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Richard Blumenthal: “The credibility and trust of the Court has sunk to new lows.”

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 09:17

And the Chief justice himself famously, in his confirmation proceedings said, our role is to call balls and strikes. You know, and the hypocrisy of that kind of statement, I think also is a reason why The credibility and trust of the Court has sunk to new lows. laws. And of course, the stark, blunt fact is, and I think it's another reason for the plummeting approval rating of the court, their decisions actually are deeply unpopular. (09:17–09:34)

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Asserts that public trust in the Supreme Court has significantly decreased.

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