and that is leonard leo.ho single-handedly reshaped the supreme court and the federal bench across the country. five of the current conservative justices are hand-picked from the federalist society. an organization he used to run. leo has marshalled billions of dollars into reshaping the court and the country. and he is close personal friends with justice thomas and harlan crow. to the point where he is in a painting crow commissioned that includes justice thomas and a number of other conservative activists. leo has worked closely with ginni thomas, as she promotes right wing activism. in facts, according to reports, leo helped send money her way without a clear explanation of why or for what. yesterday, the senate judiciary committee announced they will vote to authorize issuing subpoenas for a few of those benefactors. this includes real estate billionaire harlan crow, mortgage company owner robert arkly ii, and leonard leo. i'm joined by california senator alex padilla, member of the senate judiciary commi

senate judiciary committee, which i chair, will vote to subpoena harlan crow, robin arkley and leonard leollionaires who sit at the center of the ethical crisis currently gripping the united states supreme court. this vote is the next step in the committee's ongoing investigation of the ethics of the supreme court. it comes only after mr. crow refused to comply with committee requests and mr. leo and arkly stonewalled the committee. for years, years, mr. president, reports of ethical misconduct by justices on the court have raised serious concerns, but over the past year, a series of investigative reports have brought the long-simmering issue to a boil. story after story has emerged about lavish gifts and luxury trips that supreme court justices shamelessly accepted and failed to disclose. the reported behavior is unworthy of anyone in public office and it is led -- it has led to an historic loss of public confidence in the supreme court. some background here is necessary. harlan crow is a billionaire and a republican mega donor. he first met justice clarence thomas in the mid-1990's after

he has given these republican billionaires and leonard leo ample opportunity, multiple pass toss complyeek if they vote through these subpoenas i'm sure it will be a party line vote but dick durbin will have the moral high ground because of the fact that he has bent over backyards trying to give them opportunities to comply. i think the question will then become, you know, what's going to come next because you can expect that leonard leo and harlan crow will defy the subpoenas, they've signaled that they don't think there is a constitutional bases for the judiciary committee to be going after this information. sam alito gave a strange interview recently where he suggested that congress doesn't have the power to regulate the court's ethics. nobody -- hardly anybody agrees with that, not even conservative legal scholars. but one theory as to why he is putting that out there is to give some sort of cover to give some kind of legal argument to the likes of leonard leo and harlan crow no, not comply with even these subpoenas. so will the senate, you know, make a criminal referral to the just

leonard leo's judicial crisis network is actually the fictitious name of another front group called the concord fund, and the judicial crisis network, which is the same group that leo used to help confirm the hand-picked justices, in turn propped up a new front group led by mike pence, funding it with more than a million dollars. so, the front groups' front group's front group filed a brief in the student loan case. you cannot make this stuff up. well, naturally, the federalist society justices delivered what these groups were asking for on behalf of their billionaire benefactors, but the real victory for the front group amici in this case was how the justices struck down the plan. the federalist society justices relied on something called the major questions doctrine, a doctrine they first deployed two years ago at the behest of fossil fuel groups in a case called west virginia v. epa. the basic idea is that if a judge thinks an agency regulation is too big or too important, the judge gets to strike it down. it's the perfect tool for billionaires to use billionaire-picked justices rath

leonard leo. particularly relevant in kurn times. thank you for coming.w developments to tell you about in fani willises sprawling ricco case against the disgraced ex-president and 18 others in fulton county georgia. why she's seeking testimony from two people very high up in that scheme and in trump's inner circle. tell you about that next, plus, kings might be heading from bad to worse especially have considering the dwo running for speaker both voted to object to joe biden's victory in the 2020 election just hours after the deadly capitol insurrection of january 6th. with no leadership in the house, big questions and fears now about american military aid to ukraine. we'll talk to a top democrat about where we go from here. "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. e. ervices for everyone who lives here. ♪ life, diabetes. each day is a unique blend of going, doing, and living. glucerna protein smart with 30 grams of protein to help keep you moving. uniquely designed with carbsteady to help manage blood sugar response. glu

associated press reporting democrats that they plan to subpoena republican mega donor harlan crow and leonard leoore more information about their involvement in paying for luxury travel for supreme court justices. it comes as the court is being pressed about an ethics code which is endorsed by three of the nine justices. they could act this week to authorize senator dick durbin to issue those subpoenas to crow, leo and another wealthy donor. one more call from manhattan, kansas. democrats line. this is james. caller: hello. how are you? host: i'm fine, thank you. caller: i was going to mention that not everyone is capable of going to the polls. some of us are severely disabled. mail-in ballots are necessary. thank you, pedro. host: james and kansas -- in kansas finishing the segment off. our next guest will walk through the various legal scenarios and cases facing former president trump. hugo lowell of the guardian will give us that rundown when washington journal continues. ♪ >> c-span's studentcam documentary competition is back, celebrating 20 years with this year's theme, looking forward whil

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