All of these things about Trump that we all know to be true, that Republicans all know to be true, about his family using the presidency as a business, about him playing footsie with white supremacists, about his love affair with dictators.
Ben Sasse expresses concerns about Trump's behavior and actions as president.
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The Court has ignored restrictions on its authority, inserting itself into policy debates that are supposed to be entrusted exclusively to the two political branches.
I just fundamentally do not understand why these people are trading in their future, their children's future, for a few dollars today.
A Supreme Court Justice performs a crucial, but limited function in our political system, namely, to interpret and fairly apply the text of the law as written and as understood at the time it was adopted.
But with respect to legislative intent, when a Congress of 535 often distracted people, 100 in this body and 435 in the other, pass something, you know, by a 2-to-1-ish vote, and it is a part of a large piece of legislation, how do you determine what the intent is when it is 535 people doing something that has many, many different purposes for why somebody might vote yes?
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