Episode · The Rubin Report · 2022-06-19
Dave Rubin & Mike Lee: books mentioned on The Rubin Report
Why Democrats' Pack the Court Plans May Be Worse than We Think | Mike Lee Interview
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) about his book "Saving Nine," the Democrats' plan to pack the court, the possible identity of the Supreme Court leaker, and why some Republicans decided to vote for the Ukraine spending bill.
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Plugged Saving Nine
“I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is the Senior Senator from the great state of Utah, and the author of the new book, Saving Nine: The Fight Against the Left's Audacious Plan to Pack the Supreme Court and Destroy American Liberty.”
“Now, I wrote Saving Nine in order to explain why the opposite is true.”
“If they really think about it, and I hope they will read Saving Nine, because regardless of whether they agree with me on any other policy issue, they ought to be able to agree that the minute you rip off that bandaid, and for reasons I explain in the book, the minute you start to politicize the court formally, as”
“But for the reasons I explain in chapter four of Saving Nine, even when you swing and miss, even when you threaten to pack the court, you propose court packing, and the legislation fails, it can leave an indelible mark, a mark that we're still paying for, in the, you know, lengthy period of time that's elapsed since 1937 when”
“All of that, and the fact that most of our laws at the federal level are now made by unelected unaccountable bureaucrats that can all be traced to this switching time that saved nine, as I explain in chapter four of Saving Nine.”
“And in that respect, Saving Nine is about much, much more than just preserving the independence of the Supreme Court and prohibiting court packing. It's about restoring federalism and separation of powers. This book will teach you how to do that.”
“And by the way, I talk about this a fair amount in Saving Nine. That's why I like to say Saving Nine is not just about the Supreme Court, it's not just about court packing.”
“That's another point I make in Saving Nine, not every dispute, not every question about constitutionality goes to the Supreme Court.”
“The courts aren't just a roving commission to smack down things they don't like, it's one of the things that I explain in chapter one of Saving Nine.”