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Richard Blumenthal: “The process is important... all of it is lost when there's…”

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 26:43

And we've been grilled in that way. But there's also the opportunity for amicus Curi briefs, you know, interested parties can file with The process is important... all of it is lost when there's an emergency docket, no oral argument, no real briefing. and the possibility for just the individual political views of the justices to hold sway. And that's probably why these justices have become so addicted to the emergency docket. (26:43–27:27)

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Asserts that the emergency docket bypasses the usual in-depth judicial process.

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