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Richard Blumenthal: “These rulings are unsigned, and they are unexplained. No…”

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 22:52

The court summarily, without an opinion and without a vote count, nobody knew who voted which way, struck down that order. That's an example of the emergency docket. The Texas abortion case is another. The COVID restrictions are another. These rulings are unsigned, and they are unexplained. No opinion. So, as you said very well, and you've done such immensely important and valuable work on voting rights cases, you can't piece together what the court is doing. (22:52–23:01)

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