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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a—to me—pretty big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.67,0:00:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never seen this around\Nany court I've ever been…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.79,0:00:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved with, where there's\Nthis much dark money
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.04,0:00:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this much influence being used.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.54,0:00:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's how Washington Post\Nsummed it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.99,0:00:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“This is a conservative activist's\Nbehind-the-scenes campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.96,0:00:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remake the nation's courts”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.73,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a $250 million\Ndark money operation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$250 million is a lot of money to\Nspend if you're not getting anything for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.57,0:00:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that raises the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.78,0:00:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are they getting for it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.30,0:00:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well… I showed this slide earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.34,0:00:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Affordable Care Act. And\Non {\i1}Obergefell{\i0}, and on {\i1}Roe vs. Wade{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.01,0:00:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where they lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.37,0:00:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with another judge, that could change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.55,0:00:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the contest is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.39,0:00:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the Republican party\Nplatform tells us to look
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.86,0:00:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at how they want judges to rule,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.06,0:01:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reverse {\i1}Roe{\i0}, to reverse\Nthe Obamacare cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.10,0:01:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to reverse {\i1}Obergefell{\i0}\Nand take away gay marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.86,0:01:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is their stated objective and plan…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.78,0:01:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not take them at their word?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.44,0:01:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's another\Npiece of it. And that is…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.25,0:01:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not what's ahead of us,\Nbut what's behind us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.58,0:01:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's behind us is now 80 cases,\NMr Chairman, 80… cases.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.08,0:01:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under Chief Justice Roberts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.98,0:01:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have these characteristics:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.65,0:01:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, they were decided\N5 to 4, by a {\i1}bare{\i0} majority.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.84,0:01:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two, the 5 to 4 majority was… partisan…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.53,0:01:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that not one Democrat—\NDemocratic appointee joined the 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.81,0:01:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I refer to that group\Nas the “Roberts Five”.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.96,0:01:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changes a little bit, as… with\NJustice Scalia's death, for instance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.12,0:01:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's been a steady Roberts Five
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.66,0:01:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has delivered now\N80 of these decisions…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.17,0:02:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the last characteristic\Nof them is that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.10,0:02:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is an identifiable Republican\Ndonor interest in those cases
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.94,0:02:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in every single case,\Nthat donor interest won.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.89,0:02:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was an 80 to 0, 5 to 4 partisan… rout.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.84,0:02:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ransacking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.71,0:02:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's important to look at\Nwhere those cases went
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.85,0:02:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're not\Nabout big, public issues
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.30,0:02:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like getting rid of\Nthe Affordable Care Act,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.48,0:02:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undoing {\i1}Roe vs. Wade{\i0}, and\Nundoing… same-sex marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.48,0:02:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're about power.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.16,0:02:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you look at those 80\Ndecisions, they fall into 4 categories…
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.98,0:02:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.16,0:02:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One… unlimited and dark money in politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.05,0:02:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Citizens United is the famous one,\Nbut it's continued since with {\i1}McCutchen{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.100,0:02:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've got one coming up now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.14,0:02:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always the 5 for unlimited\Nmoney in politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.29,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never protecting against\Ndark money in politics
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the fact that they said\Nit was gonna be transparent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.58,0:03:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who wins?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.07,0:03:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you allow unlimited\Ndark money in politics?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.40,0:03:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very small group.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.26,0:03:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones who have unlimited money to spend
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.46,0:03:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a motive to spend it in politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.48,0:03:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They win, everybody else loses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.42,0:03:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you were looking… at\Nwho might be behind this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.58,0:03:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[points at card loudly]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.38,0:03:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's talk about the people with unlimited\Nmoney to spend and a motive to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.64,0:03:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll see how that goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.20,0:03:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, knock the civil jury down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.09,0:03:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whittle it down to a nub.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.63,0:03:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The civil jury was in the\NConstitution, in the Bill of Rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.30,0:03:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our darn Declaration of Independence.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.74,0:03:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's annoying to big corporate powers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.08,0:03:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you can swagger your way\Nas a big corporate power through Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.04,0:03:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go and tell the President\Nyou put money into to elect what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.74,0:03:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'll put your stooges at the EPA.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.93,0:03:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's aaaaaall great.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.19,0:03:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until you get to the civil jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.45,0:04:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they have an obligation,\Nas you know, Judge Barrett,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.100,0:04:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have an obligation under the law
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.59,0:04:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be fair to both parties\Nirrespective of their size.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.44,0:04:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't bribe them—\Nyou're not allowed to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.49,0:04:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a {\i1}crime{\i0} to tamper with the jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.64,0:04:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's standard practice to\Ntamper with Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.70,0:04:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they make decisions based on the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.57,0:04:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're used to being the boss,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.80,0:04:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and swaggering your way\Naround the political side
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.25,0:04:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't wanna be\Nanswerable before a jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.39,0:04:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so one after another, these 80\N5 to 4 decisions have knocked down,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.43,0:04:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whittled away, at the civil jury,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.42,0:04:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great American institution.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.32,0:04:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.53,0:04:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First was unlimited dark money.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.80,0:04:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second was, demean\Nand diminish the civil jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.35,0:04:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third is, weaken regulatory agencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.30,0:04:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of this money, I'm\Nconvinced, is polluter money.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.15,0:04:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The coke industries is a polluter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.89,0:05:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fossil fuels industry is a polluter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.64,0:05:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who else would be putting\Nbuckets of money into this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.48,0:05:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanting to hide who\Nthey are behind Donors Trust
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.80,0:05:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or other… schemes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.69,0:05:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if— If you're a big polluter
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.19,0:05:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you want?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.33,0:05:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want {\i1}weak{\i0} regulatory agencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.44,0:05:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want ones that you can\Nbox up and run over to Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.89,0:05:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get your friends to fix things for you in Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.99,0:05:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over and over and over again,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.94,0:05:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these decisions are\Ntargeted at regulatory agencies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.91,0:05:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to weaken their independence\Nand weaken their strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.88,0:05:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're a big polluter
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.92,0:05:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then weak regulatory agencies\Nis your idea of a good day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.74,0:05:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the last thing is in politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.61,0:05:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In voting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.45,0:05:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why on earth… the Court made the decision
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.07,0:05:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—a {\i1}factual{\i0} decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.30,0:05:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not something appellate courts\Nordinarily are supposed to make,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.92,0:05:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I understand it, Judge Barrett—
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.95,0:05:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the factual decision that\Nnobody needed to worry about
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.86,0:05:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minority voters in preclearance states
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.95,0:06:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being discriminated against
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.35,0:06:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that legislators would try\Nto knock back their ability to vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.26,0:06:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These five… made that\Nfinding in Shelby County
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.20,0:06:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Against bipartisan legislation\Nfrom both houses of Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.54,0:06:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hugely past, on no factual record.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.99,0:06:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just decided that that\Nwas a problem that was over.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.58,0:06:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On no record, with no basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.15,0:06:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it got them to\Nthe result… that we then saw.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.100,0:06:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What followed. State\Nafter state after state
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.78,0:06:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passed voter suppression laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.12,0:06:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, so badly targeting African-Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.74,0:06:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that {\i1}2 courts{\i0} that it was {\i1}surgically{\i0}…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.39,0:06:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}surgically{\i0} tailored to get\Nafter minority voters.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.85,0:06:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And gerrymandering.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.98,0:06:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other great… control.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.16,0:06:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bulk gerrymandering,\Nwhen you go into a state,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.94,0:06:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the REDMAP project\Nin Ohio and Pennsylvania
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.07,0:07:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you pack Democrats\Nso tightly into a few districts
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.36,0:07:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all the others become\NRepublican majority districts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.36,0:07:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in those states,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.27,0:07:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you send a delegation to Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.05,0:07:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has a huge majority\Nof Republican members
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.35,0:07:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like 13 to 5, as I recall
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.53,0:07:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a state where the 5, the party of the 5\Nactually won the popular vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.70,0:07:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’ve sent a delegation to Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.77,0:07:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is out of step with the\Npopular vote of that state, and…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.11,0:07:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,court after court figured\Nout how to solve that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.54,0:07:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Supreme Court said, “Nope.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.16,0:07:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5 to 4 again. “Nope. We’re not going\Nto take an interest in that question.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.50,0:07:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all these areas where it’s about\Npolitical power for big special interests,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.21,0:07:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people want to fund campaigns,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.22,0:07:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people want to get\Ntheir way through politics
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.09,0:07:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without actually showing up
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.71,0:07:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing it behind Donors\NTrust and other groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.18,0:07:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing it through these schemes …
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.50,0:07:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over and over again…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.67,0:07:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.06,0:08:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80 decisions, Judge Barrett.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.74,0:08:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80 decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.81,0:08:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An 80 to 0 sweep.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.56,0:08:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t— I don’t think you’ve tried cases
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.75,0:08:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but some cases…
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.97,0:08:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the issue is bias and discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.20,0:08:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you’re making a\Nbias case, as a trial lawyer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.60,0:08:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—Lindsey Graham is a\Nhell of a good trial lawyer—
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.66,0:08:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he wanted to make a biased case
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.08,0:08:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—Dick Durbin’s a hell\Nof a good trial lawyer—
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.85,0:08:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they wanted to make a bias case,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.47,0:08:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they could show and 80 to 0 pattern…
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.90,0:08:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A, that’s admissible,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.20,0:08:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and B, I’d love to make\Nthat argument to the jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.56,0:08:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’d be really hard-pressed\Nto be the lawyer saying
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.51,0:08:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“No. 80 to 0’s just a bunch of flukes.”
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.47,0:08:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All 5–4, all partisan, all this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.37,0:08:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So… something is not right
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.09,0:08:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the court.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.77,0:08:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And dark money has a lot to do with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.56,0:08:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Special interests\Nhave a lot to do with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.52,0:08:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donors Trust and whoever’s\Nhiding behind Donors Trust
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.64,0:08:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a lot to do with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.55,0:09:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Bradley Foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.18,0:09:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,orchestrating it’s {\i1}amici{\i0} over at the court
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.49,0:09:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a lot to do with it.