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conversations]>> "wa" host: at our table this morning, ed whelan .we are talking about the supreme court in upcoming decisions they are yet to issue by the end of june. i want to start with justice alito's letter on calls for him to refuse -- recuse himself from cases. he said about the flags at his home, is that i had nothing to do with it. as soon as i saw it i asked my wife to take it down. my wife and i own a virginia home jointly and she therefore has the legal right to use the property as she sees fit. there were no additional steps i could have taken to have the flag taken down more promptly. you agree with him? guest: i agree with his decision not to recuse. it is easy. the broader question that was spelled out years ago in a different context was, a spouses views and actions however passionately held and discharged are not imputed to her spouse. it is the exact situation we have here. it is in stark contrast to other episodes that get little attention. back in 2016 during the presidential campaign that ruth bader ginsburg gave two prominent

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whelan. what have you got for us? >> well, speaking of slightly silly political moment, it's ed davey. >> remember him from the post officeim not so long ago? has gone on a charm offensive, doing silly stunts, falling off wakeboards . stunts, falling off wakeboards. and if we can just watch this clip playing tennis while trying to answer political questions . to answer political questions. >> and it's saturday morning, you're out playing tennis on the campaign trail in a park. >> why? >> why? >> well, it's part of our , two >> well, it's part of our, two pronged message on the environment and b the health. >> so today we're talking about creating new national parks, people to have leisure in. >> we've also seen him flying down a water slides and trying to fall off a paddleboard. i mean, there's some kind of midlife crisis going on with ed davey. there he is coming down the water slide and it really that's what we were talking about just now with voting. it speaks to the idea that all you need to do with politics is make it a little bit more fun, put on a bit of a show, definitely dive off this paddleboard if you watch wha

of dollars, hundreds of millions of dollars donating to right-wi for local infrastructure like ed whelan'sorganization that have a vested interest in the outcome of these from an ideological perspective. so we need something like the gift span that applies to all other federal employees in that does not allow them to take more than $50 in donations. why should that not apply also to members of the c is a bedrock principle of our justice system that our courtpaid out by either party in a litigation dispute? i agree with the caller. i think there is legislation that would fix this problem. we need to fix this problem. we need congress to act and investigate this to the full extent possibleir investigative arm to dig understand what has been going on and how far the corruption has gotten into our federal judicial system. host: more call from gigi in texas. caller: i believe the judges should not be appointed for life. they should serve a to 20 years and then get out because when you stay in power he began to believe in your own power and thomas has been a pr the -- whene was involved with the