427 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:52,178 FROM PROSECUTION FOR 428 00:11:52,245 --> 00:11:54,581 ASSASSINATING A POLITICAL RIVAL. 429 00:11:54,647 --> 00:11:56,549 THAT'S TERRIFYING. 430 00:11:56,616 --> 00:11:57,083 HONESTLY, THIS IS THE ORAL 431 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:57,884 ARGUMENT THAT SHOULD'VE FEATURED 432 00:11:57,951 --> 00:11:58,451 BATHROOM NOISES, AS IT SEEMS 433 00:11:58,518 --> 00:11:59,152 THEY JUST FLUSHED THE RULE OF 434 00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:01,955 LAW DOWN THE FUCKING TOILET. 435 00:12:02,022 --> 00:12:03,757 BUT EXTREMITY SEEMS TO BE THE 436 00:12:03,823 --> 00:12:05,191 WHICH HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN 437 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:06,559 APPLYING HARD-LINE CONSERVATIVE 438 00:12:06,626 --> 00:12:07,761 VIEWS TO REVERSE ESTABLISHED 439 00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:11,498 LAW. 440 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:13,967 IN 2022, THEY OVERTURNED 441 00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:14,267 ROE V. WADE. 442 00:12:14,334 --> 00:12:14,834 LAST YEAR, THEIR DECISION ON 443 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:15,802 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION REVERSED 45 444 00:12:15,869 --> 00:12:17,270 YEARS OF LEGAL PRECEDENT. 445 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:19,005 AND THIS JUNE, THEY DISCARDED 446 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:20,173 THE "CHEVRON DOCTRINE," WHICH -- 447 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,975 AS WE'LL GET INTO LATER -- IS A 448 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:22,976 CRITICAL, FOUR-DECADE-OLD 449 00:12:23,043 --> 00:12:25,578 PRECEDENT CONCERNING HOW 450 00:12:25,645 --> 00:12:26,579 REGULATORY AGENCIES WORK. 451 00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:28,014 AND ALL THIS FULFILLED A PROMISE 452 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:29,282 TRUMP REPEATEDLY MADE ON THE 453 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:31,017 CAMPAIGN TRAIL EIGHT YEARS AGO, 454 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:31,518 TO TRY AND GET HESITANT 455 00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:34,220 CONSERVATIVES TO SUPPORT HIM. 456 00:12:34,287 --> 00:12:35,588 >> WE HAVE TO WIN AND ONE OF THE 457 00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:37,524 BIGGEST REASONS WE HAVE TO DO 458 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:40,994 THIS FOR UNITED STATES SUPREME 459 00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:44,097 COURT JUSTICES. 460 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:44,998 YOU GOTTA GO FOR TRUMP. 461 00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:46,833 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. 462 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:52,038 AND REMEMBER JUSTICES OF THE 463 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:52,472 SUPREME COURT. 464 00:12:52,539 --> 00:12:53,273 REMEMBER THAT. 465 00:12:53,340 --> 00:12:54,107 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. 466 00:12:54,174 --> 00:12:54,641 THAT'S ALL. 467 00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:56,242 THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO THINK. 468 00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:58,311 >> John: THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A 469 00:12:58,378 --> 00:12:58,978 PRETTY SUCCESSFUL ARGUMENT. 470 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:00,547 IF TRUMP HAD PROMISED TO "THROW 471 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,449 PAPER TOWELS AT HURRICANE 472 00:13:02,515 --> 00:13:04,684 VICTIMS," OR "MOLEST A FLAG" OR 473 00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:06,353 "DECORATE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR 474 00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:07,754 CHRISTMAS LIKE IT'S AN A24 475 00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:08,855 HORROR MOVIE," IT MIGHT'VE BEEN 476 00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:09,989 A LESS COMPELLING MESSAGE, 477 00:13:10,056 --> 00:13:12,459 THOUGH TO BE FAIR, NO LESS TRUE. 478 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:14,894 BECAUSE TRUMP DELIVERED ON THAT 479 00:13:14,961 --> 00:13:16,162 PROMISE -- AND NOT JUST AT THE 480 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:16,596 SUPREME COURT LEVEL. 481 00:13:16,663 --> 00:13:17,497 HE'S RESHAPED THE JUDICIARY FROM 482 00:13:17,564 --> 00:13:19,065 TOP TO BOTTOM, IN WAYS THAT ARE 483 00:13:19,132 --> 00:13:21,601 ONLY STARTING TO BE FELT. 484 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:22,669 SO GIVEN THAT, TONIGHT, LET'S 485 00:13:22,736 --> 00:13:26,539 LOOK AT THE FEDERAL COURTS -- 486 00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:27,140 WHAT TRUMP'S DONE TO THEM, AND 487 00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:27,774 IF ELECTED AGAIN, WHAT HE COULD 488 00:13:27,841 --> 00:13:28,375 DO NEXT. 489 00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:28,942 AND LET'S START WITH HOW OUR 490 00:13:29,009 --> 00:13:29,743 COURT SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY 491 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:32,512 STRUCTURED. 492 00:13:32,579 --> 00:13:33,980 GENERALLY SPEAKING, LAWSUITS 493 00:13:34,047 --> 00:13:35,782 INVOLVING FEDERAL LAW START IN 494 00:13:35,849 --> 00:13:38,518 ONE OF 94 DISTRICT COURTS AROUND 495 00:13:38,585 --> 00:13:39,285 THE COUNTRY -- THERE'S AT LEAST 496 00:13:39,352 --> 00:13:41,154 ONE IN EVERY STATE, AND THIS IS 497 00:13:41,221 --> 00:13:42,956 WHERE TRIALS TAKE PLACE. 498 00:13:43,023 --> 00:13:45,058 IF A CASE IS APPEALED, IT GOES 499 00:13:45,125 --> 00:13:45,658 UP TO THE COURTS OF APPEALS -- 500 00:13:45,725 --> 00:13:46,926 THERE ARE 13 OF THOSE, DIVIDING 501 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:48,361 THE COUNTRY INTO REGIONAL 502 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:49,963 CIRCUITS. 503 00:13:50,030 --> 00:13:51,097 AND IF IT'S APPEALED FROM THERE, 504 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:52,465 THE SUPREME COURT COULD CHOOSE 505 00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:52,766 TO HEAR IT. 506 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,201 THERE'S SOME LITTLE STUFF I'M 507 00:13:55,268 --> 00:13:56,236 LEAVING OUT IN THERE, INCLUDING 508 00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:57,704 AN EXTRA LAYER AT THE BOTTOM 509 00:13:57,771 --> 00:13:59,339 CALLED, "JUDGE STEVE HARVEY GETS 510 00:13:59,406 --> 00:14:01,941 A CRACK AT IT," BUT THAT'S 511 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:04,044 BASICALLY IT. 512 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:05,278 THE SUPREME COURT HEARS AROUND 513 00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:05,979 100 CASES A YEAR, BUT THE 514 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:06,646 CIRCUIT COURTS BENEATH IT HANDLE 515 00:14:06,713 --> 00:14:09,382 AROUND 40,000, WITH THE DISTRICT 516 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:10,150 COURTS BELOW THEM HANDLING OVER 517 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:13,286 300,000. 518 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:13,920 SO THE DECISIONS OF THOSE LOWER 519 00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:17,924 COURTS ARE IN MOST CASES FINAL. 520 00:14:17,991 --> 00:14:18,658 AND TRUMP WAS ABLE TO RESHAPE A 521 00:14:18,725 --> 00:14:21,661 LOT OF THEM. 522 00:14:21,728 --> 00:14:23,129 THERE ARE AROUND 900 ACTIVE 523 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:24,864 FEDERAL JUDGES IN TOTAL, AND AS 524 00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:25,465 PRESIDENT, HE APPOINTED 234 OF 525 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:27,334 THEM, RIVALING THE NUMBERS OF 526 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,636 PRESIDENTS WHO HELD OFFICE FOR 527 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:30,837 TWICE AS LONG AS HE DID. 528 00:14:30,904 --> 00:14:33,306 AND IRRITATINGLY, HE TENDS TO 529 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:34,874 FRAME THIS AS A STROKE OF 530 00:14:34,941 --> 00:14:36,609 TREMENDOUS LUCK. 531 00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:39,779 >> YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT IN, WE 532 00:14:39,846 --> 00:14:40,413 HAD OVER 100 FEDERAL JUDGES THAT 533 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,083 WEREN'T APPOINTED. 534 00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:46,019 I DON'T KNOW WHY OBAMA LEFT 535 00:14:46,086 --> 00:14:46,219 THAT. 536 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:47,454 IT WAS LIKE A BIG, BEAUTIFUL 537 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:48,188 PRESENT TO ALL OF US. 538 00:14:48,254 --> 00:14:49,522 >> John: BUT WAS IT, THOUGH? 539 00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:51,691 BECAUSE THE ACTUAL REASON HE GOT 540 00:14:51,758 --> 00:14:53,693 THAT PRESENT WAS BECAUSE SENATE 541 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:54,894 REPUBLICANS, LED BY MITCH 542 00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:56,429 MCCONNELL, STONEWALLED OBAMA'S 543 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,131 JUDICIAL NOMINEES FOR YEARS. 544 00:14:58,198 --> 00:15:00,066 THOSE VACANCIES WEREN'T "GIFTED" 545 00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:01,801 SO MUCH AS "STOLEN," WHICH IS 546 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:02,869 CLEARLY DIFFERENT. 547 00:15:02,936 --> 00:15:05,138 OPRAH'S CAR GIVEAWAY WOULDN'T 548 00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:06,606 HAVE SEEMED NEARLY AS FUN IF 549 00:15:06,673 --> 00:15:07,207 SHE'D SPENT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT 550 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:10,510 CARJACKING EVERYONE IN CHICAGO. 551 00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:11,044 AND MCCONNELL HIMSELF HAS 552 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:13,580 ADMITTED THAT ONCE HE HAD A 553 00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:14,214 PRESIDENT TO HIS LIKING, FILLING 554 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:14,714 COURT SEATS WAS HIS TOP 555 00:15:14,781 --> 00:15:19,753 PRIORITY. 556 00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:20,587 >> IF I HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN 557 00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:21,621 TAKING UP A PARTICULAR BILL OR 558 00:15:21,688 --> 00:15:24,124 TAKING UP A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, 559 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:25,325 I'LL TAKE UP THE CIRCUIT COURT 560 00:15:25,392 --> 00:15:26,092 JUDGE BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES 561 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,528 THE LONGEST-LASTING CONTRIBUTION 562 00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:30,630 TO MAKING THIS THE KIND OF 563 00:15:30,697 --> 00:15:31,865 COUNTRY IT OUGHT TO BE. 564 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:32,465 >> John: HE'S NOT LYING THERE. 565 00:15:32,532 --> 00:15:34,100 DURING THE TRUMP YEARS, YOU 566 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:35,035 COULDN'T WHISPER THE WORDS 567 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:36,536 "COURT VACANCY" ANYWHERE IN 568 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:38,638 CONGRESS WITHOUT MCCONNELL 569 00:15:38,705 --> 00:15:43,643 EXCITEDLY BURSTING THROUGH THE 570 00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:44,978 WALL LIKE THE FUCKING 571 00:15:45,045 --> 00:15:45,311 KOOL-AID MAN. 572 00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:46,079 AND IT WASN'T JUST HIM -- 573 00:15:46,146 --> 00:15:46,646 RIGHT-WING GROUPS HAVE BEEN 574 00:15:46,713 --> 00:15:47,280 FOCUSED ON GETTING JUDGES ONTO 575 00:15:47,347 --> 00:15:47,781 THE BENCH FOR YEARS NOW. 576 00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:48,381 WITH PERHAPS NO ONE PLAYING A 577 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:49,683 LARGER ROLE THAN THIS MAN: 578 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:50,650 LEONARD LEO. 579 00:15:50,717 --> 00:15:52,052 HE'S BEEN CALLED "THE MAN BEHIND 580 00:15:52,118 --> 00:15:53,920 THE CONSERVATIVE EFFORT TO MOVE 581 00:15:53,987 --> 00:15:55,722 THE JUDICIARY TO THE RIGHT." 582 00:15:55,789 --> 00:16:00,126 AND ONE PRIMARY WAY HE'S DONE 583 00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:00,660 THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH HIS 584 00:16:00,727 --> 00:16:01,361 LEADERSHIP AT THE FEDERALIST 585 00:16:01,428 --> 00:16:01,961 SOCIETY -- AN ORGANIZATION HE 586 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:03,463 TURNED FROM A STUDENT CLUB INTO 587 00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:05,699 AN INCUBATOR AND PIPELINE FOR 588 00:16:05,765 --> 00:16:07,801 CONSERVATIVE LAWYERS TO BECOME 589 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:08,768 PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND JUDGES. 590 00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:09,969 LEO'S ALSO A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL 591 00:16:10,036 --> 00:16:12,839 FUNDRAISER, AND HAS BUILT A DARK 592 00:16:12,906 --> 00:16:14,240 MONEY NETWORK TO FUNNEL CASH TO 593 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:15,208 CONSERVATIVE CAUSES, GROUPS AND 594 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:18,445 POLITICIANS. 595 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:18,978 AND HE'S USED A NUMBER OF 596 00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:19,846 TACTICS, OVER THE YEARS, TO 597 00:16:19,913 --> 00:16:20,413 CONCEAL THE MOVEMENT OF THAT 598 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,181 MONEY. 599 00:16:21,247 --> 00:16:22,716 IN TERMS OF WHERE IT ENDS UP, 600 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:24,084 HE'S RECENTLY BEEN USING WHAT 601 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:24,951 ARE CALLED "DONOR ADVISED 602 00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:26,086 FUNDS," WHICH MAKE IT 603 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:26,720 PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TRACE 604 00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:29,189 WHERE THE MONEY GOES. 605 00:16:29,255 --> 00:16:30,290 AND IN TERMS OF WHERE IT COMES 606 00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:33,093 FROM -- WHICH FEELS IMPORTANT -- 607 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:34,461 MANY ENTITIES HE'S BEEN LINKED 608 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:36,896 TO HAVEN'T BEEN REQUIRED TO 609 00:16:36,963 --> 00:16:37,364 DISCLOSE THEIR DONORS. 610 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:38,498 AND AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, WHEN 611 00:16:38,565 --> 00:16:41,368 ASKED ABOUT THAT, HE CAN GET 612 00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:42,102 CAGEY FAST. 613 00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:43,670 >> COULD YOU DESCRIBE TO US WHAT 614 00:16:43,737 --> 00:16:50,744 THE PURPOSE OF THE BH FUND IS? 615 00:16:52,412 --> 00:16:52,746 >> UM... 616 00:16:52,812 --> 00:16:53,713 BH FUND IS A CHARITABLE 617 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:54,581 ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN LOOK IT 618 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:56,416 UP, I'M SURE ITS STATEMENT OF 619 00:16:56,483 --> 00:16:56,816 PURPOSE IS LISTED. 620 00:16:56,883 --> 00:16:59,986 >> WE DID. 621 00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:01,621 AND ITS TAX DOCUMENT SAYS ITS 622 00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:02,389 MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE RULE 623 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:04,357 OF LAW AND LIMITED 624 00:17:04,424 --> 00:17:06,626 CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND 625 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:08,495 IT RECEIVED $24 MILLION FROM AN 626 00:17:08,561 --> 00:17:09,729 ANONYMOUS DONOR IN 2017. 627 00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:11,664 >> I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE RULE, 628 00:17:11,731 --> 00:17:13,833 WHICH IS I'M ENGAGED IN THE 629 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:17,137 BATTLE OF IDEAS AND I CARE VERY 630 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:19,172 DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION 631 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:20,774 AND THE ROLE OF COURTS IN OUR 632 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,943 SOCIETY AND I DON'T WASTE MY 633 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:25,445 TIME ON STORIES THAT INVOLVE 634 00:17:25,512 --> 00:17:28,048 MONEY IN POLITICS BECAUSE WHAT I 635 00:17:28,114 --> 00:17:30,083 CARE ABOUT IS IDEAS. 636 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:32,252 >> John: OH, COME ON. 637 00:17:32,318 --> 00:17:33,820 I KNOW THIS IS SO OBVIOUS IT 638 00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:34,788 BARELY NEEDS TO BE SAID, BUT 639 00:17:34,854 --> 00:17:36,022 WHERE THINGS COME FROM DOES 640 00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:37,824 MATTER, FOR THE SAME REASON THAT 641 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:38,425 LUNCHABLES CAN'T JUST LIST ITS 642 00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:38,958 INGREDIENTS AS "MIND YOUR 643 00:17:39,025 --> 00:17:42,429 FUCKING BUSINESS." 644 00:17:42,495 --> 00:17:43,029 BUT EVEN IF IT CAN BE HARD TO 645 00:17:43,096 --> 00:17:44,197 SAY WHO ALL OF LEO'S BACKERS 646 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:46,900 ARE, IT'S CLEAR WHAT BOTH HE AND 647 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:50,003 THEY WANT -- JUDGES ON THE BENCH 648 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:50,637 WHO ARE AGAINST REGULATION, AND 649 00:17:50,704 --> 00:17:54,341 DEEPLY SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE. 650 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:55,141 ALTHOUGH LEO WILL SOMETIMES TRY 651 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:55,742 TO PUT A MORE MODERATE FACE ON 652 00:17:55,809 --> 00:17:57,577 THAT. 653 00:17:57,644 --> 00:17:58,144 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF TRUMP'S 654 00:17:58,211 --> 00:17:59,145 TERM, LEO HELPED SUPPLY HIM WITH 655 00:17:59,212 --> 00:17:59,846 25 NAMES OF POTENTIAL SUPREME 656 00:17:59,913 --> 00:18:01,381 COURT NOMINEES. 657 00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:03,316 AND WATCH HIM SHRUG OFF 658 00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:05,719 QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANY OF 659 00:18:05,785 --> 00:18:06,686 THOSE NAMES MIGHT ONE DAY IMPACT 660 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:08,888 THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION. 661 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:10,924 >> IS THE FEAR ON THE LEFT 662 00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:13,560 JUSTIFIED THAT THIS MEANS THAT 663 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:14,661 ROE V. WADE IS IN JEOPARDY IF 664 00:18:14,728 --> 00:18:16,229 ONE OF THE 25 GETS THROUGH THE 665 00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:17,864 PROCESS? 666 00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:19,866 >> THE LEFT HAS BEEN USING THE 667 00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:22,369 ROE V. WADE SCARE TACTIC SINCE 668 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:23,403 1982 WHEN SANDRA O'CONNOR WAS 669 00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:25,005 NOMINATED. 670 00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:28,541 AND OVER 30 YEARS LATER, 671 00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:31,077 NOTHING'S HAPPENED TO 672 00:18:31,144 --> 00:18:31,945 ROE V. WADE. 673 00:18:32,012 --> 00:18:32,612 SO, I THINK THE ABORTION 674 00:18:32,679 --> 00:18:33,179 ISSUE IS REALLY VERY MUCH A 675 00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:33,513 SCARE TACTIC. 676 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:34,781 >> John: AS I THINK WE ALL KNOW, 677 00:18:34,848 --> 00:18:36,950 IT PLAYED OUT A BIT DIFFERENTLY. 678 00:18:37,017 --> 00:18:38,785 SHORTLY AFTERWARD, TRUMP 679 00:18:38,852 --> 00:18:40,520 NOMINATED KAVANAUGH FROM LEO'S 680 00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:42,355 LIST -- AND HE, ALONG WITH 681 00:18:42,422 --> 00:18:42,956 GORSUCH AND BARRETT, TWO OTHER 682 00:18:43,023 --> 00:18:43,923 PICKS LEO RECOMMENDED -- WOUND 683 00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:45,325 UP OVERTURNING ROE! 684 00:18:45,392 --> 00:18:46,426 SO CLEARLY, IT WASN'T JUST A 685 00:18:46,493 --> 00:18:47,994 SCARE TACTIC AT ALL. 686 00:18:48,061 --> 00:18:49,229 IT'S HONESTLY HARD TO IMAGINE 687 00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:52,132 HOW THAT CLIP COULD'VE AGED 688 00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:52,665 WORSE, OTHER THAN IF HE'D 689 00:18:52,732 --> 00:18:53,400 CONTINUED, "NO ONE NEEDS TO 690 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,135 PREPARE FOR ANY SORT OF NOVEL 691 00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:56,770 CORONAVIRUS IN THE FUTURE, AND 692 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:58,772 DON'T WORRY ABOUT ARMIE HAMMER'S 693 00:18:58,838 --> 00:18:59,372 CAREER, THAT THING'S GOING TO 694 00:18:59,439 --> 00:19:01,841 KEEP GOING GREAT!" 695 00:19:01,908 --> 00:19:03,309 THE POINT IS, LEO'S HAD A HUGE 696 00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:04,444 AMOUNT OF SUCCESS IN PLANTING 697 00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:05,979 HARD-RIGHT JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE 698 00:19:06,046 --> 00:19:08,181 FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM. 699 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:09,349 AND THAT'S ENABLED CONSERVATIVE 700 00:19:09,416 --> 00:19:10,917 GROUPS -- SOME OF WHICH HE FUNDS 701 00:19:10,984 --> 00:19:12,786 -- TO EFFECTIVELY GO 702 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:13,586 "JUDGE-SHOPPING." 703 00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:15,221 WHAT THAT MEANS IS, THEY'RE ABLE 704 00:19:15,288 --> 00:19:17,057 TO WRITE A LAWSUIT DESIGNED TO 705 00:19:17,123 --> 00:19:19,225 ACHIEVE A SPECIFIC POLICY END, 706 00:19:19,292 --> 00:19:20,660 BRING IT BEFORE A DISTRICT COURT 707 00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:22,128 JUDGE WHO CAME UP THROUGH THE 708 00:19:22,195 --> 00:19:23,697 FEDERALIST SOCIETY, APPEAL IT UP 709 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:25,131 THROUGH CIRCUIT COURTS 710 00:19:25,198 --> 00:19:26,700 INCREASINGLY STOCKED WITH 711 00:19:26,766 --> 00:19:27,834 FEDERALIST SOCIETY ALUMNI, AND 712 00:19:27,901 --> 00:19:29,235 MAYBE EVEN GET IT IN FRONT OF 713 00:19:29,302 --> 00:19:31,171 THE SUPREME COURT, A FULL THIRD 714 00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:32,572 OF WHOSE MEMBERS CAME OFF A LIST 715 00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:34,441 FROM THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY'S 716 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:35,575 OWN LEONARD FUCKING LEO. 717 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:36,910 HE'S PUTTING OUT NEW 718 00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:38,144 CONSERVATIVE JUDGES THE WAY 719 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:40,213 APPLE PUTS OUT TV SHOWS: 720 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:44,984 CONSTANTLY, AND SILENTLY. 721 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:45,518 AND WHILE TESTING THE LAW 722 00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:46,319 THROUGH THE COURTS IS SOMETHING 723 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:47,787 BOTH LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE 724 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:49,522 GROUPS HAVE LONG USED AS A 725 00:19:49,589 --> 00:19:50,990 TACTIC, IT'S NOW MUCH EASIER FOR 726 00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:52,359 CONSERVATIVES TO DO IT -- EVEN 727 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:55,762 WITH INCREDIBLY WEAK CASES. 728 00:19:55,829 --> 00:19:56,696 TAKE LAST YEAR'S FIGHT OVER 729 00:19:56,763 --> 00:19:57,864 MIFEPRISTONE, A DRUG USED IN 730 00:19:57,931 --> 00:19:59,899 MOST ABORTIONS. 731 00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:00,533 THE LAWSUIT THAT PRECIPITATED IT 732 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,736 WAS CLEARLY CRAFTED TO RESTRICT 733 00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:04,938 ABORTION ACCESS. 734 00:20:05,005 --> 00:20:05,572 IT BEGAN WITH ACTIVISTS CREATING 735 00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:09,275 A BRAND-NEW GROUP CALLED THE 736 00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:09,776 ALLIANCE FOR HIPPOCRATIC 737 00:20:09,843 --> 00:20:10,810 MEDICINE, WHICH THEY 738 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:12,545 INCORPORATED IN AMARILLO TEXAS, 739 00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:14,280 JUST MONTHS BEFORE IT FILED THE 740 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:15,782 LAWSUIT. 741 00:20:15,849 --> 00:20:17,817 AND THEY CHOSE AMARILLO FOR A 742 00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:20,120 VERY SPECIFIC REASON. 743 00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:20,687 >> BY FILING ITS LAWSUIT IN 744 00:20:20,754 --> 00:20:21,755 AMARILLO, THE ALLIANCE DEFENDING 745 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:22,989 FREEDOM WAS ALMOST GUARANTEED TO 746 00:20:23,056 --> 00:20:26,292 DRAW JUDGE MATTHEW KACSMARYK, A 747 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,127 TRUMP APPOINTEE WHO WORKED IN 748 00:20:27,193 --> 00:20:27,994 THE CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN LEGAL 749 00:20:28,061 --> 00:20:30,363 MOVEMENT. 750 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:31,865 >> John: RIGHT, BY FILING IN 751 00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:32,465 AMARILLO, THEY KNEW THEIR CASE 752 00:20:32,532 --> 00:20:33,600 WAS LIKELY TO GET ASSIGNED TO 753 00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:34,401 KACSMARYK, SEEN HERE SHORTLY 754 00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:36,136 AFTER ASKING HIS BARBER FOR THE 755 00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:38,905 "WET MARINE." 756 00:20:38,972 --> 00:20:39,706 THAT'S THE REASON THEY, AND SO 757 00:20:39,773 --> 00:20:41,608 MANY CONSERVATIVE GROUPS, ARE 758 00:20:41,675 --> 00:20:43,877 GOING TO AMARILLO -- IT'S NOT 759 00:20:43,943 --> 00:20:44,511 FOR THE HISTORIC TOUR OF ROUTE 760 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:46,212 66, OR THE CANYON HORSEBACK 761 00:20:46,279 --> 00:20:48,415 RIDE, OR EVEN THE HUGE PAIR OF 762 00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:50,784 LEGS, WHICH ARE APPARENTLY 763 00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:52,419 NUMBER 30 ON TRIPADVISOR'S LIST 764 00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:53,486 OF THINGS TO DO IN AMARILLO, 765 00:20:53,553 --> 00:20:55,422 EVEN THOUGH I'VE NEVER SEEN A 766 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:56,456 MORE OBVIOUS NUMBER ONE IN MY 767 00:20:56,523 --> 00:20:59,159 ENTIRE LIFE. 768 00:20:59,225 --> 00:20:59,726 THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY GLOWING 769 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:00,860 REVIEWS, SUCH AS "IT'S A HUGE 770 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:02,195 PAIR OF LEGS STANDING IN A 771 00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:03,730 PASTURE NEXT TO THE ROAD," "WHAT 772 00:21:03,797 --> 00:21:04,831 A UNIQUE STATUE!!! 773 00:21:04,898 --> 00:21:06,933 TALL LEGS!!! 774 00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:09,803 OUT IN A FIELD!!!," AND "I 775 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:10,403 FIGURED WHILE HERE WHY NOT GO 776 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:10,670 FIND THEM. 777 00:21:10,737 --> 00:21:13,473 THEY'RE INTERESTING AND BIG." 778 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:14,607 AND AMEN TO THAT, BROTHER -- 779 00:21:14,674 --> 00:21:15,809 THEY SURE ARE. 780 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:16,409 KACSMARYK IS INCREDIBLY 781 00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:19,312 CONSERVATIVE. 782 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:20,313 HE'S SAID BEING TRANSGENDER IS A 783 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:21,648 "DELUSION," HAS ARGUED AGAINST 784 00:21:21,715 --> 00:21:22,349 CONTRACEPTION AND SAME-SEX 785 00:21:22,415 --> 00:21:25,785 MARRIAGE, AND CRITICIZED THE 786 00:21:25,852 --> 00:21:27,454 LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF 787 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:27,754 ROE V. WADE. 788 00:21:27,821 --> 00:21:28,355 SO HE WAS ALWAYS LIKELY TO BE 789 00:21:28,421 --> 00:21:29,489 INCREDIBLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE 790 00:21:29,556 --> 00:21:30,857 PLAINTIFFS IN THE MIFEPRISTONE 791 00:21:30,924 --> 00:21:31,758 CASE -- WHICH WAS LUCKY FOR 792 00:21:31,825 --> 00:21:34,527 THEM, BECAUSE THEIR ARGUMENTS 793 00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:35,595 WERE LAUGHABLY WEAK. 794 00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:36,796 BASICALLY, SOME OF THE 795 00:21:36,863 --> 00:21:38,298 PLAINTIFFS WERE PRO-LIFE DOCTORS 796 00:21:38,365 --> 00:21:39,499 WHO ARGUED THE FDA'S APPROVAL OF 797 00:21:39,566 --> 00:21:41,534 MIFEPRISTONE -- WHICH HAS BEEN 798 00:21:41,601 --> 00:21:43,136 USED SAFELY FOR OVER 20 YEARS -- 799 00:21:43,203 --> 00:21:44,404 SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN, IN PART, 800 00:21:44,471 --> 00:21:45,071 BECAUSE IT COULD HARM "THE 801 00:21:45,138 --> 00:21:47,407 DOCTORS THEMSELVES." 802 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:47,941 THEY ARGUED THAT TREATING 803 00:21:48,008 --> 00:21:50,176 PATIENTS WHO'D SUFFERED ADVERSE 804 00:21:50,243 --> 00:21:51,177 HEALTH EFFECTS FROM THE DRUG -- 805 00:21:51,244 --> 00:21:52,579 WHICH, AGAIN, RARELY HAPPENS -- 806 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:55,115 COULD CAUSE THEM HARDSHIP AND 807 00:21:55,181 --> 00:21:56,049 SUBJECT THEM TO ENORMOUS STRESS 808 00:21:56,116 --> 00:21:57,317 AND PRESSURE. 809 00:21:57,384 --> 00:22:00,253 THOUGH, A FEW THINGS ABOUT THAT: 810 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:01,588 FIRST, NONE OF THOSE DOCTORS 811 00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:02,355 WERE REQUIRED TO PRESCRIBE THE 812 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:03,023 DRUGS OR REGULARLY TREAT 813 00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:03,656 ABORTION PATIENTS THEY COULDN'T 814 00:22:03,723 --> 00:22:04,924 IDENTIFY A SINGLE CASE WHERE ANY 815 00:22:04,991 --> 00:22:06,860 OF THEM HAD BEEN FORCED TO 816 00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:07,594 PROVIDE SUCH CARE. 817 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:08,862 AND THERE'S ALREADY A FEDERAL 818 00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:11,131 LAW THAT PROTECTS THEM FROM 819 00:22:11,197 --> 00:22:12,065 HAVING TO DO SO. 820 00:22:12,132 --> 00:22:14,134 BASICALLY, THEIR ARGUMENT DIDN'T 821 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,368 HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON -- WHICH 822 00:22:15,435 --> 00:22:16,636 IS IRONIC, CONSIDERING AMARILLO 823 00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:19,906 HAS TWO OF THEM THAT ARE JUST 824 00:22:19,973 --> 00:22:20,974 HANGING AROUND FOR SOME REASON. 825 00:22:21,041 --> 00:22:22,642 BUT KACSYMARYK SIDED WITH THE 826 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:24,611 PLAINTIFFS ANYWAY -- STRIKING 827 00:22:24,678 --> 00:22:25,345 DOWN THE FDA'S APPROVAL OF 828 00:22:25,412 --> 00:22:26,513 MIFEPRISTONE. 829 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:27,080 THE GOVERNMENT APPEALED HIS 830 00:22:27,147 --> 00:22:30,917 RULING, BUT IT WAS THEN UPHELD 831 00:22:30,984 --> 00:22:31,551 BY THE NOTORIOUSLY CONSERVATIVE 832 00:22:31,618 --> 00:22:36,089 FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, 833 00:22:36,156 --> 00:22:37,691 WHERE A THIRD OF THE JUDGES ON 834 00:22:37,757 --> 00:22:38,425 WHICH WERE TRUMP APPOINTEES. 835 00:22:38,491 --> 00:22:39,059 NOW, THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS, THE 836 00:22:39,125 --> 00:22:41,027 SUPREME COURT ULTIMATELY 837 00:22:41,094 --> 00:22:41,995 REVERSED THE RULING, SAYING THE 838 00:22:42,062 --> 00:22:43,096 PLAINTIFFS LACKED STANDING TO 839 00:22:43,163 --> 00:22:44,230 SUE, BECAUSE THEY HADN'T 840 00:22:44,297 --> 00:22:46,599 CONVINCINGLY PROVEN THAT THEY 841 00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:47,000 WERE BEING HARMED. 842 00:22:47,067 --> 00:22:50,303 BECAUSE THEY FUCKING WEREN'T. 843 00:22:50,370 --> 00:22:51,905 THE BAD NEWS IS, THIS WAS BY NO 844 00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:52,639 MEANS A FULL-THROATED REJECTION, 845 00:22:52,706 --> 00:22:54,574 AS IN KAVANAUGH'S DRAFTING OF 846 00:22:54,641 --> 00:22:56,109 THE OPINION, HE EXPLICITLY LEFT 847 00:22:56,176 --> 00:22:57,644 THE DOOR OPEN TO TRY AGAIN IN 848 00:22:57,711 --> 00:22:59,112 THE FUTURE, SAYING THAT, "IT IS 849 00:22:59,179 --> 00:23:02,115 NOT CLEAR THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD 850 00:23:02,182 --> 00:23:02,716 HAVE STANDING TO CHALLENGE THE 851 00:23:02,782 --> 00:23:04,217 FDA'S RELAXED REGULATION OF 852 00:23:04,284 --> 00:23:06,152 MIFEPRISTONE" -- A HINT SO 853 00:23:06,219 --> 00:23:06,786 BROAD, IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE HAD 854 00:23:06,853 --> 00:23:07,387 A WINKING EMOJI AT THE END OF 855 00:23:07,454 --> 00:23:09,923 IT. 856 00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:11,057 THE POINT IS, THE COURTS ARE NOW 857 00:23:11,124 --> 00:23:14,127 INCREDIBLY AMENABLE TO LAWSUITS 858 00:23:14,194 --> 00:23:15,462 THAT CONSERVATIVES BRING. 859 00:23:15,528 --> 00:23:16,730 AND WHILE THE MIFEPRISTONE AND 860 00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:19,699 TRUMP IMMUNITY RULINGS HAVE BEEN 861 00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:20,967 PRETTY WIDELY DISCUSSED, ONE OF 862 00:23:21,034 --> 00:23:21,501 THE BIGGEST CONSERVATIVE 863 00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:22,836 VICTORIES THIS YEAR HAS ACTUALLY 864 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:24,604 FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR A BIT -- 865 00:23:24,671 --> 00:23:25,438 EVEN THOUGH, FOR MOST OF LEONARD 866 00:23:25,505 --> 00:23:27,007 LEO'S BIG CORPORATE BACKERS, 867 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:28,675 IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT 868 00:23:28,742 --> 00:23:29,943 REASON TO SUPPORT HIM. 869 00:23:30,010 --> 00:23:31,011 AND IT CONCERNS REGULATION. 870 00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:33,380 COMPANIES FAMOUSLY HATE 871 00:23:33,446 --> 00:23:34,581 REGULATION, AN ATTITUDE SHARED 872 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:36,416 BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE 873 00:23:36,483 --> 00:23:38,151 SUPREME COURT, ESPECIALLY NEIL 874 00:23:38,218 --> 00:23:39,052 GORSUCH -- WHO ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE 875 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:40,954 THE MAN IN EVERY CIALIS 876 00:23:41,021 --> 00:23:44,758 COMMERCIAL. 877 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:45,325 GORSUCH RELEASED A BOOK THIS 878 00:23:45,392 --> 00:23:47,093 YEAR CALLED "OVERRULED: THE 879 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,729 HUMAN TOLL OF TOO MUCH LAW," 880 00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:50,296 ABOUT HOW -- IN HIS VIEW -- 881 00:23:50,363 --> 00:23:50,930 REGULATORY AGENCIES ARE OUT OF 882 00:23:50,997 --> 00:23:53,199 CONTROL AND BASICALLY MAKING UP 883 00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:53,833 NEW LAWS LEFT AND RIGHT. 884 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:54,601 FOR YEARS NOW, HE'S DELIVERED A 885 00:23:54,668 --> 00:23:56,169 SPIEL ABOUT HOW FEDERAL AGENCIES 886 00:23:56,236 --> 00:23:59,205 -- WHICH FALL UNDER THE 887 00:23:59,272 --> 00:23:59,839 EXECUTIVE BRANCH -- HAVE USURPED 888 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:00,840 THE POWER THAT RIGHTLY BELONGS 889 00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:02,275 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ONE. 890 00:24:02,342 --> 00:24:03,576 IT'S AN ARGUMENT HE DELIVERS 891 00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:05,111 WITH HIS TRADEMARK ELECTRIC 892 00:24:05,178 --> 00:24:07,313 PERSONALITY, LIKE THIS. 893 00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:07,947 >> THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS MADE 894 00:24:08,014 --> 00:24:11,384 UP SO MANY NEW CRIMINAL LAWS 895 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:13,787 THAT PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED 896 00:24:13,853 --> 00:24:15,722 COUNTING, AT OVER 300,000. 897 00:24:15,789 --> 00:24:18,024 IF YOUR KETCHUP IS TOO RUNNY, 898 00:24:18,091 --> 00:24:20,627 YOU GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT, 899 00:24:20,694 --> 00:24:21,227 BECAUSE A FEDERAL AGENCY SAID 900 00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:22,195 SO. 901 00:24:22,262 --> 00:24:25,565 I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. 902 00:24:25,632 --> 00:24:26,633 WHAT IF YOU SELL MATTRESSES, AND 903 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:29,969 YOU TEAR OFF THAT TAG? 904 00:24:30,036 --> 00:24:30,503 YOU'RE PROBABLY A FEDERAL 905 00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:32,806 CRIMINAL. 906 00:24:32,872 --> 00:24:33,973 AND IF YOU IMPORT LOBSTER IN A 907 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:34,474 PLASTIC BAG INSTEAD OF A 908 00:24:34,541 --> 00:24:37,043 CARDBOARD BOX? 909 00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:38,545 THAT'S A PROBLEM, BECAUSE A 910 00:24:38,611 --> 00:24:41,715 BUREAUCRAT SAYS SO. 911 00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:42,349 AND WHAT -- YOU KNOW WOODSY THE 912 00:24:42,415 --> 00:24:43,583 OWL? 913 00:24:43,650 --> 00:24:45,185 SOME OF YOU, WOODSY THE OWL? 914 00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:45,952 DON'T GIVE A HOOT, DON'T 915 00:24:46,019 --> 00:24:47,253 POLLUTE? 916 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,488 REMEMBER HIM? 917 00:24:48,555 --> 00:24:49,889 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER HIM. 918 00:24:49,956 --> 00:24:52,659 WELL, IF YOU MISUSE HIS 919 00:24:52,726 --> 00:24:55,128 LIKENESS, YOU MIGHT BE A FEDERAL 920 00:24:55,195 --> 00:24:55,462 FELON. 921 00:24:55,528 --> 00:24:56,129 OKAY. 922 00:24:56,196 --> 00:24:58,398 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX 923 00:24:58,465 --> 00:24:59,699 UP THE EXECUTIVE AND THE 924 00:24:59,766 --> 00:25:02,135 LEGISLATIVE POWER. 925 00:25:02,202 --> 00:25:03,169 >> John: OKAY, I KNOW THIS IS 926 00:25:03,236 --> 00:25:04,637 BESIDE THE POINT, BUT THAT WAS 927 00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:07,140 SOME DEAFENING SILENCE AFTER HE 928 00:25:07,207 --> 00:25:07,807 ASKED IF ANYONE REMEMBERS WOODSY 929 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:09,309 THE OWL. 930 00:25:09,376 --> 00:25:10,143 WHICH MAKES SENSE. 931 00:25:10,210 --> 00:25:10,777 HE'S NOT EXACTLY A TOP TIER OWL 932 00:25:10,844 --> 00:25:12,379 ANYMORE. 933 00:25:12,445 --> 00:25:14,047 YOUR CURRENT A-LISTERS ARE 934 00:25:14,114 --> 00:25:15,115 PROBABLY "OWL" FROM WINNIE THE 935 00:25:15,181 --> 00:25:17,584 POOH, HEDWIG FROM HARRY POTTER, 936 00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:18,151 THE DUOLINGO MASCOT AND, OF 937 00:25:18,218 --> 00:25:19,085 COURSE, THIS SOGGY LITTLE GUY 938 00:25:19,152 --> 00:25:20,487 WHO WENT VIRAL FOR LOOKING LIKE 939 00:25:20,553 --> 00:25:21,054 HE'S GOING THROUGH HIS THIRD 940 00:25:21,121 --> 00:25:23,790 DIVORCE. 941 00:25:23,857 --> 00:25:25,658 BUT WHILE I'M SURE GORSUCH 942 00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:27,794 WORKED HARD TO CHERRY PICK THOSE 943 00:25:27,861 --> 00:25:30,964 REGULATIONS TO DUNK ON, HE'S 944 00:25:31,031 --> 00:25:31,765 ACTUALLY MISCHARACTERIZING A LOT 945 00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:32,332 OF THOSE RULES, IN WAYS THAT 946 00:25:32,399 --> 00:25:33,800 FEEL PRETTY REVEALING! 947 00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:34,334 FOR INSTANCE: A FEW OF THE 948 00:25:34,401 --> 00:25:35,568 THINGS HE JUST CITED AS EVIDENCE 949 00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:39,139 OF AN "OUT OF CONTROL" EXECUTIVE 950 00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:40,040 BRANCH THERE ACTUALLY CAME FROM 951 00:25:40,106 --> 00:25:40,473 THE LEGISLATIVE ONE. 952 00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:43,009 THE WOODSY THE OWL THING WAS 953 00:25:43,076 --> 00:25:44,477 THIS LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS. 954 00:25:44,544 --> 00:25:45,845 AS FOR HIS EXAMPLE ABOUT 955 00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:47,147 LOBSTERS, THAT'S HIM 956 00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:47,981 SHORTHANDING A CASE INVOLVING 957 00:25:48,048 --> 00:25:48,581 THE LACEY ACT, WHICH WAS -- AS 958 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:50,250 ITS NAME MIGHT SUGGEST -- ALSO 959 00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:52,419 AN ACT OF CONGRESS. 960 00:25:52,485 --> 00:25:55,622 AS FOR THE OTHERS, THOSE WERE 961 00:25:55,689 --> 00:25:56,222 ALL CASES WHERE CONGRESS VERY 962 00:25:56,289 --> 00:25:57,724 CLEARLY WANTED SPECIFIC THINGS 963 00:25:57,791 --> 00:26:00,994 TO BE REGULATED. 964 00:26:01,061 --> 00:26:03,430 WHEN IT COMES TO KETCHUP 965 00:26:03,496 --> 00:26:04,030 LABELING, CONGRESS PASSED THIS 966 00:26:04,097 --> 00:26:04,664 LAW DIRECTING THE FDA TO PREVENT 967 00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:05,265 MISLABELING OF FOODS -- WHICH 968 00:26:05,331 --> 00:26:06,332 THE AGENCY THEN DID -- ONLY 969 00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:07,567 AFTER EXTENSIVE REVIEW AND 970 00:26:07,634 --> 00:26:08,768 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS. 971 00:26:08,835 --> 00:26:10,904 ALSO, THESE KINDS OF REGULATIONS 972 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:11,504 DON'T GENERALLY GET ENFORCED 973 00:26:11,571 --> 00:26:13,206 UNLESS THE VIOLATIONS ARE 974 00:26:13,273 --> 00:26:14,641 EGREGIOUS. 975 00:26:14,708 --> 00:26:16,676 IN ONE RECENT TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 976 00:26:16,743 --> 00:26:17,644 THE FDA ONLY MANAGED TO OBTAIN 977 00:26:17,711 --> 00:26:20,180 TWO COURT INJUNCTIONS AGAINST 978 00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:22,549 FOOD PRODUCTS ON ACCOUNT OF 979 00:26:22,615 --> 00:26:22,982 MISLEADING LABELING. 980 00:26:23,049 --> 00:26:25,618 SO IT'S NOT LIKE PRISONS ARE 981 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:26,553 FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO SOLD 982 00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:28,621 RUNNY KETCHUP. 983 00:26:28,688 --> 00:26:30,990 IF THEY WERE, YOU'D KNOW ABOUT 984 00:26:31,057 --> 00:26:31,524 IT -- PROBABLY BECAUSE WE 985 00:26:31,591 --> 00:26:32,525 WOULD'VE ALREADY DONE A STORY 986 00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:34,861 CALLED "KETCHUP INCARCERATION" 987 00:26:34,928 --> 00:26:36,663 THAT'D BE 26 MINUTES LONG, 988 00:26:36,730 --> 00:26:37,597 FEATURING VIDEOS OF TWO SEPARATE 989 00:26:37,664 --> 00:26:38,698 PEOPLE CRYING, AND ENDING WITH 990 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:40,967 STEVE BUSCEMI DRESSED LIKE A 991 00:26:41,034 --> 00:26:42,769 GIANT TOMATO FOR REASONS THAT 992 00:26:42,836 --> 00:26:44,504 WOULD MAKE SENSE IN CONTEXT. 993 00:26:44,571 --> 00:26:46,806 AND FINALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO 994 00:26:46,873 --> 00:26:47,741 GORSUCH MAKING FUN OF MATTRESS 995 00:26:47,807 --> 00:26:54,814 TAGS, JUST SO YOU KNOW: CONGRESS 996 00:27:00,153 --> 00:27:01,154 PASSED THIS LAW. 997 00:27:01,221 --> 00:27:01,721 AND I KNOW THERE'S A CERTAIN 998 00:27:01,788 --> 00:27:02,288 HACK-COMEDY APPEAL TO GOING 999 00:27:02,355 --> 00:27:02,889 "WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH MATTRESS 1000 00:27:02,956 --> 00:27:06,726 TAGS?" 1001 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:07,360 AFTER ALL, WHY WOULD YOU NEED A 1002 00:27:07,427 --> 00:27:08,161 TAG SAYING WHO MADE A MATTRESS 1003 00:27:08,228 --> 00:27:08,661 AND WHEN -- WHEN'S THAT 1004 00:27:08,728 --> 00:27:10,797 INFORMATION EVER REALLY GOING TO 1005 00:27:10,864 --> 00:27:11,931 BE USEFUL TO YOU, RIGHT? 1006 00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:14,034 >> A FOAM CRIB MATTRESS BY STORK 1007 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,669 CRAFT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR 1008 00:27:15,735 --> 00:27:18,905 FAILING TO MEET FEDERAL 1009 00:27:18,972 --> 00:27:20,273 STANDARDS FOR FLAMMABILITY. 1010 00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:21,941 AFFECTED MATTRESSES WERE MADE 1011 00:27:22,008 --> 00:27:22,575 BETWEEN AUGUST 2014 AND JANUARY 1012 00:27:22,642 --> 00:27:24,678 2015, AND CONSUMERS SHOULD 1013 00:27:24,744 --> 00:27:26,046 STOP USING THE MATTRESS AND 1014 00:27:26,112 --> 00:27:28,048 CONTACT STORK CRAFT FOR A FREE 1015 00:27:28,114 --> 00:27:30,784 BARRIER COVER. 1016 00:27:30,850 --> 00:27:32,185 >> John: OH, YEAH, THAT MAKES A 1017 00:27:32,252 --> 00:27:33,219 LOT MORE SENSE NOW. 1018 00:27:33,286 --> 00:27:33,753 AMONG OTHER THINGS, THOSE 1019 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:34,587 MATTRESS TAGS MIGHT HELP YOU 1020 00:27:34,654 --> 00:27:35,221 FIGURE OUT IF YOUR MATTRESS HAS 1021 00:27:35,288 --> 00:27:37,857 BEEN RECALLED. 1022 00:27:37,924 --> 00:27:38,391 SO, I GUESS THE ANSWER TO 1023 00:27:38,458 --> 00:27:38,992 GORSUCH'S QUESTION "WHY IS THE 1024 00:27:39,059 --> 00:27:41,494 GOVERNMENT ISSUING RULES ABOUT 1025 00:27:41,561 --> 00:27:42,862 MATTRESS TAGS," IS "SO A BABY'S 1026 00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:44,030 CRIB DOESN'T TURN INTO A 1027 00:27:44,097 --> 00:27:45,198 MINIATURE WICKER MAN, YOU 1028 00:27:45,265 --> 00:27:47,901 FUCKING IDIOT!" 1029 00:27:47,967 --> 00:27:51,004 AND LOOK, I'VE GOT ISSUES WITH 1030 00:27:51,071 --> 00:27:53,206 PLENTY OF REGULATIONS. 1031 00:27:53,273 --> 00:27:53,840 BUT IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO SUGGEST 1032 00:27:53,907 --> 00:27:57,243 THEY'RE ALL BEING ISSUED 1033 00:27:57,310 --> 00:27:58,144 ARBITRARILY AT RANDOM, WHEN ON 1034 00:27:58,211 --> 00:27:58,645 THE WHOLE, THEY'RE BEING 1035 00:27:58,712 --> 00:27:59,713 CAREFULLY CRAFTED BY CAREER 1036 00:27:59,779 --> 00:28:02,582 EXPERTS TO KEEP US SAFE. 1037 00:28:02,649 --> 00:28:03,216 AND THAT WORK IS NOW GOING TO BE 1038 00:28:03,283 --> 00:28:04,584 SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER DUE TO THE 1039 00:28:04,651 --> 00:28:06,052 CASE I MENTIONED AT THE START OF 1040 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:06,886 THIS STORY -- THE ONE 1041 00:28:06,953 --> 00:28:07,987 OVERTURNING WHAT'S KNOWN AS 1042 00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:09,956 "CHEVRON DEFERENCE." 1043 00:28:10,023 --> 00:28:10,690 WE DISCUSSED CHEVRON A BIT IN 1044 00:28:10,757 --> 00:28:12,325 OUR FIRST SHOW OF THIS YEAR, BUT 1045 00:28:12,392 --> 00:28:14,127 IT'S A LONGSTANDING LEGAL 1046 00:28:14,194 --> 00:28:15,895 DOCTRINE, ARISING FROM THIS 1984 1047 00:28:15,962 --> 00:28:18,231 SUPREME COURT RULING. 1048 00:28:18,298 --> 00:28:18,732 VERY BASICALLY: CHEVRON 1049 00:28:18,798 --> 00:28:22,869 ENABLES CONGRESS TO TELL A 1050 00:28:27,207 --> 00:28:28,675 JUDGE GIVE LEEWAY TO AGENCIES. 1051 00:28:28,742 --> 00:28:29,642 IT LETS A CONGRESS WRITES A LAW 1052 00:28:29,709 --> 00:28:31,411 SAYING I WANT MERCURY OUT OF 1053 00:28:31,478 --> 00:28:32,612 DRINKING WATER. 1054 00:28:32,679 --> 00:28:35,015 THE EVA WOULD DECIDE HOW TO DO 1055 00:28:35,081 --> 00:28:37,550 THAT AND THEN THE DECISIONS 1056 00:28:37,617 --> 00:28:39,619 WOULD BE HARD TO OVERTURN. 1057 00:28:39,686 --> 00:28:43,757 CHEVRON'S ONE OF THE MOST CITED 1058 00:28:43,823 --> 00:28:44,324 PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN LAW. 1059 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:44,891 IT'S MENTIONED IN MORE THAN 1060 00:28:44,958 --> 00:28:45,492 18,000 FEDERAL COURT DECISIONS 1061 00:28:45,558 --> 00:28:46,126 AND WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR IN 1062 00:28:46,192 --> 00:28:46,726 APPROXIMATELY 70 SUPREME COURT 1063 00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:47,093 DECISIONS. 1064 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,928 IT'S ESSENTIALLY, ONE OF THE 1065 00:28:48,995 --> 00:28:50,296 FOUNDATIONS CURRENT AMERICAN LAW 1066 00:28:50,363 --> 00:28:52,065 HAS BEEN BUILT ON. 1067 00:28:52,132 --> 00:28:53,400 GETTING RID OF CHEVRON ISN'T 1068 00:28:53,466 --> 00:28:54,634 JUST REMOVING THE BOTTOM JENGA 1069 00:28:54,701 --> 00:28:55,268 BLOCK, IT'S REMOVING THE ENTIRE 1070 00:28:55,335 --> 00:29:02,342 TABLE UNDERNEATH IT. 1071 00:29:05,078 --> 00:29:07,914 AND COMPANIES HAVE 1072 00:29:07,981 --> 00:29:09,416 UNSURPRISINGLY LONG WANTED 1073 00:29:09,482 --> 00:29:09,749 CHEVRON GONE. 1074 00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:10,316 AND IN JUNE, THEY GOT THEIR 1075 00:29:10,383 --> 00:29:10,917 WISH, THANKS TO A RULING IN A 1076 00:29:10,984 --> 00:29:11,451 COUPLE OF CASES THAT WERE 1077 00:29:11,518 --> 00:29:12,018 CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE CALLED 1078 00:29:12,085 --> 00:29:12,419 "LOPER BRIGHT V. 1079 00:29:12,485 --> 00:29:12,686 RAIMONDO." 1080 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:13,253 AND FRUSTRATINGLY, LIKE THE 1081 00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:13,887 MIFEPRISTONE CASE, IT'S BUILT ON 1082 00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:16,756 QUITE A BIT OF BULLSHIT. 1083 00:29:16,823 --> 00:29:17,390 ON ITS FACE, IT INVOLVES A GROUP 1084 00:29:17,457 --> 00:29:18,024 OF FISHERMEN, TRYING TO OVERTURN 1085 00:29:18,091 --> 00:29:18,925 A REGULATION REQUIRING THEM TO 1086 00:29:18,992 --> 00:29:19,492 PAY FOR FEDERAL MONITORS TO 1087 00:29:19,559 --> 00:29:21,928 PREVENT OVERFISHING. 1088 00:29:21,995 --> 00:29:22,829 THEY COMPLAINED IT COULD HAVE 1089 00:29:22,896 --> 00:29:25,565 MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO 1090 00:29:25,632 --> 00:29:26,499 MAKE A LIVING -- AND I SAY 1091 00:29:26,566 --> 00:29:27,100 "COULD HAVE" BECAUSE THE 1092 00:29:27,167 --> 00:29:29,669 REGULATION WAS NOT BEING 1093 00:29:29,736 --> 00:29:31,037 ENFORCED, AND EVEN IF IT HAD, 1094 00:29:31,104 --> 00:29:33,340 THE FISHERMEN DIDN'T IDENTIFY A 1095 00:29:33,406 --> 00:29:33,940 SINGLE FISHING TRIP FOR WHICH 1096 00:29:34,007 --> 00:29:34,574 THEY WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED TO 1097 00:29:34,641 --> 00:29:35,809 PAY FOR MONITORING SERVICES 1098 00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:36,943 UNDER THAT RULE. 1099 00:29:37,010 --> 00:29:40,313 NEVERTHELESS THE FISHERMEN WERE 1100 00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:41,214 REPRESENTED BY THESE TWO 1101 00:29:41,281 --> 00:29:42,015 CONSERVATIVE GROUPS, ONE OF 1102 00:29:42,082 --> 00:29:44,084 WHICH -- THIS ONE -- IS BACKED 1103 00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:45,218 BY ENTITIES LINKED TO, YOU'LL 1104 00:29:45,285 --> 00:29:46,686 NEVER GUESS IT: LEONARD FUCKING 1105 00:29:46,753 --> 00:29:52,492 LEO. 1106 00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:53,493 AT THIS POINT, FINDING OUT 1107 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,196 LEONARD LEO HAD A ROLE IN A 1108 00:29:56,262 --> 00:29:58,331 MAJOR CONSERVATIVE COURT CASE OF 1109 00:29:58,398 --> 00:30:00,567 FINDING OUT A FRENCH RELIC LIST 1110 00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:03,837 PUPPET HAS A HAND UP ITS ASS. 1111 00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:04,471 AND IT'S TELLING THAT SOME MAJOR 1112 00:30:04,537 --> 00:30:05,105 INDUSTRIES SUDDENLY SEEMED VERY 1113 00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:05,672 INTERESTED IN THE OUTCOME OF 1114 00:30:05,739 --> 00:30:06,306 THIS OBSCURE FISHING CASE, WITH 1115 00:30:06,373 --> 00:30:10,043 DOZENS WRITING AMICUS BRIEFS 1116 00:30:10,110 --> 00:30:10,710 INCLUDING THE US CHAMBER OF 1117 00:30:10,777 --> 00:30:11,611 COMMERCE, THE NORTH AMERICAN 1118 00:30:11,678 --> 00:30:12,479 MEAT INSTITUTE, AND A TRADE 1119 00:30:12,545 --> 00:30:13,013 ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING 1120 00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:15,682 E-CIGARETTE COMPANIES. 1121 00:30:15,749 --> 00:30:17,417 AND UNLESS FISH ARE VAPING NOW, 1122 00:30:17,484 --> 00:30:18,885 I DON'T REALLY SEE WHY THAT 1123 00:30:18,952 --> 00:30:20,020 GROUP SHOULD BE INVOLVED, 1124 00:30:20,086 --> 00:30:21,454 ALTHOUGH IF THEY ARE, THAT'S 1125 00:30:21,521 --> 00:30:23,423 ALSO COOL AS HELL. 1126 00:30:23,490 --> 00:30:24,090 LOOK AT THAT. 1127 00:30:24,157 --> 00:30:24,824 THAT'S FUCKING SICK. 1128 00:30:24,891 --> 00:30:27,861 I DON'T MEAN TO BE PRO-TOBACCO, 1129 00:30:27,927 --> 00:30:28,795 BUT THAT'S PURE SEX APPEAL. 1130 00:30:28,862 --> 00:30:29,529 AND THOSE INTERESTS GOT THEIR 1131 00:30:29,596 --> 00:30:31,364 WAY. 1132 00:30:31,431 --> 00:30:32,332 BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT RULED 1133 00:30:32,399 --> 00:30:34,167 6-3 TO OVERTURN "CHEVRON 1134 00:30:34,234 --> 00:30:34,801 DEFERENCE" ENTIRELY -- MAKING IT 1135 00:30:34,868 --> 00:30:35,402 MUCH EASIER FOR COMPANIES TO 1136 00:30:35,468 --> 00:30:37,671 CHALLENGE A REGULATORY AGENCY'S 1137 00:30:37,737 --> 00:30:38,838 DECISION IN THE FUTURE. 1138 00:30:38,905 --> 00:30:39,472 AND WHEN YOU PUT THAT IN TANDEM 1139 00:30:39,539 --> 00:30:42,375 WITH ALL THESE OTHER RECENT 1140 00:30:42,442 --> 00:30:43,009 RULINGS, THE POWER OF REGULATORY 1141 00:30:43,076 --> 00:30:45,812 AGENCIES HAS NOW BEEN SHARPLY 1142 00:30:45,879 --> 00:30:47,847 LIMITED. 1143 00:30:47,914 --> 00:30:54,921 AND CONSERVATIVES, 1144 00:30:56,589 --> 00:30:57,123 UNDERSTANDABLY ARE VERY, VERY 1145 00:30:57,190 --> 00:30:58,725 HAPPY ABOUT THIS. 1146 00:30:58,792 --> 00:31:00,727 A 1147 00:31:00,794 --> 00:31:01,494 HERE'S JIM JORDAN, EXPLAINING 1148 00:31:01,561 --> 00:31:01,661 WHY. 1149 00:31:01,728 --> 00:31:02,262 >> THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS 1150 00:31:02,328 --> 00:31:02,562 WHO DECIDES. 1151 00:31:02,629 --> 00:31:03,096 THE, QUOTE, "EXPERTS," THE 1152 00:31:03,163 --> 00:31:03,630 TECHNOCRACY AS MR. BISHOPS 1153 00:31:03,697 --> 00:31:04,864 DESCRIBED, OR THE ELECTED 1154 00:31:04,931 --> 00:31:05,131 OFFICIALS. 1155 00:31:05,198 --> 00:31:05,732 I MAY NOT KNOW -- WE MAY NOT 1156 00:31:05,799 --> 00:31:06,366 KNOW HOW MANY PARTS PER BILLION 1157 00:31:06,433 --> 00:31:06,700 IS NECESSARY. 1158 00:31:06,766 --> 00:31:07,167 WE MAY NOT KNOW THAT. 1159 00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:09,969 BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING. 1160 00:31:10,036 --> 00:31:11,604 REGULATIONS AND RULES THAT 1161 00:31:11,671 --> 00:31:12,205 IMPACT THE ECONOMY TO THE TUNE 1162 00:31:12,272 --> 00:31:15,709 OF MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 1163 00:31:15,775 --> 00:31:16,443 DOLLARS, AND IMPACT THE 800,000 1164 00:31:16,509 --> 00:31:18,878 FOLKS I GET TO REPRESENT, THAT'S 1165 00:31:18,945 --> 00:31:21,081 IMPORTANT. 1166 00:31:21,147 --> 00:31:23,817 WE HAVE DEFERRED TO THE, QUOTE, 1167 00:31:23,883 --> 00:31:24,084 "EXPERTS." 1168 00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:24,684 EXPERTS WHO THINK THEY CAN RUN 1169 00:31:24,751 --> 00:31:25,452 OUR LIVES AND NEVER BE HELD 1170 00:31:25,518 --> 00:31:26,720 ACCOUNTABLE. 1171 00:31:26,786 --> 00:31:28,021 >> John: LOOK, I'LL GIVE HIM 1172 00:31:28,088 --> 00:31:28,621 THIS: WHEN JIM JORDAN SAYS "I 1173 00:31:28,688 --> 00:31:30,590 MAY NOT KNOW HOW MANY PARTS PER 1174 00:31:30,657 --> 00:31:33,560 BILLION IS NECESSARY," HE IS 1175 00:31:33,626 --> 00:31:33,960 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 1176 00:31:34,027 --> 00:31:34,627 AFTER ALL, HE'S A MAN WHO PRIDES 1177 00:31:34,694 --> 00:31:36,696 HIMSELF ON NOT KNOWING THINGS, 1178 00:31:36,763 --> 00:31:37,464 WHETHER IT'S SCIENCE, 1179 00:31:37,530 --> 00:31:38,665 TECHNOLOGY, OR INDEED, THE 1180 00:31:38,732 --> 00:31:39,265 ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE HAPPENING 1181 00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:42,635 TO COLLEGE WRESTLERS ON A TEAM 1182 00:31:42,702 --> 00:31:43,236 HE COACHED. 1183 00:31:43,303 --> 00:31:45,271 JIM JORDAN HAS BUILT A PERSONAL 1184 00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:46,940 BRAND ON NOT KNOWING WHAT'S 1185 00:31:47,007 --> 00:31:47,207 GOING ON. 1186 00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:51,411 BUT THERE ARE A FEW PROBLEMS 1187 00:31:51,478 --> 00:31:52,045 WITH HIS REASONING THERE: FIRST, 1188 00:31:52,112 --> 00:31:52,846 CONGRESS CAN'T PASS SHIT RIGHT 1189 00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:53,146 NOW. 1190 00:31:53,213 --> 00:31:54,214 BUT EVEN IF IT WAS FUNCTIONAL, 1191 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,249 YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT IT 1192 00:31:56,316 --> 00:31:56,783 WRITING TECHNICAL RULES ON 1193 00:31:56,850 --> 00:32:00,520 EVERYTHING. 1194 00:32:00,587 --> 00:32:01,688 LEGISLATORS CAN BE GOOD AT MANY 1195 00:32:01,755 --> 00:32:02,288 THINGS -- DELIVERING SPEECHES, 1196 00:32:02,355 --> 00:32:02,922 RAISING CAMPAIGN MONEY, GETTING 1197 00:32:02,989 --> 00:32:04,357 UNCONTROLLABLY HORNY DURING 1198 00:32:04,424 --> 00:32:06,426 "BEETLEJUICE" THE MUSICAL, 1199 00:32:06,493 --> 00:32:09,863 ESCAPING TO MEXICO WHEN THEIR 1200 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:10,964 CONSTITUENTS NEED THEM MOST -- 1201 00:32:11,031 --> 00:32:11,598 BUT THEY DON'T POSSESS UNIVERSAL 1202 00:32:11,664 --> 00:32:13,633 EXPERTISE IN TECHNOLOGY, 1203 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:14,267 MEDICINE, OR FOOD SAFETY. 1204 00:32:14,334 --> 00:32:16,169 SO EVERY PART OF A REGULATOR'S 1205 00:32:16,236 --> 00:32:18,872 JOB IS NOW GOING TO BE MUCH 1206 00:32:18,938 --> 00:32:20,273 HARDER. 1207 00:32:20,340 --> 00:32:20,907 AS ONE COMMENTATOR WROTE, LOPER 1208 00:32:20,974 --> 00:32:23,043 BRIGHT HAS OPENED THE DOOR SO 1209 00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:24,044 THAT "THE WORST JUDGES WILL 1210 00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:26,346 ISSUE NATIONWIDE INJUNCTIONS, 1211 00:32:26,413 --> 00:32:28,081 EFFECTIVELY ONE-MAN VETOES OF 1212 00:32:28,148 --> 00:32:30,183 ENTIRE AGENCIES IN REAL TIME 1213 00:32:30,250 --> 00:32:33,253 BASED ON PERSONAL OPINION." 1214 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:33,887 WHICH IS JUST FULLY NOT HOW THIS 1215 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:35,789 GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. 1216 00:32:35,855 --> 00:32:37,691 THERE'S A REASON THAT 1217 00:32:37,757 --> 00:32:38,491 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK VIDEO DOESN'T 1218 00:32:38,558 --> 00:32:39,959 END WITH SOME RANDOM JUDGE IN 1219 00:32:40,026 --> 00:32:41,194 MISSISSIPPI SUDDENLY WIPING HIS 1220 00:32:41,261 --> 00:32:45,098 ASS WITH THAT BILL. 1221 00:32:45,165 --> 00:32:45,699 AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ALREADY 1222 00:32:45,765 --> 00:32:48,668 BEGUN. 1223 00:32:48,735 --> 00:32:49,836 ONE ANALYSIS FOUND THAT IN FACT, 1224 00:32:49,903 --> 00:32:52,138 LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER IT WAS 1225 00:32:52,205 --> 00:32:53,273 ISSUED, THREE JUDGES IN 1226 00:32:53,340 --> 00:33:00,046 DIFFERENT STATES PUBLISHED 1227 00:33:00,113 --> 00:33:03,216 DECISIONS ON THE SAME DAY CITING 1228 00:33:03,283 --> 00:33:03,783 LOPER BRIGHT AS THEY BLOCKED 1229 00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:04,851 IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW RULE 1230 00:33:04,918 --> 00:33:06,720 THAT WOULD PROHIBIT 1231 00:33:06,786 --> 00:33:09,456 DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE 1232 00:33:09,522 --> 00:33:09,989 BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY. 1233 00:33:10,056 --> 00:33:11,157 AND AT THE SAME TIME, JUDGES ARE 1234 00:33:11,224 --> 00:33:11,791 MAKING IT CLEAR THEY'RE NOT MUCH 1235 00:33:11,858 --> 00:33:13,727 BETTER EQUIPPED THAN CONGRESS TO 1236 00:33:13,793 --> 00:33:16,129 ANSWER HIGHLY TECHNICAL ISSUES. 1237 00:33:16,196 --> 00:33:17,697 IN ONE DECISION THIS TERM NEIL 1238 00:33:17,764 --> 00:33:20,200 GORSUCH REPEATEDLY CONFUSED 1239 00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:22,068 NITROUS OXIDE, OFTEN KNOWN AS 1240 00:33:22,135 --> 00:33:23,870 LAUGHING GAS, WITH NITROGEN 1241 00:33:23,937 --> 00:33:26,106 OXIDES, THE CLASS OF COMPOUNDS 1242 00:33:26,172 --> 00:33:27,474 THAT HELP FORM SMOG. 1243 00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:32,612 THAT'S A MISTAKE YOU GET TO MAKE 1244 00:33:32,679 --> 00:33:33,813 AT DENTAL SCHOOL EXACTLY ONCE. 1245 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,882 WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THIS TOGETHER, 1246 00:33:35,949 --> 00:33:36,816 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY ONE OF 1247 00:33:36,883 --> 00:33:38,351 THE JUSTICES ON THE LOSING END 1248 00:33:38,418 --> 00:33:39,352 OF ALL THESE RECENT 6-3 1249 00:33:39,419 --> 00:33:39,986 DECISIONS HAS BEEN GOING AROUND 1250 00:33:40,053 --> 00:33:42,389 SAYING STUFF LIKE THIS. 1251 00:33:42,455 --> 00:33:46,693 >> THERE ARE DAYS THAT I'VE COME 1252 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,961 TO MY OFFICE AFTER AN 1253 00:33:48,028 --> 00:33:50,764 ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CASE AND CLOSE 1254 00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:52,832 MY DOOR AND CRIED. 1255 00:33:52,899 --> 00:33:55,268 THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE DAYS, AND 1256 00:33:55,335 --> 00:33:59,673 THEY'RE LIKELY TO BE MORE. 1257 00:33:59,739 --> 00:34:00,807 >> John: WELL, THAT DOESN'T FEEL 1258 00:34:00,874 --> 00:34:01,141 GREAT. 1259 00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:01,741 YOU KNOW THINGS ARE BAD WHEN 1260 00:34:01,808 --> 00:34:02,275 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE 1261 00:34:02,342 --> 00:34:03,376 CRYING ALONE IN THEIR OFFICE 1262 00:34:03,443 --> 00:34:04,711 INSTEAD OF WHERE THEY USUALLY 1263 00:34:04,778 --> 00:34:06,279 CRY: ON NATIONAL TV WHILE 1264 00:34:06,346 --> 00:34:08,381 GETTING CREDIBLY ACCUSED OF 1265 00:34:08,448 --> 00:34:10,283 SEXUAL ASSAULT. 1266 00:34:10,350 --> 00:34:13,887 SO WHAT CAN WE DO? 1267 00:34:13,953 --> 00:34:14,754 WELL, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE 1268 00:34:14,821 --> 00:34:15,388 INTRODUCED BILLS TO TRY AND UNDO 1269 00:34:15,455 --> 00:34:17,157 SOME OF THESE DECISIONS, BUT 1270 00:34:17,223 --> 00:34:17,791 GIVEN THAT REPUBLICANS CURRENTLY 1271 00:34:17,857 --> 00:34:19,159 CONTROL THE HOUSE, THOSE BILLS 1272 00:34:19,225 --> 00:34:22,262 HAVE GONE NOWHERE. 1273 00:34:22,328 --> 00:34:26,232 THOMAS AND ALITO, AND MANY 1274 00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:32,939 PREVENTING MORE HAPPENING IS BY 1275 00:34:33,006 --> 00:34:35,141 KEEPING TRUMP OUT OF THE 1276 00:34:35,208 --> 00:34:36,676 WHITE HOUSE AND REPUBLICANS OUT 1277 00:34:36,743 --> 00:34:38,945 OF CONGRESS IN NOVEMBER. 1278 00:34:39,012 --> 00:34:39,946 IN 2016, TRUMP'S INTENTIONS ARE 1279 00:34:40,013 --> 00:34:42,015 VERY CLEAR. 1280 00:34:42,082 --> 00:34:43,516 THE OLDEST JUSTICES ARE 1281 00:34:43,583 --> 00:34:44,050 THOMAS AND ALITO, AND MANY 1282 00:34:44,117 --> 00:34:44,784 BELIEVE ONE OR BOTH OF THEM 1283 00:34:44,851 --> 00:34:45,385 COULD STEP DOWN DUE TO AGE IN 1284 00:34:45,452 --> 00:34:45,852 THE NEXT FOUR YEARS -- 1285 00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:46,419 POTENTIALLY GIVING TRUMP THE 1286 00:34:46,486 --> 00:34:48,021 CHANCE TO CEMENT THE COURT'S 1287 00:34:48,088 --> 00:34:48,855 CONSERVATIVE SUPERMAJORITY FOR A 1288 00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:50,890 GENERATION. 1289 00:34:50,957 --> 00:34:52,492 HE'S OPENLY PROMISING HIS BASE 1290 00:34:52,559 --> 00:34:53,693 AS MUCH. 1291 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,095 >> I WILL ONCE AGAIN APPOINT 1292 00:34:55,161 --> 00:34:57,330 ROCK SOLID CONSERVATIVE JUDGES 1293 00:34:57,397 --> 00:35:00,000 IN THE MOLD OF JUSTICES 1294 00:35:00,066 --> 00:35:02,168 ANTONIN SCALIA, SAMUEL ALITO, 1295 00:35:02,235 --> 00:35:05,638 HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB, AND 1296 00:35:05,705 --> 00:35:06,272 THE GREAT CLARENCE THOMAS, HE'S 1297 00:35:06,339 --> 00:35:09,876 BEEN FANTASTIC. 1298 00:35:09,943 --> 00:35:10,343 >> John: FIRST, NO HE 1299 00:35:10,410 --> 00:35:11,044 HASN'T BEEN FANTASTIC. 1300 00:35:11,111 --> 00:35:13,179 HE'S BEEN A FUCKING NIGHTMARE. 1301 00:35:13,246 --> 00:35:14,314 EAGLE-EYED VIEWERS WILL REMEMBER 1302 00:35:14,381 --> 00:35:16,116 THAT I NEARLY OBLITERATED MY 1303 00:35:16,182 --> 00:35:18,585 PERSONAL FINANCES TO ENCOURAGE 1304 00:35:18,651 --> 00:35:19,185 HIM TO RETIRE, WHICH HONESTLY 1305 00:35:19,252 --> 00:35:20,220 WOULD'VE BEEN WORTH IT. 1306 00:35:20,286 --> 00:35:22,122 BUT WOULD'VE ALSO PUT ME IN SUCH 1307 00:35:22,188 --> 00:35:23,857 A HOLE, I'D HAVE PROBABLY HAD TO 1308 00:35:23,923 --> 00:35:28,261 GO FULL "CANCEL CULTURE WARRIOR" 1309 00:35:28,328 --> 00:35:29,095 TO DIG MYSELF OUT OF IT. 1310 00:35:29,162 --> 00:35:29,896 I'D HAVE A 2-HOUR NETFLIX 1311 00:35:29,963 --> 00:35:30,764 STAND-UP SPECIAL CALLED "THEY 1312 00:35:30,830 --> 00:35:31,698 WON'T LET ME DO STAND-UP 1313 00:35:31,765 --> 00:35:33,299 ANYMORE" AND A STADIUM TOUR 1314 00:35:33,366 --> 00:35:34,134 CALLED "THEY WON'T LET ME TOUR 1315 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,036 EITHER." 1316 00:35:36,102 --> 00:35:38,338 THE POINT IS, THAT IS A MAN WHO 1317 00:35:38,405 --> 00:35:39,272 KNOWS, THAT THAT'S THE PROMISE 1318 00:35:39,339 --> 00:35:41,574 THAT CAN GET HIM ELECTED, AND 1319 00:35:41,641 --> 00:35:42,609 HAVE PEOPLE WILLING TO IGNORE 1320 00:35:42,676 --> 00:35:43,243 LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT 1321 00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:44,778 HIM. 1322 00:35:44,844 --> 00:35:46,746 LOOK, THE REMAKING OF AMERICA'S 1323 00:35:46,813 --> 00:35:47,380 JUDICIARY IS THE CULMINATION OF 1324 00:35:47,447 --> 00:35:48,415 A PLAN THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 1325 00:35:48,481 --> 00:35:49,749 DECADES. 1326 00:35:49,816 --> 00:35:50,350 AND WHILE A LOT OF THE JUDGES 1327 00:35:50,417 --> 00:35:53,019 THAT'VE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AREN'T 1328 00:35:53,086 --> 00:35:53,753 GOING ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE, THAT 1329 00:35:53,820 --> 00:35:54,354 DOESN'T MEAN THE CHANGE HAS TO 1330 00:35:54,421 --> 00:35:56,856 BE PERMANENT. 1331 00:35:56,923 --> 00:35:57,857 AND SECURING THE WHITE HOUSE AND 1332 00:35:57,924 --> 00:36:01,828 CONGRESS IS OUR BEST SHOT AT 1333 00:36:01,895 --> 00:36:02,395 STARTING TO SLOWLY UNDO THAT 1334 00:36:02,462 --> 00:36:02,929 CHANGE. 1335 00:36:02,996 --> 00:36:05,398 AND I KNOW IT CAN FEEL EXTREMELY 1336 00:36:05,465 --> 00:36:07,801 DEPRESSING -- I MEAN, SAD-OWL 1337 00:36:07,867 --> 00:36:09,769 DEPRESSING -- TO LIVE IN A WORLD 1338 00:36:09,836 --> 00:36:10,403 WHERE RICH, ANONYMOUS INTERESTS 1339 00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:11,438 CAN INSTALL FRIENDLY JUDGES TO 1340 00:36:11,504 --> 00:36:13,073 HAND THEM WHATEVER RULINGS THEY 1341 00:36:13,139 --> 00:36:15,208 WANT, AND WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S 1342 00:36:15,275 --> 00:36:15,742 ABILITY TO KEEP US SAFE IS 1343 00:36:15,809 --> 00:36:17,744 HAMSTRUNG BY SOME DORK'S B-MINUS 1344 00:36:17,811 --> 00:36:20,280 STANDUP ROUTINE. 1345 00:36:20,347 --> 00:36:20,914 BUT THAT SITUATION ONLY PERSISTS 1346 00:36:20,980 --> 00:36:22,982 IF WE LET IT. 1347 00:36:23,049 --> 00:36:23,616 IF WE CAN ELECT PEOPLE WHO VALUE 1348 00:36:23,683 --> 00:36:24,250 AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY AND THE 1349 00:36:24,317 --> 00:36:28,188 RULE OF LAW, THEN LEO AND HIS 1350 00:36:28,254 --> 00:36:31,758 BACKERS WON'T BE ABLE TO SO 1351 00:36:31,825 --> 00:36:33,193 EASILY BUY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 1352 00:36:33,259 --> 00:36:34,027 MEANING HE'LL PROBABLY NEED 1353 00:36:34,094 --> 00:36:34,961 SOMETHING ELSE TO SPEND ALL THAT 1354 00:36:35,028 --> 00:36:36,296 MONEY ON. 1355 00:36:36,363 --> 00:36:37,130 AND MAY I SUGGEST A TRIP TO THE 1356 00:36:37,197 --> 00:36:38,531 MOST SPECTACULAR LEGS IN TEXAS? 1357 00:36:38,598 --> 00:36:39,699 AND NOW, THIS. 1358 00:36:43,336 --> 00:36:45,238 I DON'T WANT TO OVERSELL THEM, 1359 00:36:45,305 --> 00:36:45,872 BUT I HEARD THEY'RE BOTH 1360 00:36:45,939 --> 00:36:48,174 INTERESTING AND BIG. 1361 00:36:48,241 --> 00:36:48,508 AND NOW, THIS. 1362 00:36:48,575 --> 00:36:51,711 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 1363 00:36:51,778 --> 00:36:52,312 PEOPLE ON TV LEARN THAT GEN Z 1364 00:36:52,379 --> 00:36:52,912 DON'T LIKE TO SHOW THEIR FEET. 1365 00:36:52,979 --> 00:36:56,683 >> YOU WANT TO KNOW THE BIGGEST 1366 00:36:56,750 --> 00:36:57,584 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GEN Z AND THE 1367 00:36:57,650 --> 00:36:57,884 REST OF US? 1368 00:36:57,951 --> 00:36:58,485 GEN Z KIDS DON'T LIKE TO SHOW 1369 00:36:58,551 --> 00:37:00,120 THEIR FEET. 1370 00:37:00,186 --> 00:37:01,855 THEY LIKE THICK CHUNKY SNEAKERS, 1371 00:37:01,921 --> 00:37:02,255 CROCS WITH SOCKS. 1372 00:37:02,322 --> 00:37:03,990 >> THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE 1373 00:37:04,057 --> 00:37:06,292 THEIR FEET, SO THEY ARE WEARING 1374 00:37:06,359 --> 00:37:06,693 THOSE WITH SOCKS. 1375 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:07,293 >> SOCKS WITH SANDALS, CROCS 1376 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,431 WITH SOCKS. 1377 00:37:11,498 --> 00:37:12,132 THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS ARE 1378 00:37:12,198 --> 00:37:12,532 WEARING. 1379 00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:13,667 THEY ARE EMBARRASSED TO SHOW OFF 1380 00:37:13,733 --> 00:37:14,267 THEIR TOOTSIES AND OFFENDED BY 1381 00:37:14,334 --> 00:37:15,435 THE UGLY FEET OF OTHERS. 1382 00:37:15,502 --> 00:37:16,369 >> WE NEED TO GET BACK TO 1383 00:37:16,436 --> 00:37:17,003 SOMETHING YOU SAID AT THE TOP OF 1384 00:37:17,070 --> 00:37:19,773 THE BROADCAST. 1385 00:37:19,839 --> 00:37:20,273 A FRIEND WITH 11 TOES? 1386 00:37:20,340 --> 00:37:21,241 >> YEAH. 1387 00:37:21,307 --> 00:37:22,475 IN HIGH SCHOOL, A GUY ALWAYS 1388 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:24,344 WORE SOCKS WITH SANDALS. 1389 00:37:24,411 --> 00:37:29,282 WE'RE LIKE, TAKE YOUR SOCKS OFF. 1390 00:37:29,349 --> 00:37:31,284 HE'S LIKE, OKAY, FINALLY HE TOOK 1391 00:37:31,351 --> 00:37:32,052 THEM OFF AND HE HAD 11 TOES. 1392 00:37:32,118 --> 00:37:32,786 THE LITTLE GUY RIGHT HERE, HE 1393 00:37:32,852 --> 00:37:33,520 HAD A LITTLE OFF SHOOT. 1394 00:37:33,586 --> 00:37:34,487 >> TRUE STORY. 1395 00:37:34,554 --> 00:37:38,058 >> THERE WAS A GUY IN 1396 00:37:38,124 --> 00:37:40,293 HIGH SCHOOL, HE HAD ONE MORE 1397 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:40,894 THAN STAN THE MAN, HE HAD 12. 1398 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:42,328 SIX ON EACH FOOT. 1399 00:37:42,395 --> 00:37:43,463 BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS 1400 00:37:43,530 --> 00:37:46,099 WHERE YOU JUST OWN IT AFTER A 1401 00:37:46,166 --> 00:37:47,133 WHILE, WHATEVER. 1402 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:48,702 >> I HAVE VERY LONG SKINNY FEET 1403 00:37:48,768 --> 00:37:50,970 AND I HAVE LONG TOES. 1404 00:37:51,037 --> 00:37:51,938 LIKE I CAN USE MY FEET LIKE 1405 00:37:52,005 --> 00:37:54,107 HANDS. 1406 00:37:54,174 --> 00:37:56,176 LIKE, I CAN PICK UP STUFF WITH 1407 00:37:56,242 --> 00:37:56,509 MY FEET. 1408 00:37:56,576 --> 00:37:58,678 I DIDN'T WEAR SANDALS FOR THE 1409 00:37:58,745 --> 00:37:59,713 LONGEST TIME BECAUSE ONE TIME IN 1410 00:37:59,779 --> 00:38:01,081 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I HAD SOME 1411 00:38:01,147 --> 00:38:03,183 SANDALS AND MY FRIENDS ARE LIKE 1412 00:38:03,249 --> 00:38:03,917 WOW, YOU GOT MONKEY TOES. 1413 00:38:03,983 --> 00:38:06,753 CAN YOU HANG FROM TREES? 1414 00:38:06,820 --> 00:38:07,287 I'M LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S IT. 1415 00:38:07,354 --> 00:38:08,455 I WAS SO SELF-CONSCIOUS. 1416 00:38:08,521 --> 00:38:15,528 NOW, I DON'T GIVE A RIP. 1417 00:38:18,865 --> 00:38:22,535 >> HAVING SAID THAT THAT I'VE 1418 00:38:22,602 --> 00:38:23,103 SEEN A FAIR AMOUNT CORNS AND 1419 00:38:23,169 --> 00:38:23,670 BUNIONS AND OTHER THINGS IN 1420 00:38:23,737 --> 00:38:23,903 MY TIME. 1421 00:38:23,970 --> 00:38:24,804 >> HAMMER TOE. 1422 00:38:24,871 --> 00:38:28,008 >> YEAH, HAMMER TOE, THAT LITTLE 1423 00:38:28,074 --> 00:38:28,842 GUY HUGGING UP TO THE NEXT ONE. 1424 00:38:28,908 --> 00:38:32,479 >> THE PROCEDURE, THEY CHOOSE 1425 00:38:32,545 --> 00:38:35,115 CHISEL THAT BONE, MAN, YOU'RE 1426 00:38:35,181 --> 00:38:36,583 BACK TO NORMAL. 1427 00:38:36,649 --> 00:38:42,288 NEW MAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 1428 00:38:42,355 --> 00:38:44,557 OUT OF TIME YOU'RE MOVING ON 1429 00:38:44,624 --> 00:38:47,427 STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW. 1430 00:38:47,494 --> 00:38:48,261 STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW FOR YOU, 1431 00:38:48,328 --> 00:38:48,595 GOOD TO KNOW. 1432 00:38:48,661 --> 00:38:48,795 ♪ ♪ 1433 00:38:48,862 --> 00:38:49,796 >> John: THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1434 00:38:49,863 --> 00:38:50,930 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1435 00:38:50,997 --> 00:38:51,464 WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1436 00:38:51,531 --> 00:38:53,700 GOOD NIGHT! 1437 00:38:53,767 --> 00:39:00,273 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1438 00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:09,916 ♪ ♪ 1439 00:39:10,016 --> 00:39:10,850 ♪ ♪