the lawyer's client in that is one of the people involved in this scheme, leonard leo. and leonard leo has a personal relationship also with justice alito. he's described as his friend. none of that is disclosed. he just offers his opinion on behalf of the lawyer for his friend. at the end of the day, the inquiry looks at free gifts, undisclosed, received by justice alito. at the end of the day, the lawyer for leonard leo was able to recruit a member of the supreme court, just alito, to offer a private -- i should say a public opinion, but a nonofficial opinion, a personal opinion in "the wall street journal" editorial page to prop up the argument that says we can't look into gifts that leonard leo, the client, organized for justice' lito, the recipient. that is a tangled mess of ethics violations, and nobody can look at that. nobody will look at that. that can't be. so with the court looking at none of the scandalous behavior, it is entirely incumbent upon the congress to do its job and get to the bottom of what went on, and that is what, under the leadership and guida

leonard leo andujar lan crow are central players.heir baseless refusal to respond to inquiries prevent us from understanding the full scope of the issue. as chair of the committee i cannot allow them to thwart congressional authority. for these reasons i have asked the committee to authorize subpoenas with respect to leonard leo andujar lan crow. this issue may be one of the most important the committee can consider. we have now reached a point because of disclosures by the press about lavish gifts and trips to supreme court justices where the reputation of the court is at an all-time low. it is within the power of the chief justice and the associate justices to solve this problem before noon today and they should have done it long ago. how can we possibly justify that out of the entire federal government, there are nine individuals who are exempt from responsibility to disclose this sort of thing? when you take a look at the rules that govern even congress on this matter, you can understand that this is part of burden of public serv

leonard leo has arranged the trips from the justices on private jets to various places around the countryors. we don't know the exteblt of the relationship between leo and these individuals and the justices. we know these individuals have given leo's organizations a ton of money and leo has set them up with justices but we don't know the full scope of the details that might be going into these relationships. >> we might even find out information about the relationships between not only the justices and some of these individuals but the justices' spouses. there has been reporting about leonard leo perhaps funneling money to ginni thomas' organization. >> we only know from "the washington post," i believe, that leonard leo directed a company to, quote, give ginni thomas thousands of dollars in money with, quote, no mention of ginni, and because he's not mentioning her in all of these monetary transactions we don't know the extent of them. we know his organizations have worked with ginni thomas, presumably paying her for gosh who knows what, so that's some of the information that we could le

politico is reporting, quote, conservative judicial activist leonard leo's consulting firm received $21p that is a pillar of leo's aligned nonprofit network. that group, the 85 fund, is part of an umbrella of nonprofits under investigation by the washington d. c. attorney general for potentially violating tax laws. carrie severino, a former law clerk to justice clarence thomas, is a director of the group. joining us now to untangle it all is democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island, member of the senate judiciary committee and author of the scheme, how the west of the scheme, how the right wing used dark money to capture the supreme court. and senator whitehouse, i just read that passage from politico, and i have to say, there are aspects of those lines that i just kind of, i think, with the audience fear digging deeper because the comprehension level gets deeper the deeper we dig. so it is up to you to tell us what we should know about, what is it, the 85 fund or anything else that mysteriously emerges as these funds emerge in your investigation. >> when i talk about this

so this notion that leonard leo and his lawyers have cooked up, and that david ripken supposedly interviewed in the wall street journal, and leo's lawyer, where alito gives this opinion that supposedly congress has no power over the court, it's absurd. it applies in the case of history and the actual attestations of these very justices. that they have been saying that they have to follow these rules, and certifying that they are following these rules. >> as i would say, it also flies in the face of common sense to any american who would think that the judicial branch does not have any kind of oversight by congress on it. lisa graves, christina greer, catherine christian, thank you so much. i appreciate your time this evening. >> next, we are changing pace. tens of thousands of demonstrators converged on the nation's capital, and cities all around the world, to demand a cease-fire in israel's war on hamas. in israel's war o hamas. hamas. ( ♪ ♪ ) start your day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. right now get a free footlong at subway. like the new de

has taken on the dime of harlan crow who was one of the men who had the subpoena today, and also leonard leoand, you know, the senate democrats, and it's a completely >> senate democrats want information from these two individuals that would let them know just what kind of activities have been going on but get to the core of whether there's any undue influence here. >> how have crow epiand leonard leo responded? >> leonard leo said senate judiciary democrats have been destroying the supreme court, now they are destroying the senate. i will not cooperate with this unlawful campaign of political retribution. and then harlan crow put out a statement that said the judiciary committee democrats violation of the committee's own rules to issue an invalid subpoena, further demonstrates the unlawful and partisan nature of this investigation. the senate republicans have two complaints one very substantive saying democrats have just trying to bully the supreme court and their allies, but they also had a procedural concern about whether the subpoena vote was actually done properly. >> we know the suprem

and leonard leo is in the harlan crow painting and leonard leo sent the money to ginni thomas, and he almost wherever you touch this network of right wing billionaires and the justices they put on the court, you see their intermediary there, a little functionary leonard leo. so he is a very, very important center of this little web of scheming. >> is your theory of the case that there is going to be -- because the subpoenas will go forward. you will hopefully have a chance to ask these questions of these gentlemen, that there is some smoking gun, sore it to reveal for the american people who are paying very close attention now to the supreme court, just ask sam alito who is super cranky about it every time "the wall street journal" dials his home phone, just to reveal to the american people how netted up and how corrupt it is? >> i think probably more the latter. we may turn up instances of law-breaking, particularly around tax filings or potential false statements that were made. but i think the bottom line here is that we simply cannot have a united states supreme court that is capt

with the help of his crony leonard leo and his gang over at the federalist society.h a ready made list of people he would nominate to the supreme court, and to other courts, months before a single vote was cast. and the biggest alarm is that the face of this clearly articulated monstrosity, trump, is not just facing joe biden but an increasingly fractured coalition of non-trump options. as many as five people, maybe six, could be on next november's ballot. so just remember, when people tell you who they are, believe them. joining me now is ruth ben-ghiat, professor of history and a scholar of authoritarianism at new york university and david plouffe, former obama campaign adviser. thank you. ruth, i want to start with you, because the project 2025 stuff is frightening to me. as somebody who has followed politics since i was in high school and has done it as a journalist for nearly 20 years i have never heard anything like it. it sounds like a road map to a hitlerian or putin or orbon style government. how worried are you about the implementation potentially of such p

leonard leo and her lyft wrote a really prominent focus of the people you talk about leonard leo, i mean where do you get your judges from? we get our judges from conservative people who make relation to us. me what you get your judges from? your local groups after recommending names. this is really dangerous senator kennedy. there are two individuals, working once, they want to know when you're saw the plane your permit at the gas station. it is beyond overbroad, it is chilling to me. i have literally back my colleagues please don't make me get on this road. please don't make me half to fight back over this that is not going to answer any calls you have picked political people you want to please over the smooth and efficient operations of the judiciary committee. you have made me a on the side fight back as we believe what you are doing his political motivated, there's not an ounce of legislated purpose in the subpoenas, because if you really gave a about legislation to fix the problem, you would bring the bill up to floor that has passed this committee, so yeah. this is really bad, sen

and leonard leo who coordinated travel between justice alito.ion for months. democrats say this is about restoring confidence in the supreme court. they accuse these men of using their wealth to gain secret access to the justices and get them to do their bidding. republicans have a very different view of. they say this is simply democrats having sour grapes over the fact that the court is now more conservative than they want it to be. one of the republicans on the panel, john cornyn accused democrats of destroying the senate judiciary committee, and lindsey graham got more heated than what you played. let's show more about where he thinks the subpoenas are going. >> we'll play this game for a while, nothing will happen, the subpoenas never get issued. the bill never gets voted on. but, it's important enough to destroy the committee. >> reporter: now, the vote was 11-0 because republicans walked out right before it happened. what lindsey graham is talking about that democrats can issue the subpoena on their own, but it will take 60 votes to enfor

, and leonard leo supreme court, the radicals on the supreme court. girls who had to flee the state when they were raped by an illegal immigrant, those girls that had to flee the state because they were raped by a member of their own family. >> or women who were told they need to bleed out in a parking lot rather than get treatment. >> doctors were afraid to provide life-saving care because they might get arrested, because of donald trump and leonard leo, all of those young women whose lives have been made a living and breathing hell because of donald trump and that list of people. donald trump can expect and should expect and deserves to expect to hear that throughout 2024, along with a clip that said, yeah, i was the one who killed roe v. wade. he's the one that made their lives a living and breathing hell. he's the one that made women bleed out outside of operating rooms where they could have been saved because, well, donald trump and leonard leo -- and he's the guy that has $1.4 billion now trying to rig every federal judiciary selection. and you

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both leonard leo and harlan crow have already come out with statements denouncing the possibility of issuing them subpoenas. how will you go about enforcing those subpoenas, once they're issued? >> well, we're moving forward with the investigation one step at a time. the first step next thursday is to vote for the subpoenas. once the subpoenas are in place, they are a legal command to these individuals, to come forward and provide the documents and answer the questions that we have asked for. if they refuse, we have a number of options and we will be making a decision as a committee about which options we should pursue. but, i would note that the argument that they have made, which is that it is unconstitutional of us to ask these questions, is a ridiculous argument by any measure. this is a question of disclosure by justices of gifts, which must be done under a law that congress passed. and if the gifts are big enough, recusal by justice is under a law that congress passed, and the judicial conference which implements the disclosure and the recusal law, is a body that congress has c

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one penny because the man who organized the flight and joined alito on the luxury fishing trip, leonard leo. mr. leo arranged justice alito's free flight to alaska and his free lodging once he arrived. their host at the luxury fishing lodge was a gentleman named robin arkley. over the next few days justice alito and his travel companions enjoyed guided fishing trips, flights on bush planes, meals of alaskan king crab and beef and wine costing upwards of $1,000 a bottle. justice alito did not disclose any of this, and when challenged, for example, on the jet ride, why that should be disclosed, he said he didn't view it as a gift because if he didn't go the seat on the plane would have gone empty. that's an interesting analysis of a gift from a constrictionist. this kind of scandalous behavior cannot continue. one former federal judge who served for years on the judiciary committee that reviews the justice's financial disclosures had this to say about the gifts to justice thomas, quote, in my career, i don't remember ever seeing this degree of largess given to anybody. when referring to the c

the litmus test is going to be, are you actually a trump loyalist, not whether or not you are in leonard leo's inner circle or if you're someone high up in the federal society. that's going to be a very different motive. and it's very clear that you're going to see him much quicker in my terms of a transition than we saw in his first administration where he seemed to be caught on the back foot in terms of their readiness to begin governing. it took a long time to get that cabinet put together. he already seems to have some idea of what that cabinet might look like and it seems clear that one of the toughest that he's interested in is attorney general and it seems like he's already identified jeffrey clark, his codefendant, in the georgia case, and an unindicted coconspirator in d. c. in the election interference case, to consider him for that post. >> that's next level. hugo, are you hearing anything from trump's camp? >> yes, i think this has been something i've been to discussed for a year now according to our reporting. and it's four to think about the context in which it's being discussed

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the billionae harl crow and leonard leo will be summoned to testify in aupreme court ethicsrobe 11 democrats the committee approved subpoenas for them today. even as republican committee members walked out of the room during the vote. the supreme court adopted a new code of conduct after reports came out earlier this year, claiming that justice clarence thomas accepted trips and gifts from crow. and justice samuel alito took a fishing trip organized by leo. >>> dallas police issued a warrant today for bills player vaughn miller. according to police, an investigation determined that the former super bowl mvp assaulted a pregnant woman during a fight wednesday morning. police say miller was gone by the time officers arrived, and the victim was treated for minor injuries at the scene. >>> the state of maine is offering to cover college tuition and fees at its seven state schools for victims of last moment's shooting in lewiston that left 18 people dead. families of those killed are also eligible. the state says as many as 80 people could be eligible f is tuition relief. >>> kelly, back to you.

they also want subpoena another republican donor and leonard leo, both of whom have flatly refused to cooperate with the committee's investigation. >> let us be very clear about what is going on here. billionaires who are invested heavily in influencing the supreme court have been caught giving enormous secret gifts to individual justices. >> y'all ought to be ashamed of yourself because you're the ones who always profess how you're defending our democracy. you're the ones undermining our democracy. >> the highest court in the land cannot have the lowest standard of ethics in the government. >> this is a fight you want, you're going to get it. >> the panel is set to vote next week on whether to issue those subpoenas, so stay tuned. >>> when we come back, tonight israel says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city and are engaged in face-to-face battles with hamas. the quote, concept of a cease-fire according to an israeli military spokesman is currently not on the table at all. that as key voices here in the u.s. urge israel to change its approach. we'll have more on that n

attorney general's investigation of conservative judicial activists leonard leo expressing their concern over, quote, "potential infringement on free association and donor privacy. joining us now a long with speaker of the house mike johnson is house judiciary committee chair jim jordan, house oversight committee james carmer, house ways and means committee chairman james smith. good to see you guys. let me start with you. you had huge news today and you came out. i played it on audio and radio. >> we found another check to joe biden. the media said they felt like this investigation needed to do to be successful. find a direct link between joe biden and his family influence. we've proven that he met with all the people in his family that got money. we have proven that joe biden has lied countless times to the american people about his knowledge and involvement of the family shady business dealings. they had over 20 shell companies. we have proven they have all these bank accounts. now we have enough bank accounts where we can trace the money back to the source. we found the check to joe

republican donor harlan crow, a benefactor of justice clarence thomas and conservative activist leonard leoped former president trump compile a list of potential supreme court nominees. senator rand paul performed the heimlich maneuver on senator johnny ernst during lunch. choking on food. later posted on x can't help but choke on the woke policies democrats are forcing down our throats. paul is a graduate of duke medical school and medical doctor. the dow hit a new high for the year after surging 520 points. the s&p 500 finished ahead 17. nasdaq was down 32. up next elon musk has a profane suggestion for advertisers. first here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 10 in phoenix as the woman convicted of murdering her children and accused of killing one man and conspiring to kill another is extradited to arizona. so-called doomsz day mom lori vallow was in an idaho prison after the guilty verdict this past may. fox 29 in philadelphia as the city council passes legislation banning facial coverings. the bill would prohibit people from wearing ski masks in parks, school

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will the committee proceed in pursuing the subpoenas for harlan crow and leonard leo?eed. i certainly am. and our process is to reschedule after the avalanche of obstructive amendments that we got so we're prepared for it next time and can deal with it and go on to the important vote, which is the one on the subpoenas. >> right. and i mean, in terms of what is in front of the court this term, these questions are very much relevant. >> yeah, they're very relevant. and by the way, we have two of the billionaires already cooperating. so it's not as if we're doing something that's so improper that nobody will cooperate. and the ones we're still looking at are harlan crow, who you mentioned, and leonard leo, who has been the functionary for the billionaires and was behind the trump supreme court list and was involved and traveled with alito on his fishing trip and was sitting with harlan crow with thomas in his back yard where the painting was made. so these are people who are deeply, deeply enmeshed with the court right-wing justices. >> well, it felt like an important ste

globe into leonard leo, and the jordan & comer defense team seemed to have found a new, defense.ow it is divided republicans nationwide. that's tonight's reidout. all in, with chris hayes, starts right now. st arts right now >> tonight on all in. >> it is unconscionable to think that this body, who is at war with the doj over their politically motivated practices,

that was also coordinated by leonard leo.k with me joining the conversation as well as lisa graves, founder and executive director of true north research and former chief nominations on the senate judiciary committee. it's great to have you join this conversation. i will start with you, lisa, you have been instrumental in exposing these billionaires influence on the court. are we finally beginning to see this dark money web unravel or at least come to light? and what is at stake if the judges and the donors involved in this don't face any repercussions for these alleged actions? >> this is an important step forward and i'm certainly applauding efforts by chairman durbin and senator whitehouse in moving ford with subpoenas because every person has an obligation to comply with subpoenas. there's no special privilege for billionaire friends or supreme court justices, or people who helped install people in the supreme court like leo. and the argument that these individuals have made to assail the send its right to investigate thi

. -- leonard leo, who runs the i don't even know what he runs anymore, he runs 1 million different organizationsith 1 million different names, all nested within each other with an impenetrable maze. so, it -- harlan crow, the billionaire friend and benefactor of clarence thomas, maybe a few others. what push senate democrats or committee leadership over into subpoena territory? >> well, we were getting noncooperation from the various individuals that we requested and we were getting noncooperation that seemed utterly incredible. their theory was that we have absolutely no business conducting any inquiries here, which overlooks the fact that the disclosure statute that is in issue is a statute passed by congress and the recusal statute that would be triggered by gifts like this is another statute passed by congress, and the body that implements those tools is the judicial -- which is an agency created by congress. so, their argument is, you congress don't get any oversight over how an agency you, congress, created, is implementing laws that you, congress, passed. just from me saying it, you could

judiciary committee intend to subpoena republican megadonor harlan crow and conservative legal activist leonard leotheir investigation. a planned vote on those subpoenas was postponed today. democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island chairs the subcommittee on federal courts. he joins us now. welcome to the newshour. sen. whitehouse: thanks for having me on. geoff: the committee was expected to vote on those subpoenas today but hit a roadblock. what happened? sen. whitehouse: the republicans are desperate not to have to vote on this, and so last night they filed nearly 90 amendments. that meant that all of our members had to review overnight 90 separate amendments, all of them intended to be poisonous, and try to figure out what our joint response was going to be. in effect, they jammed the gears of the committee with an avalanche of bad faith amendments. that stopped things today. but the resolve of the committee to vote out those subpoenas is fixed and firm. it is just a matter of rescheduling. now that we know that is the strategy, we can prepare for it. geoff: what information are yo

subpoena one of the donors i mentioned, crow, as well as a very connected legal activist and advocate, leonard leo, who has been involved with several appointees who sit on the court. the subpoenas have not dropped. but we actually heard from senator durbin about this in the last few days. >> how can we take these nine people in the federal government and say they're going to be treated differently than anybody else. they don't have a code of ethics and nothing to report to or be held accountable for. that's inexplicable and inexcusable. >> that was senator durbin's take on this. in fact, as you saw, we spoke a couple of days ago. we aired that on the beat. this is a live legal congressional issue. durbin wants information from the subpoena process, and also he's advocating ethics rules or a code of conduct. that effort is working because i can tell you tonight, we are reporting for the first time in all of american history, the supreme court has adopted and released a formal code o conduct for its justices. these are new, written rules for every justice, all of them have signed on to it. it is ap

today they're about to embark on considering subpoenas for conservatives like leonard leo and harlane at the center of the supreme court ethics battle. durbin has been reedleading on saying he wants more testimony and more public light shed on what is going on between the supreme court and some of the conservative donors who people like justice clarence thomas have been linked to. republicans, of course, have been stone walling that, so technically this is about a procedural thing that durbin just did, but actually it is not, jose. >> ali vitali on capitol hill, thank you. >>> up next, new and, well, concerns about escalating violence in the israeli occupied west bank. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. w. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. everyone's gonna need more tide. it's a mess out there. that's why there's 85% more tide in every power pod. -see? -ah. (christina) with verizon business unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimited hotspot data. so, no matter what, i'm running this kitchen. (vo) make the switch. it's your business.

vote on subpoenas for billionaire republican donor harlan crow and conservative legal activist leonard leoin light of media reports about conservative justices anticipate accepting free hospitality and travel without disclosing it. committee chairman senator dick durbin of illinois adjourned the meeting after republicans intentionally filed 88 amendments at the last minute in an effort to derail the inquiry. the gop threatened subpoena supreme court justices sonia sotomayor, attorney general merrick garland, propublica, the media outlet and gps and cellphone location data from hunter biden and president joe biden. durbin said democrats are still united on issuing subpoenas, but it's now unclear when the votes will take place. >>> elsewhere, the man accused of breaking into former house speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home and striking her husband with a hammer, he went on trial yesterday. opening statements began in the federal case of david depap, who was charged with assaulting 82-year-old paul pelosi just days before last year's mid-term elections. at the time nancy pelosi was in w

globe into leonard leo, and the jordan & comer defense team seemed to have found a new, defense. and mr. maga, and how it is divided republicans nationwide. that's tonight's reidout. all in, with chris hayes, starts right now. st arts right now >> tonight on all in. >> it is unconscionable to think that this body, who is at war with the doj over their politically motivated practices, blindly accept their accusation against a member of another branch of government. >> expulsion vote for a backbench congressman as the front runners fraud trial continues. >> i did everything, right and they indicted me. >> tonight, two tiered ethics in the republican party. then, what happened when the adult son of the disgraced president of the witness stand. plus, what on earth is happening in the republican primary? >> what they're trying to say with this is, that in your boots, you have heels. >> no. >> that's what they're trying to say. >> they're just standard off the rack. >> i'll tell you? >> as a bombardment continues and evacuations of foreign nationals begins, what we know about the untol

it's all the more reason to press, on say, we would really like to hear what harlan crow and leonard leotices guest flown on salmon fishing trips with people who have cases before the court. this issue is not gone away. let's be clear, there is nothing in this code that precludes those trips in the future. >> you know, dahlia, one ethical stopgap that we always look to his lawyers when we're looking at judges is the ability for them to recuse themselves when they know that there is going to be an appearance of impropriety, let alone an actual impropriety that's going to take place. this new code of conduct, i want my viewers to understand, it talks about recusal. it is a very obvious terms. you should be presiding over case where there is a beneficial interest to you or a loved, one or family member. it doesn't actually provide for a refusal mechanism. at the same time, it says, dahlia, be careful the supreme court justices, only nine of. us there's no one above, us although god, apparently. you shouldn't be recusing yourself because we can't replace you. >> yeah, i can't say it any bett

unethical behavior in the supreme court by issuing subpoenas to conservative political activist leonard leo republican donors, harlan crow and robin arkley, billionaires. >> who are investing heavily? in influencing the supreme court. have been caught giving enormous secret gifts. to individual justices. but republicans on the senate judiciary committee slammed the efforts is an effort to delegitimize the supreme court. >> because you don't like rhe way they rule. senator lindsey graham argued it's inappropriate for congress to get involved in the high court and promised republicans will block the efforts, the underlying approach. you're taking all of us to believe design constitution. that is obvious nonsense. democrats say they'll press ahead with the investigations and subpoenas and the committee will address the topic again next week in washington. alexandra limon. >> coming up, the oakland roots and soul sports club is under some new ownership tied them. details on what's being called the most successful community investment round of its kind. but first, the u.s. surgeon general in san

harlan crow and leonard leo are two resisting demands for answers about the controversial gifts.s tonight. i mentioned we are going to bring you chairman durbin who you're only going hear on this program. the judiciary chairman has been trying to move towards subpoenas to get answers on this story. i just caught up with him about the effort. and i want to show you what he told me. this is an excerpt of an interview we just did airing right now for the first time. >> we're trying to get more information. we now have clear evidence that at least one, maybe more security justices, have received lavish gifts, including luxury trips around the world, and we need some more detail. they don't disclose them. turns out good journalism -- propublica and other places exposed them to the public, but the purpose of the committees is to ask the principals, the billionaire who is defended them to give us details. >> he cites the investigative report by propublica. he also told me how more members of the supreme court are saying sit time to finally do something here. this is like a wide-open, ve

leonard leo and harlan crowe have come under scrutiny for the luxury trips and gifts provided to justicesol hill correspondent julie tsirkin is with us now. explain the significance of these subpoenas and what happens next in this investigation. >> reporter: well, the subpoenas were expected this vote today was expected and it just started a couple of minutes ago. republicans have filed close to 90 amendments, but the votes themselves to these two individuals, the subpoenas are expected to be filed because of the majority democrats hold on the committee. the question is whether they will be enforced, though. that's a separate matter. that would all but likely require a full senate vote, which, of course, republicans are unlikely to give democrats any ammo when it comes to that. let's take a step back and realize why we got here. these two individuals are part of the judiciary committee, democrat chairman dick durbin's probe to try and come up with an ethics code of conduct for the supreme court to abide by. the supreme court does not have a mandatory ethics code. they sort of police thems

david plouffe, it is a reminder that, you know, he handed over the supreme court choices to leonard leot with the samuel alito crowd wants to get rid of abortion. three -- alito wasn't trump's pick. but it seems to me that democrats are going to run directly on abortion and run into that issue. and that is what the biden campaign is going to count on and they're not going to let up. i'm assuming this is the play book including for senate races, no? >> well, sure. i mean, sometimes we can overcomplicate politics. abortion was legal in this country before donald trump was president. he became president, roe v. wade was overturned and it's his signature accomplishment. he was bragging in that clip, he terminated roe v. wade. hard to run away from that. and obviously in today's world, you can feed that to whoever -- which ever voter you want and battleground state as many times as you want to. so, i agree with charlie. he'll try and somehow moderate. but again, there is one person above all responsible for where we are in this country as it relates to women's reproductive rights and it's do

unethical behavior in the supreme court by issuing subpoenas to conservative political activist leonard leo and republican donors, harlan crow and robin arkley, billionaires. >> who are investing heavily? in influencing the supreme have been caught giving enormous secret gifts. to individual justices. but republicans on the senate judiciary committee slammed the efforts is an effort to delegitimize the supreme court because you don't like the way they rule. senator lindsey graham argued it's inappropriate for congress to get involved in the high court and promised republicans will block the efforts, the underlying approach. you're taking all of us believe design, constitutional. that is obvious nonsense. democrats say they'll press ahead with the investigations and subpoenas and the committee will address the topic again next week in washington. alexandra limon. >> the supreme court is likely to rule against a trademark of the phrase trump to small after a bay area lawyer tried to patton it. the case goes back to the 2016 presidential primary debate between marco rubio and donald trump and

senate judiciary committee will debate and possibly vote on whether to subpoena harlan crow and leonard leo as part of the probe into gifts to supreme court justices. watch live on c-span3. c-span now, our free app, or online at madam chair, today i rise in support of h.r. >> next, house lawmakers debate legislation permitting federal -- legislation prohibiting federal funding to house undocumented immigrants on federal lands. it is said to restrict departments making decisions regarding the appropriate uses of their lands and resources. leases, or contracts to construct housing facilities for illegal immigrants on our nation's federal lands. it would also put an end to the legally questionable lease that the biden administration signed with new york city to house thousands of migrants at flood bennett field, owned and managed by the national park service. madam chair, our national parks have been described as america's best idea. they are place west go to experience the outdoors and spend time with our friends, family, and community. that was true of floyd bennett field which drew an avera

tennesseans because when they convened the hearing, they wanted to authorize subpoenas for harlow crow, leonard leo, and robert arkley. now, the claim was this is all about transparency, but the only thing that they're willing to be transparent about is the contempt for the supreme court and for the american people who still believe in the importance of the u.s. supreme court. now, if they cared about protecting the supreme court, they would have shown more concern about the death threats against the conservative justices that were coming from the far far left wing of the democrat party. there's no good faith to be found here. this is yet another political assault against conservative justices who issue decisions that many of the democrats do not like, and we have seen it before. so they take this approach. if you can't pack the court, rewrite the ethics rules. if you can't rewrite the ethics rules, just use the senate to launch a mass prosecution of your political rivals. in an effort to force my colleagues to show the american people where democrats truly stand on protecting their -- the country'

he is not a leonard leo catholic, but biden professes his faith. >> yeah. he doesn't wear his faith -- >> he doesn't talk about it all the time. >> it's not a political shield. >> there isn't a lot of room in american political life for the atheism that you were talking about was there amongst the founding fathers. >> there isn't today. you're right about that. but what is important -- >> by the way, the founders didn't say, hey, everybody, i'm a deist. they were politicians, too, and played both sides. no doubt, it was a more secular approach to government. that started changing, actually, in america at the turn of the -- >> jimmy carter. >> well, but in the 19th century, there was sort of a great reawakening that turned its back on a lot of the sort of classical thought of the founders. >> the founders came out of an environment in england that, at that time, they wanted to make it very clear that we're not going to fall into the trap that the brits fell into with, you know, the fights over religion and the wars and things like that. while they were men o