John Oliver on Amy Coney Barrett's likely confirmation 'It's going to hurt for a long time'

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The Last Week Tonight host on how undemocratic institutions led to the expected appointment of an ultra-conservative
After three weeks away, John Oliver returned to Last Week Tonight to reflect on the death of supreme court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the travesty of Donald Trump’s nomination of her successor.
Trump announced on Saturday his pick of Amy Coney Barrett, an extremely conservative judge known by some as “the female Antonin Scalia” to replace Ginsburg, setting the stage for a likely confirmation vote whose “impact could be dire”, Oliver explained. Continue reading...

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