host: michael waldman, with the brennan center for justice, president and ceo. he is also the author of "the super majority: how the supreme court divided america." if you want to call in, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 four independents. you can also text at (202) 748-8002. --(202) 748-8003. guest: -- we work to defend the systems of democracy and there would protrude -- in our country. we have $40,000, mostly individuals from foundations and businesses and law firms. we have found there is a huge amount of interest in protecting american democracy and protecting our constitution from across the political spectrum. we think we are in a great fight for the future of american democracy in this country. as a think tank and advocacy group we try to be part of that. host: was your book based only on decisions of the recent supreme court or does it take a longer view? guest: lot was about the first full year of the super majority control of the court, ending in the big rulings i mentioned in june 2022. but he tries to tak

bemoaning the criticism of the court as a politicized institution. >> charlie is next, our guest michael waldman. from the brennan center for justice new york university school of law. the author of the supermajority, how the supreme court divided america. charlie, in massachusetts, good morning. >> good morning, pedro. good morning, westminster waldman. it's funny. bring out merrick garland. you should be ashamed or he'd be ashamed to -- he is such a fool. but the reason i called is your all this radicalism with the supreme court, our latest nominee could not identify what a woman is, in all seriousness i want you to defend that argument, please. >> well, justice ketanji brown jackson who the color is referring to was an extraordinarily impressive nominee. actually was the most -- in the, polls north of that to be the, judge the most popular supreme court nominee in many years. it has been extraordinarily impressive on the bench. she got pelted with got your questions from senators who were doing its they would have something to tweet. then as a matter of serious jurisprudence, someone asked he

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of the propublica reporters who has been uncovering these issues and doing an amazing job, and michael waldmanhe brennan center for justice at nyu law. and author of the super majority, the year the supreme court divided america. so, joshua, let's begin with you. it's just an incredible, incredible work here. the mind-blowing decisions that came down this term that, you know, really a separate issue in one sense, but there are still these ethics concerns and there are some connections being made. paul singer, the billionaire, who funded justice alito's fishing trip, for example, lobbied to cancel student loan forgiveness. yesterday, alito voted against biden's student loan forgiveness plan and, of course, you would've thought that that would've been some disclosure there that, hey, you know, i hang out with this guy and he's telling us to do what we are about to do. what do you make of that and what should we make of that? the citizens watching this court, sort of sink into this ethics hole? >> yeah, so, i mean, to be clear, you know, singer has had personally a case before the supreme court.

. >> kenji yoshino and michael waldman, thank you both appreciated. coming up, the conservative supreme court halls president biden's student loan forgiveness plan, but biden said he's not giving up, what he can still do to provide relief to millions, next. relief to millions, next time. think you're not at risk? wake up. because shingles could wake up in you. if you're over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about shingles prevention. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. it's one pill, once a day. many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin while some saw up to 100% clear skin. and, they felt dramatic and fast itch relief some as early as 2 days. that's rinvoq relief. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal, cancers including lymphoma and skin cancer, death, heart attack, stroke, and tears

. >> our first guest of the morning's michael waldman, he is the president and ceo of the center for justice at new york university school of law. he is author also the author of the super majority of the supreme court divided ama.