John Oliver Explains How the Supreme Court Keeps Letting Trump Get Away with It

John Oliver explains how the Supreme Court keeps letting Trump get away with it

You may have heard about (and balked at) comments from Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts last week, wherein he suggested we were all wrong and crazy for thinking that the justices were behaving like “political actors.” Of course, the reason people might have that idea is because it seems like the justices—three of which were appointed by Trump himself—regularly bypass the lower courts to give the president what he wants nearly immediately…

Oliver's Supreme Court 'Reform' Proposals Include Court Packing

The weekend of bad Supreme Court hot takes on late night comedy shows continued on HBO on Sunday as Last Week Tonight host John Oliver tackled the concept of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket, also known as its emergency docket or interim relief docket. At the end of his lengthy anti-SCOTUS monologue, Oliver declared that “we” need to start preparing voters for “court reform,” which might include court packing.

John Oliver On SCOTUS And Their Abuse Of The Shadow Docket

Who among us does not love to hand down unexplained edicts from on high?