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Richard Blumenthal: “How did the court's approval rating plummet? How did trust…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal Discusses Supreme Court Reforms and Ethics on Defending Democracy Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 26:14

My votes are all recorded. And here's the tragedy, and I use that word without exaggerating, because it goes back to your initial question. How did we get here? How did the court's approval rating plummet? How did trust and credibility get lost? And it's partly the result of the shadow docket. because how can people have trust in an institution when the nine people won't even take ownership for what they're doing individually? And here's another point. (26:14–26:26)

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