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>> JOHN: WELCOME TO LAST WEEK

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TONIGHT.

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I'M JOHN OLIVER.

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

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IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK.

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THE POPE MET WITH MARCO RUBIO

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AMID ONGOING TENSION BETWEEN THE

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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND GOD.

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A JUDGE RELEASED THIS ALLEGED

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JEFFREY EPSTEIN SUICIDE NOTE.

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SHOWING PENMANSHIP'S STILL WORTH

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TEACHING IN SCHOOLS.

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AND AROUND THE COUNTRY,

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REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLED TO

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REDISTRICT IN THE WAKE OF THE

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SUPREME COURT'S VOTING RIGHTS

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ACT RULING.

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IN TENNESSEE, THEY CONVENED A

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SPECIAL SESSION TO CARVE UP THE

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STATE'S ONLY MAJORITY-BLACK

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THEY CANNOT DRAW DISTRICTS BASED

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ON RACE WHICH LED TO THIS

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INCREDIBLE EXCHANGE BETWEEN ONE

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DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR AND THE

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BILL'S SPONSOR WHO WAS

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DESPERATELY TRYING TO PLAY DUMB.

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>> TO THE SPONSOR.

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ARE YOU AWARE THAT MEMPHIS IS

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PREDOMINATELY AFRICAN AMERICAN?

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>> SENATOR STEVENS RESPOND.

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>> THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER.

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I AM NOT.

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>> SENATOR LAMAR.

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>> THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER.

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SO TO MY SPONSOR, WHO WENT TO

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LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

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MEMPHIS AND LIVED THERE FOR

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THREE YEARS, YOU'RE TELLING ME

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YOU'RE NOT AWARE THAT MEMPHIS IS

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PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN,

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AM I CORRECT?

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>> SENATOR LAMAR, HE'S ANSWERED

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THAT.

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NEXT QUESTION PLEASE.

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>> JOHN: NO, NO, NO!

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DON'T LET HIM MOVE ON TO THE

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NEXT QUESTION, UNLESS THE NEXT

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QUESTION IS, "TO THE SPONSOR:

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AND WHO DO YOU THINK ELVIS STOLE

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HIS MUSIC FROM, EXACTLY?"

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AND WHILE THERE'LL BE MUCH MORE

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TO SAY ABOUT THIS GOING FORWARD,

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WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO OUR

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ONGOING WAR WITH IRAN.

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TRUMP'S STILL CLAIMING HIS

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ACTIONS PREVENTED IRAN FROM

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GETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON -- EVEN

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WHEN THE AUDIENCE FOR THAT

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MESSAGE IS NOT IDEAL.

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>> SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD IRAN --

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AN IRAN WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON

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AND MAYBE WE WOULDN'T ALL BE

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HERE RIGHT NOW.

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I CAN TELL YOU THE MIDDLE EAST

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WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE.

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ISRAEL WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE AND

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THEY WOULD HAVE TRAINED THEIR

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SIGHTS ON EUROPE FIRST AND THEN

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US BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK PEOPLE.

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>> WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?

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YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY KIDS!

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THAT EVENT WAS PART OF TRUMP'S

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PUSH TO RESTORE THE PRESIDENTIAL

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FITNESS TEST IN SCHOOLS.

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YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING

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THEM NIGHTMARES ABOUT GYM CLASS,

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NOT NUCLEAR WAR!

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"OPERATION EPIC FURY" BEGAN --

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AND THAT'S MEANINGFUL, GIVEN, BY

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LAW, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF INFORMING

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CONGRESS OF THE START OF A

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MILITARY CONFLICT, THE PRESIDENT

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MUST TERMINATE ANY USE OF THE

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U.S ARMED FORCES UNLESS CONGRESS

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HAS FORMALLY DECLARED WAR OR

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ENACTED A SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION

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NOW, THE ADMINISTRATION'S ARGUED

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THEY SIMPLY DON'T NEED TO COMPLY

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WITH THAT.

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AND ON TUESDAY, MARCO RUBIO MADE

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THIS BIG CLAIM.

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>> THE OPERATION EPIC FURY IS

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CONCLUDED.

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WE ACHIEVED THE OBJECTIVES OF

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THAT OPERATION.

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I'M NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW,

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WE'RE NOT CHEERING FOR AN

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BUT LOOK, THE MESSAGE TO IRAN:

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THESE GUYS ARE FACING -- THEY

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ARE FACING REAL CATASTROPHIC

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DESTRUCTION TO THEIR ECONOMY.

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GENERATIONAL DESTRUCTION TO

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THEIR ECONOMY.

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GENERATIONAL DESTRUCTION TO THE

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WEALTH OF THEIR COUNTRY IMPOSED

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ON THEMSELVES BY THE ACTIONS

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THAT THEY'RE TAKING.

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THEY SHOULD CHECK THEMSELVES

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BEFORE THEY WRECK THEMSELVES IN

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THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'RE

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>> JOHN: YEAH, MARCO RUBIO

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DECLARED EPIC FURY WAS OVER,

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BEFORE SENDING A MESSAGE TO

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IRAN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE

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WEIRDEST POSSIBLE WAY.

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BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE GROUP OF

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PEOPLE WHO'LL IDENTIFY WITH

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LYRICS FROM A '90S ICE CUBE

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SONG, IT'S DEFINITELY

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FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAMIC CLERICS.

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THEY LOVE DECADES-OLD HIP HOP

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REFERENCES.

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BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION,

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AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI WOULD

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TEHRAN WEARING HIS FAVORITE "RUN

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DMC" SHIRT.

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SO THE ADMINISTRATION SEEMED TO

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BE ANNOUNCING THE END OF THIS

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CONFLICT.

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BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY TRUMP

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POSTED, "ASSUMING IRAN AGREES TO

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GIVE WHAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO,

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WHICH IS, PERHAPS, A BIG

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ASSUMPTION, THE ALREADY

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LEGENDARY EPIC FURY WILL BE AT

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AN END, AND THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

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BLOCKADE WILL ALLOW THE HORMUZ

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STRAIT TO BE OPEN TO ALL,

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IF THEY DON'T AGREE, THE BOMBING

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WHICH ISN'T GREAT.

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AND WHILE IT'S NOT THE MOST

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IMPORTANT PART, "ASSUMING IRAN

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AGREES TO GIVE WHAT HAS BEEN

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AGREED TO" IS AN INSANE PHRASE.

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HURT IF HE OCCASIONALLY ASKED

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CHAT GPT, "CAN YOU REPHRASE THIS

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EARLIER VERSION OF YOU WROTE

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AND, IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO

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TO OPERATION EPIC FURY IN THE

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PAST OR PRESENT TENSE, WE WERE

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SUDDENLY DEALING WITH A WHOLE

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"NEW" OPERATION THIS WEEK.

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>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DIRECTED

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US CENTRAL COMMAND TO RESTART

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THE FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE

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THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

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FREEDOM.

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SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM

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OPERATION EPIC FURY.

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>> JOHN: YEAH, WE'RE NOW

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INVOLVED WITH "PROJECT FREEDOM",

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WHICH IS LEGALLY DISTINCT FROM

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OPERATION EPIC FURY.

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Y'KNOW, MUCH LIKE THIS HALLOWEEN

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COSTUME CALLED "KIDS CHOCOLATE

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FACTORY WORKER COSTUME" IS

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LEGALLY DISTINCT FROM ANY

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ASSOCIATION WITH OOMPA LOOMPAS,

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WHILE LOOKING VERY MUCH LIKE THE

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SAME THING.

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THE AIM OF "PROJECT FREEDOM" WAS

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TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

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BY HAVING THE US MILITARY

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ESSENTIALLY GUIDE COMMERCIAL

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SHIPS THROUGH BY -- AMONG OTHER

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THINGS -- LOCATING MINES AND

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PASSING ALONG THAT INFORMATION

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TO THE SHIPS.

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BUT AFTER JUST A DAY -- AND ONLY

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TWO SHIPS MAKING IT THROUGH OUT

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OF THE OVER 1,600 WHO WERE

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WAITING -- TRUMP SUDDENLY

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REVERSED COURSE, LEADING TO THE

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EXCELLENT HEADLINE: "TRUMP

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ANNOUNCES PAUSE ON PROJECT

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FREEDOM."

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WHICH IS, IF NOTHING ELSE, ON

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THE FUCKING NOSE.

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BUT I ACTUALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON

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A SMALL MOMENT, FROM HEGSETH'S

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PRESS CONFERENCE.

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BECAUSE HE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF

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THE JOINT CHIEFS WERE ASKED

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ABOUT SOME OF THE WEAPONS

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POTENTIALLY AT IRAN'S DISPOSAL.

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AND ONE WAS PRETTY STRIKING.

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>> ARE THERE STILL CONCERNS

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ABOUT MINES IN THE STRAIT AND

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CAN YOU KIND OF CLARIFY THESE

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REPORTS OF KAMIKAZE DOLPHINS

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THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT?

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>> YEAH, YOU HEARD RIGHT.

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SHE JUST SAID, "KAMIKAZE

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DOLPHINS."

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THAT SOUNDS LESS LIKE A REAL

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THING AND MORE LIKE SOMETHING

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ALEX JONES WOULD MUTTER IN HIS

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SLEEP, OR MAYBE THE NAME OF A

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BAR TRIVIA TEAM FULL OF AQUARIUM

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ADULTS.

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BUT INCREDIBLY, THE WALL STREET

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JOURNAL DID REPORT LAST WEEK

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THAT IRANIAN LEADERS WERE

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CONSIDERING DEPLOYING

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"PREVIOUSLY UNUSED WEAPONS TO

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ATTACK U.S. WARSHIPS,"

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INCLUDING "MINE-CARRYING

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DOLPHINS."

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AND AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST

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GOING TO PAUSE.

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BECAUSE THAT CLAIM PROMPTED US

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TO DO A BIT OF A DEEP DIVE, PUN

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VERY MUCH INTENDED, AND

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APPARENTLY, MILITARY DOLPHINS

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ARE AN ACTUAL THING.

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IN FACT, SINCE 1959, THE U.S.

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NAVY HAS TRAINED DOLPHINS AND

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SEA LIONS TO HELP GUARD AGAINST

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THREATS UNDERWATER.

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EARLY EXPERIMENTS REPORTEDLY

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TESTED MORE THAN A DOZEN

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AND SEA TURTLES, BEFORE THE

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PROGRAM SETTLED ON DOLPHINS.

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BUT I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU FROM

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THE JUMP DOLPHINS WOULD BE THE

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STANDOUT THERE.

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TURTLES TOO SLOW, SHARKS TOO

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STUPID, RAYS TOO DIFFICULT TO

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TAKE SERIOUSLY ONCE YOU SEE

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THEIR MOUTHS.

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LOOK AT THIS IDIOT.

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THAT ISN'T A WARRIOR.

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THAT'S NATURE'S MOST SLIPPERY

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DWEEB.

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DOLPHINS ARE APPARENTLY USED BY

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THE MILITARY BECAUSE THEY

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NATURALLY POSSESS THE MOST

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SOPHISTICATED SONAR KNOWN TO

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SCIENCE, WITH TECHNOLOGY BEING

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NO MATCH FOR THEM.

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AND IT TURNS OUT, THEY'RE GOOD

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AT A LOT OF THINGS.

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>> WE TRAIN NAVY ANIMALS TO DO

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SIMPLE THINGS UNDER

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EXTRAORDINARY CICUMSTANCES.

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FOR THEM, DETECTING ENEMY DIVERS

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AND SWIMMERS OR UUVS OR ENEMY

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MINES...

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FINDING THE TARGET IS EASY, THE

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ANIMALS ARE NATURAL HUNTERS, WE

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JUST CHANGE WHAT THEY'RE HUNTING

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FOR.

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>> JOHN: YEAH, DOLPHINS ARE

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NATURAL HUNTERS, BUT DON'T

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NATURALLY HUNT FOR EXPLOSIVES.

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TYPICALLY THEY HUNT FOR MACKEREL

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OR SQUID OR A SCIENTIST WHO'LL

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JERK THEM OFF.

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I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO IT

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RIGHT NOW, JUST GOOGLE IT

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YOURSELVES.

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BUT ACCORDING TO ONE EXPERT --

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ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

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I'LL JUST TELL YOU QUICKLY.

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IN THE 1960S, THIS WOMAN,

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MARGARET LOVATT, TRIED TO TEACH

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A DOLPHIN TO SPEAK ENGLISH, AND

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THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT

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WAS TO LIVE WITH A DOLPHIN 24

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HOURS A DAY, BUT HER LESSONS

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KEPT GETTING DERAILED BY THE

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DOLPHIN'S SEXUAL URGES, AND HER

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SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM WAS TO

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RELIEVE THOSE URGES FOR HIM.

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LONG STORY SHORT, THE DOLPHIN

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NEVER LEARNED TO SPEAK ENGLISH,

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AND WAS SENT TO LIVE IN AN

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ABANDONED BANK IN MIAMI.

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AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF

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THAT DOLPHIN DIDN'T LEARN TO

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SPEAK ENGLISH, I'M NOT SURE IT

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CAN BE DONE.

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BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TIME.

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THE POINT IS, THERE ARE MILITARY

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DOLPHINS.

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AND OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE PUT

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THEM TO WORK.

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WE BROUGHT A TEAM OF FIVE

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DOLPHINS TO VIETNAM "TO GUARD AN

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AMMUNITION PIER", BECAUSE THAT

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WAR DIDN'T HAVE "ENOUGH" GOING

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ON.

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IN THE RUNUP TO THE FIRST GULF

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WAR, A TEAM OF SIX DOLPHINS

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"PATROLLED THE HARBOR IN BAHRAIN

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AND ESCORTED KUWAITI OIL TANKERS

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THROUGH DANGEROUS WATERS."

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AND DURING THE IRAQ WAR, A TEAM

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OF DOLPHINS "HELPED DISARM MORE

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THAN 100 ANTI-SHIP MINES AND

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UNDERWATER BOOBY TRAPS" PLANTED

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BY SADDAM'S FORCES.

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MEANING, DOLPHINS HAVE

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OBJECTIVELY DONE MORE FRONT LINE

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MILITARY SERVICE THAN ANYONE

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WITH THE LAST NAME TRUMP.

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NOW, THE U.S. NAVY'S

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CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED IT ONLY

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USES DOLPHINS FOR DEFENSIVE

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PURPOSES, AND NOT TO ATTACK THE

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ENEMY -- POINTING OUT THAT,

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"SINCE DOLPHINS CANNOT DISCERN

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENEMY AND

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FRIENDLY VESSELS, IT WOULD NOT

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BE WISE TO GIVE THAT KIND OF

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DECISION AUTHORITY TO AN

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ANIMAL."

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IT'S ALSO CLAIMED THAT RUMORS TO

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THE CONTRARY ARISE FROM MEDIA

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SPECULATION, THANKS IN PART TO A

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POPULAR MOVIE IN 1973 WHICH

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REINFORCED THOSE IDEAS.

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SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE TALKING

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ABOUT THIS MOVIE:

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>> UNWITTINGLY, HE HAD TRAINED A

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DOLPHIN TO KILL THE PRESIDENT OF

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THE UNITED STATES."

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>> CAN YOU FIND BEA?

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>> [DOLPHIN NOISES]

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>> THE THING ON BEA'S BACK WILL

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HURT MAN.

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>> [DOLPHIN NOISES]

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>> FA, STOP BEA NOW.

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>> [DOLPHIN NOISES]

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>> GEORGE C SCOTT IN A MIKE

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NICHOLS FILM.

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"THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN."

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>> JOHN: YES, YES, YES, FOR THE

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RECORD, "UNWITTINGLY, HE HAD

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TRAINED A DOLPHIN TO KILL THE

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PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"

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IS, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART,

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THE FUNNIEST SENTENCE IN

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HISTORY.

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IT'S SUCH A PERFECTLY DIRECT

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SUMMARY OF THE PLOT, THEY EVEN

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PUT IT ON THE ACTUAL POSTER FOR

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THIS ACTUAL MOVIE.

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THAT WAS, AGAIN, DIRECTED BY

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MIKE NICHOLS.

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YOU KNOW, OF "THE GRADUATE",

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"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA

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WOOLF," AND "THE DAY OF THE

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DOLPHIN."

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A FEW FUN FACTS: MIKE NICHOLS

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APPARENTLY REFERRED TO THIS FILM

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AS "THE FISH MOVIE", AND HAD A

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HARD TIME DURING ITS PRODUCTION,

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AS "INNUMERABLE DELAYS WERE

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CAUSED BY THE DOLPHINS, WHO

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TENDED TO MAKE A GAME OUT OF

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REARRANGING THE UNDERWATER

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LIGHTS ONCE THEY HAD BEEN SET

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UP".

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BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY DID.

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WELL DONE DOLPHINS.

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ACCORDING TO THE SCREENWRITER,

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ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SHOOT,

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THEY APPARENTLY DID THREE TAKES

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OF THE DOLPHINS SWIMMING OFF,

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AND "AFTER TAKE THREE, THEY

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NEVER CAME BACK."

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AGAIN, WELL DONE, DOLPHINS!

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AND FINALLY, NICHOLS REPEATEDLY

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CLAIMED HE MADE THE MOVIE "AS A

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FAVOR TO ROMAN POLANSKI."

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JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGHT THE

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MOVIE COULDN'T GET ANY WEIRDER.

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NOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU MIGHT

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UNDERSTANDABLY BE WONDERING:

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"WAIT, IF DOLPHINS DON'T CARRY

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MINES TO ENEMY SHIPS, THEN WHY'S

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THE U-S GOVERNMENT BEING ASKED

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ABOUT IRANIAN KAMIKAZE

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DOLPHINS?"

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GOOD QUESTION.

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WELL, THE U-S NAVY INSISTS THAT

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"WE" DON'T USE DOLPHINS TO DO

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THAT.

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BUT OTHER COUNTRIES APPARENTLY

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"HAVE" TRAINED THEM TO ATTACK.

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THE SOVIET UNION'S NAVY

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REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED ITS OWN

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MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM, AS PART

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OF WHICH, "DOLPHINS AND OTHER

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AQUATIC MAMMALS WERE TRAINED BY

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RUSSIAN EXPERTS TO ATTACK

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WARSHIPS AND ENEMY FROGMEN."

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NOW, AFTER THE DISSOLUTION OF

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THE USSR, THE PROGRAM "FELL INTO

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NEGLECT IN THE 1990S," AND "WHEN

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FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT CEASED,

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MANY WERE MOVED TO A PRIVATE

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DOLPHINARIUM TO PERFORM FOR

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TOURISTS" IN UKRAINE.

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EVENTUALLY, THE TOURIST TRADE

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DRIED UP, AND SADLY, THEIR

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TRAINER WAS THEN FORCED TO SELL

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THESE MILITARY-TRAINED KILLER

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DOLPHINS, LEADING TO THE

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IMMORTAL HEADLINE: "IRAN BUYS

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KAMIKAZE DOLPHINS."

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NOW, ADMITTEDLY, THAT WAS 26

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YEARS AGO, AND SOME REPORTS HAVE

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SPECULATED THAT THOSE PARTICULAR

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DOLPHINS WOULD NOW BE "TOO OLD"

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FOR IRAN TO USE IN THE STRAIT OF

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HORMUZ.

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WHICH IS A BIT RUDE.

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BUT EVEN IF TRUE, IRAN MAY'VE

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GOTTEN NEW DOLPHINS FROM RUSSIA

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SINCE THEN, GIVEN IT'S

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REPORTEDLY REVIVED ITS KILLER

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DOLPHIN PROGRAM.

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OH, AND ONE MORE THING: A FEW

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YEARS AGO, HAMAS APPARENTLY

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CLAIMED ISRAEL HAD A DOLPHIN

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WEAPONS PROGRAM TOO -- LEADING

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TO THE HEADLINE IN THE JERUSALEM

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POST: "KILLER ZIONIST DOLPHINS?

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HAMAS CLAIMS THEY EXIST."

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AND THAT HEADLINE'S A MINEFIELD

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EVEN THE BEST TRAINED MILITARY

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DOLPHIN COULDN'T NAVIGATE.

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ANYWAY.

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I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD MORE

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ABOUT BOMB DOLPHINS THIS WEEK

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THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO

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ON MONDAY.

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WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE IRAN

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WAR.

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BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S COMING

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NEXT?

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WE'RE TAPING THIS ON SATURDAY,

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AS THE U.S. -- RESPONSE BUT NOW

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BOTH SIDES HAVE RESUMED

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ATTACKING EACH OTHER.

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AND TRUMP'S EVEN FLOATED THE

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IDEA OF RESUMING PROJECT FREEDOM

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IF NO DEAL IS REACHED, THOUGH IN

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HIS "SCREAMING NEXT TO A

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HELICOPTER" TIME ON FRIDAY, HE

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ADDED A TWIST:

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>> WE MAY GO BACK TO PROJECT

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FREEDOM IF THINGS DON'T HAPPEN —

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BUT IT'LL BE PROJECT FREEDOM

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PLUS, MEANING PROJECT FREEDOM

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PLUS OTHER THINGS.

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>> JOHN: LOOK -- I THINK IT'S

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PRETTY CLEAR, THIS GUY'S GOT

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ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

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BECAUSE "PROJECT FREEDOM PLUS"

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IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS SERIES OF

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WORDS I'VE SEEN THIS WEEK, AND

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I'LL REMIND YOU: TONIGHT, YOU'VE

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REPEATEDLY HEARD THE PHRASE,

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"UNWITTINGLY, HE HAD TRAINED A

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DOLPHIN TO KILL THE PRESIDENT OF

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THE UNITED STATES."

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AND NOW, THIS.

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[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

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>> Announcer: AND NOW PEOPLE

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ON TV ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT

512
00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:32,145
"STAR WARS" DAY.

513
00:13:32,211 --> 00:13:33,246
>> MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU.

514
00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:34,647
>> TODAY IS MAY THE 4TH.

515
00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:37,650
ARE YOU A "STAR WARS" PERSON?

516
00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:37,884
>> NO.

517
00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,886
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN "STAR WARS".

518
00:13:39,952 --> 00:13:42,155
>> IT'S A CLASSIC.

519
00:13:42,221 --> 00:13:43,656
>> BABY YODA.

520
00:13:43,723 --> 00:13:44,757
>> WHILE THAT'S ENOUGH ABOUT

521
00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:45,158
"STAR WARS".

522
00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:46,259
>> THIS ANNUAL DAY IS VERY

523
00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:47,660
IMPORTANT TO MY OLDER BROTHERS

524
00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:48,828
AND SOME OF THE OTHER

525
00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:49,962
"STAR WARS" FANS.

526
00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:51,664
SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM NERDS BUT

527
00:13:51,731 --> 00:13:52,765
THEY CALL THEMSELVES FANS.

528
00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:54,233
>> I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU

529
00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:54,767
GUYS.

530
00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:56,669
MY STEPDAD USED TO MAKE US WATCH

531
00:13:56,736 --> 00:13:58,171
"STAR WARS" AS PUNISHMENT.

532
00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,173
IF WE GOT IN TROUBLE, IT WAS NOT

533
00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:00,673
MY THING.

534
00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:03,176
IF HE GOT IN TROUBLE --

535
00:14:03,242 --> 00:14:04,177
>> HE LIKED IT.

536
00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:05,178
>> HE WAS OBSESSED.

537
00:14:05,244 --> 00:14:07,680
>> I'M JUST GOING TO STAY RIGHT

538
00:14:07,747 --> 00:14:09,182
HERE, HELLO, NICE TO MEET YOU.

539
00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:11,184
>> I NEVER GOT INTO IT.

540
00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:13,286
>> YOU NEVER WATCHED A CIVIL

541
00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:14,187
"STAR WARS"?

542
00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:16,189
>> NO I DIDN'T.

543
00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:18,191
>> IT'S TRENDING AGAIN TODAY.

544
00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:19,692
>> MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU.

545
00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:20,693
>> THERE YOU GO, DEVYN.

546
00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,196
THERE YOU GO.

547
00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:25,198
>> JOHN: MOVING ON.

548
00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:25,832
OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS

549
00:14:25,898 --> 00:14:27,200
THE SUPREME COURT.

550
00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:27,767
IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT

551
00:14:27,834 --> 00:14:28,701
LATELY, ESPECIALLY THANKS TO

552
00:14:28,768 --> 00:14:29,302
LAST WEEK'S VOTING RIGHTS ACT

553
00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:30,703
DECISION.

554
00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:31,704
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, IT WAS A

555
00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:33,706
6-3 DECISION IN THE CASE OF

556
00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:34,707
"WHITE PEOPLE VERSUS EVERYBODY",

557
00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:36,309
AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO THEY

558
00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,711
RULED IN FAVOR OF.

559
00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:39,278
BUT I ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK

560
00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:40,346
ABOUT A PATTERN YOU MAY'VE

561
00:14:40,413 --> 00:14:41,714
NOTICED RECENTLY.

562
00:14:41,781 --> 00:14:43,216
BASICALLY, TRUMP COMES OUT WITH

563
00:14:43,282 --> 00:14:44,217
A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER OR ACTION,

564
00:14:44,283 --> 00:14:45,218
A BUNCH OF LEGAL SCHOLARS SAY

565
00:14:45,284 --> 00:14:47,220
"I'M NOT SURE HE CAN DO THAT",

566
00:14:47,286 --> 00:14:49,322
SOME COURTS WEIGH IN AND SAY,

567
00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:49,922
"YEAH, HE DEFINITELY CAN'T DO

568
00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:50,823
THAT AND HE NEEDS TO STOP," THEN

569
00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:51,724
THIS HAPPENS:

570
00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:53,226
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUPREME

571
00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:54,227
COURT IS ALLOWING PRESIDENT

572
00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:56,229
TRUMP TO IMPLEMENT HIS BAN ON

573
00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:57,230
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SERVING IN

574
00:14:57,296 --> 00:15:00,733
THE MILITARY.

575
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:01,734
>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS

576
00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:03,736
LETTING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

577
00:15:03,803 --> 00:15:04,737
MOVE FORWARD WITH FREEZING $4

578
00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:05,471
BILLION IN FOREIGN AID.

579
00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:06,239
>> THE JUSTICES RULING THAT THE

580
00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:07,240
PRESIDENT CAN INDEED PROCEED

581
00:15:07,306 --> 00:15:08,741
WITH HIS PLAN TO TRY TO

582
00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:10,243
DISMANTLE THE EDUCATION

583
00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:13,246
DEPARTMENT WITH MASS LAYOFFS.

584
00:15:13,312 --> 00:15:13,746
>> JOHN: RIGHT.

585
00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:15,248
THE COURT'S BEEN REPEATEDLY

586
00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:16,249
JUMPING IN TO ONGOING CASES TO

587
00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:17,250
SAY: "YOU KNOW WHAT?

588
00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:18,751
WHILE THIS WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH

589
00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:20,486
THE COURTS, TRUMP SHOULD GET TO

590
00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:21,754
DO THE THING HE WANTS TO DO

591
00:15:21,821 --> 00:15:22,889
ANYWAY.

592
00:15:22,955 --> 00:15:23,923
IT'S BASICALLY A FOOTBALL

593
00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:25,258
REFEREE SAYING, "PENDING A FINAL

594
00:15:25,324 --> 00:15:27,760
RULING ON THE LEGALITY OF THE

595
00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:28,361
QUARTERBACK HAVING A GUN, I'M

596
00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:29,762
JUST GONNA STAND BACK AND SEE

597
00:15:29,829 --> 00:15:32,765
WHERE HE'S GOING WITH THIS."

598
00:15:32,832 --> 00:15:33,766
AND THAT'S POSSIBLE, THANKS TO

599
00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:34,400
THE RISE OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS "THE

600
00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:35,768
SHADOW DOCKET".

601
00:15:35,835 --> 00:15:36,769
AND TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS, IT'S

602
00:15:36,836 --> 00:15:38,271
PROBABLY USEFUL TO REMEMBER HOW

603
00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:38,905
REGULAR SUPREME COURT CASES ARE

604
00:15:38,971 --> 00:15:40,273
DECIDED.

605
00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:41,274
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF A SUPREME

606
00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:43,276
COURT CASE, YOU'RE THINKING OF A

607
00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:44,777
CASE ON THE MERITS DOCKET.

608
00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:45,778
A CASE STARTS IN A DISTRICT

609
00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:47,280
COURT, IS APPEALED TO A CIRCUIT

610
00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:49,282
COURT, OFTEN CALLED AN APPEALS

611
00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:50,716
COURT, AND THEN IT'S PETITIONED

612
00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:51,250
TO BE HEARD BY THE SUPREME

613
00:15:51,317 --> 00:15:52,452
COURT.

614
00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:53,920
FROM THERE, BRIEFS ARE WRITTEN

615
00:15:53,986 --> 00:15:55,288
ARGUING EACH SIDE, THEN ORAL

616
00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:57,790
ARGUMENTS WHERE THE JUSTICES CAN

617
00:15:57,857 --> 00:15:58,790
ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN THEY

618
00:15:58,858 --> 00:16:00,293
MEET PRIVATELY IN PERSON TO

619
00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:02,795
DISCUSS THE CASE AND VOTE ON IT.

620
00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:03,796
THEY SPEND MONTHS WRITING LONG

621
00:16:03,863 --> 00:16:05,798
OPINIONS AND DISSENTS, AND THEN

622
00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:06,799
WE KNOW WHO WON AND WHO LOST AND

623
00:16:06,866 --> 00:16:08,801
WHY.

624
00:16:08,868 --> 00:16:10,670
AND THAT DETAILED EXPLANATION

625
00:16:10,736 --> 00:16:11,804
HELPS THESE LOWER COURTS

626
00:16:11,871 --> 00:16:12,805
UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPLY IT TO

627
00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,807
SIMILAR CASES GOING FORWARD.

628
00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:16,409
>> JOHN: YEAH, THAT'S VERY

629
00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:17,810
BASICALLY IT.

630
00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:18,811
ALTHOUGH, ONE SMALL THING THERE:

631
00:16:18,878 --> 00:16:20,313
SAYING, "WHEN YOU THINK OF A

632
00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:21,814
SUPREME COURT CASE, YOU'RE

633
00:16:21,881 --> 00:16:22,815
THINKING OF THE MERITS DOCKET."

634
00:16:22,882 --> 00:16:23,816
EXCUSE ME -- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

635
00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:24,817
I'M THINKING OF WHEN I THINK OF

636
00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:26,319
THE SUPREME COURT.

637
00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:27,820
ESPECIALLY AS WHAT I'M ACTUALLY

638
00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:29,322
THINKING ABOUT IS HOW THE SEQUEL

639
00:16:29,388 --> 00:16:30,823
TO "LEGALLY BLONDE," "LEGALLY

640
00:16:30,890 --> 00:16:31,958
BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE AND BLONDE"

641
00:16:32,024 --> 00:16:32,825
DROPPED THE BALL BY NOT HAVING

642
00:16:32,892 --> 00:16:33,826
ELLE WOODS ARGUE A CASE IN FRONT

643
00:16:33,893 --> 00:16:36,829
OF IT.

644
00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:37,830
COME ON - THE BEST PART OF THE

645
00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:38,831
FIRST MOVIE'S THE MURDER TRIAL

646
00:16:38,898 --> 00:16:40,433
AND THE SEQUEL HAS NO TRIAL

647
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:41,834
SCENES?

648
00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:43,836
YOU SET THE MOVIE IN DC AND

649
00:16:43,903 --> 00:16:45,338
DON'T LET ELLE SHOW WHAT SHE CAN

650
00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:46,405
DO IN FRONT OF THE HIGHEST COURT

651
00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:47,340
IN THE LAND?

652
00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:48,341
THAT'S MADNESS.

653
00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:50,843
ANYWAY.

654
00:16:50,910 --> 00:16:51,777
THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT I'M THINKING

655
00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:52,345
OF WHEN I THINK OF A SUPREME

656
00:16:52,411 --> 00:16:53,412
COURT CASE -- THE ONE I'M

657
00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:53,946
EVENTUALLY GOING TO BRING

658
00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:55,348
AGAINST THE PRODUCERS OF LEGALLY

659
00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:56,716
BLONDE 2 FOR NOT PUTTING REESE

660
00:16:56,782 --> 00:16:59,852
IN A POSITION TO SUCCEED.

661
00:16:59,919 --> 00:17:01,854
BUT ADMITTEDLY, THE SECOND THING

662
00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:03,356
I'M THINKING OF IS THAT PROCESS

663
00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:04,656
-- THE REGULAR, ESTABLISHED PATH

664
00:17:04,723 --> 00:17:06,759
TO THE SUPREME COURT.

665
00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:07,859
DISTRICT COURTS, CIRCUIT COURTS,

666
00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:10,363
SUPREME COURT.

667
00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:11,364
BUT IF A LITIGANT'S IN A HURRY,

668
00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:12,365
AND THEY THINK THE SUPREME

669
00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:13,532
COURT'S GOING TO BE EXTRA

670
00:17:13,598 --> 00:17:14,599
FRIENDLY TO THEM FOR SOME

671
00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:15,867
REASON, THEN THE SHADOW DOCKET

672
00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:16,469
OFFERS A MUCH SPEEDIER WAY TO

673
00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:17,502
GET YOUR CASE THERE.

674
00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:19,372
BASICALLY, ANY LITIGANT IN A

675
00:17:19,438 --> 00:17:20,873
FEDERAL CASE CAN ASK THE SUPREME

676
00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:22,875
COURT TO STEP IN AND PROVIDE A

677
00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:24,010
TEMPORARY RULING ON WHAT SHOULD

678
00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:25,377
HAPPEN WHILE THEIR CASE WORKS

679
00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:26,378
ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM --

680
00:17:26,444 --> 00:17:26,945
WHICH CAN TAKE YEARS, BY THE

681
00:17:27,012 --> 00:17:27,880
WAY.

682
00:17:27,946 --> 00:17:29,382
FIVE VOTES AMONG THE NINE

683
00:17:29,448 --> 00:17:30,583
JUSTICES ARE NEEDED TO GRANT A

684
00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:31,884
REQUEST FOR THE COURT TO

685
00:17:31,951 --> 00:17:33,386
INTERVENE, AND THAT REQUEST MUST

686
00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:34,887
MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, INCLUDING

687
00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:36,689
THAT THE APPLICANTS WOULD

688
00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:37,723
SUFFER, QUOTE, "IRREPARABLE

689
00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:38,891
HARM" IF IT'S NOT GRANTED.

690
00:17:38,958 --> 00:17:40,426
AND THAT TERM, "IRREPARABLE

691
00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:41,894
HARM" IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT

692
00:17:41,961 --> 00:17:43,396
SETS A VERY HIGH BAR.

693
00:17:43,462 --> 00:17:44,897
WHICH IS WHY, FOR YEARS, THE

694
00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:46,399
DOCKET'S MAIN USE WAS IN ONE

695
00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:47,900
PARTICULAR TYPE OF CASE, AS THIS

696
00:17:47,967 --> 00:17:49,902
LAW PROFESSOR EXPLAINS:

697
00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:50,903
>> IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE

698
00:17:50,970 --> 00:17:53,406
EXECUTED THE NEXT DAY, AND HE'S

699
00:17:53,472 --> 00:17:54,907
-- THE PERSON'S LAWYERS ARE

700
00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:55,908
SAYING, "LISTEN, THIS -- MY

701
00:17:55,975 --> 00:17:57,910
CLIENT WAS CONVICTED OR PUT ON

702
00:17:57,977 --> 00:17:59,912
DEATH ROW FOR THE WRONG REASONS.

703
00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:00,913
HE'S INNOCENT, OR THERE'S SOME

704
00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:02,415
PROBLEMS IN THE PROCESS."

705
00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:03,916
THE SUPREME COURT MIGHT SAY,

706
00:18:03,983 --> 00:18:06,419
"OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO STAY THE

707
00:18:06,485 --> 00:18:07,920
EXECUTION ORDER UNDER THIS

708
00:18:07,987 --> 00:18:10,923
EMERGENCY PROCESS, BECAUSE ONCE

709
00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:11,924
THIS PERSON'S EXECUTED, WE CAN'T

710
00:18:11,991 --> 00:18:14,427
FIX THE PROBLEM, RIGHT?"

711
00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:16,429
>> JOHN: RIGHT.

712
00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:18,698
ONCE SOMEONE'S EXECUTED, IT IS

713
00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:20,433
GENERALLY TOO LATE TO DO

714
00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:21,934
ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BESIDES MAYBE

715
00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:22,935
SENDING THEM A CARD FROM

716
00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:23,936
HALLMARK'S "BELATED EXONERATION"

717
00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:25,438
SECTION.

718
00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:26,939
BUT TRUMP'S NOW USING THE SHADOW

719
00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:28,040
DOCKET FOR A LOT MORE THAN JUST

720
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:29,942
DEATH PENALTY CASES.

721
00:18:30,009 --> 00:18:31,944
BECAUSE, IF A LOWER COURT ISSUES

722
00:18:32,011 --> 00:18:32,945
A RULING HE DOESN'T LIKE, SAY,

723
00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:34,447
PAUSING AN EXECUTIVE ACTION

724
00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:36,449
UNTIL IT'S BEEN FULLY LITIGATED,

725
00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:38,084
HE'LL NOW RUN TO THE SUPREME

726
00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:39,452
COURT AND ASK THEM TO RULE IN

727
00:18:39,518 --> 00:18:40,953
HIS FAVOR ON THE SHADOW DOCKET.

728
00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:42,054
AND RECENTLY, HE'S BEEN DOING

729
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:43,956
THAT A LOT.

730
00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:45,458
>> THIS IS EVERY TIME THE

731
00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:46,058
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD A CASE

732
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:46,626
THERE.

733
00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:47,460
BACK TO THE FIRST TRUMP

734
00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:49,228
ADMINISTRATION.

735
00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:50,096
AND HERE'S JUST EIGHT MONTHS

736
00:18:50,162 --> 00:18:51,464
INTO HIS SECOND TERM.

737
00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:53,099
IT'S BEING USED IN RECORD

738
00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:53,966
NUMBERS.

739
00:18:54,033 --> 00:18:54,967
>> JOHN: YEAH.

740
00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:55,968
TRUMP KEEPS CLAIMING HE NEEDS AN

741
00:18:56,035 --> 00:18:57,470
EMERGENCY RULING, AND THE COURT

742
00:18:57,536 --> 00:18:58,571
KEEPS AGREEING WITH HIM.

743
00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:00,473
THAT CHART'S PRETTY STRIKING,

744
00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:01,974
THOUGH TO BE FAIR, YOU COULD

745
00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:02,975
PROBABLY USE IT FOR ANY NUMBER

746
00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:03,976
OF THINGS IN THE SECOND TRUMP

747
00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:06,712
ADMINISTRATION, FROM MEASLES

748
00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:08,481
CASES, TO GOLD SHIT NAILED TO

749
00:19:08,547 --> 00:19:09,482
THE WALLS OF THE WHITE HOUSE, TO

750
00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:10,483
USE OF THE PHRASE "WHEN IT

751
00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:12,485
HAPPENS."

752
00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,487
AND THIS STRATEGY IS PAYING OFF,

753
00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:15,488
AS IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, THE

754
00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:17,289
COURT'S ISSUED DECISIONS VIA THE

755
00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:17,990
SHADOW DOCKET THAT ALLOWED THIS

756
00:19:18,057 --> 00:19:18,991
ADMINISTRATION TO CUT HUNDREDS

757
00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:20,493
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF

758
00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:22,128
GRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES, DISMISS

759
00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:23,496
EVERY TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBER

760
00:19:23,562 --> 00:19:24,630
FROM THE MILITARY, CUT A THIRD

761
00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:25,998
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,

762
00:19:26,065 --> 00:19:27,500
FIRE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

763
00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:29,001
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, AND REFUSE TO

764
00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:31,003
SPEND $4 BILLION IN

765
00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:31,537
CONGRESSIONALLY-APPOINTED

766
00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:33,005
FOREIGN AID.

767
00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:34,507
AND LOOK, THERE ARE CLEARLY A

768
00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:36,509
LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT

769
00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:37,143
SUPREME COURT - SIX OF THEM, TO

770
00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:39,512
BE PRECISE.

771
00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:40,513
THE FIVE BOYS AND THIS PRESCHOOL

772
00:19:40,579 --> 00:19:42,014
TEACHER WHO STILL HITS.

773
00:19:42,081 --> 00:19:44,016
BUT THEIR WORK ON THE SHADOW

774
00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:45,518
DOCKET'S EMPOWERED SOME OF

775
00:19:45,584 --> 00:19:46,118
TRUMP'S WORST POLICIES, TO THE

776
00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:47,119
POINT IT'S NOW BECOME HIS GO-TO

777
00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:50,022
METHOD TO GET HIS WAY.

778
00:19:50,089 --> 00:19:51,524
ONE FORMER SOLICITOR GENERAL HAS

779
00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:53,125
EVEN SAID OF THE DOCKET THAT

780
00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:55,027
IT'S "SWALLOWED THE COURT, BOTH

781
00:19:55,094 --> 00:19:55,628
IN TERMS OF WORKLOAD AND EVEN

782
00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:57,096
PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE."

783
00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:58,597
SO GIVEN ALL THAT, TONIGHT,

784
00:19:58,664 --> 00:19:59,598
LET'S LOOK AT THE SHADOW DOCKET

785
00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:01,033
- WHAT IT IS, WHY IT EXISTS, AND

786
00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:03,035
HOW IT'S BEING ABUSED.

787
00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:04,537
AND LET'S START BY ACKNOWLEDGING

788
00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:08,040
THE TERM ITSELF IS A BIT BITCHY.

789
00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:09,542
IT WAS FIRST COINED BY A LAW

790
00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:11,043
PROFESSOR CRITICIZING THE

791
00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:12,044
PRACTICE, AND SOME JUSTICES DO

792
00:20:12,111 --> 00:20:13,546
NOT CARE FOR IT.

793
00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:15,548
AMY CONEY BARRETT'S SAID SHE

794
00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:16,782
PREFERS "EMERGENCY DOCKET", AND

795
00:20:16,849 --> 00:20:17,550
BRETT KAVANAUGH REPORTEDLY

796
00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:18,551
PUSHED FOR CALLING IT THE

797
00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:19,552
"INTERIM DOCKET."

798
00:20:19,618 --> 00:20:21,053
SAMUEL ALITO ACTUALLY GAVE A

799
00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:22,054
WHOLE LECTURE TO NOTRE DAME LAW

800
00:20:22,121 --> 00:20:23,055
STUDENTS ABOUT HOW MISUNDERSTOOD

801
00:20:23,122 --> 00:20:24,557
THE DOCKET IS.

802
00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:25,558
AND FUN FACT: HIS LECTURE WASN'T

803
00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:26,625
SUPPOSED TO BE RECORDED, BUT WE

804
00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:27,560
GOT THE AUDIO OF IT.

805
00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:30,096
HERE'S A TASTE:

806
00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:31,063
>> THE TERM IS MEMORABLE AND

807
00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:34,066
SUGGESTIVE.

808
00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:35,568
JOURNALISTS AND SOME POLITICAL

809
00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:38,070
FIGURES HAVE FOUND IT USEFUL.

810
00:20:38,137 --> 00:20:39,572
IT BRINGS TO MIND SOMETHING

811
00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:41,273
SNEAKY AND DANGEROUS.

812
00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:44,577
AND I'M SURE WHEN ORDINARY

813
00:20:44,643 --> 00:20:46,078
PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE WORK

814
00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:47,580
OF THE SUPREME COURT CLOSELY

815
00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:49,582
HEAR IT, THEY'RE DISTURBED.

816
00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:50,583
THEY SAID, WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE

817
00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:52,084
TRYING TO DO?

818
00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:52,718
WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO HIDE IN

819
00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:54,587
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

820
00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:56,088
LET THE SUNSHINE IN, AND THAT'S

821
00:20:56,155 --> 00:20:57,590
EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO

822
00:20:57,656 --> 00:21:01,093
DO THIS AFTERNOON.

823
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:02,595
>> JOHN: OKAY, SET ASIDE THE BAD

824
00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:03,596
FAITH CLAIM OF SAYING "LET THE

825
00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:04,597
SUN SHINE IN" DURING A LECTURE

826
00:21:04,663 --> 00:21:05,698
AT AN EXCLUSIVE LAW SCHOOL THAT

827
00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:06,599
YOU'VE EXPLICITLY ASKED NOT TO

828
00:21:06,665 --> 00:21:08,601
BE RECORDED.

829
00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,102
ALITO ARGUED THAT DAY THERE'S

830
00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:11,604
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH

831
00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:13,105
DECIDING CASES ON THE SHADOW

832
00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:15,107
DOCKET, AND ANYONE WHO SAYS

833
00:21:15,174 --> 00:21:17,109
DIFFERENT IS JUST A SORE LOSER.

834
00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:19,612
>> THE REAL COMPLAINT OF THESE

835
00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:20,613
CRITICS IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE

836
00:21:20,679 --> 00:21:22,114
GRANTED RELIEF WHEN THEY THINK

837
00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:25,117
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED.

838
00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:26,619
AND WE HAVE DENIED RELIEF WHEN

839
00:21:26,685 --> 00:21:27,620
THEY THINK IT SHOULD'VE BEEN

840
00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:29,121
GRANTED.

841
00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:31,123
IF THEY WANT TO CRITICIZE US ON

842
00:21:31,190 --> 00:21:32,625
THOSE GROUNDS, FINE, LET THEM

843
00:21:32,691 --> 00:21:34,894
MAKE THEIR CASE.

844
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,629
BUT ATTEMPTING TO DISGUISE THEIR

845
00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:38,597
REAL COMPLAINT WITH A LOT OF

846
00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,132
TALK ABOUT A SECRETIVE SINISTER

847
00:21:40,199 --> 00:21:43,636
SHADOW DOCKET IS UNWORTHY.

848
00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:44,637
>> JOHN: OKAY, SAMUEL.

849
00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:46,839
BUT YOU CAN NOT LIKE A DECISION

850
00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:47,640
AND ALSO NOT LIKE HOW IT CAME

851
00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:49,642
ABOUT.

852
00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:50,643
THINGS CAN SUCK FOR MORE THAN

853
00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:52,144
ONE REASON.

854
00:21:52,211 --> 00:21:53,145
YOU KNOW -- LIKE WHEN JEOPARDY

855
00:21:53,212 --> 00:21:54,146
WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOST AND

856
00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:55,648
THE PRODUCER IN CHARGE OF THE

857
00:21:55,714 --> 00:21:56,649
DECISION SAID "GUESS WHAT!

858
00:21:56,715 --> 00:21:59,151
WE FOUND HIM: IT'S ME.

859
00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:01,287
CONGRATULATIONS TO ME ON WINNING

860
00:22:01,353 --> 00:22:03,155
MY CONTEST, I LOOK FORWARD TO

861
00:22:03,222 --> 00:22:05,758
WORKING WITH THE GUY WHO I AM."

862
00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:07,026
PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS

863
00:22:07,092 --> 00:22:07,827
ABOUT THAT, AND "THIS GUY SUCKS

864
00:22:07,893 --> 00:22:08,661
AT HOSTING JEOPARDY" WAS ONLY

865
00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:14,166
ONE OF THEM.

866
00:22:14,233 --> 00:22:15,167
AND IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE TO

867
00:22:15,234 --> 00:22:15,801
HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SHADOW

868
00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:16,669
DOCKET'S PROCESS, GIVEN THE

869
00:22:16,735 --> 00:22:17,236
DAMAGE SOME OF THESE RULINGS

870
00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:18,671
HAVE DONE.

871
00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:19,672
BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, IT'S SURE

872
00:22:19,738 --> 00:22:20,673
SEEMED LIKE THE COURT'S

873
00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:22,174
INTERVENTION CAUSED A LOT MORE

874
00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:23,175
"IRREPARABLE HARM" TO PEOPLE

875
00:22:23,242 --> 00:22:25,344
THAN TRUMP WOULD'VE SUFFERED

876
00:22:25,411 --> 00:22:25,978
SIMPLY BY WAITING FOR A REGULAR

877
00:22:26,045 --> 00:22:26,679
RULING.

878
00:22:26,745 --> 00:22:28,681
TAKE THEIR DECISION TO ALLOW

879
00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:29,682
TRUMP TO DISMISS EVERY TRANS

880
00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,183
MEMBER OF THE MILITARY.

881
00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:33,185
THAT HAD IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES,

882
00:22:33,252 --> 00:22:36,689
AS THIS SERVICE MEMBER EXPLAINS.

883
00:22:36,755 --> 00:22:37,323
>> IT'S GOING TO BE DEVASTATING,

884
00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:39,692
SHOULD THAT OCCUR.

885
00:22:39,758 --> 00:22:40,693
I WILL LOSE THIS CORE COMPONENT

886
00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:41,327
OF MY IDENTITY THAT'S BEEN WITH

887
00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:43,696
ME MY ENTIRE LIFE.

888
00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:45,197
I WILL LOSE THE SINGLE SOURCE OF

889
00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:47,199
INCOME RIGHT NOW FOR MY FAMILY,

890
00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:48,200
THE HEALTHCARE, THE BENEFITS

891
00:22:48,267 --> 00:22:49,702
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THE

892
00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:52,204
ON-POST HOUSING THAT WE HAVE.

893
00:22:52,271 --> 00:22:53,205
JUST -- WE'LL LOSE EVERYTHING AT

894
00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:54,707
THAT POINT.

895
00:22:54,773 --> 00:22:55,708
>> JOHN: YEAH.

896
00:22:55,774 --> 00:22:57,209
AND WHEN ONE PARTY IN A CASE

897
00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:58,711
STANDS TO "LOSE EVERYTHING"

898
00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:00,212
WHILE THE OTHER WILL JUST "HAVE

899
00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:01,714
THE EXACT SAME MILITARY HE DID

900
00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:03,716
YESTERDAY" IT SEEMS CLEAR WHICH

901
00:23:03,782 --> 00:23:05,217
PARTY WOULD NEED "EMERGENCY

902
00:23:05,284 --> 00:23:06,785
RELIEF" BEFORE THE CASE WAS

903
00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:08,220
DECIDED ON ITS MERITS.

904
00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:09,221
BUT TO BE FAIR, I'M NOT A

905
00:23:09,288 --> 00:23:11,724
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE...

906
00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:12,825
I JUST OCCASIONALLY TRY TO BRIBE

907
00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,727
ONE ON TV.

908
00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:16,228
AND WHILE A SHADOW DOCKET

909
00:23:16,295 --> 00:23:17,229
DECISION IS TECHNICALLY

910
00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:19,231
TEMPORARY, WHILE THE CASE MAKES

911
00:23:19,298 --> 00:23:20,733
ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM, ONCE

912
00:23:20,799 --> 00:23:22,234
AN ADMINISTRATION HAS A RULING

913
00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:23,235
THAT LETS THEM DO WHAT THEY

914
00:23:23,302 --> 00:23:25,604
WANT, THEY HAVE EVERY INCENTIVE

915
00:23:25,671 --> 00:23:26,238
TO DRAG THEIR FEET AND DELAY A

916
00:23:26,305 --> 00:23:27,740
CASE'S APPEALS.

917
00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:29,241
ALL OF WHICH MAKES IT INCREDIBLY

918
00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:31,243
FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU HEAR AMY

919
00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:32,244
CONEY BARRETT BLITHELY DEFEND

920
00:23:32,311 --> 00:23:34,947
THE DOCKET LIKE THIS:

921
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:35,848
>> WE'RE NOT RESOLVING A CASE

922
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:38,751
FINALLY.

923
00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:39,418
WE'RE JUST SAYING IT'S A KIND OF

924
00:23:39,485 --> 00:23:41,754
A "FOR NOW."

925
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:43,756
THIS IS OUR BEST JUDGMENT ABOUT

926
00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:45,758
THE MERITS, ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD

927
00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:46,759
OF SUCCESS ON THE MERITS, AND

928
00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:47,359
THEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING OTHER

929
00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:48,260
FACTORS TOO.

930
00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:50,262
>> JOHN: YEAH, IT'S JUST A "FOR

931
00:23:50,329 --> 00:23:51,764
NOW" DECISION, SO THAT SOLDIER

932
00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:52,765
LOSING HER JOB REALLY SHOULDN'T

933
00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:53,265
COMPLAIN.

934
00:23:53,332 --> 00:23:56,268
SHE'S ONLY LOSING IT "FOR NOW."

935
00:23:56,335 --> 00:24:03,342
ALL SHE HAS TO DO IS NOT NEED

936
00:24:03,342 --> 00:24:03,909
MONEY OR HOUSING UNTIL THE COURT

937
00:24:03,976 --> 00:24:06,278
EVENTUALLY GETS AROUND TO

938
00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:06,812
DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT IT

939
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:07,446
SHOULD'VE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM

940
00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:08,280
HER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

941
00:24:08,347 --> 00:24:08,948
BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF

942
00:24:09,014 --> 00:24:09,581
THE PROBLEMS HERE.

943
00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:10,282
BECAUSE JUSTICES ARE ALSO

944
00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:11,216
FREQUENTLY MAKING SWEEPING

945
00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:11,717
DECISIONS WITHOUT FULLY

946
00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:12,384
UNDERSTANDING A WHOLE CASE.

947
00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:13,786
CASES ARE DECIDED ON THE SHADOW

948
00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:14,787
DOCKET WITHOUT ORAL ARGUMENT,

949
00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:15,888
AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT THE FULL

950
00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,289
PICTURE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT

951
00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:18,290
LOWER COURT PROCEEDINGS MIGHT

952
00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:19,792
PROVIDE.

953
00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:20,793
TAKE THE CASE OF "NOEM VS.

954
00:24:20,859 --> 00:24:22,294
VASQUEZ PERDOMO".

955
00:24:22,361 --> 00:24:23,295
IT INVOLVED IMMIGRATION RAIDS IN

956
00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:25,798
LA, WHERE FEDERAL OFFICIALS

957
00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:27,800
CONCEDED THEY WERE USING RACE

958
00:24:27,866 --> 00:24:28,867
AND ETHNICITY AS A FACTOR IN

959
00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:30,803
DECIDING WHO TO STOP.

960
00:24:30,869 --> 00:24:31,804
WHICH IS, AND THIS IS TRUE,

961
00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,806
RACIAL PROFILING.

962
00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:34,807
A LOWER COURT TOLD THE

963
00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:36,809
GOVERNMENT, CORRECTLY, TO CUT

964
00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:38,310
THAT SHIT OUT, BUT THE

965
00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:39,311
GOVERNMENT THEN APPEALED VIA THE

966
00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:40,713
SHADOW DOCKET, AND THE SUPREME

967
00:24:40,779 --> 00:24:42,314
COURT RULED THEY COULD PROCEED.

968
00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:43,315
AND IN A RARE MOVE, BRETT

969
00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:44,817
KAVANAUGH ACTUALLY WROTE A BRIEF

970
00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:46,318
EXPLANATION OF WHY HE'D REACHED

971
00:24:46,385 --> 00:24:47,319
THAT CONCLUSION, SAYING

972
00:24:47,386 --> 00:24:49,321
IMMIGRATION STOPS WERE

973
00:24:49,388 --> 00:24:50,322
"TYPICALLY BRIEF" AND THAT

974
00:24:50,389 --> 00:24:51,323
INDIVIDUALS MAY PROMPTLY GO FREE

975
00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:52,324
AFTER MAKING CLEAR TO THE

976
00:24:52,391 --> 00:24:55,828
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS THAT THEY

977
00:24:55,894 --> 00:24:56,495
ARE U.S. CITIZENS OR OTHERWISE

978
00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:57,329
LEGALLY IN THE UNITED STATES.

979
00:24:57,396 --> 00:24:57,963
BUT THAT'S BULLSHIT FOR A BUNCH

980
00:24:58,030 --> 00:24:59,331
OF REASONS.

981
00:24:59,398 --> 00:25:00,599
FIRST, THE NOTION THAT ANY

982
00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:02,034
INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT

983
00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:04,336
IS "TYPICALLY BRIEF" IS

984
00:25:04,403 --> 00:25:05,838
SOMETHING ONLY A WHITE GUY NAMED

985
00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:08,841
BRETT WOULD CONFIDENTLY ASSERT.

986
00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:10,509
BUT ALSO, THAT'S NOT EVEN WHAT

987
00:25:10,576 --> 00:25:11,844
THE DETAILS OF THE CASE HE WAS

988
00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:13,345
RULING ON SHOWED.

989
00:25:13,412 --> 00:25:15,347
AS JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR POINTED OUT

990
00:25:15,414 --> 00:25:16,348
IN HER DISSENT, TWO PLAINTIFFS

991
00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,350
IN THE CASE HAD ACTUALLY TRIED

992
00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:18,951
TO EXPLAIN THAT THEY WERE U.S.

993
00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:20,853
CITIZENS; ONE WAS THEN PUSHED

994
00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:21,854
AGAINST A FENCE WITH HIS ARMS

995
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:22,855
TWISTED BEHIND HIS BACK, AND THE

996
00:25:22,921 --> 00:25:25,257
OTHER WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIS

997
00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:25,858
JOB TO A WAREHOUSE FOR FURTHER

998
00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:30,863
QUESTIONING.

999
00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:31,463
SO KAVANAUGH'S OPINION WASN'T

1000
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:32,064
EVEN BASED ON THE FACTS ON THE

1001
00:25:32,131 --> 00:25:32,865
GROUND.

1002
00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:33,665
AND WHETHER THAT'S BECAUSE HE

1003
00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:34,433
WAS MOVING TOO FAST TO READ UP

1004
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,402
ON THE CASE -- WHICH IS KIND --

1005
00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:37,369
OR SIMPLY DIDN'T CARE -- WHICH

1006
00:25:37,436 --> 00:25:38,137
FEELS WAY MORE TRUE -- IT

1007
00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,872
DOESN'T MATTER.

1008
00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:40,672
BECAUSE THE COURT HAD ALREADY

1009
00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:41,373
RULED.

1010
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,375
AND THAT RULING IS ACTUALLY ONE

1011
00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:44,376
OF THE KEY REASONS WHY, EARLIER

1012
00:25:44,443 --> 00:25:46,545
THIS YEAR, FEDERAL AGENTS IN

1013
00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:47,379
MINNEAPOLIS FELT EMPOWERED TO DO

1014
00:25:47,446 --> 00:25:49,381
SHIT LIKE THIS:

1015
00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:50,382
>> AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE GETTING

1016
00:25:50,449 --> 00:25:52,885
STOPPED AND QUESTIONED,

1017
00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:54,720
INCLUDING A WOMAN WALKING DOWN

1018
00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:55,888
THE STREET.

1019
00:25:55,954 --> 00:25:57,389
>> MA'AM, WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

1020
00:25:57,456 --> 00:25:58,390
>> AND IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

1021
00:25:58,457 --> 00:25:58,991
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I WAS

1022
00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:04,396
BORN.

1023
00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:05,030
I BELONG HERE.

1024
00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:05,431
I AM US CITIZEN.

1025
00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:06,231
>> AND THIS UBER DRIVER.

1026
00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:06,899
>> I CAN HEAR YOU DON'T HAVE THE

1027
00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:07,399
SAME ACCENT AS ME.

1028
00:26:07,466 --> 00:26:07,966
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU.

1029
00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:08,600
>> WHAT?

1030
00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:09,201
OH, SO YOU'RE GOING BY ACCENTS

1031
00:26:09,268 --> 00:26:09,968
NOW?

1032
00:26:10,035 --> 00:26:10,903
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOPPED FOR

1033
00:26:10,969 --> 00:26:12,471
SIMPLY APPEARING TO BE SOMALI OR

1034
00:26:12,538 --> 00:26:13,405
APPEARING TO BE LATINO OR

1035
00:26:13,472 --> 00:26:15,908
APPEARING TO BE FOREIGN.

1036
00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:18,410
AND IT'S CONCERNING, BECAUSE WE

1037
00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:21,413
ALSO KNOW WE'RE NOT GETTING

1038
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,714
THESE STORIES FROM IRISH FOLKS

1039
00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:26,418
AND NORWEGIAN FOLKS HERE.

1040
00:26:26,485 --> 00:26:28,520
>> JOHN: YEAH, I BET YOU'RE NOT.

1041
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:29,421
AND LOOK: I'M NOT SAYING THEY

1042
00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:30,422
SHOULD'VE DONE IT, BUT IT'D AT

1043
00:26:30,489 --> 00:26:31,423
LEAST BE A CHANGE OF PACE IF THE

1044
00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:32,925
FEDS IN MINNEAPOLIS HAD DONE

1045
00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:33,926
SOME THROWBACK ANTI-EUROPEAN

1046
00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:35,928
RACISM, TOO.

1047
00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:36,929
Y'KNOW -- SIGNS IN DINER WINDOWS

1048
00:26:36,995 --> 00:26:38,163
SAYING THINGS LIKE "NO SPAGHETTI

1049
00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:39,932
EATERS," AND WATER FOUNTAINS

1050
00:26:39,998 --> 00:26:41,567
READING "SWEDES ONLY".

1051
00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:44,937
JUST TO BALANCE THINGS OUT.

1052
00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:46,438
BUT THE FACT YOU CAN NOW BE

1053
00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:47,940
TARGETED FOR JUST SPEAKING WITH

1054
00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:48,941
AN ACCENT HAS GIVEN RISE TO SOME

1055
00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:50,943
TRULY STRIKING EXCHANGES:

1056
00:26:51,009 --> 00:26:51,443
>> WE'RE US MILITARY.

1057
00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:52,444
>> YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED!

1058
00:26:52,511 --> 00:26:53,445
I DON'T CARE!

1059
00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:54,046
>> WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM?

1060
00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,447
>> YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED!

1061
00:26:55,514 --> 00:26:56,215
>> WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM?

1062
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:57,950
>> I'M FROM THIS COUNTRY!

1063
00:26:58,016 --> 00:26:58,951
>> YOU KNOW WHAT SIR, NOW

1064
00:26:59,017 --> 00:26:59,952
TALKING TO YOU, SEEING --

1065
00:27:00,018 --> 00:27:01,153
HEARING THAT YOU HAVE AN ACCENT,

1066
00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:01,954
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT

1067
00:27:02,020 --> 00:27:02,454
YOU ARE NOT BORN OF THIS

1068
00:27:02,521 --> 00:27:02,955
COUNTRY.

1069
00:27:03,021 --> 00:27:03,555
>> SO, YOU'RE JUST

1070
00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,960
[INAUDIBLE]

1071
00:27:08,026 --> 00:27:08,961
>> DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION?

1072
00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:10,362
>> I DO HAVE MY DOCUMENTATION.

1073
00:27:10,429 --> 00:27:10,929
>> CAN YOU PRESENT IT TO ME,

1074
00:27:10,996 --> 00:27:11,163
PLEASE?

1075
00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:11,797
>> WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME FOR MY

1076
00:27:11,864 --> 00:27:12,064
PAPERWORK?

1077
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:13,465
>> BECAUSE OF YOUR ACCENT.

1078
00:27:13,532 --> 00:27:14,967
>> YOU HAVE AN ACCENT TOO!

1079
00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:15,968
>> WHERE WERE YOU BORN, SIR?

1080
00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:18,003
>> WHERE WERE YOU BORN AT?

1081
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:18,604
>> PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR

1082
00:27:18,670 --> 00:27:19,972
BACK.

1083
00:27:20,038 --> 00:27:21,974
>> JOHN: THAT'S MADNESS.

1084
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,475
NO ONE SHOULD EVER BE ARRESTED

1085
00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:24,977
FOR SPEAKING IN AN ACCENT,

1086
00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:25,878
UNLESS OF COURSE, THAT PERSON IS

1087
00:27:25,944 --> 00:27:27,980
CHET HANKS.

1088
00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:28,580
BUT EVEN THEN, I THINK WE CAN

1089
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:29,982
PROBABLY JUST LET HIM TALK IT

1090
00:27:30,048 --> 00:27:31,984
DOWN TO A LARGE FINE.

1091
00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:32,985
NOW, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT

1092
00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:34,853
THANKS TO KAVANAUGH'S OPINION,

1093
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:35,487
WHAT YOU JUST SAW IS NOW

1094
00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:37,523
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A

1095
00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:38,991
"KAVANAUGH STOP", ARGUABLY THE

1096
00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:39,992
WORST THING TO BEAR BRETT

1097
00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:40,993
KAVANAUGH'S NAME OTHER THAN

1098
00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:43,495
BRETT KAVANAUGH HIMSELF.

1099
00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:44,997
BUT THE THING IS, WE ONLY KNOW

1100
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,498
ABOUT KAVANAUGH'S FAULTY

1101
00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:48,167
REASONING BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY

1102
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:49,501
BOTHERED TO EXPLAIN HIS LOGIC.

1103
00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:51,003
SOMETHING, AGAIN, ON THE SHADOW

1104
00:27:51,069 --> 00:27:52,137
DOCKET, THE COURT DOESN'T

1105
00:27:52,204 --> 00:27:53,705
TECHNICALLY HAVE TO DO.

1106
00:27:53,772 --> 00:27:55,507
DECISIONS CAN COME DOWN WITH NO

1107
00:27:55,574 --> 00:27:57,009
PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND NO

1108
00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:58,844
GUIDANCE TO LOWER-COURT JUDGES

1109
00:27:58,911 --> 00:28:00,512
ON HOW TO ANALYZE SIMILAR CASES.

1110
00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:02,514
THAT'S A PRACTICE SAMUEL ALITO

1111
00:28:02,581 --> 00:28:04,016
HAS STRONGLY DEFENDED, SAYING

1112
00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:05,517
"WHEN WE ISSUE AN OPINION, WE

1113
00:28:05,584 --> 00:28:06,518
ARE AWARE THAT EVERY WORD THAT

1114
00:28:06,585 --> 00:28:08,020
WE WRITE CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES,

1115
00:28:08,086 --> 00:28:10,022
SOMETIMES ENORMOUS CONSEQUENCES,

1116
00:28:10,088 --> 00:28:11,023
SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT

1117
00:28:11,089 --> 00:28:12,624
EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE SAY."

1118
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,526
AND ON HER BOOK TOUR LAST YEAR,

1119
00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:15,160
AMY CONEY BARRETT MADE A SIMILAR

1120
00:28:15,227 --> 00:28:16,528
CASE:

1121
00:28:16,595 --> 00:28:18,030
>> WELL, THE EMERGENCY ORDERS

1122
00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:19,531
PRESENT A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THEY

1123
00:28:19,598 --> 00:28:22,534
DO REQUIRE THE WORK OF THE COURT

1124
00:28:22,601 --> 00:28:23,168
TO PROCEED FAR MORE QUICKLY THAN

1125
00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:24,303
IT NORMALLY DOES.

1126
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,104
YOU KNOW, I POINTED OUT IN THE

1127
00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:28,040
BOOK THAT THERE ARE TURTLES ALL

1128
00:28:28,106 --> 00:28:30,542
OVER THE COURT BECAUSE NORMALLY

1129
00:28:30,609 --> 00:28:32,044
THE COURT MOVES SLOWLY, IT

1130
00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:33,545
CHANGES SLOWLY, JUSTICE MOVES

1131
00:28:33,612 --> 00:28:34,913
SLOWLY AT THE COURT BECAUSE WE

1132
00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:37,549
ARE VERY DELIBERATE.

1133
00:28:37,616 --> 00:28:39,051
THE EMERGENCY DOCKET MOVES MUCH

1134
00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:40,152
MORE QUICKLY AND IT IS A MUCH

1135
00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:41,486
MORE RECENT PHENOMENON.

1136
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,055
THE EMERGENCY DOCKET IS NEWER,

1137
00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:44,056
AND SO I WOULD SAY THOSE

1138
00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:45,057
PROCESSES ARE STILL BEING SHAPED

1139
00:28:45,123 --> 00:28:47,559
AND SORTED OUT.

1140
00:28:47,626 --> 00:28:50,562
>> JOHN: OKAY, FIRST AND LEAST

1141
00:28:50,629 --> 00:28:52,064
IMPORTANTLY, I'M FRANKLY FURIOUS

1142
00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:53,966
THAT I'M ONLY JUST LEARNING THAT

1143
00:28:54,032 --> 00:28:54,600
THE SUPREME COURT APPARENTLY HAS

1144
00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:57,069
A TURTLE THEME.

1145
00:28:57,135 --> 00:28:59,071
THAT'S NOW MY SECOND FAVORITE

1146
00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:01,073
FACT ABOUT TURTLES, JUST BELOW

1147
00:29:01,139 --> 00:29:01,673
"SOME TURTLES BREATHE THROUGH

1148
00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,575
THEIR BUTT."

1149
00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:04,309
YET MORE PROOF GOD OCCASIONALLY

1150
00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:06,578
DRANK ON THE JOB.

1151
00:29:06,645 --> 00:29:08,213
BUT IF YOUR ARGUMENT IS, "WE'RE

1152
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:09,081
NOT REALLY BUILT FOR EMERGENCY

1153
00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:10,082
DOCKET DECISIONS," THEN MAYBE

1154
00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:11,583
YOU SHOULDN'T BE CHOOSING TO DO

1155
00:29:11,650 --> 00:29:15,087
THEM ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

1156
00:29:15,153 --> 00:29:17,089
AND UNEXPLAINED DECISIONS CAN

1157
00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:18,090
ALSO BE FRUSTRATING TO LOWER

1158
00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:19,591
COURT JUDGES, WHO ARGUE IT CAN

1159
00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:21,093
DIMINISH THEIR CREDIBILITY WHEN

1160
00:29:21,159 --> 00:29:22,094
THEIR RULINGS AGAINST THE

1161
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,095
ADMINISTRATION GET OVERTURNED ON

1162
00:29:23,161 --> 00:29:24,596
THE SHADOW DOCKET WITH LITTLE OR

1163
00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:25,597
NO EXPLANATION, BECAUSE IT

1164
00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:27,099
"MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THEY DID

1165
00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:28,100
SHODDY WORK AND ARE BIASED

1166
00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:29,735
AGAINST TRUMP."

1167
00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:31,103
AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM,

1168
00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:32,104
BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO THE

1169
00:29:32,170 --> 00:29:33,105
QUESTION OF WHETHER SHADOW

1170
00:29:33,171 --> 00:29:34,606
DOCKET RULINGS SET PRECEDENT.

1171
00:29:34,673 --> 00:29:36,608
BASICALLY, ARE THEY "FOR NOW",

1172
00:29:36,675 --> 00:29:38,110
TEMPORARY DECISIONS ABOUT ONE

1173
00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:40,112
CASE, OR ARE THEY MEANT TO BE

1174
00:29:40,178 --> 00:29:41,647
GUIDEPOSTS IN HOW JUDGES ARE TO

1175
00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:42,614
INTERPRET THE LAW GOING FORWARD?

1176
00:29:42,681 --> 00:29:44,116
INTERESTINGLY, JUST FIVE YEARS

1177
00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:46,118
AGO, ALITO ARGUED THE FORMER,

1178
00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:48,120
SAYING THAT SHADOW DOCKET

1179
00:29:48,186 --> 00:29:49,121
DECISIONS "DO NOT MAKE PRECEDENT

1180
00:29:49,187 --> 00:29:51,123
ON THE UNDERLYING ISSUE."

1181
00:29:51,189 --> 00:29:52,658
BUT LATELY, OTHER JUSTICES HAVE

1182
00:29:52,724 --> 00:29:54,126
ARGUED THE OPPOSITE.

1183
00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:55,694
BOTH GORSUCH AND KAVANAUGH AT

1184
00:29:55,761 --> 00:29:57,195
ONE POINT ISSUED A RULING

1185
00:29:57,262 --> 00:29:58,196
REPRIMANDING A LOWER COURT FOR

1186
00:29:58,263 --> 00:29:59,698
NOT TREATING A SHADOW DOCKET

1187
00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:00,632
DECISION AS PRECEDENT, SAYING,

1188
00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:02,200
"LOWER COURT JUDGES MAY

1189
00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:03,635
SOMETIMES DISAGREE WITH THIS

1190
00:30:03,702 --> 00:30:04,636
COURT'S DECISIONS, BUT THEY ARE

1191
00:30:04,703 --> 00:30:07,139
NEVER FREE TO DEFY THEM."

1192
00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:08,640
AND IT'S PRETTY SHITTY TO

1193
00:30:08,707 --> 00:30:09,708
ADMONISH SOMEONE FOR NOT

1194
00:30:09,775 --> 00:30:11,143
UNDERSTANDING RULES THAT ARE NOT

1195
00:30:11,209 --> 00:30:12,144
ONLY UNCLEAR, BUT SEEM TO BE

1196
00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:14,313
CONSTANTLY CHANGING.

1197
00:30:14,379 --> 00:30:16,148
IT'S THE JUDICIAL EQUIVALENT OF

1198
00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:16,715
GETTING YELLED AT IN THE TSA

1199
00:30:16,782 --> 00:30:17,649
LINE.

1200
00:30:17,716 --> 00:30:18,650
"HEY, SHOES OFF.

1201
00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:20,652
NO, JUST THE LEFT SHOE!

1202
00:30:20,719 --> 00:30:21,653
IT'S RIGHT SHOE ON AND LEFT

1203
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:22,754
SHOES OFF!

1204
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:23,655
LIKE IT'S "ALWAYS" BEEN.

1205
00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:26,191
KEEP YOUR BELT ON!

1206
00:30:26,258 --> 00:30:26,825
NO, NOT LIKE THAT, TIE IT AROUND

1207
00:30:26,892 --> 00:30:28,327
YOUR HEAD LIKE QUAILMAN!

1208
00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:29,661
FROM NICKELODEON'S DOUG!

1209
00:30:29,728 --> 00:30:36,735
IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED!"

1210
00:30:36,735 --> 00:30:40,172
YOU ARE NOT FREE TO DEFY ME!

1211
00:30:40,238 --> 00:30:41,173
ALL THIS CONFUSION IS

1212
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:42,174
UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATING TO

1213
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,175
LOWER COURT JUDGES WHO'D BE MORE

1214
00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:44,042
THAN HAPPY TO DEFER TO THE

1215
00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:44,676
SUPREME COURT IF IT'D JUST TELL

1216
00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:45,544
THEM WHAT THE FUCK THEY'RE

1217
00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:48,180
DEFERRING TO.

1218
00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:49,181
HERE'S ONE JUDGE VENTING ABOUT

1219
00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:50,682
THAT EXACT PROBLEM:

1220
00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:51,683
>> THAT'S WHY WE NEED AN OPINION

1221
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:53,318
FROM THE SUPREME COURT, BECAUSE

1222
00:30:53,385 --> 00:30:54,686
WE DON'T NEED A FUTURE SUPREME

1223
00:30:54,753 --> 00:30:55,687
COURT COMES AND SAYS, WELL, WE

1224
00:30:55,754 --> 00:30:56,688
DIDN'T REALLY SAY THAT BECAUSE

1225
00:30:56,755 --> 00:30:57,522
WE DIDN'T GIVE ANY REASONING

1226
00:30:57,589 --> 00:30:59,191
BEHIND IT.

1227
00:30:59,257 --> 00:31:01,193
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT.

1228
00:31:01,259 --> 00:31:02,694
AND TO GIVE CONFIDENCE TO AN

1229
00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:03,695
OPINION, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND

1230
00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:04,696
WHY YOU DID IT.

1231
00:31:04,763 --> 00:31:07,199
WE JUDGES WOULD JUST LOVE TO

1232
00:31:07,265 --> 00:31:08,633
HEAR YOUR REASONING AS TO WHY

1233
00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:09,701
YOU RULE THAT WAY.

1234
00:31:09,768 --> 00:31:10,535
THEN WE -- IT MAKES OUR JOB

1235
00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:12,204
EASIER.

1236
00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:13,705
WE WILL FOLLOW THE LAW, WE WILL

1237
00:31:13,772 --> 00:31:14,706
FOLLOW THE SUPREME COURT, BUT

1238
00:31:14,773 --> 00:31:15,807
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS WE

1239
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:22,214
ARE FOLLOWING.

1240
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:22,814
>> JOHN: EXACTLY, JUDGES WOULD

1241
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:23,715
BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IF

1242
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:24,716
THE COURT JUST GAVE THEM SOME.

1243
00:31:24,783 --> 00:31:26,718
IF YOU BOUGHT A URFENSLORP

1244
00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:27,719
BOOKCASE FROM IKEA AND THE

1245
00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:28,720
INSTRUCTIONS WERE JUST THE

1246
00:31:28,787 --> 00:31:30,222
LITTLE GUY SHRUGGING AND

1247
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:31,723
POINTING AT A BOOKCASE, YOU'D BE

1248
00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:35,227
JUSTIFIABLY PISSED.

1249
00:31:35,293 --> 00:31:36,228
GET OFF YOUR ABSTRACT SWEDISH

1250
00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:36,928
ASS AND GIVE ME SOME DIRECTIONS,

1251
00:31:36,995 --> 00:31:37,729
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE

1252
00:31:37,796 --> 00:31:40,732
HERE.

1253
00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:42,234
BUT MAYBE WHAT'LL HURT THE

1254
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:43,235
SUPREME COURT THE MOST IN THE

1255
00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:44,736
LONG RUN IS THAT THESE DECISIONS

1256
00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:46,938
SEEM NAKEDLY POLITICAL.

1257
00:31:47,005 --> 00:31:48,740
BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT, THE BEST

1258
00:31:48,807 --> 00:31:50,242
PREDICTOR OF HOW THIS COURT WILL

1259
00:31:50,308 --> 00:31:51,743
RULE IN SHADOW DOCKET CASES

1260
00:31:51,810 --> 00:31:52,344
SEEMS TO BE WHO'S PRESIDENT AT

1261
00:31:52,411 --> 00:31:53,745
THE TIME.

1262
00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:54,746
FOR INSTANCE, THE BIDEN

1263
00:31:54,813 --> 00:31:56,248
ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT FAR FEWER

1264
00:31:56,314 --> 00:31:57,749
CASES TO THE SHADOW DOCKET, AND

1265
00:31:57,816 --> 00:31:58,750
WON JUST OVER HALF THE TIME, BUT

1266
00:31:58,817 --> 00:32:00,252
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION --

1267
00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:01,753
WHICH USES IT FAR, FAR MORE --

1268
00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:03,255
PREVAILS 84 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

1269
00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:06,258
AND LOOK: MAYBE THE JUSTICES

1270
00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:08,260
HAVE NUANCED REASONING FOR

1271
00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:09,361
VOTING HOW THEY DID, BUT IF THEY

1272
00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:11,263
DO, THEY'RE NOT SAYING SO.

1273
00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:13,932
AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

1274
00:32:13,999 --> 00:32:15,267
AND I KNOW, FOR TRUMP

1275
00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:16,268
SUPPORTERS, ALL OF THIS MAY BE

1276
00:32:16,334 --> 00:32:18,370
GRATIFYING IN THE SHORT TERM.

1277
00:32:18,437 --> 00:32:19,271
BUT AS THIS LAW PROFESSOR

1278
00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:22,274
EXPLAINS, OVER THE LONG TERM,

1279
00:32:22,340 --> 00:32:23,775
THIS APPROACH POSES RISKS TO THE

1280
00:32:23,842 --> 00:32:30,849
COURT'S VERY LEGITIMACY.

1281
00:32:32,851 --> 00:32:33,785
>> YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO WHEN

1282
00:32:33,852 --> 00:32:34,419
ALL THE COURT WAS DOING THROUGH

1283
00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:35,287
EMERGENCY APPLICATIONS WAS

1284
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:36,288
LAST-MINUTE STAYS OF EXECUTION,

1285
00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:36,888
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A BIG

1286
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:37,789
CLAMOR FOR THE JUSTICES TO

1287
00:32:37,856 --> 00:32:38,790
PROVIDE LENGTHY EXPLANATIONS.

1288
00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:40,292
BUT NOW THAT THESE ORDERS ARE

1289
00:32:40,358 --> 00:32:42,294
HAVING THESE PROFOUND EFFECTS ON

1290
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:43,295
THE GROUND, THE FACT THAT WE SEE

1291
00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:46,298
THE COURT INTERVENING,

1292
00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:52,804
OFTENTIMES UNDOING HUNDREDS OF

1293
00:32:52,871 --> 00:32:53,805
PAGES OF ANALYSIS FROM LOWER

1294
00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:54,806
COURT JUDGES AND PROVIDING NO

1295
00:32:54,873 --> 00:32:55,941
EXPLANATION OF ITS OWN, I THINK

1296
00:32:56,007 --> 00:32:56,575
IT'S A REAL PART OF THE PROBLEM

1297
00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:57,375
AND IT DEPRIVES ALL OF US, THE

1298
00:32:57,442 --> 00:32:58,677
LOWER COURTS, THE RELEVANT

1299
00:32:58,743 --> 00:32:59,811
GOVERNMENT DECISION-MAKERS, THE

1300
00:32:59,878 --> 00:33:01,313
PUBLIC OF ANY ABILITY TO ASSESS

1301
00:33:01,379 --> 00:33:02,547
WHY THE JUSTICES RULED THE WAY

1302
00:33:02,614 --> 00:33:03,315
THEY DID.

1303
00:33:03,381 --> 00:33:03,815
>> JOHN: EXACTLY.

1304
00:33:03,882 --> 00:33:09,321
MY SON IS RIGHT.

1305
00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:09,888
QUICK SIDE NOTE: COME HOME,

1306
00:33:09,955 --> 00:33:11,323
NATHANIEL.

1307
00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:12,824
YOUR MOTHER IS ILL AND FOR HER

1308
00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:13,825
SAKE OUR FEUD MUST CEASE.

1309
00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:16,828
BUT HE IS RIGHT.

1310
00:33:16,895 --> 00:33:17,829
AS THE LEGAL DIRECTOR OF THE

1311
00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:19,831
ACLU PUT IT, "IF THE JUSTICES

1312
00:33:19,898 --> 00:33:21,833
CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS

1313
00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:22,834
WITHOUT GIVING ANY REASONS, THEN

1314
00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:23,468
THERE'S REALLY NO LIMIT TO WHAT

1315
00:33:23,535 --> 00:33:25,337
THEY CAN DO."

1316
00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:26,838
WHICH IS NOT GOOD.

1317
00:33:26,905 --> 00:33:28,373
SO, WHAT DO WE DO?

1318
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:29,341
WELL, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF FIXES

1319
00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:31,343
CONGRESS COULD IMPOSE,

1320
00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:32,077
ESPECIALLY GIVEN IT CONTROLS THE

1321
00:33:32,143 --> 00:33:33,845
SUPREME COURT'S BUDGET,

1322
00:33:33,912 --> 00:33:35,847
INCLUDING SIMPLY REQUIRING THE

1323
00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:37,349
COURT ISSUES WRITTEN

1324
00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:38,183
EXPLANATIONS WHENEVER RULING ON

1325
00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:39,351
THE SHADOW DOCKET.

1326
00:33:39,417 --> 00:33:40,418
WHICH REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TOO

1327
00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:44,356
MUCH TO ASK.

1328
00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:45,757
AND IF THAT BURDEN MEANS THAT

1329
00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:46,391
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO AS MANY

1330
00:33:46,458 --> 00:33:46,958
SHADOW DOCKET CASES AS THEY

1331
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,360
CURRENTLY ARE, ALL THE BETTER.

1332
00:33:48,426 --> 00:33:50,362
BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

1333
00:33:50,428 --> 00:33:51,363
SIGNIFICANT SUPREME COURT

1334
00:33:51,429 --> 00:33:52,597
REFORMS HAVE TO BE ON THE TABLE

1335
00:33:52,664 --> 00:33:52,864
NOW.

1336
00:33:52,931 --> 00:33:54,866
AND I KNOW MANY BALK AT THAT,

1337
00:33:54,933 --> 00:33:55,867
INCLUDING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

1338
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:57,869
BUT THINK OF IT LIKE THIS: WHEN

1339
00:33:57,936 --> 00:33:59,371
THE SUPREME COURT ALLOWS THE

1340
00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:00,872
PRESIDENT TO ACT IN WAYS

1341
00:34:00,939 --> 00:34:02,874
CONTRARY TO STATUTES —- LIKE,

1342
00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:05,377
SAY, NOT SPENDING

1343
00:34:05,443 --> 00:34:06,845
CONGRESSIONALLY APPROPRIATED

1344
00:34:06,912 --> 00:34:07,512
FUNDING -— THAT'S SEIZING POWER

1345
00:34:07,579 --> 00:34:07,879
FROM CONGRESS.

1346
00:34:07,946 --> 00:34:08,880
AND MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS

1347
00:34:08,947 --> 00:34:09,880
TO START TAKING A LITTLE POWER

1348
00:34:09,947 --> 00:34:12,384
BACK.

1349
00:34:12,449 --> 00:34:14,085
AND I KNOW THE COURT ITSELF WILL

1350
00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:15,887
OBJECT TO THE IDEA IT'S A

1351
00:34:15,954 --> 00:34:16,987
POLITICAL BODY.

1352
00:34:17,054 --> 00:34:19,891
JUST THIS WEEK, CHIEF JUSTICE

1353
00:34:19,958 --> 00:34:20,891
JOHN ROBERTS WHINED THAT "PEOPLE

1354
00:34:20,958 --> 00:34:24,396
THINK WE'RE MAKING POLICY

1355
00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:25,397
DECISIONS.

1356
00:34:25,463 --> 00:34:26,764
I THINK THEY VIEW US AS TRULY

1357
00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:27,399
POLITICAL ACTORS, WHICH I DON'T

1358
00:34:27,465 --> 00:34:27,899
THINK IS AN ACCURATE

1359
00:34:27,966 --> 00:34:33,905
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO."

1360
00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:34,539
BUT TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS A MESS

1361
00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:36,408
OF THE COURT'S OWN MAKING.

1362
00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:37,409
BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING BOTH

1363
00:34:37,475 --> 00:34:38,409
FRUSTRATING AND DEEPLY

1364
00:34:38,476 --> 00:34:38,944
PATRONIZING ABOUT JUSTICES

1365
00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:39,911
CHOOSING TO ISSUE UNEXPLAINED

1366
00:34:39,978 --> 00:34:41,045
RULINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT,

1367
00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:42,246
ONLY POPPING THEIR HEADS OUT FOR

1368
00:34:42,313 --> 00:34:43,415
FAWNING INTERVIEWS WHEN THEY'VE

1369
00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:44,416
GOT A SHITTY BOOK TO SELL, AND

1370
00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:45,417
THEN SCOLDING US FOR NOT

1371
00:34:45,483 --> 00:34:46,418
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON

1372
00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:47,418
INSIDE THEIR GORGEOUS, PRISTINE

1373
00:34:47,485 --> 00:34:50,422
MINDS.

1374
00:34:50,487 --> 00:34:51,422
AND LOOK, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED

1375
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:52,924
BEFORE, WHEN THEY DO WRITE THEIR

1376
00:34:52,991 --> 00:34:53,925
REASONING DOWN, IT OFTEN EXPOSES

1377
00:34:53,992 --> 00:34:55,927
THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY CAN

1378
00:34:55,994 --> 00:34:56,928
SEEM TO REACH FOR PREDETERMINED

1379
00:34:56,995 --> 00:34:58,430
CONCLUSIONS BEFORE WORKING

1380
00:34:58,496 --> 00:34:58,997
BACKWARDS TO FILL IN A LEGAL

1381
00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:00,932
RATIONALE.

1382
00:35:00,999 --> 00:35:01,533
BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE TO PUT

1383
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,935
THE WORK IN.

1384
00:35:04,002 --> 00:35:06,338
AND I KNOW SOME WILL SAY NO

1385
00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:06,938
SUBSTANTIVE COURT REFORM IS

1386
00:35:07,005 --> 00:35:07,939
LIKELY TO HAPPEN DURING THIS

1387
00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:08,440
ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS

1388
00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:10,442
OBVIOUSLY TRUE.

1389
00:35:10,508 --> 00:35:11,443
BUT IT'S STILL WORTH STARTING

1390
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:13,745
THE CONVERSATION NOW.

1391
00:35:13,812 --> 00:35:14,946
BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF IDEAS

1392
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:16,448
FOR COURT REFORM -- FROM ADDING

1393
00:35:16,514 --> 00:35:18,450
JUSTICES, TO NO LONGER ALLOWING

1394
00:35:18,516 --> 00:35:19,918
THE COURT TO SET ITS OWN DOCKET

1395
00:35:19,985 --> 00:35:20,952
-- AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO GET

1396
00:35:21,019 --> 00:35:21,953
KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FOR A LATER

1397
00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:23,455
DISCUSSION.

1398
00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:25,457
YOU MAY REMEMBER JOE BIDEN CAME

1399
00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:26,458
INTO OFFICE AND HANDED THE IDEA

1400
00:35:26,524 --> 00:35:27,459
OF COURT REFORM OFF TO A

1401
00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:28,460
BLUE-RIBBON COMMISSION.

1402
00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:29,961
AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "OH

1403
00:35:30,028 --> 00:35:30,962
YEAH, WHAT THE FUCK BECAME OF

1404
00:35:31,029 --> 00:35:32,464
THAT?"

1405
00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:33,965
HE ACTUALLY RELEASED A SET OF

1406
00:35:34,032 --> 00:35:35,467
PROPOSALS IN JULY OF 2024.

1407
00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:36,835
YOU MIGHT'VE MISSED IT.

1408
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:37,469
NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS AROUND A

1409
00:35:37,535 --> 00:35:39,971
MONTH AFTER HE IMPLODED ON THE

1410
00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:40,572
DEBATE STAGE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE

1411
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:41,973
IT WAS THE WEEK AFTER HE

1412
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,975
WITHDREW FROM THE RACE.

1413
00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:45,477
AND NOBODY WAS GOING TO BE

1414
00:35:45,543 --> 00:35:47,479
READING THAT REPORT THEN.

1415
00:35:47,545 --> 00:35:48,480
THE ONLY THING PEOPLE WERE

1416
00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:49,648
READING THAT WEEK WERE 500

1417
00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:50,982
DIFFERENT TWEETS ABOUT HOW

1418
00:35:51,049 --> 00:35:53,485
KAMALA WAS BRAT.

1419
00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:54,786
IT WAS A WEIRD TIME, BUT IT ALL

1420
00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:57,489
WORKED OUT.

1421
00:35:57,555 --> 00:35:58,990
THE POINT IS, WE HAVE TWO AND A

1422
00:35:59,057 --> 00:36:00,558
HALF YEARS BETWEEN NOW AND THE

1423
00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:01,493
NEXT ELECTION TO LAY THE

1424
00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:02,994
GROUNDWORK FOR CHANGE.

1425
00:36:03,061 --> 00:36:06,131
AND I'D ARGUE IT'S WORTH DOING.

1426
00:36:06,197 --> 00:36:07,999
BECAUSE THIS COURT HAS ERODED

1427
00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:09,000
PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE TO THE POINT

1428
00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:11,002
IT'S NOW CONSIDERED A POLITICAL

1429
00:36:11,069 --> 00:36:12,003
ARM INSTEAD OF A NECESSARY CHECK

1430
00:36:12,070 --> 00:36:14,339
ON POLITICAL POWER.

1431
00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:15,507
AND IF YOU ASK ME, THAT

1432
00:36:15,573 --> 00:36:17,142
QUALIFIES AS -- IF I MAY BORROW

1433
00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,010
A PHRASE -- ACTUAL IRREPARABLE

1434
00:36:19,077 --> 00:36:21,012
FUCKING HARM.

1435
00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:25,016
AND NOW THIS.

1436
00:36:25,083 --> 00:36:31,523
>> Announcer: AND NOW FOR

1437
00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:33,024
MOTHER'S DAY, JUST LEAVE MOM THE

1438
00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:34,025
FUCK ALONE.

1439
00:36:34,092 --> 00:36:35,226
>> IT IS MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND, A

1440
00:36:35,293 --> 00:36:36,661
TIME WHERE WE TRY TO GIVE CREDIT

1441
00:36:36,728 --> 00:36:38,029
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE AND SO

1442
00:36:38,096 --> 00:36:38,530
LIBERATE OUR MOTHERS.

1443
00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:40,031
MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR MOTHERS

1444
00:36:40,098 --> 00:36:41,032
CARDS, MAYBE FLOWERS AND SOME

1445
00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:42,534
GOODIES, YOU CAN EVEN TAKE HER

1446
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,035
FOR A SUNDAY MORNING.

1447
00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:46,104
>> ANOTHER GOOD ONE IS TO BE

1448
00:36:46,171 --> 00:36:47,038
LEFT ALONE!

1449
00:36:47,105 --> 00:36:48,540
>> THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

1450
00:36:48,606 --> 00:36:51,543
WHAT WILL MOMS GET ON SUNDAY?

1451
00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:52,043
>> REST, RELAXATION.

1452
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,546
BE LEFT ALONE.

1453
00:36:54,612 --> 00:36:56,147
AND WHAT WE APPRECIATE THE MOST

1454
00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:57,048
IS ALONE TIME.

1455
00:36:57,115 --> 00:36:58,183
>> I'M JUST SAYING.

1456
00:36:58,249 --> 00:36:59,184
>> PEACE AND QUIET.

1457
00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:00,552
>> MAYBE HE WILL GIVE ME SOME

1458
00:37:00,618 --> 00:37:05,056
PEACE AND QUIET, FINALLY.

1459
00:37:05,123 --> 00:37:05,557
>> OKAY.

1460
00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:06,558
WE WILL SEE.

1461
00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:07,192
>> YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A

1462
00:37:07,258 --> 00:37:08,560
CLUE WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S

1463
00:37:08,626 --> 00:37:09,561
A GOOD THING.

1464
00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:11,129
>> I HAVE A CLUE, I TOLD HIM

1465
00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:13,064
LEAVE ME ALONE, LET ME SLEEP IN

1466
00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:14,065
BED AND LET ME RELAX.

1467
00:37:14,132 --> 00:37:15,133
>> I WANT SLEEP IN PEACE AND

1468
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:15,567
QUIET.

1469
00:37:15,633 --> 00:37:16,768
>> I SAY EVERY YEAR, MY HUSBAND

1470
00:37:16,835 --> 00:37:18,069
KNOWS TO LEAVE ME ALONE.

1471
00:37:18,136 --> 00:37:19,170
THAT'S ALL I WANT.

1472
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,638
>> I'M DOWN TO DO A BREAKFAST OR

1473
00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:23,074
A LUNCH AND THEN LEAVE ME ALONE.

1474
00:37:23,141 --> 00:37:24,209
>> SHE WANTS A HOTEL ROOM AND TO

1475
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:26,077
BE LEFT ALONE.

1476
00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:28,079
>> JUST LET MOM STAY IN BED AND

1477
00:37:28,146 --> 00:37:29,080
THAT MAY DO IT.

1478
00:37:29,147 --> 00:37:31,149
>> JUST SLIP A NOTE UNDER THE

1479
00:37:31,216 --> 00:37:31,583
DOOR.

1480
00:37:31,649 --> 00:37:32,650
>> I LIKE AND BANK CARDS OR

1481
00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:33,585
ANYTHING SENTIMENTAL BECAUSE IT

1482
00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:35,086
PUTS THOUGHT AND IT AND IT IS

1483
00:37:35,153 --> 00:37:35,587
SWEET.

1484
00:37:35,653 --> 00:37:39,090
AND LEAVE ME ALONE.

1485
00:37:39,157 --> 00:37:40,692
>> John: THAT IS OUR SHOW,

1486
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:42,761
THINK IS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING,

1487
00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:44,095
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, GOOD NIGHT!

1488
00:37:44,162 --> 00:37:51,169
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

1489
00:37:53,671 --> 00:37:54,506
[SNORING]