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86: Jeremy Peters Traces the GOP’s Descent to Trump

The Al Franken Podcast

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The Supreme Court

John Avlon: Was it Trump's idea to only choose Supreme Court nominees that are recommended by the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation?Avlon: I think because he was so utterly transactional, he was talked into this idea. He needed to get the religious right on board with a guy who has long a record as Trump does of being completely offensive to anything religious.

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