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What’s Next for the Supreme Court? - Beyond the Scenes

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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The Democrats Got Rid of the Filibuster for Supreme Court Justices

The right is very rigid in terms of what kinds of legal views are going to be acceptable within the power, you know, structure that is the Federalist Society. President Trump essentially assigned the job of identifying judges and justices. You no longer have to get over a filibuster to confirm a Supreme Court justice. The Democrats got rid of the filibuster when the Republicans started using it across the board just to be obstructionist.

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