1 00:00:07,744 --> 00:00:14,744 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:18,588 --> 00:00:25,588 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:25,862 --> 00:00:30,665 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 4 00:00:30,734 --> 00:00:31,766 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 5 00:00:31,835 --> 00:00:33,501 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT"! 6 00:00:33,570 --> 00:00:35,503 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANK YOU SO 7 00:00:35,572 --> 00:00:35,939 MUCH FOR JOINING US. 8 00:00:36,006 --> 00:00:36,804 WE ARE BACK! 9 00:00:36,873 --> 00:00:39,006 AND WE'VE MISSED A LOT IN TWO 10 00:00:39,075 --> 00:00:40,408 MONTHS, FROM RON DeSANTIS ENDING 11 00:00:40,477 --> 00:00:41,442 HIS CAMPAIGN, TO NIKKI HALEY 12 00:00:41,511 --> 00:00:43,377 LOSING THE NEVADA PRIMARY TO 13 00:00:43,446 --> 00:00:45,680 "NONE OF THESE CANDIDATES." 14 00:00:45,749 --> 00:00:47,048 BUT THE STORY I'M MOST SAD TO 15 00:00:47,117 --> 00:00:52,120 HAVE MISSED CONCERNED THE SUDDEN 16 00:00:52,189 --> 00:00:52,689 MANIA OF A HOLE SHAPED LIKE 17 00:00:52,756 --> 00:00:53,621 A RAT ON A CHICAGO STREET, OR 18 00:00:53,690 --> 00:00:58,693 "RAT HOLE" AS IT BECAME KNOWN. 19 00:00:58,762 --> 00:00:59,527 WHICH PROBABLY PEAKED WITH THIS. 20 00:00:59,596 --> 00:01:00,394 >> YOU KNEW IT WAS INEVITABLE, A 21 00:01:00,463 --> 00:01:00,930 CHICAGO RAT HOLE WEDDING. 22 00:01:00,997 --> 00:01:01,562 >> WEDDING BELLS ON SATURDAY AT 23 00:01:01,631 --> 00:01:03,297 WHAT'S BECOME CHICAGO'S HOTTEST 24 00:01:03,366 --> 00:01:03,931 TOURIST ATTRACTION: THE CHICAGO 25 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,733 RAT HOLE. 26 00:01:05,802 --> 00:01:07,668 RAJ AND HIS PARTNER LOOKED AT A 27 00:01:07,737 --> 00:01:08,536 LOT OF CHICAGO LANDMARKS FOR 28 00:01:08,605 --> 00:01:10,671 THEIR WEDDING, UNTIL 9 DAYS AGO 29 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:12,907 WHEN HE SAW THE STORY OF THE 30 00:01:12,976 --> 00:01:14,575 CHICAGO RAT HOLE. 31 00:01:14,644 --> 00:01:16,010 >> WE WERE VIEWING A LOT OF 32 00:01:16,079 --> 00:01:18,112 DIFFERENT VENUES, A LOT OF 33 00:01:18,181 --> 00:01:20,381 DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BIG 34 00:01:20,450 --> 00:01:21,449 MONUMENTS IN CHICAGO, AND 35 00:01:21,518 --> 00:01:22,617 FINALLY WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER 36 00:01:22,686 --> 00:01:24,352 AND WE WERE LIKE, "HEY, LET'S 37 00:01:24,421 --> 00:01:27,755 GET MARRIED AT THE RAT HOLE." 38 00:01:27,824 --> 00:01:29,223 >> John: YES. 39 00:01:29,292 --> 00:01:29,726 LOOK, SAY WHAT YOU WILL. 40 00:01:29,793 --> 00:01:30,491 THAT MARRIAGE IS GOING TO LAST 41 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:31,325 FOREVER. 42 00:01:31,394 --> 00:01:31,795 BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS A 43 00:01:31,862 --> 00:01:33,461 RELATIONSHIP IS SOLID LIKE 44 00:01:33,530 --> 00:01:34,195 WAITING UNTIL "9 FUCKING DAYS" 45 00:01:34,264 --> 00:01:36,164 BEFORE YOUR WEDDING DAY TO PICK 46 00:01:36,233 --> 00:01:37,098 A VENUE, THEN LOOKING INTO EACH 47 00:01:37,167 --> 00:01:38,599 OTHER'S EYES AND BOTH SAYING, 48 00:01:38,668 --> 00:01:39,600 "LET'S GET MARRIED AT THE RAT 49 00:01:39,669 --> 00:01:46,669 HOLE." 50 00:01:46,743 --> 00:01:47,575 THAT IS TRUE LOVE RIGHT THERE. 51 00:01:47,644 --> 00:01:48,111 THE HOLE'S EMERGENCE AS A 52 00:01:48,178 --> 00:01:49,210 TOURIST ATTRACTION BECAME A BIT 53 00:01:49,279 --> 00:01:50,645 OF A NUISANCE FOR NEIGHBORS, 54 00:01:50,714 --> 00:01:51,312 THOUGH -- WHICH MAY EXPLAIN WHY, 55 00:01:51,381 --> 00:01:51,881 SHORTLY BEFORE THAT WEDDING, 56 00:01:51,948 --> 00:01:52,215 THIS HAPPENED. 57 00:01:52,282 --> 00:01:52,980 >> AT SOME POINT TODAY OR 58 00:01:53,049 --> 00:01:55,283 YESTERDAY, SOMEONE FILLED IN 59 00:01:55,352 --> 00:01:57,018 CHICAGO'S MOST FAMOUS CONCRETE 60 00:01:57,087 --> 00:01:57,752 ATTRACTION. 61 00:01:57,821 --> 00:01:59,554 >> WHAT WERE YOUR FEELINGS WHEN 62 00:01:59,623 --> 00:02:00,888 YOU CAME TO THE RAT HOLE AND YOU 63 00:02:00,957 --> 00:02:01,424 SAW IT WAS FILLED IN WITH 64 00:02:01,491 --> 00:02:03,291 CONCRETE? 65 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:04,826 >> I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 66 00:02:04,895 --> 00:02:05,426 EVERYONE'S TRYING TO BLOCK OUR 67 00:02:05,495 --> 00:02:10,164 GOOD TIME. 68 00:02:10,233 --> 00:02:10,932 >> John: EXACTLY. 69 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:11,532 SHE'S RIGHT. 70 00:02:11,601 --> 00:02:12,035 LET US ENJOY ONE THING. 71 00:02:12,102 --> 00:02:13,000 JUST ONE THING. 72 00:02:13,069 --> 00:02:14,735 FILLING IN THE RAT HOLE IS A 73 00:02:14,804 --> 00:02:15,903 GRAVE INJUSTICE -- BOTH 74 00:02:15,972 --> 00:02:19,807 FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY. 75 00:02:19,876 --> 00:02:20,441 AND LOOK, I'D LOVE TO SPEND THIS 76 00:02:20,510 --> 00:02:21,075 ENTIRE EPISODE TALKING ABOUT RAT 77 00:02:21,144 --> 00:02:21,277 HOLES. 78 00:02:21,344 --> 00:02:23,611 GOD KNOWS I'VE DONE IT BEFORE! 79 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:24,412 BUT SADLY, THERE'S MORE TO CATCH 80 00:02:24,481 --> 00:02:25,746 UP ON. 81 00:02:25,815 --> 00:02:27,548 IN RUSSIA, PUTIN'S BEEN BUSY. 82 00:02:27,617 --> 00:02:28,649 ONE OF HIS MOST PROMINENT 83 00:02:28,718 --> 00:02:30,351 CRITICS, ALEXEI NAVALNY, DIED IN 84 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:31,285 A SIBERIAN PRISON THIS WEEK, FOR 85 00:02:31,354 --> 00:02:32,520 REASONS ANY IDIOT CAN FIGURE 86 00:02:32,589 --> 00:02:32,989 OUT. 87 00:02:33,056 --> 00:02:34,755 MAKING IT A BIT AWKWARD THAT 88 00:02:34,824 --> 00:02:36,657 LAST WEEK, NOTED IDIOT TUCKER 89 00:02:36,726 --> 00:02:38,626 CARLSON SAT DOWN WITH PUTIN FOR 90 00:02:38,695 --> 00:02:39,861 A FAWNING INTERVIEW, IN WHICH HE 91 00:02:39,930 --> 00:02:41,429 FAILED TO MEANINGFULLY CHALLENGE 92 00:02:41,498 --> 00:02:41,598 HIM. 93 00:02:41,665 --> 00:02:44,899 TUCKER WAS SO DOCILE, EVEN PUTIN 94 00:02:44,968 --> 00:02:47,401 LATER MADE FUN OF HIM. 95 00:02:47,470 --> 00:02:48,870 >> I HONESTLY THOUGHT HE'D BE 96 00:02:48,939 --> 00:02:49,871 AGGRESSIVE, ASKING THESE 97 00:02:49,940 --> 00:02:51,672 SO-CALLED SHARP QUESTIONS. 98 00:02:51,741 --> 00:02:52,673 I WASN'T SIMPLY READY FOR IT, I 99 00:02:52,742 --> 00:02:53,908 WANTED IT. 100 00:02:53,977 --> 00:02:55,543 BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE ME A 101 00:02:55,612 --> 00:02:56,844 CHANCE TO RESPOND EQUALLY 102 00:02:56,913 --> 00:02:58,079 SHARPLY, WHICH, IN MY VIEW, 103 00:02:58,148 --> 00:03:00,014 WOULD GIVE SPECIFICITY TO OUR 104 00:03:00,083 --> 00:03:01,115 ENTIRE CONVERSATION. 105 00:03:01,184 --> 00:03:03,251 BUT HE CHOSE A DIFFERENT TACTIC. 106 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,252 FRANKLY SPEAKING, I DIDN'T GET 107 00:03:04,321 --> 00:03:05,319 COMPLETE PLEASURE FROM THIS 108 00:03:05,388 --> 00:03:08,356 INTERVIEW. 109 00:03:08,425 --> 00:03:08,825 >> John: WOW, THERE IS 110 00:03:08,892 --> 00:03:09,724 EMBARRASSING, AND THEN THERE'S 111 00:03:09,793 --> 00:03:11,225 "GETTING ROASTED BY PUTIN FOR 112 00:03:11,294 --> 00:03:13,161 BEING A LAPDOG" EMBARRASSING. 113 00:03:13,230 --> 00:03:14,729 ALSO, WHY ON EARTH DID HE THINK 114 00:03:14,798 --> 00:03:16,063 THERE'D BE SHARP QUESTIONS? 115 00:03:16,132 --> 00:03:18,299 IF WHOEVER PREPPED PUTIN FOR 116 00:03:18,368 --> 00:03:19,567 THAT INTERVIEW SAID ANYTHING 117 00:03:19,636 --> 00:03:20,201 OTHER THAN, "HEY YOU'RE ABOUT TO 118 00:03:20,270 --> 00:03:21,469 TALK TO THE DUMBEST BROOKS 119 00:03:21,538 --> 00:03:22,270 BROTHER, SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE A 120 00:03:22,339 --> 00:03:25,807 NAP," THEY SHOULD BE FIRED. 121 00:03:25,876 --> 00:03:27,542 MEANWHILE, IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 122 00:03:27,611 --> 00:03:28,176 ISRAEL CONTINUED ITS ASSAULT ON 123 00:03:28,245 --> 00:03:32,246 GAZA, WITH OVER 28,000 124 00:03:32,315 --> 00:03:33,147 PALESTINIANS NOW DEAD, MOST OF 125 00:03:33,216 --> 00:03:33,781 THEM WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 126 00:03:33,850 --> 00:03:34,982 THIS WEEK SAW ATTACKS IN RAFAH, 127 00:03:35,051 --> 00:03:36,150 THE CITY THAT STANDS AS THE LAST 128 00:03:36,219 --> 00:03:37,819 REFUGE FOR GAZAN CIVILIANS. 129 00:03:37,888 --> 00:03:39,454 AND YET, THE US REFUSES TO 130 00:03:39,523 --> 00:03:40,988 CURTAIL MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL, 131 00:03:41,057 --> 00:03:43,090 INSTEAD OFFERING TEPID REBUKES, 132 00:03:43,159 --> 00:03:44,992 LIKE BIDEN SAYING ISRAEL'S 133 00:03:45,061 --> 00:03:45,960 ACTIONS ARE "OVER THE TOP," 134 00:03:46,029 --> 00:03:48,129 WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE LEAKS 135 00:03:48,198 --> 00:03:49,430 THAT, PRIVATELY, THE PRESIDENT'S 136 00:03:49,499 --> 00:03:50,932 ACTUALLY VERY UPSET. 137 00:03:51,001 --> 00:03:52,066 >> PART OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS 138 00:03:52,135 --> 00:03:54,235 SAYING, ACCORDING TO PEOPLE 139 00:03:54,304 --> 00:03:56,437 WHO'VE HEARD HIM MAKE THESE 140 00:03:56,506 --> 00:03:57,238 COMMENTS, IS THAT NET -- 141 00:03:57,307 --> 00:03:59,540 NETANYAHU IS, QUOTE, "GIVING HIM 142 00:03:59,609 --> 00:04:00,141 HELL," THAT HE'S IMPOSSIBLE TO 143 00:04:00,210 --> 00:04:00,975 DEAL WITH. 144 00:04:01,044 --> 00:04:02,710 WE'RE ALSO TOLD ON THREE, AT 145 00:04:02,779 --> 00:04:04,045 LEAST THREE INSTANCES, THE 146 00:04:04,114 --> 00:04:06,013 PRESIDENT REFERRED TO NETANYAHU 147 00:04:06,082 --> 00:04:08,516 AS AN A-HOLE. 148 00:04:08,585 --> 00:04:09,517 >> John: WHOA, CAREFUL THERE, 149 00:04:09,586 --> 00:04:09,886 JOE. 150 00:04:09,953 --> 00:04:10,551 WHAT IF BIBI HEARS YOU? 151 00:04:10,620 --> 00:04:12,120 NOTHING SHAMES THE GUY 152 00:04:12,189 --> 00:04:13,387 COMFORTABLE WITH BOMBING 153 00:04:13,456 --> 00:04:14,655 HOSPITALS AND REFUGEE CAMPS LIKE 154 00:04:14,724 --> 00:04:15,590 KNOWING THAT 6,000 MILES AWAY, 155 00:04:15,659 --> 00:04:17,658 AN 81 YEAR OLD IS MUTTERING 156 00:04:17,727 --> 00:04:19,627 PG-13 WORDS UNDER HIS BREATH? 157 00:04:19,696 --> 00:04:20,728 WHAT'S NEXT? 158 00:04:20,797 --> 00:04:22,163 IS BIDEN GOING TO WHISPER "WHAT 159 00:04:22,232 --> 00:04:24,198 A DICK" INTO A SEASHELL AND TOSS 160 00:04:24,267 --> 00:04:25,867 IT INTO THE OCEAN? 161 00:04:25,936 --> 00:04:27,835 AND BIDEN'S REPORTEDLY SAID 162 00:04:27,904 --> 00:04:29,337 WORSE, WHICH AMERICAN TV DANCED 163 00:04:29,406 --> 00:04:31,272 AROUND, BUT ARABIC-LANGUAGE AL 164 00:04:31,341 --> 00:04:31,873 JAZEERA DELIVERED THE QUOTE IN 165 00:04:31,942 --> 00:04:32,640 FULL. 166 00:04:32,709 --> 00:04:36,410 WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRANSLATE 167 00:04:36,479 --> 00:04:37,478 THIS FOR YOU, BUT YOU'LL KNOW 168 00:04:37,547 --> 00:04:38,047 THE PHRASE WHEN YOU HEAR IT. 169 00:04:38,114 --> 00:04:38,646 >> [SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH 170 00:04:38,715 --> 00:04:43,551 LANGUAGE] 171 00:04:43,620 --> 00:04:44,352 FUCKING BAD GUY. 172 00:04:44,421 --> 00:04:46,187 >> John: YEAH, BIDEN APPARENTLY 173 00:04:46,256 --> 00:04:48,422 CALLED NETANYAHU, "A BAD FUCKING 174 00:04:48,491 --> 00:04:48,625 GUY." 175 00:04:48,692 --> 00:04:49,524 AND LOOK, YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED 176 00:04:49,593 --> 00:04:51,492 TO SAY THAT ABOUT NETANYAHU 177 00:04:51,561 --> 00:04:53,427 UNCENSORED ON AMERICAN TV. 178 00:04:53,496 --> 00:04:54,662 BECAUSE I GUARANTEE, IT'S COMING 179 00:04:54,731 --> 00:04:55,596 OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF GAZANS AND 180 00:04:55,665 --> 00:04:57,265 FAMILIES OF THE HOSTAGES NONSTOP 181 00:04:57,334 --> 00:04:58,833 RIGHT NOW. 182 00:04:58,902 --> 00:05:00,868 MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT'S 183 00:05:00,937 --> 00:05:01,502 LIKELY OPPONENT IN NOVEMBER HAS 184 00:05:01,571 --> 00:05:02,570 BEEN TAKING A BREAK BETWEEN 185 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:04,038 COURT DATES AND ACCUMULATING 186 00:05:04,107 --> 00:05:05,540 MASSIVE FINANCIAL PENALTIES TO 187 00:05:05,609 --> 00:05:07,141 OFFER HIS OWN PLANS FOR 188 00:05:07,210 --> 00:05:07,775 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. 189 00:05:07,844 --> 00:05:08,743 FIRST SAYING THAT, IF NATO 190 00:05:08,812 --> 00:05:10,611 MEMBERS DON'T "PAY THEIR BILLS" 191 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,747 -- WHICH ISN'T A THING -- HE'D 192 00:05:12,816 --> 00:05:13,414 ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO "DO WHATEVER 193 00:05:13,483 --> 00:05:16,017 THE HELL THEY WANT." 194 00:05:16,086 --> 00:05:16,651 THEN HE SUGGESTED AID TO UKRAINE 195 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,052 SHOULD ACTUALLY BE A LOAN, THEN 196 00:05:18,121 --> 00:05:19,987 GOT DISTRACTED, THEN DISTRACTED 197 00:05:20,056 --> 00:05:20,490 AGAIN FROM HIS ORIGINAL 198 00:05:20,557 --> 00:05:22,356 DISTRACTION. 199 00:05:22,425 --> 00:05:24,692 >> WHY SHOULD YOU JUST HAND IT 200 00:05:24,761 --> 00:05:26,360 OVER TO 'EM? 201 00:05:26,429 --> 00:05:27,728 DO IT AS A FORM OF A LOAN. 202 00:05:27,797 --> 00:05:29,263 I DO THAT WITH ATHLETES, THEY 203 00:05:29,332 --> 00:05:30,665 CAN'T QUITE, LIKE A PROFESSIONAL 204 00:05:30,734 --> 00:05:32,300 GOLFER WHO I THINK IS VERY GOOD, 205 00:05:32,369 --> 00:05:32,900 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, BUT 206 00:05:32,969 --> 00:05:34,602 THEY HAVE A LOT OF TALENT. 207 00:05:34,671 --> 00:05:36,070 I'LL SAY HERE'S THE DEAL, I DID 208 00:05:36,139 --> 00:05:37,572 IT WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, 209 00:05:37,641 --> 00:05:39,874 HERE'S THE DEAL, WHAT I WANNA DO 210 00:05:39,943 --> 00:05:41,676 PROFESSIONAL GOLFER, PLAY GOLF, 211 00:05:41,745 --> 00:05:42,877 I PLAY VERY NICE. 212 00:05:42,946 --> 00:05:44,412 DID YOU SEE THE PICTURE OF ME, 213 00:05:44,481 --> 00:05:45,012 THE HORRIBLE PICTURE WITH THE 214 00:05:45,081 --> 00:05:45,680 STOMACH OUT TO HERE? 215 00:05:45,749 --> 00:05:47,115 THAT WAS... 216 00:05:47,184 --> 00:05:48,783 SO WHAT I DO IS, I'M PUTTING UP 217 00:05:48,852 --> 00:05:50,284 TODAY A PICTURE OF ME, ACTUALLY, 218 00:05:50,353 --> 00:05:51,786 WHAT I ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE, 219 00:05:51,855 --> 00:05:53,387 HITTING A BALL, SMASHING THE 220 00:05:53,456 --> 00:05:56,757 FRICKING BALL, AND YOU'LL SEE 221 00:05:56,826 --> 00:05:59,694 QUITE -- I WOULDN'T SAY SLIM. 222 00:05:59,763 --> 00:06:02,497 I WOULDN'T SAY SLIM. 223 00:06:02,566 --> 00:06:03,931 BUT NOT BAD. 224 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,468 BUT THE BALL DOES GO FAR. 225 00:06:07,537 --> 00:06:10,638 I WOULD SAY IT GOES ABOUT NINE 226 00:06:10,707 --> 00:06:12,406 TIMES FURTHER THAN BIDEN CAN HIT 227 00:06:12,475 --> 00:06:18,012 IT. 228 00:06:18,081 --> 00:06:18,679 >> John: WHAT? 229 00:06:18,748 --> 00:06:19,547 I HAVEN'T WATCHED TRUMP SPEAK IN 230 00:06:19,616 --> 00:06:20,148 SO LONG I HONESTLY FORGOT HOW 231 00:06:20,217 --> 00:06:20,683 ABSOLUTELY JAM-PACKED WITH 232 00:06:20,750 --> 00:06:21,716 NONSENSE EVERY SENTENCE IS. 233 00:06:21,785 --> 00:06:23,918 IT'S THE LITTLE DETAILS, LIKE 234 00:06:23,987 --> 00:06:25,153 THE WAY HE SUDDENLY YELLED 235 00:06:25,222 --> 00:06:25,722 "HAND! 236 00:06:25,789 --> 00:06:26,354 IT OVER TO THEM," AS IF A GHOST 237 00:06:26,423 --> 00:06:27,188 JABBED HIM IN THE RIBS 238 00:06:27,257 --> 00:06:28,322 MID-SENTENCE. 239 00:06:28,391 --> 00:06:29,690 I DON'T WANT TO BE OVERDRAMATIC 240 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:31,492 HERE, BUT THE IDEA OF WATCHING 241 00:06:31,561 --> 00:06:32,960 CLIPS OF HIM TALKING EVERY WEEK 242 00:06:33,029 --> 00:06:34,195 FOR THE NEXT YEAR MAKES ME WANT 243 00:06:34,264 --> 00:06:36,497 TO BOOK A TRIP ON THE NEXT TITAN 244 00:06:36,566 --> 00:06:37,231 SUBMERSIBLE. 245 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:39,000 AND I KNOW NO ONE WATCHING THIS 246 00:06:39,069 --> 00:06:39,967 NEEDS A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A 247 00:06:40,036 --> 00:06:40,935 LONG, GRIM ELECTION YEAR AHEAD 248 00:06:41,004 --> 00:06:41,304 OF US. 249 00:06:41,371 --> 00:06:44,138 BUT KEEP IN MIND. 250 00:06:44,207 --> 00:06:44,674 IT'S ONLY FEBRUARY. 251 00:06:44,741 --> 00:06:45,406 WE NEED TO PACE OURSELVES, OR 252 00:06:45,475 --> 00:06:46,674 WE'RE GOING TO GET BURNED OUT, 253 00:06:46,743 --> 00:06:49,010 AND WANT TO CRAWL INTO A SMALL 254 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:50,378 HOLE AND WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER. 255 00:06:50,447 --> 00:06:51,279 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, IF THAT 256 00:06:51,348 --> 00:06:51,581 DOES HAPPEN. 257 00:06:51,648 --> 00:06:52,880 I KNOW A PRETTY GOOD HOLE IN 258 00:06:52,949 --> 00:06:54,248 CHICAGO THAT'S APPARENTLY 259 00:06:54,317 --> 00:06:55,883 AVAILABLE. 260 00:06:55,952 --> 00:06:58,352 AND NOW, THIS. 261 00:06:58,421 --> 00:07:04,892 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 262 00:07:04,961 --> 00:07:06,294 CELEBRATING HIS FAVORITE 263 00:07:06,363 --> 00:07:06,830 HOLIDAY. 264 00:07:06,897 --> 00:07:09,730 >> UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A 265 00:07:09,799 --> 00:07:11,132 LITTLE BIT LIKE THE MOVIE 266 00:07:11,201 --> 00:07:11,501 GROUNDHOG'S DAY. 267 00:07:11,568 --> 00:07:18,005 >> SOME DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE THE 268 00:07:18,074 --> 00:07:18,475 MOVIE GROUNDHOG DAY. 269 00:07:18,542 --> 00:07:22,110 >> INTEGRATIONS BECOMING THE 270 00:07:22,179 --> 00:07:23,544 "GROUNDHOG DAY" OF THE 271 00:07:23,613 --> 00:07:25,646 UNITED STATES SENATE. 272 00:07:25,715 --> 00:07:27,782 >>IT'S KIND OF "GROUNDHOG DAY" 273 00:07:27,851 --> 00:07:28,184 AGAIN. 274 00:07:28,251 --> 00:07:30,151 YESTERDAY WE HAD "GROUNDHOG DAY" 275 00:07:30,220 --> 00:07:33,121 "GROUNDHOG DAY," MY FIRST CHARGE 276 00:07:33,190 --> 00:07:34,956 IS A DEPICTION. 277 00:07:35,025 --> 00:07:37,258 IN THE PAST I COMPARED THIS 278 00:07:37,327 --> 00:07:39,260 CONSTANT REPETITION TO A FILM 279 00:07:39,329 --> 00:07:41,095 CALLED "GROUNDHOG DAY." 280 00:07:41,164 --> 00:07:46,901 STARRING BILL MURRAY, WE ARE 281 00:07:46,970 --> 00:07:47,835 BILL MURRAY'S CHARACTER RELIVES 282 00:07:47,904 --> 00:07:49,470 THE SAME DAY OVER AND OVER 283 00:07:49,539 --> 00:07:51,572 AGAIN. 284 00:07:51,641 --> 00:07:54,008 THIS CHART FROM THE MOVIE 285 00:07:54,077 --> 00:07:55,643 "GROUNDHOG DAY"." 286 00:07:55,712 --> 00:07:56,978 "GROUNDHOG DAY" IS ALSO THE 287 00:07:57,047 --> 00:07:59,280 TITLE OF A FAMOUS FILM STARRING 288 00:07:59,349 --> 00:07:59,582 BILL MURRAY. 289 00:07:59,649 --> 00:08:02,784 I HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE FOR YOU. 290 00:08:02,853 --> 00:08:04,685 OF PHIL AND BILL DRIVING ALONG. 291 00:08:04,754 --> 00:08:05,286 ♪ ♪ 292 00:08:05,355 --> 00:08:05,722 >> John: MOVING ON. 293 00:08:05,789 --> 00:08:06,354 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 294 00:08:06,423 --> 00:08:06,890 THE COURTS, THE DIGNIFIED 295 00:08:06,957 --> 00:08:09,056 PALACES OF JUSTICE WHICH, DURING 296 00:08:09,125 --> 00:08:11,993 COVID, BROUGHT US SPECTACULAR 297 00:08:12,062 --> 00:08:13,594 MOMENTS LIKE THIS. 298 00:08:13,663 --> 00:08:15,329 >> MR. PONTON, I BELIEVE YOU 299 00:08:15,398 --> 00:08:16,964 HAVE A FILTER TURNED ON IN THE 300 00:08:17,033 --> 00:08:20,034 VIDEO SETTINGS. 301 00:08:20,103 --> 00:08:21,502 >> IT IS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW 302 00:08:21,571 --> 00:08:21,838 TO REMOVE IT. 303 00:08:21,905 --> 00:08:22,503 I'VE GOT MY ASSISTANT HERE, 304 00:08:22,572 --> 00:08:26,207 SHE'S TRYING TO, BUT WE'RE 305 00:08:26,276 --> 00:08:29,110 PREPARED TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. 306 00:08:29,179 --> 00:08:35,716 I'M HERE LIVE, I'M NOT A CAT. 307 00:08:35,785 --> 00:08:36,417 >> John: PERFECT. 308 00:08:36,486 --> 00:08:37,018 YOU KNOW A HEARING'S OFF TO A 309 00:08:37,087 --> 00:08:37,652 SHAKY START WHEN A LAWYER HAS TO 310 00:08:37,721 --> 00:08:38,453 CLARIFY HE IS -- AND I QUOTE -- 311 00:08:38,522 --> 00:08:39,253 "NOT A CAT." 312 00:08:39,322 --> 00:08:39,789 AND I DID NOT WANT HIM TO 313 00:08:39,856 --> 00:08:41,088 "UN-CAT" HIMSELF. 314 00:08:41,157 --> 00:08:42,256 I WANTED THAT MAN TO SPEND THE 315 00:08:42,325 --> 00:08:43,658 REST OF THE HEARING AS A 316 00:08:43,727 --> 00:08:44,525 PHOTO-REALISTIC KITTEN LOOKING 317 00:08:44,594 --> 00:08:45,426 LIKE HE JUST WITNESSED A DOUBLE 318 00:08:45,495 --> 00:08:47,428 HOMICIDE. 319 00:08:47,497 --> 00:08:47,997 SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO 320 00:08:48,064 --> 00:08:49,697 TALK ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT, 321 00:08:49,766 --> 00:08:50,631 WHICH IS SET TO HAVE A 322 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:52,099 MONUMENTAL YEAR. 323 00:08:52,168 --> 00:08:53,101 NOT ONLY WILL IT TAKE ON CASES 324 00:08:53,170 --> 00:08:54,969 CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF 325 00:08:55,038 --> 00:08:55,736 MIFEPRISTONE, AND WHETHER 326 00:08:55,805 --> 00:08:56,471 TRUMP'S IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION 327 00:08:56,540 --> 00:08:57,672 FOR HIS ROLE IN JANUARY 6, IT'S 328 00:08:57,741 --> 00:08:59,340 ALSO CONSIDERING A CASE 329 00:08:59,409 --> 00:09:00,608 CENTERING ON SOMETHING CALLED 330 00:09:00,677 --> 00:09:01,742 "CHEVRON DEFERENCE." 331 00:09:01,811 --> 00:09:03,444 WHICH, I KNOW, SOUNDS LIKE THE 332 00:09:03,513 --> 00:09:05,780 TITLE OF A SPY NOVEL YOU'D BURN 333 00:09:05,849 --> 00:09:07,348 THROUGH IN AN AIRPORT, BUT IT'S 334 00:09:07,417 --> 00:09:08,182 A VITALLY IMPORTANT LEGAL 335 00:09:08,251 --> 00:09:10,318 PRECEDENT THAT SAYS WHEN THERE'S 336 00:09:10,387 --> 00:09:11,452 AMBIGUITY IN THE LETTER OF A 337 00:09:11,521 --> 00:09:13,554 LAW, COURTS SHOULD DEFER TO 338 00:09:13,623 --> 00:09:15,690 REGULATORY AGENCIES' EXPERTISE. 339 00:09:15,759 --> 00:09:17,959 VERY BASICALLY, DO YOU LIKE WHEN 340 00:09:18,028 --> 00:09:19,794 THE EPA REGULATES POLLUTION, OR 341 00:09:19,863 --> 00:09:21,429 THE FDA REGULATES DRUGS? 342 00:09:21,498 --> 00:09:22,630 MUCH OF THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT 343 00:09:22,699 --> 00:09:24,765 COMES FROM CHEVRON DEFERENCE. 344 00:09:24,834 --> 00:09:26,567 AND IF THE COURT GUTS IT, IT'LL 345 00:09:26,636 --> 00:09:27,835 BE MUCH EASIER FOR PRIVATE 346 00:09:27,904 --> 00:09:28,636 INDUSTRIES TO BLOCK GOVERNMENT 347 00:09:28,705 --> 00:09:30,238 REGULATION. 348 00:09:30,307 --> 00:09:32,106 SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE 349 00:09:32,175 --> 00:09:33,508 YEAR FOR A COURT THAT HAS SELDOM 350 00:09:33,577 --> 00:09:35,209 BEEN MORE POWERFUL. 351 00:09:35,278 --> 00:09:36,177 AND YET, RESPECT FOR IT HAS 352 00:09:36,246 --> 00:09:38,112 SELDOM BEEN LOWER. 353 00:09:38,181 --> 00:09:40,214 >> THE COURT'S PUBLIC APPROVAL 354 00:09:40,283 --> 00:09:43,851 RATING HAS DROPPED TO A 50-YEAR 355 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:44,919 LOW, WITH JUST 18% EXPRESSING 356 00:09:44,988 --> 00:09:51,988 GREAT CONFIDENCE. 357 00:09:52,896 --> 00:09:53,795 >> John: IT'S TRUE, AND IT'S 358 00:09:53,864 --> 00:09:56,164 HARD TO THINK OF ANYTHING PEOPLE 359 00:09:56,233 --> 00:09:57,431 HAVE LESS CONFIDENCE IN RIGHT 360 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:58,432 NOW, ASIDE FROM THE WINDOW 361 00:09:58,501 --> 00:09:59,233 SEATS IN BOEING PLANES. 362 00:09:59,302 --> 00:09:59,803 AND THERE ARE UNDERSTANDABLE 363 00:09:59,870 --> 00:10:00,336 REASONS FOR THAT, FROM THE 364 00:10:00,403 --> 00:10:00,935 UNPOPULAR DECISION OVERTURNING 365 00:10:01,004 --> 00:10:02,503 ROE V. WADE TO THE FACT THAT 366 00:10:02,572 --> 00:10:03,039 ONE-THIRD OF THE COURT WAS 367 00:10:03,106 --> 00:10:04,439 APPOINTED, SOMETIMES UNDER 368 00:10:04,508 --> 00:10:05,506 DUBIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, BY A MAN 369 00:10:05,575 --> 00:10:07,842 WHO NEVER WON THE POPULAR VOTE. 370 00:10:07,911 --> 00:10:08,976 BUT THE PAST YEAR'S INTRODUCED 371 00:10:09,045 --> 00:10:10,178 US TO A WHOLE NEW REASON TO 372 00:10:10,247 --> 00:10:12,947 QUESTION THE COURT'S INTEGRITY, 373 00:10:13,016 --> 00:10:13,548 THANKS TO A STEADY DRUMBEAT OF 374 00:10:13,617 --> 00:10:14,982 STORIES LIKE THESE. 375 00:10:15,051 --> 00:10:16,184 >> SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 376 00:10:16,253 --> 00:10:17,985 CLARENCE THOMAS IS FACING NEW 377 00:10:18,054 --> 00:10:19,687 ALLEGATIONS HE ACCEPTED 378 00:10:19,756 --> 00:10:21,255 LUXURIOUS VACATIONS AND GIFTS 379 00:10:21,324 --> 00:10:22,890 FROM WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND 380 00:10:22,959 --> 00:10:24,826 DIDN'T PROPERLY DISCLOSE THEM. 381 00:10:24,895 --> 00:10:26,160 >> POLITICO REPORTED, JUSTICE 382 00:10:26,229 --> 00:10:28,362 NEIL GORSUCH SOLD PROPERTY HE 383 00:10:28,431 --> 00:10:30,465 OWNED TO THE HEAD OF A MAJOR LAW 384 00:10:30,534 --> 00:10:30,967 FIRM. 385 00:10:31,034 --> 00:10:32,467 >> JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO DEFENDED 386 00:10:32,536 --> 00:10:34,202 HIMSELF AFTER HE DIDN'T REPORT A 387 00:10:34,271 --> 00:10:36,104 LUXURY TRIP TO ALASKA AND A 388 00:10:36,173 --> 00:10:37,405 PRIVATE JET FLIGHT. 389 00:10:37,474 --> 00:10:39,507 >> THE REPORT DETAILS THAT IN 390 00:10:39,576 --> 00:10:40,241 JULY OF THAT YEAR, THEY STAYED 391 00:10:40,310 --> 00:10:41,843 AT THE KING SALMON LODGE AND 392 00:10:41,912 --> 00:10:44,345 WERE SERVED MULTI-COURSE MEALS 393 00:10:44,414 --> 00:10:47,081 OF ALASKAN KING CRAB LEGS OR 394 00:10:47,150 --> 00:10:48,316 KOBE FILET. 395 00:10:48,385 --> 00:10:49,250 THEY ALSO ENJOYED WINE THAT COST 396 00:10:49,319 --> 00:10:50,985 $1,000 A BOTTLE. 397 00:10:51,054 --> 00:10:53,054 >> John: NOW, ALITO DENIES HE 398 00:10:53,123 --> 00:10:54,422 DID ANYTHING WRONG, AND 399 00:10:54,491 --> 00:10:55,523 SPECIFICALLY SAID, "IF THERE WAS 400 00:10:55,592 --> 00:10:56,491 WINE, IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT WINE 401 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:58,226 THAT COSTS $1,000." 402 00:10:58,295 --> 00:10:59,794 WHICH I HOPE IS TRUE FOR 403 00:10:59,863 --> 00:11:00,928 MULTIPLE REASONS, NAMELY, THAT 404 00:11:00,997 --> 00:11:01,996 WINE SHOULD NEVER COST $1,000 405 00:11:02,065 --> 00:11:03,731 BECAUSE WINE IS NOT THAT GOOD A 406 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:10,800 DRINK. 407 00:11:13,043 --> 00:11:13,309 I'M SERIOUS. 408 00:11:13,376 --> 00:11:15,576 THE THING ABOUT THE WORDS PEOPLE 409 00:11:15,645 --> 00:11:17,478 USE TO DESCRIBE GOOD ONE. 410 00:11:17,547 --> 00:11:18,279 A 411 00:11:18,348 --> 00:11:18,715 COMPLEX? 412 00:11:18,782 --> 00:11:19,282 THAT'S JUST A FANCY WORD FOR 413 00:11:19,349 --> 00:11:19,549 CONFUSING. 414 00:11:19,616 --> 00:11:19,816 "EARTHY?" 415 00:11:19,883 --> 00:11:20,250 THAT'S DIRT FLAVOR. 416 00:11:20,317 --> 00:11:20,583 AND "SMOOTH?" 417 00:11:20,650 --> 00:11:21,215 YOUR BEST COMPLIMENT IS THAT IT 418 00:11:21,284 --> 00:11:21,785 DIDN'T FIGHT YOU ON THE WAY 419 00:11:21,852 --> 00:11:22,717 DOWN? 420 00:11:22,786 --> 00:11:24,352 BUT THE COST OF THE WINE -- 421 00:11:24,421 --> 00:11:25,520 WHICH, AGAIN, SHOULD BE ZERO -- 422 00:11:25,589 --> 00:11:26,120 ISN'T THE POINT. 423 00:11:26,189 --> 00:11:26,754 THE FACT IS, STORIES LIKE THOSE 424 00:11:26,823 --> 00:11:28,456 HAVE FURTHER UNDERMINED PUBLIC 425 00:11:28,525 --> 00:11:29,457 TRUST IN THE COURT, WHICH IS A 426 00:11:29,526 --> 00:11:30,191 BIG PROBLEM. 427 00:11:30,260 --> 00:11:32,193 BECAUSE IT'S AN INSTITUTION THAT 428 00:11:32,262 --> 00:11:33,928 RELIES ON RESPECT. 429 00:11:33,997 --> 00:11:35,263 IT CAN'T ENFORCE ITS OWN 430 00:11:35,332 --> 00:11:36,030 RULINGS. 431 00:11:36,099 --> 00:11:37,565 AND WITHOUT PUBLIC BUY-IN, IT 432 00:11:37,634 --> 00:11:39,767 COULD THEORETICALLY BE IGNORED. 433 00:11:39,836 --> 00:11:41,502 CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS HIMSELF 434 00:11:41,571 --> 00:11:44,138 RECENTLY WROTE, "PUBLIC TRUST IS 435 00:11:44,207 --> 00:11:44,739 ESSENTIAL, NOT INCIDENTAL, TO 436 00:11:44,808 --> 00:11:45,773 OUR FUNCTION." 437 00:11:45,842 --> 00:11:47,141 SO THESE SCANDALS ARE A HUGE 438 00:11:47,210 --> 00:11:48,543 ISSUE. 439 00:11:48,612 --> 00:11:49,777 AND GIVEN THAT, TONIGHT, WE'D 440 00:11:49,846 --> 00:11:51,112 THOUGHT WE'D LOOK AT HOW DEEP 441 00:11:51,181 --> 00:11:52,513 THIS COURT'S PROBLEMS GO, AND A 442 00:11:52,582 --> 00:11:53,714 POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT MIGHT GO 443 00:11:53,783 --> 00:11:55,249 ONE-NINTH OF THE WAY TOWARDS 444 00:11:55,318 --> 00:11:57,385 HELPING THINGS. 445 00:11:57,454 --> 00:11:59,187 AND LET'S START WITH A STRIKING 446 00:11:59,256 --> 00:12:01,389 FACT: WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT 447 00:12:01,458 --> 00:12:04,392 ETHICAL RULES THE COURT IS 448 00:12:04,461 --> 00:12:04,928 REQUIRED TO FOLLOW, THERE 449 00:12:04,995 --> 00:12:05,860 BASICALLY AREN'T ANY. 450 00:12:05,929 --> 00:12:07,328 CONGRESS CAN IMPEACH A JUSTICE 451 00:12:07,397 --> 00:12:08,296 IN EXTREME SCENARIOS, BUT SHORT 452 00:12:08,365 --> 00:12:09,730 OF THAT, THE COURT ESSENTIALLY 453 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:10,565 REGULATES ITSELF. 454 00:12:10,634 --> 00:12:15,903 AND THAT HAS HAPPENED. 455 00:12:15,972 --> 00:12:16,604 IN THE '60s, JUSTICE ABE 456 00:12:16,673 --> 00:12:17,238 FORTAS WAS INVOLVED IN A NUMBER 457 00:12:17,307 --> 00:12:17,839 OF SCANDALS, INCLUDING TAKING 458 00:12:17,908 --> 00:12:18,439 MONEY TO ADVISE A BUSINESSMAN 459 00:12:18,508 --> 00:12:19,740 WHO WOUND UP HAVING A CASE 460 00:12:19,809 --> 00:12:20,908 BEFORE THE COURT. 461 00:12:20,977 --> 00:12:21,909 BUT DESPITE THE FACT THAT 462 00:12:21,978 --> 00:12:23,878 GETTING PAID FOR OUTSIDE WORK 463 00:12:23,947 --> 00:12:24,879 WAS LEGAL -- AND THAT FORTAS 464 00:12:24,948 --> 00:12:26,013 BOTH RETURNED THE MONEY AND 465 00:12:26,082 --> 00:12:27,682 RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE CASE -- 466 00:12:27,751 --> 00:12:29,484 THE MERE APPEARANCE OF 467 00:12:29,553 --> 00:12:30,818 IMPROPRIETY CAUSED LAWMAKERS OF 468 00:12:30,887 --> 00:12:32,253 BOTH PARTIES TO CALL FOR HIS 469 00:12:32,322 --> 00:12:33,721 RESIGNATION. 470 00:12:33,790 --> 00:12:35,123 AND HE STEPPED DOWN, SAYING HE 471 00:12:35,192 --> 00:12:36,424 WAS DOING SO FOR THE GOOD OF THE 472 00:12:36,493 --> 00:12:38,392 COURT. 473 00:12:38,461 --> 00:12:39,660 AND JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE 474 00:12:39,729 --> 00:12:41,028 U.S. JUDICIAL CONFERENCE 475 00:12:41,097 --> 00:12:42,296 UNVEILED A NEW ETHICS POLICY FOR 476 00:12:42,365 --> 00:12:42,897 FEDERAL JUDGES, WITH ONE TINY 477 00:12:42,966 --> 00:12:45,933 EXCEPTION. 478 00:12:46,002 --> 00:12:47,335 SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT IT. 479 00:12:47,404 --> 00:12:52,340 >> THE UNITED STATES 480 00:12:52,409 --> 00:12:52,974 JUDICIAL -- JUDICIAL CONFERENCE 481 00:12:53,043 --> 00:12:53,741 TODAY ISSUED A CODE OF ETHICS 482 00:12:53,810 --> 00:12:54,277 WHICH PREVENTS ALL FEDERAL 483 00:12:54,344 --> 00:12:56,244 JUDGES, EXCEPT SUPREME COURT 484 00:12:56,313 --> 00:12:57,445 JUSTICES, FROM ACCEPTING FEES, 485 00:12:57,514 --> 00:13:00,381 GIFTS, OR COMPENSATION OF ANY 486 00:13:00,450 --> 00:13:00,982 KIND FOR OFF-BENCH ACTIVITIES. 487 00:13:01,051 --> 00:13:01,616 >> John: YEAH, THE SUPREME COURT 488 00:13:01,685 --> 00:13:02,884 JUSTICES WERE EXEMPT. 489 00:13:02,953 --> 00:13:04,719 SO THAT NEW RULE SOLVED EVERY 490 00:13:04,788 --> 00:13:05,686 PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THEY 491 00:13:05,755 --> 00:13:08,756 JUST HAD. 492 00:13:08,825 --> 00:13:09,791 AND THERE'VE BEEN MULTIPLE 493 00:13:09,860 --> 00:13:10,691 TWEAKS TO THE CODE OF ETHICS 494 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:11,959 OVER THE YEARS, WITH THE ONE 495 00:13:12,028 --> 00:13:12,894 CONSTANT BEING THAT THE SUPREME 496 00:13:12,963 --> 00:13:13,494 COURT JUSTICES ARE NOT COVERED 497 00:13:13,563 --> 00:13:14,762 BY IT. 498 00:13:14,831 --> 00:13:16,697 AND EVEN LAWS THAT THEORETICALLY 499 00:13:16,766 --> 00:13:18,132 APPLY TO THEM, ARE 500 00:13:18,201 --> 00:13:19,333 UNENFORCEABLE. 501 00:13:19,402 --> 00:13:20,535 THE ARGUMENT IS THAT, BECAUSE 502 00:13:20,604 --> 00:13:21,936 THEY'RE THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE 503 00:13:22,005 --> 00:13:22,670 LAND, THERE'S NO ONE THEY CAN 504 00:13:22,739 --> 00:13:25,406 ANSWER TO. 505 00:13:25,475 --> 00:13:26,908 NOW, OVER THE YEARS, THE 506 00:13:26,977 --> 00:13:30,111 JUSTICES HAVE NOTED THAT THEY 507 00:13:30,180 --> 00:13:30,647 VOLUNTARILY FOLLOW CERTAIN 508 00:13:30,714 --> 00:13:30,847 RULES. 509 00:13:30,914 --> 00:13:31,446 FOR INSTANCE, THEY'RE REQUIRED 510 00:13:31,515 --> 00:13:32,046 TO REPORT ANY GIFTS WORTH MORE 511 00:13:32,115 --> 00:13:32,680 THAN $480. 512 00:13:32,749 --> 00:13:34,615 THAT'S HOW WE LEARNED ABOUT RUTH 513 00:13:34,684 --> 00:13:37,518 BADER GINSBURG RECEIVING A $4500 514 00:13:37,587 --> 00:13:39,053 OPERA COSTUME, KETANJI BROWN 515 00:13:39,122 --> 00:13:39,921 JACKSON RECEIVING A FLORAL 516 00:13:39,990 --> 00:13:41,956 ARRANGEMENT FROM OPRAH WORTH 517 00:13:42,025 --> 00:13:44,058 $1,200, AND ANTONIN SCALIA 518 00:13:44,127 --> 00:13:45,860 RECEIVING "TWO FIREARMS AND $950 519 00:13:45,929 --> 00:13:48,763 WORTH OF DICTIONARIES." 520 00:13:48,832 --> 00:13:49,697 WHICH IS SLIGHTLY WEIRDLY 521 00:13:49,766 --> 00:13:50,498 PHRASED. 522 00:13:50,567 --> 00:13:51,666 BECAUSE "$950 WORTH OF 523 00:13:51,735 --> 00:13:53,501 DICTIONARIES" COULD EITHER MEAN 524 00:13:53,570 --> 00:13:55,336 ONE VERY LUXURIOUS DICTIONARY OR 525 00:13:55,405 --> 00:13:58,106 120 REGULAR ONES. 526 00:13:58,175 --> 00:14:00,041 BUT WHILE THOSE GIFTS WERE 527 00:14:00,110 --> 00:14:01,109 DISCLOSED, OTHERS HAVEN'T BEEN. 528 00:14:01,178 --> 00:14:04,011 SCALIA HAD A HABIT OF NOT 529 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,513 DISCLOSING TRIPS OTHER PEOPLE 530 00:14:05,582 --> 00:14:07,014 PAID FOR -- AND ACTUALLY DIED 531 00:14:07,083 --> 00:14:08,082 WHILE STAYING FOR FREE AT THE 532 00:14:08,151 --> 00:14:09,450 HUNTING LODGE OF A BUSINESS 533 00:14:09,519 --> 00:14:10,284 EXECUTIVE WHOSE COMPANY HAD 534 00:14:10,353 --> 00:14:11,719 RECENTLY HAD A CASE BEFORE THE 535 00:14:11,788 --> 00:14:12,386 COURT. 536 00:14:12,455 --> 00:14:16,858 AND I BET THAT EXECUTIVE WAS 537 00:14:16,927 --> 00:14:17,725 GLAD HE GOT THE RULING BEFORE 538 00:14:17,794 --> 00:14:19,994 THAT FUN-SOUNDING VISIT. 539 00:14:20,063 --> 00:14:20,628 AND AS YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN, SOME 540 00:14:20,697 --> 00:14:21,197 JUSTICES HAVE RUN WITH THAT 541 00:14:21,264 --> 00:14:22,430 PRECEDENT. 542 00:14:22,499 --> 00:14:24,932 REMEMBER ALITO'S FISHING TRIP? 543 00:14:25,001 --> 00:14:25,533 WHEN IT CAME TO LIGHT, HE SAID 544 00:14:25,602 --> 00:14:26,200 HE DIDN'T THINK THE RULES 545 00:14:26,269 --> 00:14:27,702 REQUIRED DISCLOSING IT. 546 00:14:27,771 --> 00:14:28,836 AND ATTEMPTED TO JUSTIFY THE 547 00:14:28,905 --> 00:14:31,239 FREE PRIVATE JET FLIGHT WITH A 548 00:14:31,308 --> 00:14:32,707 LAUGHABLE ARGUMENT. 549 00:14:32,776 --> 00:14:34,609 >> ALITO EXPLAINING THAT ON THAT 550 00:14:34,678 --> 00:14:35,843 PRIVATE JET FLIGHT, HE WAS IN 551 00:14:35,912 --> 00:14:38,279 WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN 552 00:14:38,348 --> 00:14:39,514 AN UNOCCUPIED SEAT. 553 00:14:39,583 --> 00:14:41,849 >> John: OH, COME ON. 554 00:14:41,918 --> 00:14:43,417 ALITO'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE 555 00:14:43,486 --> 00:14:43,987 SHARPEST CONSERVATIVE LEGAL 556 00:14:44,054 --> 00:14:44,619 MINDS AND THAT'S THE BEST HE'S 557 00:14:44,688 --> 00:14:46,487 GOT? 558 00:14:46,556 --> 00:14:47,622 OF COURSE IF YOU HADN'T BEEN IN 559 00:14:47,691 --> 00:14:48,790 THE SEAT, THE SEAT WOULD'VE BEEN 560 00:14:48,859 --> 00:14:49,624 EMPTY, SAMUEL. 561 00:14:49,693 --> 00:14:51,159 THAT'S NOT SO MUCH A DEFENSE OF 562 00:14:51,228 --> 00:14:52,160 YOUR BEHAVIOR AS IT IS AN 563 00:14:52,229 --> 00:14:54,695 EXPLANATION OF HOW SEATS WORK. 564 00:14:54,764 --> 00:14:56,731 ALSO, IT'S A PRIVATE JET. 565 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:57,565 ALL THE SEATS ARE OTHERWISE 566 00:14:57,634 --> 00:14:58,900 UNOCCUPIED. 567 00:14:58,969 --> 00:15:00,768 THEY DON'T OVERBOOK THEM LIKE 568 00:15:00,837 --> 00:15:02,003 IT'S THE 5:05 SPIRIT AIRLINES 569 00:15:02,072 --> 00:15:02,703 FLIGHT FROM MYRTLE BEACH TO 570 00:15:02,772 --> 00:15:04,839 VEGAS. 571 00:15:04,908 --> 00:15:07,241 AND THAT FEELS ETHICALLY DICEY, 572 00:15:07,310 --> 00:15:07,842 EVEN BEFORE YOU LEARN THAT ONE 573 00:15:07,911 --> 00:15:09,110 OF HIS HOSTS ON THAT TRIP WAS A 574 00:15:09,179 --> 00:15:09,612 HEDGE FUND MANAGER WHOSE 575 00:15:09,679 --> 00:15:12,447 COMPANIES HAVE SINCE HAD 10 576 00:15:12,516 --> 00:15:13,047 CASES BEFORE THE COURT. 577 00:15:13,116 --> 00:15:14,482 AND THAT'S NOT A ONE-OFF. 578 00:15:14,551 --> 00:15:15,850 FOR YEARS, NEIL GORSUCH, HAD 579 00:15:15,919 --> 00:15:17,418 BEEN TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO 580 00:15:17,487 --> 00:15:20,288 SELL A 40-ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY 581 00:15:20,357 --> 00:15:21,422 HE CO-OWNED IN COLORADO. 582 00:15:21,491 --> 00:15:23,958 BUT COINCIDENTALLY, JUST NINE 583 00:15:24,027 --> 00:15:24,625 DAYS AFTER HE WAS CONFIRMED, HE 584 00:15:24,694 --> 00:15:26,227 MANAGED TO SELL IT. 585 00:15:26,296 --> 00:15:27,295 AND WHILE HE DID DISCLOSE THAT 586 00:15:27,364 --> 00:15:28,629 SALE, HE LEFT THE IDENTITY OF 587 00:15:28,698 --> 00:15:30,264 THE PURCHASER BLANK ON THE FORM, 588 00:15:30,333 --> 00:15:32,400 WHICH ISN'T GREAT, BECAUSE IT 589 00:15:32,469 --> 00:15:33,334 TURNED OUT TO BE THE CHIEF 590 00:15:33,403 --> 00:15:34,235 EXECUTIVE OF ONE OF THE NATION'S 591 00:15:34,304 --> 00:15:35,603 BIGGEST LAW FIRMS -- WHICH HAS 592 00:15:35,672 --> 00:15:36,604 SINCE BEEN INVOLVED IN AT LEAST 593 00:15:36,673 --> 00:15:43,673 22 SUPREME COURT CASES. 594 00:15:48,518 --> 00:15:49,584 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT 595 00:15:49,653 --> 00:15:53,888 THAT WEIRD SOUND IS, THAT'S HIM 596 00:15:53,957 --> 00:15:55,456 SAYING ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 597 00:15:55,525 --> 00:15:56,090 BUT THE BIGGEST OFFENDER ON THE 598 00:15:56,159 --> 00:15:56,724 CURRENT COURT IS UNQUESTIONABLY 599 00:15:56,793 --> 00:15:57,260 CLARENCE THOMAS. 600 00:15:57,327 --> 00:15:57,859 IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH HIS 601 00:15:57,928 --> 00:15:58,261 WORK, I ENVY YOU. 602 00:15:58,328 --> 00:15:59,393 BUT, VERY QUICKLY: 603 00:15:59,462 --> 00:16:00,761 HE'S AN EXTREME ORIGINALIST, 604 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:01,662 KNOWN FOR ADOPTING HARD-RIGHT 605 00:16:01,731 --> 00:16:04,465 POSITIONS YEARS BEFORE OTHER 606 00:16:04,534 --> 00:16:05,500 JUSTICES COME AROUND TO THEM -- 607 00:16:05,569 --> 00:16:08,503 FROM OVERTURNING GUN LAWS, TO 608 00:16:08,572 --> 00:16:09,103 UNDERMINING THE VOTING RIGHTS 609 00:16:09,172 --> 00:16:09,572 ACT. 610 00:16:09,639 --> 00:16:11,172 HE'S ALSO QUESTIONED WHETHER 611 00:16:11,241 --> 00:16:12,306 POOR PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO A 612 00:16:12,375 --> 00:16:13,508 LAWYER, SAYING THE CONSTITUTION 613 00:16:13,577 --> 00:16:15,076 ONLY GUARANTEES YOU THE RIGHT TO 614 00:16:15,145 --> 00:16:16,277 HIRE A LAWYER, NOT TO HAVE ONE 615 00:16:16,346 --> 00:16:18,012 PROVIDED FOR YOU. 616 00:16:18,081 --> 00:16:20,481 AND HE ONCE SAID THAT BLACK 617 00:16:20,550 --> 00:16:21,415 CIVIL RIGHT LEADERS "BITCH, 618 00:16:21,484 --> 00:16:22,283 BITCH, BITCH, MOAN AND MOAN, 619 00:16:22,352 --> 00:16:24,285 WHINE AND WHINE." 620 00:16:24,354 --> 00:16:25,720 AND SURE, WHY CAN'T THE PEOPLE 621 00:16:25,789 --> 00:16:27,655 FIGHTING FOR BASIC EQUALITY HAVE 622 00:16:27,724 --> 00:16:29,524 THE CHILL, GOOD-TIME VIBES WE 623 00:16:29,593 --> 00:16:30,093 ALL ASSOCIATE WITH CLARENCE 624 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:34,595 THOMAS? 625 00:16:34,664 --> 00:16:35,396 HE'S SO FUN TO BE AROUND! 626 00:16:35,465 --> 00:16:37,398 ASK ALMOST ANY WOMAN WHO'S 627 00:16:37,467 --> 00:16:38,766 EVER WORKED FOR HIM! 628 00:16:38,835 --> 00:16:39,700 FOR YEARS, THERE'VE BEEN STORIES 629 00:16:39,769 --> 00:16:41,469 ABOUT THOMAS ACCEPTING LAVISH 630 00:16:41,538 --> 00:16:45,339 GIFTS. 631 00:16:45,408 --> 00:16:46,774 BUT THINGS ESCALATED 632 00:16:46,843 --> 00:16:47,343 WITH A SERIES OF PROPUBLICA 633 00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:47,844 INVESTIGATIONS REVEALING 634 00:16:47,911 --> 00:16:48,509 THOMAS'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE 635 00:16:48,578 --> 00:16:49,811 FOUR CONSERVATIVE BILLIONAIRES. 636 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:51,179 >> THE REPORT SAYS THE FOUR 637 00:16:51,248 --> 00:16:52,079 MOGULS COLLECTIVELY TREATED 638 00:16:52,148 --> 00:16:52,914 THOMAS TO 38 DESTINATION 639 00:16:52,983 --> 00:16:55,716 VACATIONS. 640 00:16:55,785 --> 00:16:58,286 26 PRIVATE JET FLIGHTS, PLUS AN 641 00:16:58,355 --> 00:17:01,022 ADDITIONAL EIGHT BY HELICOPTER, 642 00:17:01,091 --> 00:17:01,889 A DOZEN VIP PASSES TO 643 00:17:01,958 --> 00:17:03,324 PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGE 644 00:17:03,393 --> 00:17:04,759 SPORTING EVENTS, TWO STAYS AT 645 00:17:04,828 --> 00:17:07,795 LUXURY RESORTS IN FLORIDA AND 646 00:17:07,864 --> 00:17:09,931 JAMAICA, AND ONE STANDING 647 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,098 INVITATION TO AN UBER-EXCLUSIVE 648 00:17:11,167 --> 00:17:13,534 GOLF CLUB. 649 00:17:13,603 --> 00:17:14,502 THE DOLLAR VALUE LIKELY IN THE 650 00:17:14,571 --> 00:17:16,170 MILLIONS. 651 00:17:16,239 --> 00:17:17,405 >> John: JUST ONE OF THOSE 652 00:17:17,474 --> 00:17:19,073 VACATIONS WAS A NINE-DAY 653 00:17:19,142 --> 00:17:19,774 INDONESIAN SUPERYACHT VOYAGE 654 00:17:19,843 --> 00:17:21,275 THAT, IF HE'D PAID FOR IT 655 00:17:21,344 --> 00:17:21,943 HIMSELF, COULD HAVE EXCEEDED 656 00:17:22,012 --> 00:17:25,046 OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 657 00:17:25,115 --> 00:17:25,646 AND THE WAY PROPUBLICA TRACKED 658 00:17:25,715 --> 00:17:26,216 DOWN SOME OF THOSE TRIPS IS 659 00:17:26,283 --> 00:17:27,281 PRETTY GREAT. 660 00:17:27,350 --> 00:17:28,749 BECAUSE THE HOST OF THAT 661 00:17:28,818 --> 00:17:29,851 INDONESIAN VACATION -- AND 662 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,452 MULTIPLE OTHERS -- WAS HARLAN 663 00:17:31,521 --> 00:17:33,087 CROW, A BILLIONAIRE WHO "HAS 664 00:17:33,156 --> 00:17:34,222 GIVEN MILLIONS TO EFFORTS TO 665 00:17:34,291 --> 00:17:35,623 MOVE THE LAW AND THE JUDICIARY 666 00:17:35,692 --> 00:17:37,258 TO THE RIGHT." 667 00:17:37,327 --> 00:17:38,659 CROW LIKED TO GIVE OUT 668 00:17:38,728 --> 00:17:39,694 COMMEMORATIVE POLO SHIRTS FOR 669 00:17:39,763 --> 00:17:40,461 THE TRIPS HE TOOK PEOPLE ON. 670 00:17:40,530 --> 00:17:41,662 SO PROPUBLICA JUST STARTED 671 00:17:41,731 --> 00:17:43,598 LOOKING AT THE SHIRTS THOMAS WAS 672 00:17:43,667 --> 00:17:44,899 WEARING IN PHOTOS, WHICH HELPED 673 00:17:44,968 --> 00:17:46,300 THEM UNCOVER SOME OF THESE 674 00:17:46,369 --> 00:17:47,435 TRIPS. 675 00:17:47,504 --> 00:17:49,203 AND LOOK, JOURNALISM IS A 676 00:17:49,272 --> 00:17:49,837 CRAPSHOOT. 677 00:17:49,906 --> 00:17:51,539 SOMETIMES, YOU SPEND WEEKS 678 00:17:51,608 --> 00:17:52,140 HUNTING DOWN LEADS, 679 00:17:52,209 --> 00:17:53,374 PAINSTAKINGLY BUILDING A 680 00:17:53,443 --> 00:17:55,309 TIMELINE. 681 00:17:55,378 --> 00:17:57,044 OTHER TIMES, YOUR TARGET JUST 682 00:17:57,113 --> 00:17:57,614 POSTS A PHOTO OF HIMSELF ON 683 00:17:57,681 --> 00:17:58,479 FACEBOOK WEARING A T-SHIRT THAT 684 00:17:58,548 --> 00:17:59,847 SAYS "SECRET UNDECLARED YACHT 685 00:17:59,916 --> 00:18:01,582 VACATION 2003" AND GIVES THE 686 00:18:01,651 --> 00:18:04,786 WHOLE GAME AWAY. 687 00:18:04,855 --> 00:18:06,287 THOSE REPORTERS ALSO TRACKED 688 00:18:06,356 --> 00:18:08,589 DOWN PHOTOS AND CARDS THAT 689 00:18:08,658 --> 00:18:09,190 THOMAS'S WIFE, GINNI, SENT TO 690 00:18:09,259 --> 00:18:10,391 FRIENDS TO COMMEMORATE THEIR 691 00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:12,493 TRIPS, WITH FUN CAPTIONS LIKE 692 00:18:12,562 --> 00:18:13,694 "FIVE COUPLES READY FOR RIVER 693 00:18:13,763 --> 00:18:14,562 RAFTING!" 694 00:18:14,631 --> 00:18:16,531 "THE SOKOLS TOOK FOUR LUCKY 695 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:17,999 COUPLES TO THE FIRST NEBRASKA 696 00:18:18,068 --> 00:18:19,934 FOOT-BAL -- MISSPELLED -- GAME 697 00:18:20,003 --> 00:18:20,802 OF THE SEASON," AND THIS PHOTO 698 00:18:20,871 --> 00:18:22,136 OF A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 699 00:18:22,205 --> 00:18:23,604 ATTORNEY AND HIS WIFE CAPTIONED, 700 00:18:23,673 --> 00:18:25,039 "MARK AND TRICIA PAOLETTA SANG A 701 00:18:25,108 --> 00:18:25,706 SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO CLARENCE THEY 702 00:18:25,775 --> 00:18:28,142 CREATED!" 703 00:18:28,211 --> 00:18:30,111 AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 704 00:18:30,180 --> 00:18:31,479 PHOTOS LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ON THE 705 00:18:31,548 --> 00:18:33,714 MOOD BOARD FOR "GET OUT." 706 00:18:33,783 --> 00:18:35,917 BUT WAIT, I'M NOT DONE! 707 00:18:35,986 --> 00:18:37,318 THEY ALSO FOUND THIS 708 00:18:37,387 --> 00:18:38,686 PHOTOREALISTIC PAINTING THAT 709 00:18:38,755 --> 00:18:40,154 HARLAN CROW COMMISSIONED OF ONE 710 00:18:40,223 --> 00:18:41,422 OF THOSE VACATIONS FEATURING 711 00:18:41,491 --> 00:18:44,058 HIM, THOMAS, LEONARD LEO, THE 712 00:18:44,127 --> 00:18:44,959 HEAD OF THE CONSERVATIVE 713 00:18:45,028 --> 00:18:45,793 FEDERALIST SOCIETY, AND A STATUE 714 00:18:45,862 --> 00:18:47,562 OF A NATIVE AMERICAN MAN 715 00:18:47,631 --> 00:18:48,963 SEEMINGLY PRAYING FOR LIGHTNING 716 00:18:49,032 --> 00:18:51,632 TO STRIKE THIS EXACT SPOT. 717 00:18:51,701 --> 00:18:52,533 BUT IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT'S 718 00:18:52,602 --> 00:18:54,535 THE WORST PIECE OF ART HARLAN 719 00:18:54,604 --> 00:18:56,537 CROW OWNS, YOU'RE MISTAKEN. 720 00:18:56,606 --> 00:18:58,206 >> PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY DALLAS 721 00:18:58,275 --> 00:19:00,341 TYCOON HARLAN CROW'S 722 00:19:00,410 --> 00:19:00,844 CONTROVERSIAL COLLECTION 723 00:19:00,911 --> 00:19:03,211 INCLUDES HITLER'S NOTORIOUS 724 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,379 AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEIN KAMPF, SIGNED 725 00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:07,115 BY HITLER, OIL PAINTINGS BY 726 00:19:07,184 --> 00:19:09,217 HITLER, AND LINEN NAPKINS 727 00:19:09,286 --> 00:19:09,752 EMBROIDERED WITH THE NAZI 728 00:19:09,819 --> 00:19:10,751 SWASTIKA. 729 00:19:10,820 --> 00:19:12,887 THE COLLECTION IS HOUSED AT 730 00:19:12,956 --> 00:19:14,255 CROW'S MANSION IN DALLAS. 731 00:19:14,324 --> 00:19:15,656 "I CAN'T GET OVER THE COLLECTION 732 00:19:15,725 --> 00:19:17,291 OF NAZI MEMORABILIA," SAID ONE 733 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,526 GUEST, WHO SAW THE NAZI TREASURE 734 00:19:18,595 --> 00:19:19,727 TROVE. 735 00:19:19,796 --> 00:19:20,862 "YOU SORT OF JUST GASP WHEN YOU 736 00:19:20,931 --> 00:19:22,897 WALK INTO THE ROOM." 737 00:19:22,966 --> 00:19:26,334 >> John: YEAH, I BET YOU DO! 738 00:19:26,403 --> 00:19:26,934 BECAUSE THAT'S A BIT OF A RED 739 00:19:27,003 --> 00:19:27,370 FLAG! 740 00:19:27,437 --> 00:19:30,138 SPECIFICALLY, THIS RED FLAG. 741 00:19:30,207 --> 00:19:31,739 NOW, CROW SAYS HIS CONTROVERSIAL 742 00:19:31,808 --> 00:19:32,340 ARTIFACTS ARE PART OF A 743 00:19:32,409 --> 00:19:34,375 COLLECTION MEANT TO PRESERVE A 744 00:19:34,444 --> 00:19:36,144 PART OF OUR HISTORY, AND "TO 745 00:19:36,213 --> 00:19:36,811 UNDERSTAND HOW WE ALL GOT HERE." 746 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,079 AND I'M GUESSING HIS GUESTS ASK 747 00:19:38,148 --> 00:19:42,116 THAT EXACT QUESTION WHEN THEY 748 00:19:42,185 --> 00:19:49,185 SEE HIS SIGNED COPY OF 749 00:19:49,759 --> 00:19:50,558 "MEIN KAMPF" FOR THE FIRST TIME. 750 00:19:50,627 --> 00:19:51,192 "HOW THE FUCK DID I GET HERE?" 751 00:19:51,261 --> 00:19:51,761 THOUGH, BAD NEWS FOR HARLAN 752 00:19:51,828 --> 00:19:52,393 ABOUT AT LEAST ONE OF HIS HITLER 753 00:19:52,462 --> 00:19:53,327 PAINTINGS -- AN EXPERT HAS SINCE 754 00:19:53,396 --> 00:19:53,863 DEEMED IT "DEFINITELY NOT 755 00:19:53,930 --> 00:19:54,164 AUTHENTIC." 756 00:19:54,231 --> 00:19:54,796 WHICH I GUESS HE SHOULD'VE SEEN 757 00:19:54,865 --> 00:19:55,630 COMING. 758 00:19:55,699 --> 00:19:56,199 IT WAS SIGNED "A HITLER" NOT 759 00:19:56,266 --> 00:19:57,665 "THE HITLER." 760 00:19:57,734 --> 00:19:59,267 CROW'S ALSO REPEATEDLY FLOWN 761 00:19:59,336 --> 00:20:01,536 THOMAS OUT ON HIS JET FOR TRIPS 762 00:20:01,605 --> 00:20:02,737 TO THE BOHEMIAN GROVE -- THE 763 00:20:02,806 --> 00:20:03,738 CALIFORNIA RETREAT FOR THE RICH 764 00:20:03,807 --> 00:20:05,173 AND POWERFUL -- WHERE HE AND THE 765 00:20:05,242 --> 00:20:05,675 KOCH BROTHERS APPARENTLY 766 00:20:05,742 --> 00:20:07,275 DEVELOPED A BOND. 767 00:20:07,344 --> 00:20:09,744 HERE'S THOMAS WITH ONE OF THEM 768 00:20:09,813 --> 00:20:12,280 AND KEN BURNS, FOR SOME REASON. 769 00:20:12,349 --> 00:20:13,481 THOMAS HAS ALSO, INCIDENTALLY, 770 00:20:13,550 --> 00:20:15,249 ATTENDED KOCH DONOR EVENTS AT 771 00:20:15,318 --> 00:20:16,684 LEAST TWICE, SERVING AS A 772 00:20:16,753 --> 00:20:18,152 FUNDRAISING DRAW FOR AN 773 00:20:18,221 --> 00:20:19,720 ORGANIZATION THAT REGULARLY 774 00:20:19,789 --> 00:20:21,389 BRINGS CASES BEFORE THE COURT. 775 00:20:21,458 --> 00:20:22,890 NOW, HIS EXCUSE FOR NOT 776 00:20:22,959 --> 00:20:24,392 REPORTING ANY OF THIS WAS THAT 777 00:20:24,461 --> 00:20:25,460 HE "SOUGHT GUIDANCE FROM MY 778 00:20:25,529 --> 00:20:27,628 COLLEAGUES AND OTHERS..." 779 00:20:27,697 --> 00:20:28,262 "AND WAS ADVISED THAT THIS SORT 780 00:20:28,331 --> 00:20:28,832 OF PERSONAL HOSPITALITY FROM 781 00:20:28,899 --> 00:20:29,764 CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS... 782 00:20:29,833 --> 00:20:31,799 WAS NOT REPORTABLE." 783 00:20:31,868 --> 00:20:32,567 BUT WHILE IT'S TRUE THE JUDICIAL 784 00:20:32,636 --> 00:20:33,568 GUIDELINES HAVE AN EXCEPTION FOR 785 00:20:33,637 --> 00:20:35,970 PERSONAL HOSPITALITY, EXPERTS 786 00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:38,339 WILL POINT OUT: THAT MEANS 787 00:20:38,408 --> 00:20:40,041 "DINNER AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE" NOT 788 00:20:40,110 --> 00:20:40,641 "A NINE-DAY-ALL-EXPENSES-PAID 789 00:20:40,710 --> 00:20:42,376 YACHT TRIP." 790 00:20:42,445 --> 00:20:43,611 A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS "IF IT 791 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,680 COULD BE A PRIZE ON THE PRICE IS 792 00:20:45,749 --> 00:20:46,481 RIGHT, IT'S NOT PERSONAL 793 00:20:46,550 --> 00:20:49,450 HOSPITALITY." 794 00:20:49,519 --> 00:20:51,752 AND THOMAS HAS RECEIVED MORE 795 00:20:51,821 --> 00:20:52,553 THAN JUST "HOSPITALITY" ANYWAY. 796 00:20:52,622 --> 00:20:53,654 IN 2014, ONE OF HARLAN CROW'S 797 00:20:53,723 --> 00:20:55,790 COMPANIES BOUGHT A STRING OF 798 00:20:55,859 --> 00:20:57,558 PROPERTIES IN SAVANNAH INCLUDING 799 00:20:57,627 --> 00:20:58,459 THOMAS'S CHILDHOOD HOME WHERE 800 00:20:58,528 --> 00:21:00,595 HIS MOTHER STILL LIVES. 801 00:21:00,664 --> 00:21:01,496 CROW ALSO REPORTEDLY PAID FOR 802 00:21:01,565 --> 00:21:03,965 TWO YEARS OF PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR 803 00:21:04,034 --> 00:21:06,134 THOMAS'S GRAND-NEPHEW, WHOM 804 00:21:06,203 --> 00:21:07,135 THOMAS HAS RAISED AS A SON -- 805 00:21:07,204 --> 00:21:09,036 WHICH, BASED ON THE TUITION 806 00:21:09,105 --> 00:21:10,471 RATES AT THE TIME, AMOUNTED TO 807 00:21:10,540 --> 00:21:11,839 ROUGHLY $100,000. 808 00:21:11,908 --> 00:21:12,473 NEITHER OF THOSE WERE DISCLOSED 809 00:21:12,542 --> 00:21:13,708 AT THE TIME. 810 00:21:13,777 --> 00:21:15,409 AND IT GETS PRETTY HARD TO 811 00:21:15,478 --> 00:21:16,644 SQUARE THE LAVISH VACATIONS, THE 812 00:21:16,713 --> 00:21:18,079 REAL ESTATE, THE TUITION, WITH 813 00:21:18,148 --> 00:21:20,681 THOMAS'S INSISTENCE THAT HE'S AN 814 00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:21,516 ICONOCLASTIC VOICE FOR THE 815 00:21:21,585 --> 00:21:22,617 LITTLE GUY, IN APPEARANCES LIKE 816 00:21:22,686 --> 00:21:23,651 THIS ONE FROM TWO YEARS AGO, 817 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:24,852 WHERE HE THANKED THE PEOPLE 818 00:21:24,921 --> 00:21:26,687 WHO'D SHOWN UP TO SUPPORT HIM 819 00:21:26,756 --> 00:21:29,690 DURING HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING. 820 00:21:29,759 --> 00:21:33,528 >> THE REGULAR PEOPLE SHOWED UP. 821 00:21:33,597 --> 00:21:34,796 AND IT WAS ALWAYS US AGAINST THE 822 00:21:34,865 --> 00:21:37,131 ELITES. 823 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,301 AND THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS BEEN 824 00:21:40,370 --> 00:21:41,102 FOR THE LAST 40-PLUS YEARS I'VE 825 00:21:41,171 --> 00:21:43,671 BEEN IN PUBLIC LIFE. 826 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:46,140 US AGAINST THE ELITES. 827 00:21:46,209 --> 00:21:46,609 >> John: OH, I GET IT! 828 00:21:46,676 --> 00:21:49,444 SO THE 38 DESTINATION VACATIONS 829 00:21:49,513 --> 00:21:51,412 WERE JUST PART OF YOUR "US 830 00:21:51,481 --> 00:21:52,046 VERSUS THE ELITES" PLOT. 831 00:21:52,115 --> 00:21:53,448 LULL THEM INTO A FALSE SENSE OF 832 00:21:53,517 --> 00:21:56,684 SECURITY, THEN PRESUMABLY, ON 833 00:21:56,753 --> 00:21:57,285 THE 39TH VACATION -- VIVA LA 834 00:21:57,354 --> 00:21:58,753 REVOLUTION! 835 00:21:58,822 --> 00:22:03,191 I LOVE IT! 836 00:22:03,260 --> 00:22:03,626 WHAT A PLAN! 837 00:22:03,693 --> 00:22:04,392 BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE HORSESHIT 838 00:22:04,461 --> 00:22:05,460 EVEN BEFORE YOU SEE THAT "THIS" 839 00:22:05,529 --> 00:22:05,995 IS HOW THAT TALK STARTED. 840 00:22:06,062 --> 00:22:06,594 >> I'M SURE YOU AND ALL OF US 841 00:22:06,663 --> 00:22:07,163 WANT TO JOIN HARLAN -- THANK 842 00:22:07,230 --> 00:22:11,699 HARLAN CROW AND HIS FAMILY FOR 843 00:22:11,768 --> 00:22:13,167 MAKING THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY 844 00:22:13,236 --> 00:22:20,236 AVAILABLE TO US. 845 00:22:21,211 --> 00:22:22,143 [APPLAUSE] 846 00:22:22,212 --> 00:22:23,778 I KNOW HARLAN HATES THAT. 847 00:22:23,847 --> 00:22:24,378 SO I KNEW WE HAD TO -- 848 00:22:24,447 --> 00:22:25,513 >> I KNOW HE DOES, THAT'S WHY I 849 00:22:25,582 --> 00:22:25,882 WOULDN'T SAY IT. 850 00:22:25,949 --> 00:22:27,248 >> I KNEW WE HAD TO DO IT. 851 00:22:27,317 --> 00:22:27,750 >> I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT 852 00:22:27,817 --> 00:22:31,919 FRIENDSHIP. 853 00:22:31,988 --> 00:22:32,854 >> John: I BET YOU WOULD! 854 00:22:32,923 --> 00:22:33,356 I'M SURE "FRIENDSHIP" IS 855 00:22:33,423 --> 00:22:33,955 DEFINITELY THE THING YOU LIKE 856 00:22:34,024 --> 00:22:34,555 THE MOST ABOUT KNOWING HARLAN 857 00:22:34,624 --> 00:22:34,757 CROW. 858 00:22:34,824 --> 00:22:36,858 NOT THE LAVISH YACHT TRIPS, OR 859 00:22:36,927 --> 00:22:37,892 THE PRIVATE JET FLIGHTS -- IT'S 860 00:22:37,961 --> 00:22:39,794 THE SIMPLE HUMAN COMPANIONSHIP 861 00:22:39,863 --> 00:22:40,561 OF AN AGING NAZI NAPKIN 862 00:22:40,630 --> 00:22:42,697 COLLECTOR. 863 00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:43,865 BUT PERHAPS THE ITEM THAT 864 00:22:43,934 --> 00:22:45,500 PERFECTLY SUMS UP THE DISTANCE 865 00:22:45,569 --> 00:22:46,934 BETWEEN THOMAS'S REGULAR-GUY 866 00:22:47,003 --> 00:22:49,137 PERSONA AND HIS HIGH-END TASTES 867 00:22:49,206 --> 00:22:50,571 IS HIS MOTOR HOME. 868 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:51,773 IT'S HIS PRIZE POSSESSION. 869 00:22:51,842 --> 00:22:52,406 HE EVEN SHOWED IT OFF DURING HIS 870 00:22:52,475 --> 00:22:54,442 "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW. 871 00:22:54,511 --> 00:22:56,744 >> ONE OF HIS PASSIONS IS THIS 872 00:22:56,813 --> 00:22:57,512 40-FOOT-LONG MOTOR HOME THAT HE 873 00:22:57,581 --> 00:22:58,813 AND HIS WIFE USE TO EXPLORE THE 874 00:22:58,882 --> 00:23:00,047 UNITED STATES IN THEIR DOWN 875 00:23:00,116 --> 00:23:02,416 TIME. 876 00:23:02,485 --> 00:23:03,117 DO YOU FIND THIS RELAXING? 877 00:23:03,186 --> 00:23:03,620 >> OH, YEAH. 878 00:23:03,687 --> 00:23:05,052 IT'S AWAY FROM THE -- SORT OF, 879 00:23:05,121 --> 00:23:08,122 THE MEANNESS THAT YOU SEE IN 880 00:23:08,191 --> 00:23:09,357 WASHINGTON AND YOU GET HERE WITH 881 00:23:09,426 --> 00:23:10,758 JUST THE REGULAR FOLKS. 882 00:23:10,827 --> 00:23:17,827 AND IT'S SO PLEASANT. 883 00:23:18,735 --> 00:23:20,635 >> John: I CAN SEE THAT. 884 00:23:20,704 --> 00:23:21,235 PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON CAN BE SO 885 00:23:21,304 --> 00:23:21,438 MEAN. 886 00:23:21,505 --> 00:23:21,971 I'VE HEARD SOME EVEN MAKE 887 00:23:22,038 --> 00:23:22,539 DECISIONS IN LANDMARK COURT 888 00:23:22,606 --> 00:23:23,006 CASES THAT LOOSEN GUN 889 00:23:23,073 --> 00:23:23,604 REGULATIONS, LIMIT AFFIRMATIVE 890 00:23:23,673 --> 00:23:24,238 ACTION, AND STRIP WOMEN OF THEIR 891 00:23:24,307 --> 00:23:24,774 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN 892 00:23:24,841 --> 00:23:26,574 ABORTION, SO I GET THE IMPULSE 893 00:23:26,643 --> 00:23:30,311 TO WANT TO GET OUTTA TOWN TO 894 00:23:30,380 --> 00:23:31,078 AVOID THOSE FUCKING SOCIOPATHS. 895 00:23:31,147 --> 00:23:32,180 THOMAS LOVES HIS MOTOR HOME SO 896 00:23:32,249 --> 00:23:33,748 MUCH, HE CAN ACTUALLY BE A BIT 897 00:23:33,817 --> 00:23:35,082 OF A SNOB IF ASKED INACCURATELY 898 00:23:35,151 --> 00:23:37,118 ABOUT IT. 899 00:23:37,187 --> 00:23:40,621 >> ONE OF YOU ENJOYS TRAVELING 900 00:23:40,690 --> 00:23:42,824 CROSS-COUNTRY WITH YOUR SPOUSE 901 00:23:42,893 --> 00:23:44,225 IN A 40-FOOT RV. 902 00:23:44,294 --> 00:23:46,994 WHO'S THAT? 903 00:23:47,063 --> 00:23:47,564 >> WELL, THAT'S TECHNICALLY 904 00:23:47,631 --> 00:23:49,964 INCORRECT. 905 00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:51,799 >> IS IT NOT AN RV? 906 00:23:51,868 --> 00:23:54,869 >> IT IS A MOTOR COACH. 907 00:23:54,938 --> 00:23:57,371 >> IS THAT BIGGER THAN AN RV? 908 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,842 >> WELL, IT COULD BE, BUT IT IS 909 00:24:00,911 --> 00:24:02,376 A BETTER VEHICLE THAN AN RV. 910 00:24:02,445 --> 00:24:05,179 AN RV IS NORMALLY BUILT ON A 911 00:24:05,248 --> 00:24:07,782 LIGHT TRUCK CHASSIS. 912 00:24:07,851 --> 00:24:09,183 A MOTOR COACH IS A TOUR BUS. 913 00:24:09,252 --> 00:24:09,984 I MEAN, IT'S -- IT'S OLD, BUT 914 00:24:10,053 --> 00:24:12,053 IT'S REALLY NICE. 915 00:24:12,122 --> 00:24:14,489 >> John: HONESTLY, IF THOMAS 916 00:24:14,558 --> 00:24:16,090 HADN'T CAUSED SO MUCH HUMAN 917 00:24:16,159 --> 00:24:17,158 MISERY, HIM LIKING BIG COMFY 918 00:24:17,227 --> 00:24:19,127 TRUCKS THAT GO VROOM VROOM WOULD 919 00:24:19,196 --> 00:24:21,596 BE KIND OF CHARMING. 920 00:24:21,665 --> 00:24:22,530 EVERY MAN IN HIS 70'S HAS PICKED 921 00:24:22,599 --> 00:24:24,465 A VEHICLE THAT OCCUPIES WAY TOO 922 00:24:24,534 --> 00:24:25,034 MUCH SPACE IN HIS BRAIN AND 923 00:24:25,101 --> 00:24:25,833 HEART. 924 00:24:25,902 --> 00:24:26,701 SOME LIKE TRAINS THAT GO 925 00:24:26,770 --> 00:24:28,336 CHOO-CHOO. 926 00:24:28,405 --> 00:24:29,370 SOME LOVE BOATS THAT GO "GLUB 927 00:24:29,439 --> 00:24:30,204 GLUB." 928 00:24:30,273 --> 00:24:32,273 AND OTHERS LOVE MOTOR COACHES, 929 00:24:32,342 --> 00:24:32,809 BASED ON A NON-LIGHT-TRUCK 930 00:24:32,876 --> 00:24:34,008 CHASSIS. 931 00:24:34,077 --> 00:24:35,610 I'M NOT SAYING THESE MEN LOVE 932 00:24:35,679 --> 00:24:36,210 THEIR VEHICLES MORE THAN THEIR 933 00:24:36,279 --> 00:24:36,978 FAMILIES. 934 00:24:37,047 --> 00:24:38,146 IT'S JUST, IT'S EASIER FOR THEM 935 00:24:38,215 --> 00:24:39,614 TO SAY "I PREFER O-SCALE TRAINS 936 00:24:39,683 --> 00:24:41,282 BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, THAT'S 937 00:24:41,351 --> 00:24:42,150 WHAT THIS COUNTRY'S FINEST MODEL 938 00:24:42,219 --> 00:24:44,218 TRAINS HAVE BEEN SINCE THE 939 00:24:44,287 --> 00:24:45,219 1800'S," THAN "I'M PROUD OF YOU, 940 00:24:45,288 --> 00:24:48,089 SON." 941 00:24:48,158 --> 00:24:49,657 BUT ABOUT THAT BUS. 942 00:24:49,726 --> 00:24:51,526 IT'S APPARENTLY THE ROLLS-ROYCE 943 00:24:51,595 --> 00:24:53,661 OF MOTOR COACHES: A CUSTOM 944 00:24:53,730 --> 00:24:56,531 PREVOST MARATHON, OR AS THOMAS 945 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,033 ONCE PUT IT, A "CONDO ON 946 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:57,999 WHEELS." 947 00:24:58,068 --> 00:24:58,866 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "THAT'S 948 00:24:58,935 --> 00:25:00,835 A PRETTY BIG PURCHASE FOR A 949 00:25:00,904 --> 00:25:01,469 SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO BE ABLE 950 00:25:01,538 --> 00:25:04,172 TO AFFORD," ABOUT THAT. 951 00:25:04,241 --> 00:25:05,673 >> SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 952 00:25:05,742 --> 00:25:07,008 CLARENCE THOMAS HAS BEEN AN RV 953 00:25:07,077 --> 00:25:09,377 EVANGELIST FOR DECADES, 954 00:25:09,446 --> 00:25:11,145 TRAVELING THE COUNTRY IN A 955 00:25:11,214 --> 00:25:12,847 40-FOOT LUXURY MOTORCOACH THAT 956 00:25:12,916 --> 00:25:14,048 HE PURCHASED IN 1999 AFTER 957 00:25:14,117 --> 00:25:17,051 BORROWING MORE THAN A QUARTER OF 958 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:19,387 A MILLION DOLLARS FROM A WEALTHY 959 00:25:19,456 --> 00:25:19,622 FRIEND. 960 00:25:19,689 --> 00:25:20,888 BUT A NEW REPORT FROM DEMOCRATS 961 00:25:20,957 --> 00:25:22,590 ON THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE 962 00:25:22,659 --> 00:25:24,926 ALLEGES THOMAS' FRIEND FORGAVE A 963 00:25:24,995 --> 00:25:25,593 SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THAT 964 00:25:25,662 --> 00:25:27,361 MASSIVE LOAN. 965 00:25:27,430 --> 00:25:28,763 AND NINE YEARS LATER, HIS FRIEND 966 00:25:28,832 --> 00:25:34,068 FORGAVE ALL THE DEBT. 967 00:25:34,137 --> 00:25:35,803 >> John: WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE 968 00:25:35,872 --> 00:25:36,139 A SWEET DEAL! 969 00:25:36,206 --> 00:25:36,771 HONESTLY, IT'S STARTING TO FEEL 970 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:37,405 LIKE THOMAS DOESN'T SO MUCH HAVE 971 00:25:37,474 --> 00:25:38,005 "FRIENDS" AS "A COLLECTION OF 972 00:25:38,074 --> 00:25:42,376 HUMAN ATM'S." 973 00:25:42,445 --> 00:25:42,879 AND HIS WEALTHY FRIENDS 974 00:25:42,946 --> 00:25:43,511 WILL SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE 975 00:25:43,580 --> 00:25:44,545 HERE, AND THEY'RE JUST DOING FOR 976 00:25:44,614 --> 00:25:45,115 CLARENCE WHAT THEY'D DO FOR 977 00:25:45,182 --> 00:25:45,615 ANYONE ELSE. 978 00:25:45,682 --> 00:25:46,514 HARLAN CROW PULLED THAT EXACT 979 00:25:46,583 --> 00:25:48,082 MOVE. 980 00:25:48,151 --> 00:25:49,617 >> IN A STATEMENT, HARLAN CROW, 981 00:25:49,686 --> 00:25:50,585 THE DALLAS REAL ESTATE 982 00:25:50,654 --> 00:25:52,854 BILLIONAIRE WHO PICKS UP THE 983 00:25:52,923 --> 00:25:53,821 TABS FOR THESE TRIPS, SAYS HE 984 00:25:53,890 --> 00:25:54,390 AND THOMAS HAVE BEEN FRIENDS 985 00:25:54,457 --> 00:25:57,225 SINCE 1996. 986 00:25:57,294 --> 00:25:58,359 WRITING, "THE HOSPITALITY WE 987 00:25:58,428 --> 00:26:00,061 HAVE EXTENDED TO THE THOMASES 988 00:26:00,130 --> 00:26:01,562 OVER THE YEARS IS NO DIFFERENT 989 00:26:01,631 --> 00:26:03,364 FROM THE HOSPITALITY WE HAVE 990 00:26:03,433 --> 00:26:04,665 EXTENDED TO OUR MANY OTHER DEAR 991 00:26:04,734 --> 00:26:06,400 FRIENDS." 992 00:26:06,469 --> 00:26:07,935 >> John: OKAY, BUT IT IS 993 00:26:08,004 --> 00:26:09,270 DIFFERENT, THOUGH. 994 00:26:09,339 --> 00:26:10,772 BECAUSE WHILE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN 995 00:26:10,841 --> 00:26:14,776 FRIENDS WITH CLARENCE THOMAS FOR 996 00:26:14,845 --> 00:26:15,376 A LONG TIME, YOU DIDN'T START 997 00:26:15,445 --> 00:26:18,212 BEING FRIENDS WITH HIM UNTIL 998 00:26:18,281 --> 00:26:19,514 FIVE YEARS AFTER HE WAS MADE A 999 00:26:19,583 --> 00:26:20,381 SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 1000 00:26:20,450 --> 00:26:21,015 IN FACT, EACH OF HIS FOUR MAJOR 1001 00:26:21,084 --> 00:26:21,584 BENEFACTORS APPEARS TO HAVE 1002 00:26:21,651 --> 00:26:22,118 FIRST MET THOMAS AFTER HE 1003 00:26:22,185 --> 00:26:23,651 ASCENDED TO THE SUPREME COURT. 1004 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,253 WHICH IS INHERENTLY TELLING. 1005 00:26:25,322 --> 00:26:26,921 EVEN SOCIALLY INEPT HIGH 1006 00:26:26,990 --> 00:26:27,522 SCHOOLERS CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. 1007 00:26:27,591 --> 00:26:28,890 IF BRENNA, JACKSON, AND ASHTON 1008 00:26:28,959 --> 00:26:30,658 ONLY START HANGING OUT WITH YOU 1009 00:26:30,727 --> 00:26:32,994 AFTER YOU GET A JOB AT 1010 00:26:33,063 --> 00:26:34,962 COLDSTONE, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT 1011 00:26:35,031 --> 00:26:37,965 ABOUT YOU, IT'S ABOUT THE FREE 1012 00:26:38,034 --> 00:26:38,866 FUCKING SCOOPS. 1013 00:26:38,935 --> 00:26:39,467 AND THANKFULLY, THERE IS A WAY 1014 00:26:39,536 --> 00:26:40,668 FOR A JUSTICE TO AVOID THE 1015 00:26:40,737 --> 00:26:41,269 APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, AND 1016 00:26:41,338 --> 00:26:47,108 THAT'S RECUSAL. 1017 00:26:47,177 --> 00:26:47,975 ANY JUSTICE IS REQUIRED TO 1018 00:26:48,044 --> 00:26:48,676 DISQUALIFY THEMSELF IN ANY 1019 00:26:48,745 --> 00:26:49,145 PROCEEDING WHERE THEIR 1020 00:26:49,212 --> 00:26:50,278 IMPARTIALITY MIGHT REASONABLY BE 1021 00:26:50,347 --> 00:26:51,279 QUESTIONED. 1022 00:26:51,348 --> 00:26:52,814 BUT, AS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE 1023 00:26:52,883 --> 00:26:54,115 YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT, FOR THE 1024 00:26:54,184 --> 00:26:55,683 SUPREME COURT, IT'S ESSENTIALLY 1025 00:26:55,752 --> 00:26:57,285 JUST A SUGGESTION. 1026 00:26:57,354 --> 00:26:58,486 THE JUSTICES THEMSELVES DECIDE 1027 00:26:58,555 --> 00:27:00,421 IF THEY ARE ABLE TO BE 1028 00:27:00,490 --> 00:27:01,289 IMPARTIAL, AND THOSE DECISIONS 1029 00:27:01,358 --> 00:27:03,357 CANNOT BE APPEALED. 1030 00:27:03,426 --> 00:27:04,659 AND EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO 1031 00:27:04,728 --> 00:27:06,461 RECUSALS, THOMAS IS AN OUTLIER 1032 00:27:06,530 --> 00:27:07,929 -- HE ALMOST NEVER RECUSES, EVEN 1033 00:27:07,998 --> 00:27:09,697 WHEN HE CLEARLY SHOULD. 1034 00:27:09,766 --> 00:27:11,332 TAKE ONE RECENT CASE WHERE HE 1035 00:27:11,401 --> 00:27:12,767 HAD A FLAGRANT CONFLICT OF 1036 00:27:12,836 --> 00:27:13,236 INTEREST -- ALBEIT NOT 1037 00:27:13,303 --> 00:27:15,036 FINANCIAL. 1038 00:27:15,105 --> 00:27:16,938 BECAUSE THE COURT RECENTLY TOOK 1039 00:27:17,007 --> 00:27:18,272 UP A NUMBER OF APPEALS INVOLVING 1040 00:27:18,341 --> 00:27:19,841 CASES SURROUNDING JANUARY 6. 1041 00:27:19,910 --> 00:27:21,209 AS IT HAPPENS, A MAJOR 1042 00:27:21,278 --> 00:27:22,777 CHEERLEADER TO OVERTURN BIDEN'S 1043 00:27:22,846 --> 00:27:25,079 WIN WAS THOMAS'S OWN WIFE, GINNI 1044 00:27:25,148 --> 00:27:26,948 -- AS HER TEXTS TO THEN-WHITE 1045 00:27:27,017 --> 00:27:27,484 HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MARK 1046 00:27:27,551 --> 00:27:29,484 MEADOWS SHOW. 1047 00:27:29,553 --> 00:27:31,219 >> IN ONE, THOMAS WRITING, 1048 00:27:31,288 --> 00:27:32,420 QUOTE, "HELP THIS GREAT 1049 00:27:32,489 --> 00:27:33,521 PRESIDENT STAND FIRM, MARK! 1050 00:27:33,590 --> 00:27:34,922 BIDEN AND THE LEFT IS ATTEMPTING 1051 00:27:34,991 --> 00:27:36,457 THE GREATEST HEIST OF OUR 1052 00:27:36,526 --> 00:27:37,625 HISTORY." 1053 00:27:37,694 --> 00:27:40,094 AND IN ANOTHER JUST DAYS THE 1054 00:27:40,163 --> 00:27:41,362 2020 ELECTION, THOMAS WRITING, 1055 00:27:41,431 --> 00:27:42,797 "DO NOT CONCEDE." 1056 00:27:42,866 --> 00:27:43,366 >> ON NOVEMBER 24TH, MEADOWS 1057 00:27:43,433 --> 00:27:43,965 WROTE THOMAS, "THIS IS A FIGHT 1058 00:27:44,034 --> 00:27:50,171 OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL." 1059 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:50,740 THOMAS REPLIED, "THANK YOU! 1060 00:27:50,807 --> 00:27:51,141 NEEDED THAT! 1061 00:27:51,208 --> 00:27:53,541 THIS PLUS A CONVERSATION WITH MY 1062 00:27:53,610 --> 00:27:54,010 BEST FRIEND JUST NOW." 1063 00:27:54,077 --> 00:27:54,344 >> John: WOW. 1064 00:27:54,411 --> 00:27:55,710 I WILL SAY, GINNI THOMAS LOOKS 1065 00:27:55,779 --> 00:27:56,778 EXACTLY LIKE A PERSON WHO WOULD 1066 00:27:56,847 --> 00:27:58,012 TRY TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER 1067 00:27:58,081 --> 00:28:03,484 ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 1068 00:28:03,553 --> 00:28:04,118 BUT DESPITE THAT "CONVERSATION 1069 00:28:04,187 --> 00:28:04,852 WITH MY BEST FRIEND" LINE, GINNI 1070 00:28:04,921 --> 00:28:06,187 INSISTS SHE NEVER TALKED TO HER 1071 00:28:06,256 --> 00:28:06,723 HUSBAND ABOUT THE ELECTION 1072 00:28:06,790 --> 00:28:09,457 CHALLENGES. 1073 00:28:09,526 --> 00:28:11,425 WHICH IS A BIT WEIRD, BECAUSE HE 1074 00:28:11,494 --> 00:28:11,795 SAYS THIS A LOT. 1075 00:28:11,862 --> 00:28:13,227 >> IT'S A PARTICULAR HONOR TO BE 1076 00:28:13,296 --> 00:28:14,996 HERE WITH MY WIFE, VIRGINIA, WHO 1077 00:28:15,065 --> 00:28:15,630 IS TOTALLY MY BEST FRIEND IN THE 1078 00:28:15,699 --> 00:28:17,198 WORLD. 1079 00:28:17,267 --> 00:28:19,700 I LOVE TO SPEND TIME WITH MY 1080 00:28:19,769 --> 00:28:20,236 WIFE WHO'S TOTALLY MY BEST 1081 00:28:20,303 --> 00:28:20,770 FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD. 1082 00:28:20,837 --> 00:28:22,370 I LOVE BEING HERE WITH MY 1083 00:28:22,439 --> 00:28:24,839 BRIDE, VIRGINIA, WHO'S A GIFT 1084 00:28:24,908 --> 00:28:26,541 FROM GOD AND MY TOTALLY BEST 1085 00:28:26,610 --> 00:28:29,110 FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD. 1086 00:28:29,179 --> 00:28:30,745 >> John: OKAY, FIRST, IF GINNI 1087 00:28:30,814 --> 00:28:32,213 IS INDEED "A GIFT FROM GOD," I 1088 00:28:32,282 --> 00:28:33,481 GUESS IT'S NICE THAT CLARENCE 1089 00:28:33,550 --> 00:28:34,050 THOMAS GOT AT LEAST ONE GIFT 1090 00:28:34,117 --> 00:28:34,749 FROM SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A 1091 00:28:34,818 --> 00:28:38,753 BILLIONAIRE. 1092 00:28:38,822 --> 00:28:39,387 BUT ALSO, IT'D SEEM THAT EITHER 1093 00:28:39,456 --> 00:28:40,254 GINNI THOMAS WAS KEEPING HER 1094 00:28:40,323 --> 00:28:41,923 HUSBAND UP TO DATE ON HER 1095 00:28:41,992 --> 00:28:47,028 ONGOING COUP ATTEMPT, OR: SHE'S 1096 00:28:47,097 --> 00:28:49,630 CLARENCE'S BEST FRIEND BUT HE 1097 00:28:49,699 --> 00:28:50,231 ISN'T HERS. 1098 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:50,633 AND THAT'S ROUGH. 1099 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:51,201 THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 1100 00:28:51,268 --> 00:28:51,799 AWKWARD SILENCES ON THEIR NEXT 1101 00:28:51,868 --> 00:28:52,733 MOTOR COACH TRIP. 1102 00:28:52,802 --> 00:28:53,835 BUT THE FACT IS, A JUSTICE'S 1103 00:28:53,904 --> 00:28:55,736 WIFE INSERTED HERSELF IN EFFORTS 1104 00:28:55,805 --> 00:28:57,171 TO OVERTURN THE LAST ELECTION. 1105 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,706 YET, IN MULTIPLE CASES INVOLVING 1106 00:28:58,775 --> 00:29:00,675 JANUARY 6, THOMAS DIDN'T RECUSE 1107 00:29:00,744 --> 00:29:01,976 HIMSELF -- EVEN IN ONE 1108 00:29:02,045 --> 00:29:03,544 CONCERNING WHETHER WHITE HOUSE 1109 00:29:03,613 --> 00:29:04,178 FILES, WHICH COULD HAVE 1110 00:29:04,247 --> 00:29:05,113 CONTAINED MORE OF GINNI'S TEXTS, 1111 00:29:05,182 --> 00:29:07,181 HAD TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE 1112 00:29:07,250 --> 00:29:08,916 JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE. 1113 00:29:08,985 --> 00:29:10,151 IN THAT CASE, THOMAS WAS THE 1114 00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:12,487 LONE DISSENTER SAYING THAT THEY 1115 00:29:12,556 --> 00:29:13,354 SHOULD REMAIN SECRET. 1116 00:29:13,423 --> 00:29:14,922 AND IF THAT'S NOT A CONFLICT OF 1117 00:29:14,991 --> 00:29:16,224 INTEREST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ONE 1118 00:29:16,293 --> 00:29:17,592 IS. 1119 00:29:17,661 --> 00:29:19,093 BUT LOOK, THE FUNDAMENTAL 1120 00:29:19,162 --> 00:29:19,961 CORRUPTION HERE MIGHT BE BIGGER 1121 00:29:20,030 --> 00:29:21,462 THAN ANYTHING ONE RECUSAL COULD 1122 00:29:21,531 --> 00:29:22,763 COVER. 1123 00:29:22,832 --> 00:29:24,332 BECAUSE I'M NOT SAYING THOMAS IS 1124 00:29:24,401 --> 00:29:25,833 ONLY VOTING THE WAY HE IS 1125 00:29:25,902 --> 00:29:26,402 BECAUSE OF THE TRIPS AND THE 1126 00:29:26,469 --> 00:29:27,635 GIFTS. 1127 00:29:27,704 --> 00:29:28,469 HIS OPINIONS WERE HORRIBLE 1128 00:29:28,538 --> 00:29:29,038 BEFORE HE EVER SET FOOT ON A 1129 00:29:29,105 --> 00:29:31,205 YACHT. 1130 00:29:31,274 --> 00:29:32,140 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THOSE 1131 00:29:32,209 --> 00:29:33,441 BILLIONAIRES HAVEN'T HAD AN 1132 00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:35,276 IMPACT ON HIM. 1133 00:29:35,345 --> 00:29:36,144 BECAUSE, FOR YEARS, THOMAS 1134 00:29:36,213 --> 00:29:37,845 REPEATEDLY TALKED ABOUT MONEY. 1135 00:29:37,914 --> 00:29:39,213 IN THE 1980S, HE TOLD A 1136 00:29:39,282 --> 00:29:40,715 REPORTER, HE PLANNED TO BE RICH, 1137 00:29:40,784 --> 00:29:42,416 AND SAID THAT MEANS MORE THAN 1138 00:29:42,485 --> 00:29:42,986 JUST A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND 1139 00:29:43,053 --> 00:29:44,452 DOLLARS A YEAR. 1140 00:29:44,521 --> 00:29:45,386 BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, 1141 00:29:45,455 --> 00:29:47,555 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BEING A 1142 00:29:47,624 --> 00:29:49,524 SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CURRENTLY 1143 00:29:49,593 --> 00:29:51,926 PAYS -- JUST UNDER $300,000. 1144 00:29:51,995 --> 00:29:52,927 AND HE'S BEEN PRETTY VOCAL ABOUT 1145 00:29:52,996 --> 00:29:54,228 HIS DISSATISFACTION WITH THAT, 1146 00:29:54,297 --> 00:29:56,397 SOMETIMES EVEN PUBLICLY. 1147 00:29:56,466 --> 00:29:57,498 >> THE JOB IS NOT WORTH DOING 1148 00:29:57,567 --> 00:30:00,668 FOR WHAT THEY PAY. 1149 00:30:00,737 --> 00:30:03,604 IT'S NOT WORTH DOING FOR THE 1150 00:30:03,673 --> 00:30:04,772 GRIEF, BUT IT IS WORTH DOING FOR 1151 00:30:04,841 --> 00:30:06,474 THE PRINCIPLE. 1152 00:30:06,543 --> 00:30:08,976 >> John: YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? 1153 00:30:09,045 --> 00:30:09,844 BECAUSE YOUR JOB IS WRITING 1154 00:30:09,913 --> 00:30:10,545 OPINIONS IN A BATHROBE AND IT 1155 00:30:10,614 --> 00:30:12,113 PAYS SIX FIGURES. 1156 00:30:12,182 --> 00:30:13,314 MOST BLOGGERS DO THAT FOR FREE, 1157 00:30:13,383 --> 00:30:14,982 AND THEY DON'T GET TO ENJOY 1158 00:30:15,051 --> 00:30:15,485 SEEING THEIR WORST TAKES 1159 00:30:15,552 --> 00:30:18,252 BECOMING EVERYONE ELSE'S LAW. 1160 00:30:18,321 --> 00:30:19,887 IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME, 1161 00:30:19,956 --> 00:30:20,521 IN THE EARLY AUGHTS, THAT THOMAS 1162 00:30:20,590 --> 00:30:21,722 REPORTEDLY SAID TO A REPUBLICAN 1163 00:30:21,791 --> 00:30:22,957 MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT, UNLESS 1164 00:30:23,026 --> 00:30:28,629 IT GAVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES A 1165 00:30:28,698 --> 00:30:30,765 PAY RAISE, QUOTE: ONE OR MORE 1166 00:30:30,834 --> 00:30:32,099 WILL LEAVE SOON MAYBE IN THE 1167 00:30:32,168 --> 00:30:32,368 NEXT YEAR. 1168 00:30:32,435 --> 00:30:32,836 THAT SET OFF ALARMS IN 1169 00:30:32,903 --> 00:30:33,303 CONSERVATIVE QUARTERS. 1170 00:30:33,370 --> 00:30:35,269 AS THAT LAWMAKER THOMAS SPOKE TO 1171 00:30:35,338 --> 00:30:38,973 RECALLS IT, "HIS IMPORTANCE AS A 1172 00:30:39,042 --> 00:30:39,907 CONSERVATIVE WAS PARAMOUNT. 1173 00:30:39,976 --> 00:30:40,508 WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE FELT 1174 00:30:40,577 --> 00:30:41,976 COMFORTABLE IN HIS JOB AND HE 1175 00:30:42,045 --> 00:30:43,344 WAS BEING PAID PROPERLY." 1176 00:30:43,413 --> 00:30:45,079 UNFORTUNATELY FOR THOMAS, 1177 00:30:45,148 --> 00:30:46,280 JUSTICES' SALARIES HAVEN'T BEEN 1178 00:30:46,349 --> 00:30:46,881 RAISED BEYOND INFLATION SINCE 1179 00:30:46,950 --> 00:30:47,748 THEN. 1180 00:30:47,817 --> 00:30:48,850 BUT IT MAY NOT BE A COINCIDENCE 1181 00:30:48,919 --> 00:30:50,351 THAT A HANDFUL OF BILLIONAIRES 1182 00:30:50,420 --> 00:30:51,919 HAVE SUDDENLY STEPPED IN TO MAKE 1183 00:30:51,988 --> 00:30:53,087 SURE THAT THOMAS WAS NEVER 1184 00:30:53,156 --> 00:30:53,688 ANYTHING LESS THAN EXTREMELY 1185 00:30:53,757 --> 00:30:56,524 COMFORTABLE. 1186 00:30:56,593 --> 00:30:57,658 AND IN RECENT YEARS, HE'S SEEMED 1187 00:30:57,727 --> 00:30:58,228 MUCH LESS WORRIED ABOUT HIS 1188 00:30:58,295 --> 00:30:59,927 PAYCHECK. 1189 00:30:59,996 --> 00:31:02,530 >> RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS THE 1190 00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:03,164 COMPENSATION OF A JUSTICE OF THE 1191 00:31:03,233 --> 00:31:05,299 SUPREME COURT? 1192 00:31:05,368 --> 00:31:05,900 >> OH, GOODNESS, I THINK IT'S 1193 00:31:05,969 --> 00:31:06,302 PLENTY. 1194 00:31:06,369 --> 00:31:10,171 [LAUGHS] 1195 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,006 >> WELL, IT'S -- 1196 00:31:12,075 --> 00:31:12,640 >> IT'S NOT QUITE WHERE YOU ARE 1197 00:31:12,709 --> 00:31:12,909 -- 1198 00:31:12,976 --> 00:31:16,010 [LAUGHS] 1199 00:31:16,079 --> 00:31:17,612 I HAVE NO -- MY WIFE AND I ARE 1200 00:31:17,681 --> 00:31:19,080 DOING FINE. 1201 00:31:19,149 --> 00:31:21,015 WE DON'T -- WE DON'T LIVE 1202 00:31:21,084 --> 00:31:23,584 EXTRAVAGANTLY, BUT WE ARE FINE. 1203 00:31:23,653 --> 00:31:25,286 >> John: HERE'S A FUN FACT FOR 1204 00:31:25,355 --> 00:31:25,887 YOU: THAT WAS IN EARLY JUNE OF 1205 00:31:25,956 --> 00:31:27,054 2019. 1206 00:31:27,123 --> 00:31:28,122 GUESS WHERE HE WAS AT THE END OF 1207 00:31:28,191 --> 00:31:29,290 THAT MONTH? 1208 00:31:29,359 --> 00:31:30,258 ON HARLAN CROW'S INDONESIAN 1209 00:31:30,327 --> 00:31:32,794 YACHT TRIP. 1210 00:31:32,863 --> 00:31:34,095 THAT'S THE COMFORTABLE LAUGH OF 1211 00:31:34,164 --> 00:31:35,730 A MAN LOOKING FORWARD TO A FREE 1212 00:31:35,799 --> 00:31:36,764 TRIP AND -- FINGERS CROSSED -- A 1213 00:31:36,833 --> 00:31:39,333 FREE SHIRT TO GO WITH IT. 1214 00:31:39,402 --> 00:31:40,935 BASICALLY, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING 1215 00:31:41,004 --> 00:31:42,003 IS, IT'S NOT THAT THESE 1216 00:31:42,072 --> 00:31:43,404 BILLIONAIRES HAVE PAID THOMAS TO 1217 00:31:43,473 --> 00:31:44,872 CHANGE HIS VIEWS. 1218 00:31:44,941 --> 00:31:46,140 IT'S THAT THEY LIKE HIS VIEWS, 1219 00:31:46,209 --> 00:31:48,042 SO THEY'RE PAYING FOR HIM NOT TO 1220 00:31:48,111 --> 00:31:48,578 LEAVE. 1221 00:31:48,645 --> 00:31:50,044 WHICH IS DIFFERENT, BUT NOT 1222 00:31:50,113 --> 00:31:51,045 BETTER. 1223 00:31:51,114 --> 00:31:52,647 AND IF THAT WAS THEIR PLAN, IT'S 1224 00:31:52,716 --> 00:31:53,748 WORKED. 1225 00:31:53,817 --> 00:31:54,949 BECAUSE THOMAS IS NOW AT THE 1226 00:31:55,018 --> 00:31:55,917 HEART OF THE NEW CONSERVATIVE 1227 00:31:55,986 --> 00:31:57,385 SUPERMAJORITY ON THE COURT. 1228 00:31:57,454 --> 00:31:59,320 AND HE HAS PLANS TO GO FURTHER. 1229 00:31:59,389 --> 00:32:01,422 IN HIS CONCURRENCE IN THE DOBBS 1230 00:32:01,491 --> 00:32:04,926 CASE, HE SAID THE COURT SHOULD 1231 00:32:04,995 --> 00:32:05,526 RECONSIDER PREVIOUS ERRONEOUS 1232 00:32:05,595 --> 00:32:06,527 RULINGS ON SODOMY, BIRTH CONTROL 1233 00:32:06,596 --> 00:32:12,500 AND GAY MARRIAGE. 1234 00:32:12,569 --> 00:32:17,071 AND DESPITE FOR BEING ON FOR THE 1235 00:32:17,140 --> 00:32:18,639 DIFFERENCE OF DISEASES. 1236 00:32:18,708 --> 00:32:19,240 BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT CHEVRON 1237 00:32:19,309 --> 00:32:19,841 DEFERENCE I MENTIONED EARLIER? 1238 00:32:19,910 --> 00:32:20,441 20 YEARS AGO, THOMAS ACTUALLY 1239 00:32:20,510 --> 00:32:21,042 WROTE A MAJORITY OPINION THAT 1240 00:32:21,111 --> 00:32:21,676 EXPANDED CHEVRON'S PROTECTIONS. 1241 00:32:21,745 --> 00:32:22,276 BUT SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN A 1242 00:32:22,345 --> 00:32:22,910 MASSIVE CONSERVATIVE PUSH TO GET 1243 00:32:22,979 --> 00:32:28,483 RID OF CHEVRON -- LED BY THE 1244 00:32:28,552 --> 00:32:29,117 KOCH ORGANIZATION -- YOU KNOW, 1245 00:32:29,186 --> 00:32:29,686 CLARENCE'S VACATION FRIENDS. 1246 00:32:29,753 --> 00:32:30,253 AND A FEW YEARS AGO, THOMAS 1247 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:35,256 RENOUNCED HIS EARLIER DECISION, 1248 00:32:35,325 --> 00:32:36,157 WRITING THAT HE'D DETERMINED THE 1249 00:32:36,226 --> 00:32:36,726 DOCTRINE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL 1250 00:32:36,793 --> 00:32:37,160 AFTER ALL. 1251 00:32:37,227 --> 00:32:38,159 NOW, WHAT CAUSED THAT CHANGE OF 1252 00:32:38,228 --> 00:32:43,831 HEART? 1253 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:44,267 I DON'T KNOW. 1254 00:32:44,334 --> 00:32:45,099 WAS IT 15 YEARS OF MARINATING IN 1255 00:32:45,168 --> 00:32:45,568 RIGHT-WING MONEY, AND 1256 00:32:45,635 --> 00:32:46,200 VACATIONING WITH BUSINESSMEN WHO 1257 00:32:46,269 --> 00:32:46,801 COULD MASSIVELY PROFIT FROM IT 1258 00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:47,203 BEING OVERTURNED? 1259 00:32:47,270 --> 00:32:48,469 WE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE. 1260 00:32:48,538 --> 00:32:49,337 BUT WE CAN ALL THINK IT 1261 00:32:49,406 --> 00:32:51,272 TOGETHER, CAN'T WE? 1262 00:32:51,341 --> 00:32:53,941 READY? 1263 00:32:54,010 --> 00:32:55,476 LET'S DO THAT. 1264 00:32:55,545 --> 00:32:55,678 PUTTS 1265 00:32:55,745 --> 00:32:56,277 1, 2, 3, YES, IT'S BECAUSE OF 1266 00:32:56,346 --> 00:32:56,546 THE MONEY. 1267 00:32:56,613 --> 00:32:57,411 SHIT, SORRY, I THOUGHT IT SO 1268 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:58,012 HARD IT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH. 1269 00:32:58,081 --> 00:33:00,848 AND LOOK, I KNOW WE FOCUSED A 1270 00:33:00,917 --> 00:33:01,482 LOT ON CLARENCE THOMAS TONIGHT, 1271 00:33:01,551 --> 00:33:02,116 BUT THIS STORY ISN'T JUST ABOUT 1272 00:33:02,185 --> 00:33:04,452 HIS INTEGRITY. 1273 00:33:04,521 --> 00:33:06,821 IT'S ABOUT THE COURT'S. 1274 00:33:06,890 --> 00:33:08,523 FROM THE BEGINNING, AMERICA, 1275 00:33:08,592 --> 00:33:09,891 LIKE MOST COUNTRIES, WAS BUILT 1276 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:10,858 ON POLITE FICTIONS, BY MEN WHO 1277 00:33:10,927 --> 00:33:11,926 COULD SOMEHOW HOLD IN THEIR 1278 00:33:11,995 --> 00:33:12,560 HEADS THE IDEA THAT ALL MEN WERE 1279 00:33:12,629 --> 00:33:14,829 CREATED EQUAL, AT THE SAME TIME 1280 00:33:14,898 --> 00:33:16,798 THEY WERE DRAWING UP THE 1281 00:33:16,867 --> 00:33:18,166 THREE-FIFTHS CLAUSE. 1282 00:33:18,235 --> 00:33:18,766 AND WHILE WE'VE SHED A LOT OF 1283 00:33:18,835 --> 00:33:19,367 THOSE FICTIONS, WE STILL CLING 1284 00:33:19,436 --> 00:33:22,670 TO THE IDEA OF THE SUPREME COURT 1285 00:33:22,739 --> 00:33:23,239 AS A BODY SEPARATE AND APART 1286 00:33:23,306 --> 00:33:26,140 FROM POLITICS. 1287 00:33:26,209 --> 00:33:27,208 IT RETAINS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 1288 00:33:27,277 --> 00:33:28,276 MYSTIQUE AND CEREMONY. 1289 00:33:28,345 --> 00:33:29,844 WE LITERALLY PUT THE JUSTICES ON 1290 00:33:29,913 --> 00:33:31,879 A PEDESTAL, AND LET THEM WEAR 1291 00:33:31,948 --> 00:33:33,347 ROBES LIKE WIZARDS. 1292 00:33:33,416 --> 00:33:34,515 IN THEIR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, 1293 00:33:34,584 --> 00:33:36,217 THEY PRETEND TO HAVE NO IDEA HOW 1294 00:33:36,286 --> 00:33:37,452 THEY'LL RULE ON HOT-BUTTON 1295 00:33:37,521 --> 00:33:39,120 ISSUES, AND WE ALL HAVE TO 1296 00:33:39,189 --> 00:33:40,555 PRETEND TO BELIEVE THEM BEFORE 1297 00:33:40,624 --> 00:33:41,789 WE APPOINT THEM TO A JOB THEY 1298 00:33:41,858 --> 00:33:42,924 CAN HOLD UNTIL THEY DIE. 1299 00:33:42,993 --> 00:33:44,292 WE DON'T TREAT THEM LIKE WHAT 1300 00:33:44,361 --> 00:33:45,359 THEY ARE, WHICH IS PEOPLE, WHO 1301 00:33:45,428 --> 00:33:47,361 CAN BE MOTIVATED BY IDEOLOGY AND 1302 00:33:47,430 --> 00:33:50,198 GREED, LIKE ANYONE ELSE. 1303 00:33:50,267 --> 00:33:53,367 BUT POLITE FICTIONS CAN ONLY BE 1304 00:33:53,436 --> 00:33:53,968 BENT SO FAR BEFORE THEY BREAK. 1305 00:33:54,037 --> 00:33:56,671 AND RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS LIKE THE 1306 00:33:56,740 --> 00:33:57,271 SUPREME COURT'S AT A BREAKING 1307 00:33:57,340 --> 00:33:57,807 POINT. 1308 00:33:57,874 --> 00:33:59,140 AND THERE ARE SMALL WAYS TO FIX 1309 00:33:59,209 --> 00:34:00,908 THAT -- FROM A REAL, ENFORCEABLE 1310 00:34:00,977 --> 00:34:02,610 ETHICS CODE, TO TERM LIMITS, TO 1311 00:34:02,679 --> 00:34:03,644 EVEN POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE 1312 00:34:03,713 --> 00:34:05,379 COURT. 1313 00:34:05,448 --> 00:34:06,948 AND HONESTLY, IF IT WERE UP TO 1314 00:34:07,017 --> 00:34:07,715 ME, THEY'D ALSO BE DRESSED NOT 1315 00:34:07,784 --> 00:34:09,417 IN ROBES, BUT AS WAL-MART 1316 00:34:09,486 --> 00:34:10,852 GREETERS, TO EMPHASIZE THEY'RE 1317 00:34:10,921 --> 00:34:11,953 NOT MAGIC, THEY'RE HUMANS, LIKE 1318 00:34:12,022 --> 00:34:13,688 EVERYONE ELSE. 1319 00:34:13,757 --> 00:34:15,923 BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY 1320 00:34:15,992 --> 00:34:16,724 OF THAT -- IF WE'RE GOING TO 1321 00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:18,960 KEEP THE BAR OF ACCOUNTABILITY 1322 00:34:19,029 --> 00:34:20,695 THIS LOW -- PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO 1323 00:34:20,764 --> 00:34:21,295 EXPLOIT THAT LOW BAR THE SAME 1324 00:34:21,364 --> 00:34:22,964 WAY BILLIONAIRES HAVE 1325 00:34:23,033 --> 00:34:24,899 SUCCESSFULLY DONE FOR DECADES. 1326 00:34:24,968 --> 00:34:25,500 AND THAT FINALLY BRINGS US TO 1327 00:34:25,569 --> 00:34:26,768 THE SOLUTION I MENTIONED AT THE 1328 00:34:26,837 --> 00:34:28,035 START OF THIS PIECE. 1329 00:34:28,104 --> 00:34:29,170 BECAUSE CLARENCE THOMAS IS 1330 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:30,872 ARGUABLY THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL 1331 00:34:30,941 --> 00:34:33,574 JUSTICE ON THE COURT RIGHT NOW. 1332 00:34:33,643 --> 00:34:34,208 AND HE'S NEVER SEEMED TO REALLY 1333 00:34:34,277 --> 00:34:35,443 LIKE THE JOB -- HE'S SAID IT'S 1334 00:34:35,512 --> 00:34:37,879 NOT WORTH DOING "FOR THE GRIEF." 1335 00:34:37,948 --> 00:34:39,313 SO, WHAT IF HE COULD KEEP THE 1336 00:34:39,382 --> 00:34:41,115 LUXURY PERKS HE CLEARLY ENJOYS, 1337 00:34:41,184 --> 00:34:41,684 WITHOUT HAVING TO ENDURE ALL 1338 00:34:41,751 --> 00:34:43,584 THAT GRIEF? 1339 00:34:43,653 --> 00:34:45,553 WELL, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A 1340 00:34:45,622 --> 00:34:45,722 WAY. 1341 00:34:45,789 --> 00:34:46,687 BECAUSE, JUSTICE THOMAS, WE HAVE 1342 00:34:46,756 --> 00:34:49,757 A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU. 1343 00:34:49,826 --> 00:34:51,959 WE ARE PREPARED TO OFFER YOU ONE 1344 00:34:52,028 --> 00:34:53,494 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, FOR THE 1345 00:34:53,563 --> 00:34:54,295 REST OF YOUR LIFE, IF YOU SIMPLY 1346 00:34:54,364 --> 00:34:56,230 AGREE TO LEAVE THE SUPREME COURT 1347 00:34:56,299 --> 00:34:58,499 IMMEDIATELY AND NEVER COME BACK. 1348 00:34:58,568 --> 00:35:02,036 IT'S THAT SIMPLE. 1349 00:35:02,105 --> 00:35:03,237 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1350 00:35:03,306 --> 00:35:03,871 JUST SIGN THIS CONTRACT, RESIGN, 1351 00:35:03,940 --> 00:35:05,473 AND THE MONEY'S ALL YOURS! 1352 00:35:05,542 --> 00:35:07,575 THIS IS NOT A JOKE, IF YOU 1353 00:35:07,644 --> 00:35:08,176 WATCH OUR SHOW, YOU KNOW JOKES 1354 00:35:08,245 --> 00:35:09,744 AREN'T REALLY OUR THING. 1355 00:35:09,813 --> 00:35:11,112 THIS IS REAL. 1356 00:35:11,181 --> 00:35:13,514 A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, UNTIL 1357 00:35:13,583 --> 00:35:14,916 YOU OR I DIE. 1358 00:35:14,985 --> 00:35:16,551 WE'VE SPOKEN TO EXPERTS, WHO'VE 1359 00:35:16,620 --> 00:35:17,652 ALL TOLD US THAT, BEST THEY CAN 1360 00:35:17,721 --> 00:35:20,888 TELL, THIS IS SOMEHOW LEGAL. 1361 00:35:20,957 --> 00:35:22,323 WHICH SEEMS CRAZY, BECAUSE IT 1362 00:35:22,392 --> 00:35:22,924 REALLY FEELS LIKE IT SHOULDN'T 1363 00:35:22,993 --> 00:35:24,792 BE. 1364 00:35:24,861 --> 00:35:26,661 BUT AS THEY KEEP POINTING OUT, 1365 00:35:26,730 --> 00:35:27,862 THERE ARE NO RULES IN PLACE TO 1366 00:35:27,931 --> 00:35:28,298 STOP ME DOING THIS. 1367 00:35:28,365 --> 00:35:30,631 AND LET ME BE CLEAR, HBO'S NOT 1368 00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:31,866 PUTTING UP THE MONEY FOR THIS. 1369 00:35:31,935 --> 00:35:34,402 I'M PERSONALLY ON THE HOOK. 1370 00:35:34,471 --> 00:35:35,903 YOU COULD MAKE ME REALLY REGRET 1371 00:35:35,972 --> 00:35:36,871 THIS! 1372 00:35:36,940 --> 00:35:38,306 I COULD BE DOING STANDUP TOURS 1373 00:35:38,375 --> 00:35:39,640 TO PAY FOR YOUR RETIREMENT FOR 1374 00:35:39,709 --> 00:35:40,143 YEARS. 1375 00:35:40,210 --> 00:35:46,614 BUT THIS OFFER ISN'T FOREVER. 1376 00:35:46,683 --> 00:35:47,882 YOU HAVE EXACTLY 30 DAYS 1377 00:35:47,951 --> 00:35:48,483 FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MAKE 1378 00:35:48,552 --> 00:35:49,052 YOUR RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE. 1379 00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:49,619 AND IF YOU'RE STILL ON THE 1380 00:35:49,686 --> 00:35:50,918 FENCE, I ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE 1381 00:35:50,987 --> 00:35:52,553 DEAL SWEETENER THAT I'M EXCITED 1382 00:35:52,622 --> 00:35:53,154 TO SHOW YOU -- SO PLEASE COME 1383 00:35:53,223 --> 00:35:57,225 WITH ME. 1384 00:35:57,294 --> 00:35:59,827 JUST COME, COME THIS WAY. 1385 00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:00,828 BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT 1386 00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:01,462 ON YOUR PLATE RIGHT NOW -- FROM 1387 00:36:01,531 --> 00:36:03,097 STRIPPING AWAY WOMEN'S RIGHTS, 1388 00:36:03,166 --> 00:36:03,731 TO HEARING JANUARY 6TH CASES YOU 1389 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,000 DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T BE HEARING, 1390 00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:07,802 TO POTENTIALLY HELPING ROLL BACK 1391 00:36:07,871 --> 00:36:09,003 DECADES OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 1392 00:36:09,072 --> 00:36:10,471 AND YOU DESERVE A BREAK. 1393 00:36:10,540 --> 00:36:10,974 YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM THE 1394 00:36:11,041 --> 00:36:16,210 "MEANNESS OF WASHINGTON." 1395 00:36:16,279 --> 00:36:17,512 SO YOU CAN BE SURROUNDED BY THE 1396 00:36:17,581 --> 00:36:18,081 "REGULAR FOLKS" WHOSE LIVES 1397 00:36:18,148 --> 00:36:18,813 YOU'VE MADE DEMONSTRABLY WORSE 1398 00:36:18,882 --> 00:36:19,781 FOR DECADES NOW. 1399 00:36:19,850 --> 00:36:20,448 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, I THINK WE 1400 00:36:20,517 --> 00:36:22,283 CAN HELP YOU THERE. 1401 00:36:22,352 --> 00:36:25,186 BECAUSE SINCE YOUR FAVORITE MODE 1402 00:36:25,255 --> 00:36:26,254 OF TRAVEL MIGHT BE IN NEED OF 1403 00:36:26,323 --> 00:36:27,355 AN UPGRADE, WE'RE EXCITED TO 1404 00:36:27,424 --> 00:36:30,258 OFFER YOU... 1405 00:36:30,327 --> 00:36:32,560 ♪ ♪ 1406 00:36:32,629 --> 00:36:33,029 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1407 00:36:33,096 --> 00:36:34,796 THIS BRAND NEW, TOP-OF-THE-LINE 1408 00:36:34,865 --> 00:36:37,298 PREVOST MARATHON MOTOR COACH. 1409 00:36:37,367 --> 00:36:39,634 LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY, CLARENCE! 1410 00:36:39,703 --> 00:36:41,869 IT'S WORTH $2.4 MILLION, AND 1411 00:36:41,938 --> 00:36:44,172 IT'S GOT A FULL BEDROOM -- YES, 1412 00:36:44,241 --> 00:36:45,239 THAT'S A KING BED -- ONE AND A 1413 00:36:45,308 --> 00:36:48,075 HALF BATHS, A FUCKING FIREPLACE, 1414 00:36:48,144 --> 00:36:51,078 FOUR TV'S, A WASHER-DRYER, AND 1415 00:36:51,147 --> 00:36:52,013 A, QUOTE, "RESIDENTIAL-SIZED 1416 00:36:52,082 --> 00:36:54,248 FRIDGE." 1417 00:36:54,317 --> 00:36:55,850 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, WHAT 1418 00:36:55,919 --> 00:36:57,118 WILL MY FRIENDS SAY IF I TAKE 1419 00:36:57,187 --> 00:36:58,052 THIS OFFER? 1420 00:36:58,121 --> 00:37:00,054 WILL THEY JUDGE ME, AS THEY SIT 1421 00:37:00,123 --> 00:37:01,022 IN THEIR BOARDROOMS AND 1422 00:37:01,091 --> 00:37:03,758 MEGAYACHTS AND HITLER SHRINES? 1423 00:37:03,827 --> 00:37:05,493 WILL THEY STILL TREAT ME TO 1424 00:37:05,562 --> 00:37:07,662 LUXURY VACATIONS, AND SING SONGS 1425 00:37:07,731 --> 00:37:08,796 ABOUT ME OFF THEIR PHONES? 1426 00:37:08,865 --> 00:37:09,530 WELL, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF 1427 00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:10,798 FRIENDSHIP, CLARENCE. 1428 00:37:10,867 --> 00:37:12,567 IF THEY'RE REAL FRIENDS, THEY'LL 1429 00:37:12,636 --> 00:37:14,235 LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOUR JOB 1430 00:37:14,304 --> 00:37:15,403 IS. 1431 00:37:15,472 --> 00:37:16,537 SO I GUESS THIS MIGHT BE THE 1432 00:37:16,606 --> 00:37:18,506 PERFECT WAY TO FIND OUT WHO YOUR 1433 00:37:18,575 --> 00:37:21,609 REAL FRIENDS ACTUALLY ARE. 1434 00:37:21,678 --> 00:37:23,511 SO THAT'S THE OFFER. 1435 00:37:23,580 --> 00:37:25,213 A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, 1436 00:37:25,282 --> 00:37:26,547 CLARENCE, AND A BRAND NEW "CONDO 1437 00:37:26,616 --> 00:37:28,449 ON WHEELS?" 1438 00:37:28,518 --> 00:37:30,051 AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IN RETURN 1439 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,086 IS SIGN THE CONTRACT AND GET THE 1440 00:37:32,155 --> 00:37:33,821 FUCK OFF THE SUPREME COURT. 1441 00:37:33,890 --> 00:37:35,356 TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR TOTALLY 1442 00:37:35,425 --> 00:37:38,426 BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD, 1443 00:37:38,495 --> 00:37:42,029 BECAUSE THE CLOCK STARTS NOW! 1444 00:37:42,098 --> 00:37:44,799 30 DAYS, CLARENCE! 1445 00:37:44,868 --> 00:37:45,168 LET'S DO THIS. 1446 00:37:45,235 --> 00:37:45,535 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1447 00:37:45,602 --> 00:37:47,735 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1448 00:37:47,804 --> 00:37:48,536 WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1449 00:37:48,605 --> 00:37:49,670 GOODNIGHT! 1450 00:37:49,739 --> 00:37:53,207 ♪ ♪ 1451 00:37:53,276 --> 00:37:55,743 HOW IS THIS LEGAL! 1452 00:37:55,812 --> 00:37:59,781 YOUR MOVE, CLARENCE! 1453 00:37:59,850 --> 00:38:04,118 YOUR FUCKING MOVE. 1454 00:38:04,187 --> 00:38:04,587 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1455 00:38:04,654 --> 00:38:08,325 ♪ ♪