then came the leak of samuel alito's draft opinion overturning roe v.wade, which drew attention to a possible previous leak of a draft opinion by samuel alito himself. possible leak by samuel alito himself to a billionaire who, like all billionaire friends of supreme court justices, only became their friends after they became supreme court justices. and we learned that clarence thomas's favorite billionaire, who he befriended clarence thomas only after clarence thomas became a supreme court justice, found many ways to provide vacation, recreation via private jet, and yacht, to clarence thomas that has allowed clarence thomas to vacation like a billionaire. a vacation lifestyle that can cause millions upon millions of dollars if clarence tall thomas were actually trying to provide that for himself. and then came the news that that same billionaire purchase clarence thomas's mother's house and improve it for her, allowing her to live rent free in the house, while putting some of the proceeds on the sale of that house directly into clarence thomas's pocket

that was justice samuel alito in 2021. what would you tell justice alito to say there is nothing new or nefarious about the use of the shadow docket? guest: this is why i wrote the book. the book is basically an effort to argue and prove through voluminous material that what the supreme court has been doing over the last five or six years is both new and nefarious. i will start with the new. what is new is that the court is intervening more often than ever before. it is intervening in context in which before 2017, and almost never did to directly adjust and affect statewide or nationwide policies. not so long ago in the 1980's, 1990's, to thousands, the emergency docket was almost inclusively about last and it death penalty appeals -- last-minute death penalty appeals. the justices are treating these decisions as precedents. and yelling at lower courts for not following unsigned, unexplained decisions. that is new. we have never seen impacts like this before where these kind of emergency rulings are the difference between w

they had interviewed john roberts they had interviewed samuel alito. they had interviewed michael luttig, all federal judges, all conservative. and the president followed to get to the chief, john roberts. but he went with his gut for harriet miers. a friend of his, also someone he knew in his mind would be conservative enough. remember, he was a a composite conservative. he thought that she was they had their friendship. he thought they had he thought she was meritorious and he thought that she would be a good supreme court justice. you might recall that that didn't work. and so we had the opportunity and i to bring harriet miers here to interview her. we went to washington to interview alberto gonzales. we interviewed karl rove. we interviewed chief justice rehnquist or excuse me, -- cheney, all the people who had served on that process committee. and as it turned out, the right wing of the president's party did not want harriet miers that o'connor seat, because you might remember it was called the swing seat. she a moderate conservative and sometime

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that leak benefited samuel alito. it benefited conservatives and people on the right.uld release that. we all would want to know, caitlyn and poppy. >> that's a really good point. joan, thank you very much. that's a really good point that joan makes. there were negotiations after the leak, especially roberts thinking maybe they could bring some people over to the other side. but the reporting is that leak really cemented that 5-4 decision. >> we learned about they didn't -- they didn't interview as many people as you thought they would. it was a very interesting how they investigated. >> it is a very opaque institution is the reality. so we'll keep following that. arizona school districts are struggling to find enough teachers to fill their classrooms. the creative approach to help those struggling financially. >> it shouldn't have to be about poverty to be a teacher. >> what is walking away from that like? >> i'm a really proud public schoolteacher. it's hard. it's hard to know that i can't do it anymore. ♪ it's our turn now we'll make it up again. ♪ ♪ we'll build fre

legal partner cooper and kirk former clerk for justices samuel alito.l for giving us your time today we appreciate this when you're out we still have more questions and answers, most of us. i want to read something from the wall street journal or justice alito speaking out this week about this. i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible. it was part of an effort to prevent the dobson draft from becoming the decision of the courts and that is how it was used for the six or people on the outside as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court. megan, you clerked for the justice. apparently we will never know who leaked this draft opinion the dobbs case because of the standard as justice alito said is very high. it's very clear with the intention of this person was it was to influence the outcome of dobbs free to change that decision. the effect was predictable posada mensa public pressure on the justices including protests outside of their home, threats on their lives. and one man appearing at justice kavanaugh's doorstep with the inte

>> there has been pressure on the conservative justices, samuel alito had an interview where they felthe said that they were being hammered relentlessly and no one was defending them. that statement of ethics that justice roberts released talked about the physical threats, the threats against the justices, that they are all feeling because of the scrutiny that the court is under. >> anthony zurcher there. police have breast -- arrested a man outside buckingham palace. he reportedly approached the gates of the row home and through a number of items into the palace grounds including what officials believe were shotgun cartridges. he was arrested on suspicion of possessing a defensive weapon. this comes ahead of the coronation, and authorities are hot -- on high alert. the princess royal says that from her perspective, a slimmed-down monarchy doesn't seem like a good idea. but princess anne says the royal family does need to discuss how to stay relevant. in an interview with the canadian public broadcaster cbc, she insisted the monarchy has a lot to offer the country. our correspondent ha

> it is possible in those eight years we'd have the opportunity to fortify justices scalia and samuel alitond thomas. if you were able to do that, 7 had of 2 majority on the supreme court that would last a quarter century. >> officially desantis was invited as governor of the state hosting the convention, not as a political candidate. the buzz is he will make that announcement on wednesday at a fundraiser in miami, that is just buzz here, though. >> steve: thank you, lauren. the talk is there is a big donor meeting, this was in the "washington post" last week. it starts tomorrow in miami and will go three days. essentially he will say, i've got a big announcement, i will tell you guys first and get out your checkbook. >> ainsley: give me money. >> steve: that is how it works. >> ainsley: over to ashley. >> ashley: fox news alert, that driver arrested after crashing a u-haul truck into the white house security barrier. he is charged with threatening to kill or harm a president or family member. a nazi flag was found inside the truck. the scene unfolding moments after there was a call about a

. >> ashley: last week supreme court justice samuel alito said, i have a good idea who is responsible somebody. and the hollywood eshg lite at the met gala, kim kardashian and pete davidson were seen chatting. it was dedicated to carl lagerfeld. in tennis, superstar sesdltrenawilliams announced she is expecting her second child. we will check in with janice dean, i see you ditched the umbrella. >> janice: i did, the skies are clearing up a bit. although we are looking for rain for next couple days. the temperatures not feeling like the second day of may. 47 and cloudy skies. 48 in new york city area. 44 in fargo, 44 in chicago. it is going to be cool and cold enough for snow for parts of the great lakes and interior northeast and mountains of west virginia today. we have this area of low pressure that lingers for the next several days and that will bring lingering showers, thunderstorms for the forecast along the east coast and across the west coast, much of the same situation. we are into what is called an omega block, area of low pressure across the west and east and have ridge of h

to be considered wetlands, and the justices today again by a 5-4 vote in an opinion by justice samuel alito that the parcel of land had to be contiguous to actual body of water, and in the old test it was a significant nexus and allowed the epa to regulate the property, and the epa had won in a lower court, but now the justices by a 5-4 vote have reversed the lower court. the other thing they should mention here, and it is not just of consequence for this couple who for nearly two decades have been trying to build this dream home on this piece of property as they made their case to the justices, this is the second time that this case has come up to the justices, but more broadly, kate, this is another ruling by the supreme court that cuts back on the power of the environmental protection agency in its regulation. last year, they did it under the clean air act to restrict what the epa could do, and this is under the clean water act, kate. >> yeah, the broad implications here are absolutely part of this story coming down. it is going to be interesting to hear what the biden administration has

thursday's 5-to-4 opinion, written by justice samuel alito, effectively ends protections for about half of all the wetlands in the contiguous united states. conservation groups called the ruling a devastating setback for clean water and called on congress to pass new legislation protecting wetlands. this is white house press secretary karine jean-pierre. >> the decision aims to take our country backwards. it will jeopardize the sources of clean drinking water for millions of americans. the clean water act is the reason why american lakes today are swimmable, while we can fish in streams and rivers and why say tricking water comes out of our taps. amy: indiana's state medical board has reprimanded and fined an indianapolis doctor who publicly disclosed she had provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape survivor from ohio last year. a majority of the board found dr. caitlin bernard violated privacy laws by speaking about the girl's case, fining her $3000. at thursday's hours-long disciplinary hearing, dr. bernard explained why she decided to speak out. >> i think it is incredibly importan

now justice samuel alito is telling the "wall street journal" he thinks he knows who was responsible.have sent shock waves through capitol hill? >> it was a very rare, extraordinarily candid interview by alito. got real about talking who leaked the infamous dobbs decision draft and he said this. i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible. that's different from the level of proof needed to name nobody. asked whether the leaker is a conservative he says this. that's infuriating to me. this made us targets of assassination. would i do that to myself? would the five of us have done it to ours-- here is the bottom line. if they wanted to find the leaker, they could. the truth is, i don't think they really wanted to and that's what justice alito is getting at there. >> alito says the leak, quote, was part of an effort to prevent the dobbs draft from becoming the decision of the court and that's how it was used for those six weeks by people on the outside as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court. ted cruz says it's a criminal act. >> given the severity here, invite

justice samuel alito made similar remarks in the fall of 2020. >> the pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty. i think it is an indisputable statement of fact. we have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged as those experienced for most of 2020. >> harris: steve, what happened to neil gorsuch? >> well look, yes, of course he is right. alito is right. it is all true. what it reminds me of is the fact that even now, years afterwards, we still don't have -- we have not seen any kind of real accountability for the people who pushed the lockdowns. any kind of legal accountability. no political accountability. they have gotten away with it. let's remember this wasn't some kind of innocent mistake, the lockdown people pushed. we didn't know what what's happening and we were being overcautious. that's not true. they knew, we knew from the beginning that special characteristics of this virus, first of all it was transmitted through aerosols that traveled through the air. therefore the justification for social distancing, which

samuel alito wrote the majority opinion and was joined by fellow right-wing justices john roberts, clarences, neil gorsuch, and amy coney barrett. however, conservative brett kavanaugh joined the court's three liberal justice in opposing the weakening the clean water act. kavanaugh wrote the decision will have "significant repercussions for water quality and flood control throughout the united states." the court's decision is seen as a major victory for polluters and developers. at the white house, press secretary karine jean-pierre criticized the ruling. >> it will jeopardize the sources of clean drinking water for farmers and millions of americans. the clean water act is the reason why america's lakes today are swimmable, we can fish in our streams and rivers, and why say drinking water comes out of our taps. it was passed by bipartisan majority in 1972 and since been used by republican and democratic administrations alike to protect our nation land and water. amy: to talk more about the ruling, we're joined now by sam sankar. he is the senior vice president for programs at earthjustice,

. >> ainsley: last week supreme court justice samuel alito addressed the incident telling the "wall streeta pretty good idea who is responsible that's different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody. >> brian: all right, former labor secretary and attorney eugene scalia, father is justice scalia, of course, served on the high court for 30 years. eugene, great to see you, mr. secretary. your thoughts about the fact that we have alito coming out saying with the resources given, we can't definitively prove who did this? i'm thinking to myself who is depriving him of resources to do something so important? >> well, it was obviously a very, very bad day for the court. very bad day for the country as well. the marshals office of court connected what appears to have been a thorough search. the chief justice also had mark chertoff a former judge, a former head of homeland security take a look at the investigation and indicate that it was a thorough investigation. so i think they made the efforts they could to find somebody, maybe they at some point will find who did it. but it wa

you couldn't go ahead and make the payments and then you would end up in this supreme court or samuel alito slave owners didn't agree and therefore you can't pay social security people and screw them. do you fear that? >> yeah. >> no because elections have consequences and one consequence of our having won the presidency is that president biden doesn't have to go and sue anybody. we're playing defense. all he has to do is faithfully execute the laws as he's sworn to do under article 2 of the constitution and respect the full faith and credit of the united states by not dishonoring the debts that we've already incurred. in other words, he's just got to pay the bills and if marjorie taylor greene or matt gaetz, if they want to go to court they have to proof how they have standing and how were they injured by other people getting their bills paid, and even if -- if they're somehow able to overcome that, this is a political question for the political branches to work out and even if they were able to overcome that, well, then, they've got to prove somehow that their rights have been violated be

and then there's justice samuel alito, who is still mad about the leak of the dobbs decision that he wrote, which stripped away the federal right to an abortion from millions of americans. in a recent interview with the wall street journal editorial board, alito claim that the leaker put his life in danger, and says he knows the identity of the league or but is not prepared to name them. how convenient. and also, how interesting, because a former antiabortion activist has since come forward to say that alito himself like the result of a different decision from the court on reproductive rights back in 2014. alito says that that's not true. just days ago, we also got some new information about the sexual misconduct allegations against justice brett kavanaugh. kavanaugh has consistently denied those allegations, which date back to his time in high school in college and a report from senate republicans claim that there was no evidence to support those claims. those accusations -- and yet, last week, the guardian reported that the kavanaugh report, quote, contained series omissions in its

justice samuel alito recently told two partisan defenders at the wall street journal that the leak "made us targets of assassination," saying, "i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible." justice clarence thomas complained, "you begin to look over your shoulder." and justice sonia sotomayor said she felt shell-shocked after the overturning of roe and has a "sense of despair" about the direction of the court. on tuesday, chief justice john roberts addressed public questions about the acrimony and concerns about the court's ethics while accepting an award. >> i want to assure people that i am committed to making certain that we as a court adhere to the highest standards of conduct. we are continuing to look at things we can do to give practical effect to that commitment, and i am confident there are ways to do that that are consistent with our status as an independent branch of government under the constitution's separation of powers. >> and joining me now are two former supreme court clerks, jennifer mascott, an assistant law professor at george mason university. she clerked

that was justice samuel alito in 2021. l justice alito to say there is nothing new or nefarious about the use of the shadow docket? guest: this is why i wrote the book. the book is basically an effort to argue and prove through voluminous material that what the supreme court has been doing over the last five or six years is both new and nefarious. i will start with the new. what is new is that the court is intervening more often than ever before. it is intervening in context in which before 2017, and almost never did to directly adjust and affect statewide or nationwide policies. not so long ago in the 1980's, 1990's, to thousands, the emergency docket was almost inclusively about last and it death penalty appeals -- last-minute death penalty appeals. the justices are treating these decisions as precedents. and yelling at lower courts for not following unsigned, unexplained decisions. that is new. we have never seen impacts like this before where these kind of emergency rulings are the difference between whether abortion wa

withdrawn and in her place came a relative unknown who we all know right now, because his name is samuel alito. so when you're a powerful network that you can make the president of your party withdraw his own white house to put your person in after the white house, counsel has already been named. that's some power so that's what we're up against. kavanaugh watched all that happen. he was not on the trump list. and he was desperate to get on the supreme court. so how do you get on the trump list? so he went auditioning. he did like. i want to say 50. he did a great federalist society roadshow and he went to federalist societies everywhere and he made sure people understood and he things that he knew the big donors would like into decisions that he was writing of the dc circuit. he was a champion auditioners. he auditioned, like you, would not believe and next thing you know, poof, suddenly he's the nominee and nobody's complaining that not on that list. oh so off the list was such a big why would you not complain if somebody was picked off the list unless somebody knew that. the winner same beh

the left is willing to threaten the lives of the justices, justice samuel alito this weekend and the wall street journal said the attacks directed at the justices are making them targets of assassination. this is disgraceful. every senator who signed this letter should be embarrassed. mr. chairman, i asking animist consent that the letter be admitted to the record and interview with justice alito from this weekend be entered into the record. democrats can have disagreements based on law, but this attempt to achieve the demise the court, this attempt to personally slayer -- personally smear clarence thomas is dishonest and everyone echoing it is echoing a shameful reprise of 1991's high-tech lynching. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we have heard that every other federal judge, members of congress and legislative and executive branch employees are bound by strict ethical rules. this extends beyond government into the private sector, where employees from the ceo to the sales floor are subject to strict codes of conduct. for example, home depot tells all employees that a conflict occurs whe

samuel, justice alito said he basically drives around in a tank with 24 hour security. >> bill: brings us to today's hearing, called in the wake of a lot of the stories, and a push underway in congress to set ethical standards, supporters say it's overdue, and others say it's an overreach. and nice to see you in the afternoon, douglas. how do you think this is going to go? >> well, as badly as i think anyone can predict. the supreme court is meant to sit above politics, people are meant to respect it and we are seeing once again the democrats showing a desire to disrespect the supreme court judges, ignore as was just mentioned, for instance, there is such animosity these days against certain of the supreme court justices. since the leak last year, we still haven't got to the root of, since the leak last year, clarence thomas in particular has been undergoing an unbelievable demonization in the public sphere. we have an actual assassination attempt on justice kavanaugh, and you would have thought the democrats might step back and think is this a good idea at this time to poor kerosene o

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response is, if you think that samuel eto and the justices on the court would have been more receptive to an equal protection argument, you haven't, you know, met justice alito? i actually am just not persuaded that a court that was hell bent on overturning roe would have done it under a different rationale now. maybe my answer, and i guess i want to hear what the other folks say is that, you know, justice blackman was working, you know, without the of foresight he was doing the best that he could in deep conversation with the mayo clinic, who he was consulting with. he was, you're absolutely right, centering the physicians rights, not the mother's rights. he was really learning as he went along by the time casey comes along in subsequent cases, it's becoming clear that this is, in fact, an equality issue as as it is a reproductive autonomy and privacy and family integrity issue. but i think that sort of i always feel that faulting the author in 1973 for not knowing what was coming isn't always the most useful frame. i say that i think that one of the things that is shocking to me about the dobbs opinion as written by justice alito was his wholesale willingn