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Richard Blumenthal: “Under Bush and Obama, there were eight requests for an…”

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 21:53

And the numbers of cases has grown exponentially. It did under Donald Trump. I'll just give you a few numbers here. Under Bush and Obama, there were eight requests for an emergency ruling. Under Trump, the number is 41 in just four years. So you had this explosion eight over 16 years, as opposed to 41 over four years. And the court gave the Trump administration in whole ear pork, what it wanted in 28 of those cases. (21:53–22:09)

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