Why not ask her about her role in the stopping of the Gore vs. Bush Florida recount? It is illegal. All three appts to the SC by Trump were involved. I remember it why not Democrats who are lawyers?
@@scottbennard dark money is funneled to all political parties. Just ask our President, he was one of Bill Clinton largest contributors and one of his biggest supporters. Our President also, donated to Kamala Harris, on numerous occasions, but heck he said it was only business.
@@Riff65 Ahh...what did Trump say about the media..."Enemy of the people", right? The media, love'em or hate'em, they perform a vital service to to freedom throughout the world.
@M lol good point. so what did joe did with all the bribe money these decades how much is it and what did the foreign govts want from him? im really curious plz enlighten me thx. wait isn't it consider treason to receive bribe money from foreign country. why isn't he locked up yet. im really confused.
Men of honor come when the light they provide us is dimming and it has been dim in the USA but this man has given faith and hope to many with this questioning
@@uio890138 Well if we did that, there would be no confirmation hearings this close to an election, right? That's the excuse corrupt Republicans used to deny a legitimate President his SCOTUS pick. Republicans made up that rule to benefit themselves then. Now Republicans are changing their own rule to benefit themselves again. Power hungry hypocrites.
I don't understand the finer nuances of the US law but Senator Whitehouse, I salute your attempts to educate folks like me and the larger public (assuming they are watching). This whole nomination process a few days before the foundational election process (when millions have already voted) is shameful and disgraceful, to say the least.
That look on her face during your questioning is priceless. Clearly Judge Barrett knew she was up against a highly respected and knowledgeable man! You're brilliant Senator! Thank you for your service!
I would advise you to not make the mistake of assuming a sitting Senator is more knowledgeable or respectable than a sitting Judge. This woman is answering each of his questions with grace and without notes. I like Whitehouse, but to suggest she was being “stumped” by the Senators questions is a little silly.
I've never in the past really taken much interest in politics and government until this election, and I just want to say after watching Whitehouse present his information about Dark Money, and the connections he made, my mind was blown. Never have I been more impressed listening to someone speak. I don't live in your state, but I hope to God the senate has you for a long time. This ties to the very nature of everything that is wrong with our government and how it's no longer in the hands of the people. Truly eye opening. I truly believe if you want to know what is going on in our country to stop watching media stories, and news papers (not literally stop all), but instead to watch court proceeding, senate hearings, read official government documents. It's the only way to escape the huge influence of being told what opinion to have instead of being presented with information and making your own opinion.
I'm with you on this. I am an Aussie and have watched a lot of his videos on Dark Money and his questioning of different people and he is such a wonderful speaker and his questions are so "on the mark". Give this bloke not two, but "four thumbs up" I can tell you I'm a Whitehous and Franken kinda guy.
But it's crazy how you are worried about corruption in another country. This is happening in your own. I guess it's a, all corruption matters situation.
This is the video everyone must watch about the hearing. The code of conduct, reporting requirements and ethics violations should also apply to Supreme Court members.
And their spouses. Thomas's wife runs several of these dark money groups. You don't think she might hold influence or tell him what these groups want in private? It's despicable. And no justice or judge should be a member of any of these groups, or being paid to hold talks with them.
@Bill A It is a pity "Bill" that you were unable to follow Sen. Whitehouse's description of how dark money has bought decisions, in the SC. It's really not that complex. You obviously didn't notice that he addressed no questions to the nominee during his expose. Rather he attempted to explain to her how her nomination had been purchased. Your rantings are illogical, ill argued, and groundless.
THANK YOU MR. WHITEHOUSE !!! YOUR MY HERO FOR SHOWING THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR WHO THEY REALLY ARE !!!!!!!!!!! AND WHO'S BOUGHT AND PAID FOR THE " BARRETT " VOTE
This is extremely important. It directly sheds light on how our court systems are being manipulated and corrupted. This is information that should be disseminated by Americans everywhere.
Correct. This is as big as it gets. It seems the majority of people do not yet get the significance of what Sen. Whitehouse has described. Let's home the news media does its job, and ensures this is carried to every corner of the Country.
Extremely grateful to have a Senator who is actually looking out for his constituents, and the people of the United States, as opposed to the vast majority of those ‘serving’ in the Senate.
He is sorely needed in the Senate for Rhode Island and as one of the most climate forward Senators and one of the most conscious and pushing for fixing the most dangerous aberrations in politics which can't be addressed in the same manner in the White House as the president. Each branch can serve very different important purposes in very different ways. These are the reasons that I personally believe that he is needed where he is and why I hope he continues to serve on the Senate. I doubt he wishes to go through a presidential campaign and leave open the seat he so well serves in. This is my opinion. But I understand why people always think that people they are impressed with should run for the Presidentcy.
*I am stunned.* She did not know that the Code of Ethics, which rules her behavior as a judge, is rendered null an void when a judge is elevated to a high-court justice. This is what reeked the most about Beer Kavenut, and the non-investigation of his unethical behavior, making him unfit to be a judge, let alone a justice. Her ignorance of core ethical values, if true, disqualifies her from the high court. Or she's lying; and is thus similarly disqualified.
It is weird she doesn't know! Every elected and appointee. Has this code of office. In my community several. School Board members went to prison for taking kickbacks from companies who did business with the District. "Vote for my contract and I will be good to you" a friend of mine was a council member and one i invited her for lunch. She accepted the invite but told me she would pay for her self. She didn't want people to think she was taking gifts .
@@miserere_me9168 And so it starts, the lying, the rumors, the undermining, the character assassination, the innuendo, the bots, the troll farms, the paid liars. You can only play your crude games for so long. Ultimately, all you've succeeded in doing is making people value truth and decency more than ever before.
A corrupt supreme court is the result of allowing big money interests to select the justices such has been the case with all the republican appointed justices, they literally are told by the American heritage foundation whom to appoint , I didn't realize exactly how corrupt the court has become until I watched this video though, it's no longer our US supreme court, it appears to be the American heritage foundation supreme court, courtesy of Mitch McConnell
I ask Senator Whitehouse and to anyone else for that matter... Shouldn't the dark money activities described in his presentation be considered RACKETEERING?
Jo Kamburt - the disastrous Citizens United v FEC case legalized money laundering and bribery in politics by weaponizing un-limited dark money as "free speech" in an egregious mis-interpretation of the first amendment. This case was launched by an alt-right-wing-nut from Indiana named James Bopp, who still runs the republican't party in that state. #MoscowMitch has always been all about money in politics, and this case is a significant part of the considerable damage that #MoscowMitch has done to the United States of America.. To date, twenty states have had voters approve of a Constitutional Amendment to clarify that the First Amendment "free speech" provisions don't apply to judicial entities like Unions and Corporations, and that money is not "speech". Still have to get another 18 states. Ben Cohen (of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream) has been a leader in this effort. Make your objections heard at www.stampstampede.org/
Not being an American, Could ANYONE tell me if Mr Whitehouse is the ONLY American that absolutely shines with integrity. ....having been made aware of the likes of Cruz and Graham there doesn't seem to be much of an opposition to Mr. Whitehouse's apparent integrity.
Alan Grayson, Dennis Kucinich, Justin Amash, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Adam Schiff all have proven to shine with an integrity which has upset and hindered the R steamroller. Grayson, well known for investigating contractor corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan, was removed by the Florida democrats in a Senate primary by a weak candidate who then gave the Senate seat to Marco Rubio. Global warming problems have disappeared in Florida because government workers are forbidden to use the 'term'.
We love the Senator from Rhode Island working hard to preserve democracy, which lies in jeopardy with mega-corporate donors behind the scenes pushing their conservative agenda.
@@fareedali4010 You are all wrong in your grasp of VP Biden’s role as point man in Ukraine. I’m not an attorney. I expect you’re not either. Hunter Biden is. Sometimes they get wildly lucrative offers that you and I don’t totally understand. That’s all that happened with Hunter Biden. You don’t have to like it, but I’d like you to grasp that it is not illegal in any way.
@@abbiejoliec3133 oh... and Hunter is one helluva attorney... hence the reason my beloved Navy kicked him the heck out... You people really need to wake up and acknowledge the corruption that was going on during the Obummer Administration... while they laughed their asses to the bank... Seal Team 6, Benghazi, Ukraine, Iran, the BS Russian collusion smear that Hillary started with Obummer's knowledge of it... costing American tax payers over $48M over the course of a 3.5 year investigation... of course they found nothing... Hillary made it all up!!!!
This Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is extremely helpful and very honest, he is educational and very good. Love that in people like this gentleman Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. I bow to you Sir.
@@yiannimitropoulos3913 don't bother i tried explaining them the same thing. They're too dumb to understand. Honestly just let them argue. What I do think you should do is VOTE.
@@miserere_me9168 It has everything to do with her. He simply explained to her how her nomination had been purchased. If she had any integrity, she would have immediately withdrawn from the nomination, rather than have her reputation destroyed for all time. The concept isn't that difficult to understand. Sen. Whitehouse is a gentleman of great intellect and integrity. He lays matters out very simply. You should listen again. You might understand it next time. Everyone else does.
@@yiannimitropoulos3913 He's saying more than that - he showed her how her nomination was bought and paid for, and told her that we know this to be the case. It was her opportunity to preserve her reputation, and withdraw, but she did not.
I’ve been thinking for years that Senator Whitehouse should run for president. Unfortunately, I think he may be ‘too good’ for the office so I fear we’ll never see it. When I say ‘too good’, don’t get me wrong I respect the office (or at least I used to), but I feel to run for president you need to be a ‘performer’. And I feel inherent to that is a certain level disingenuousness. And simply put, Whitehouse may have too much integrity to excel on the campaign-trail-puppet-show, at least in the eyes of the ‘low frequency’ voters - which is sadly a large proportion of Americans. Thank you for your hard work, integrity and relentlessness Senator Whitehouse. If we had more people like you in power our country would be a better place to live.
@@fareedali4010 great . Since you are so intelligent why don't you refute each of his points one by one and disprove anything he's said. Oops your a republican.... You don't have morals or logic so you can't. But if you think you can go ahead. 😂😂
Cameron Simon you must feel nice about being on the side that has sold out your country to China: Big Tech; Media; Corrupt Politicians. I bet you feel as if you're one of these high and mighty ring leaders marching to your utopia of deception feeding from the coat tails of Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, Hollywood celebs, High paid Athletes, and your crowned queen Greta Thunberg.......how can you people escape the wrath of God
Masterful work sir. This Canadian salutes you. The impact of this appointment and the coming election impacts the world. Your integrity is a rare and precious thing
Exactly. He was showing her the escape route if she wanted to preserve her integrity, and her reputation. A principled person would have immediately withdrawn from the process. Barrett didn't take the opportunity, which says all we need to know about her.
@@mbd6054 She was smarter than 95% of those questioning her, and you bet your asp the dems would take advantage of the same situation. I learned about dark money my grandfather was a union official, I learned that lesson when I was ten.
@@lebdav Yes, well, at ten I'm sure you also learned not to make up stories, and expect people to believe them, without proof. As to Barrett's ability, I saw and heard nothing she said, or evaded, that showed any ability beyond that of an average Law lecturer.
@@mbd6054 of course because you are no lawyer--at ten i learned how politicians promise you everything every four yrs and give nothing--at ten I saw how politicians can be bought, lesson learned. Trump donated to hellary's campaign yrs ago. wonder what he got in return.
Thank you Senator Whitehouse!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Brilliant, amazing and hopeful. I think the presidency might be your destiny...Senator Whitehouse.
Senator Whitehouse gently nudging , we the viewer, to actually see what really is going on in the GOP, the courts and whether or not, this nominee should be confirmed
Sheila Reis it's no wonder you people are so deceived. This gracious lady has been sitting there for 3 days tired, and having to answer countless questions from two different sides. One side is having her reflect her good personality. The other side may want to "trap" her in some type of wrong answer. And you people sit there without one thought of putting yourselves in her shoes, as if you can handle all this...... You wanna talk dark money. Listen to Ted Cruz point out Whitehouse's dark money donors. There's no rebuttal from Whtehouse. From 4 years ago and counting, America will go down like a Lead Zeppelin all because you're side is nasty and your politicians would rather see the country burn than to not have power. And they don't give a damn about you, your kids, and your future. They'll give everything you ask for to camouflage their corruption. You people are useful idiots of the left wing Marxists within, plain and simple
I suggest Whitehouse submit a new law for passage requiring all litigants before the SC disclose all their corporate entanglements. Its a misuse of the Court , and really should be prosecuted.
More than that, who is contributing the money?. Is any of it funnelled from foreign powers, or is it just domestic huge corporations who've bought the SC? Or both?
@@mbd6054 Groups like the Kochs, large polluters, and far right religious nuts are funding these things, but it would be bad for business to know it. That's why the kochs will spend a small amount here or there on a mild reform for the good press, while spending billions on regulatory roll back, and stocking the courts and congress with stooges that will do their bidding.
@@andycanfixit Undoubtedly. It is the ultimate corruption, because the SC is the ultimate source of recourse for those seeking justice. Senator Whitehouse drew a very chilling and accurate picture of the 'scheme' as he termed it, and the 80 cases which have been effectively decided by dark money. The facts would merit the investigation of these decisions, and the sources that, on the face of it, purchased them. Perhaps that would be a better, if more difficult, method of dealing with SC numbers, than just appointing additional judges to restore some semblance of balance.
@@mbd6054 I think you need an investigation and if not expansion of the court, than rules requiring accountability and transparency as well as rules requires a 2/3rds majority of the court to overturn congressional legislation, all of which are legal. That alone would take the court out of fights the "originalists" deem political. And if members of the court like Thomas and Alito are corrupt, which they appear to be, impeach them.
@@andycanfixit I agree with every word you've said. To me, it's essential that balance is restored to the SC, and in the short term there seems little choice but to appoint at least one additional Judge to the Court. But ultimately, those 80 cases must be investigated, however long it takes, and every corrupt judge must be impeached, and prosecuted for corruption. No democracy can function with a corrupt Supreme Court. Patching the problem with an additional appointment will be effective, but it will not save the Court. We must rid ourselves of the notion that the rich and powerful cannot be imprisoned. They can be, and should be. Biden must appoint only those who believe this to be the case.
She’s on the take. She didn’t recuse herself with a case involving her dark money donor in Koch and we know what she did in turning the other way on the unconstitutional Texas abortion ban law. She should resign.
@[11:20]- So funny, Whitehouse asked amy, knowing that she is a Supreme Court candidate that never held a case, a situation question. His reaction to her answer is priceless! So good!
This Senator got on the mic, and straight TOLD IT LIKE IT IS!!!!! He told her how he KNEW about her being "Selected" to be the Nominee by these Various Unknown People or Organizations PRIOR to the Judge even being Officially Selected! He let her know that he KNOWS where all the money 💰 is coming from, and what it's going to...!!! In short: He TOLD HER ASS LIKE IT IS!!!!! PERIOD!!! On the STRAIGHT 💯!!!
Senator Whitehouse, thank you beyond any measure of gratitude. Thank you for saying publicly that you will get to the bottom of this horrific spectacle of watching McConnell stack SCOTUS, refuse to allow Merrick Garland a hearing and appoint federal judge after judge. Bravo! and, again, thank you.
This man is my new hero. If I was a Republican and I listened to Sen Whitehouse I’d be red with shame for 1 hour. I learned more in 20 minutes than I did at many courses at Harvard....
How this woman can look herself in the eye is simply beyond me. The human ability to rationalize even the most hideous behavior must have some limits if society is to survive. Given this woman's recent decision in the Roe vs Wade case one can have but little confidence that she took Senator Whitehouse's requests seriously.
Damn! You are amazing! Code of Ethics.....it's so much more than reporting gifts........what a shame...the highest court in the land....with no code of ethics.....no written codes of ethics.....this needs to change.....
If only this stuff...was actually corrected by the people with the power to do so. Sadly, keeping our system corrupt, and making sure it becomes more corrupt, is far more beneficial to the ruling class than fixing legitimate problems and cleaning up corruption.
The look on her face! - she was not anticipating Sen. Whitehouse. he didn't ask sappy questions like kennedy did - "are you racist? - no, do you have principles? - yes."
Listening to Senator Whitehouse's questions to then-Judge Barrett sounded to me, on the one hand, like a class in ethics to the other senators in the chamber AND as a veiled warning to those who rely on, accept, live with, and thrive on donations from Dark Money. I would not have thought so then, but a few days ago I listened to Sen. Whitehouse explain in a series of 7-8 lectures [highly recommended and on TH-cam] how Dark Money operates in the chamber and the backrooms of the senate particularly with respect to the nomination & confirmation of federal appellate judges and justices to the supreme Court. To put it another way, Senator Whitehouse, it seems to me, used the foregone conclusion of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court to tell his colleagues in the senate that he's about to expose the role of Dark Money in everything the senate touches and examines. Indeed, he did, and if you're worried about American Democracy, make a point of tuning in to these brilliant lectures.
Senator, I cannot put in words how much I enjoyed these presentations! Well it is that way in the US and most likely in other countries as well. Very well done, thank you! Roland Holtz Germany
Thank goodness for your forthcoming truth and in-depth knowledge to challenge the SCOTUS on dark money appts and political one sided ideology. Kudos to you.
'Now that you know, how do you feel about it?" Graham's question. She answered. To any other questions by the Democrats she artfully but clearly avoided.
Abood, this is the playbook: Alito is going to fire the opening shot and KGB (Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Barrett) will follow up without regard to any declarations they made to be confirmed.
Senator Whitehouse instills in me the confidence that American Democracy is alive and well... even though I am feeling increasing (based on recent political events like "Trumpism") it is in poor health.
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Senator Whitehouse is some sharp man. Congress needs more like him.
Why not ask her about her role in the stopping of the Gore vs. Bush Florida recount? It is illegal. All three appts to the SC by Trump were involved. I remember it why not Democrats who are lawyers?
The most scariest thing about all this is, he only mentioned things he found out about. Just imagine what hasn't been uncovered.
SO
TURE AND ALL THE THINGS WE WILL NEVER SURFACE. SCARY
Especially since, by far, most of the "dark money" is funneled to the LEFT... lol
@@scottbennard dark money is funneled to all political parties. Just ask our President, he was one of Bill Clinton largest contributors and one of his biggest supporters. Our President also, donated to Kamala Harris, on numerous occasions, but heck he said it was only business.
@@Riff65 Ahh...what did Trump say about the media..."Enemy of the people", right? The media, love'em or hate'em, they perform a vital service to to freedom throughout the world.
You can get there's a plethora of it.
this dude is savage way better than the other democrats.
Yes we are quite proud of our neighbor states representative.
Good work RI
Just an amazing Senator. I hope he continues to be visible to the entire country!
@M lol good point. so what did joe did with all the bribe money these decades how much is it and what did the foreign govts want from him? im really curious plz enlighten me thx. wait isn't it consider treason to receive bribe money from foreign country. why isn't he locked up yet. im really confused.
@@小飒萨 yeah me too LOL
He has educated us all this week
Hear hear 💯% love his vibe
Took us to school
Men of honor come when the light they provide us is dimming and it has been dim in the USA but this man has given faith and hope to many with this questioning
@@fatimamakhetha5180 'Cometh the hour, cometh the man', and not a minute too soon.
Honestly Senator, I can’t thank you enough for exposing this backdoor effort to dismantle our democracy. Masterwork Sir.
You mean like packing the court if the Democrats win? Oh, of course not....
We don't live in a democracy. We Have a Democratic Republic.
@dan mac Trump filled vacant seats legally, including the latest SC seat.
Why can't you libs just win and lose by the same rules we win and lose by?
@@uio890138 Well if we did that, there would be no confirmation hearings this close to an election, right? That's the excuse corrupt Republicans used to deny a legitimate President his SCOTUS pick. Republicans made up that rule to benefit themselves then. Now Republicans are changing their own rule to benefit themselves again. Power hungry hypocrites.
@@drumchik14009 You obviously have not read Biden's rule and understood it. Typical lib, drop the facts that you don't like.
I don't understand the finer nuances of the US law but Senator Whitehouse, I salute your attempts to educate folks like me and the larger public (assuming they are watching). This whole nomination process a few days before the foundational election process (when millions have already voted) is shameful and disgraceful, to say the least.
That look on her face during your questioning is priceless. Clearly Judge Barrett knew she was up against a highly respected and knowledgeable man! You're brilliant Senator! Thank you for your service!
He’s a total Fraud
He has no ethics
Look at his record in RI
@@gusfromuth1098 Oh yeah! Trump's been living a lie his entire life.
@@gusfromuth1098 I’m ignorant to his voting record. Can you let me know why you say he’s a fraud?
He is a Great Presidential Person.
I would advise you to not make the mistake of assuming a sitting Senator is more knowledgeable or respectable than a sitting Judge. This woman is answering each of his questions with grace and without notes. I like Whitehouse, but to suggest she was being “stumped” by the Senators questions is a little silly.
Sen. Whitehouse should be appointed the next US Attorney General to fix the Justice Department
Whitehouse for the US White House!
@Jacquelyn Barrows Hahaha! You're saying that with a straight face?!!!??
@@aikiiai Yes, very seriously indeed.
Yes.
Instead we got Milquetoast Garland. The Republic is in danger.
I've never in the past really taken much interest in politics and government until this election, and I just want to say after watching Whitehouse present his information about Dark Money, and the connections he made, my mind was blown. Never have I been more impressed listening to someone speak. I don't live in your state, but I hope to God the senate has you for a long time. This ties to the very nature of everything that is wrong with our government and how it's no longer in the hands of the people. Truly eye opening. I truly believe if you want to know what is going on in our country to stop watching media stories, and news papers (not literally stop all), but instead to watch court proceeding, senate hearings, read official government documents. It's the only way to escape the huge influence of being told what opinion to have instead of being presented with information and making your own opinion.
I'm with you on this. I am an Aussie and have watched a lot of his videos on Dark Money and his questioning of different people and he is such a wonderful speaker and his questions are so "on the mark". Give this bloke not two, but "four thumbs up" I can tell you I'm a Whitehous and Franken kinda guy.
THIS is how you expose corruption.
You mean like Biden's corruption in Ukraine and China?
For sure he rocks 👊🏽👍🏽💪🏾💯
But it's crazy how you are worried about corruption in another country. This is happening in your own. I guess it's a, all corruption matters situation.
@@kingsimon00 The corruption in the other country was directly tied to Joe Biden....how do you libs just dismiss that fact? It's beyond stupid.
@@uio890138 got’em!!!
This is the video everyone must watch about the hearing. The code of conduct, reporting requirements and ethics violations should also apply to Supreme Court members.
And their spouses. Thomas's wife runs several of these dark money groups. You don't think she might hold influence or tell him what these groups want in private? It's despicable. And no justice or judge should be a member of any of these groups, or being paid to hold talks with them.
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Senator Whitehouse should be running for president he is amazing.
I totally agree!
Hopefully he will, in 2024.
@Bill A It is a pity "Bill" that you were unable to follow Sen. Whitehouse's description of how dark money has bought decisions, in the SC. It's really not that complex. You obviously didn't notice that he addressed no questions to the nominee during his expose. Rather he attempted to explain to her how her nomination had been purchased. Your rantings are illogical, ill argued, and groundless.
@Bill A When your argument fails, go for the person. You can do better "Bill".
@Bill A wow, did you really find his argument that hard to follow? Kind of embarrassing
THANK YOU MR. WHITEHOUSE !!! YOUR MY HERO FOR SHOWING THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR WHO THEY REALLY ARE !!!!!!!!!!! AND WHO'S BOUGHT AND PAID FOR THE " BARRETT " VOTE
Lord help us all! A slew of crooks running our country. It's in the Bible, "there will be evil doers in HIGH places"!
This is extremely important. It directly sheds light on how our court systems are being manipulated and corrupted. This is information that should be disseminated by Americans everywhere.
Correct. This is as big as it gets. It seems the majority of people do not yet get the significance of what Sen. Whitehouse has described. Let's home the news media does its job, and ensures this is carried to every corner of the Country.
Look no further than the Koch’s, Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society.
Damn Rhode Island voters are pretty smart for picking their candidates
I apologize for my peers...
That they are. They're pretty lucky, but he's public property now!
@@mbd6054 wonder if he has a brother like him, we need them in Texas
@@ernestperez2767 Guys like this senator are needed in a lot of places. :)
Thank you Senator...... For doing an amazing job at steering the big bad sheep in our country.
He's talking about making ethics requirements on the SC LAW.
Barrett is so highly praised, it's amazing the "gaps" in her knowledge.
If you ever ran for president, you would for sure have my vote.
Whitehouse for the Whitehouse
AZ here I agree.
Extremely grateful to have a Senator who is actually looking out for his constituents, and the people of the United States, as opposed to the vast majority of those ‘serving’ in the Senate.
Senator Whitehouse, if only you were running for President!
White House for White House
He is sorely needed in the Senate for Rhode Island and as one of the most climate forward Senators and one of the most conscious and pushing for fixing the most dangerous aberrations in politics which can't be addressed in the same manner in the White House as the president.
Each branch can serve very different important purposes in very different ways.
These are the reasons that I personally believe that he is needed where he is and why I hope he continues to serve on the Senate. I doubt he wishes to go through a presidential campaign and leave open the seat he so well serves in.
This is my opinion.
But I understand why people always think that people they are impressed with should run for the Presidentcy.
@@Notfunnysam Rhode Island are blessed to have a representative of his calibre & ethics
My thoughts exactly. Sad, it only takes 25 minutes of well thought out logic to ask the guy to run for president.
@@jgq2881 People are desperate for able, fearless leaders, who give a damn.
*I am stunned.* She did not know that the Code of Ethics, which rules her behavior as a judge,
is rendered null an void when a judge is elevated to a high-court justice. This is what reeked the most about
Beer Kavenut, and the non-investigation of his unethical behavior, making him unfit to be a judge, let alone a justice.
Her ignorance of core ethical values, if true, disqualifies her from the high court. Or she's lying; and is thus similarly disqualified.
It is weird she doesn't know! Every elected and appointee. Has this code of office. In my community several. School
Board members went to prison for taking kickbacks from companies who did business with the District. "Vote for my contract and I will be good to you" a friend of mine was a council member and one i invited her for lunch. She accepted the invite but told me she would pay for her self. She didn't want people to think she was taking gifts .
Please make him AG, he will cleanup the pollution of the DOJ because of Barr.
Boom! Whitehouse slams out the gate!
Profound. Ugh.
whitehouse forgot to take his medications for schyzophrenia
@@miserere_me9168 And so it starts, the lying, the rumors, the undermining, the character assassination, the innuendo, the bots, the troll farms, the paid liars. You can only play your crude games for so long. Ultimately, all you've succeeded in doing is making people value truth and decency more than ever before.
A corrupt supreme court is the result of allowing big money interests to select the justices such has been the case with all the republican appointed justices, they literally are told by the American heritage foundation whom to appoint , I didn't realize exactly how corrupt the court has become until I watched this video though, it's no longer our US supreme court, it appears to be the American heritage foundation supreme court, courtesy of Mitch McConnell
boom dems receive more dark money ratio 4-1
Senator Whitehouse, you are amazing! Very knowledgable and erudite
Perfectly setup to inform her that she will not be practicing with an eye toward ethical practice. Follow the money.
Follow the money all the way to the recipient, and then name it.
Yes follow the money to Biden
There were too many "I didn't know" that's from her.
Thank you Senator Whitehouse. That was extremely enlightening - and I even understood it.
I ask Senator Whitehouse and to anyone else for that matter... Shouldn't the dark money activities described in his presentation be considered RACKETEERING?
The Citizens United case rejects that.
not racketeering the SCOTUS says its FREE SPEECH which is BullPUCKY 🤨
yes
Jo Kamburt - the disastrous Citizens United v FEC case legalized money laundering and bribery in politics by weaponizing un-limited dark money as "free speech" in an egregious mis-interpretation of the first amendment. This case was launched by an alt-right-wing-nut from Indiana named James Bopp, who still runs the republican't party in that state. #MoscowMitch has always been all about money in politics, and this case is a significant part of the considerable damage that #MoscowMitch has done to the United States of America.. To date, twenty states have had voters approve of a Constitutional Amendment to clarify that the First Amendment "free speech" provisions don't apply to judicial entities like Unions and Corporations, and that money is not "speech". Still have to get another 18 states. Ben Cohen (of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream) has been a leader in this effort.
Make your objections heard at www.stampstampede.org/
Racketeering is a crime committed by the middle class and the poor. Lobbying is the
non-crime crime committed by the wealthy. Hope that helps.
Senator Whitehouse, thank you for your bravery and candor. Something is not right indeed. This hearing is not doing much to instill confidence.
Thank you, Sen. Whitehouse.
Long live Sen. Whitehouse!!!
President Whitehouse.
Not being an American, Could ANYONE tell me if Mr Whitehouse is the ONLY American that absolutely shines with integrity.
....having been made aware of the likes of Cruz and Graham there doesn't seem to be much of an opposition to Mr. Whitehouse's apparent integrity.
@Jacquelyn Barrows.
.....oh, please tell me more.
@Jacquelyn Barrows Please, enlighten us, Jacquelyn.
Alan Grayson, Dennis Kucinich, Justin Amash, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Adam Schiff all have proven to shine with an integrity which has upset and hindered the R steamroller. Grayson, well known for investigating contractor corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan, was removed by the Florida democrats in a Senate primary by a weak candidate who then gave the Senate seat to Marco Rubio. Global warming problems have disappeared in Florida because government workers are forbidden to use the 'term'.
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Hence....systematic racism is perpetuated. Thank you Senator Whitehouse. You should run on the 2024 ticket.🇺🇸
He needs to remain in the senate and be incharge of this committe
Thank you Senator!
We love the Senator
from Rhode Island working
hard to preserve democracy,
which lies in jeopardy with mega-corporate donors behind the scenes pushing their conservative agenda.
You mean like the large corporate donors named China and Ukraine that foiled out over a billion to Joe Biden's son?...... Man you people are slimy
@@fareedali4010, happy that I don't have your IQ.
@@fareedali4010 You are all wrong in your grasp of VP Biden’s role as point man in Ukraine. I’m not an attorney. I expect you’re not either. Hunter Biden is. Sometimes they get wildly lucrative offers that you and I don’t totally understand. That’s all that happened with Hunter Biden. You don’t have to like it, but I’d like you to grasp that it is not illegal in any way.
@@shawnduffy3380 people that boast their IQ are actually the opposite. So what’s yours? 😎
@@abbiejoliec3133 oh... and Hunter is one helluva attorney... hence the reason my beloved Navy kicked him the heck out... You people really need to wake up and acknowledge the corruption that was going on during the Obummer Administration... while they laughed their asses to the bank... Seal Team 6, Benghazi, Ukraine, Iran, the BS Russian collusion smear that Hillary started with Obummer's knowledge of it... costing American tax payers over $48M over the course of a 3.5 year investigation... of course they found nothing... Hillary made it all up!!!!
This Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is extremely helpful and very honest, he is educational and very good. Love that in people like this gentleman Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
I bow to you Sir.
Thank you, Senator!
This was absolutely brilliant! Brilliant! By the end she was just shell shocked!
this has nothing to do with her, tho. He is just babbling about things that he thinks make sense but they dont
@@miserere_me9168 maybe not but it will be in her shadow
@@yiannimitropoulos3913 don't bother i tried explaining them the same thing. They're too dumb to understand. Honestly just let them argue. What I do think you should do is VOTE.
@@miserere_me9168 It has everything to do with her. He simply explained to her how her nomination had been purchased. If she had any integrity, she would have immediately withdrawn from the nomination, rather than have her reputation destroyed for all time. The concept isn't that difficult to understand. Sen. Whitehouse is a gentleman of great intellect and integrity. He lays matters out very simply. You should listen again. You might understand it next time. Everyone else does.
@@yiannimitropoulos3913 He's saying more than that - he showed her how her nomination was bought and paid for, and told her that we know this to be the case. It was her opportunity to preserve her reputation, and withdraw, but she did not.
Best questioning/argument/presentation of the entire three days. Thank you, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Wish I could adopt this man as my senator. I’m stuck with McConnell and Paul. Ugh
McConnell UGH! you have my sympathy
I am truly sorry! I would have to do everything in my power to move if McConnel was my senator!
Suzy...Mc. could be on his way out.😷😁
Your not stuck if you Vote Him Out!!!
I’ve been thinking for years that Senator Whitehouse should run for president. Unfortunately, I think he may be ‘too good’ for the office so I fear we’ll never see it.
When I say ‘too good’, don’t get me wrong I respect the office (or at least I used to), but I feel to run for president you need to be a ‘performer’. And I feel inherent to that is a certain level disingenuousness. And simply put, Whitehouse may have too much integrity to excel on the campaign-trail-puppet-show, at least in the eyes of the ‘low frequency’ voters - which is sadly a large proportion of Americans.
Thank you for your hard work, integrity and relentlessness Senator Whitehouse. If we had more people like you in power our country would be a better place to live.
He’ll definitely never get elected now
Thank you, Senator Whitehouse.
Yeah, and you understand every bit of dribble that came out of his mouth........doesn't take much to deceive you people
@@fareedali4010 great . Since you are so intelligent why don't you refute each of his points one by one and disprove anything he's said. Oops your a republican.... You don't have morals or logic so you can't. But if you think you can go ahead. 😂😂
Cameron Simon you must feel nice about being on the side that has sold out your country to China: Big Tech; Media; Corrupt Politicians. I bet you feel as if you're one of these high and mighty ring leaders marching to your utopia of deception feeding from the coat tails of Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, Hollywood celebs, High paid Athletes, and your crowned queen Greta Thunberg.......how can you people escape the wrath of God
@@fareedali4010 And your reply proved my points about all republicans. ,😂😂 Thankyou.
Cameron Simon your Marxist dogma speaks loud in you
Masterful work sir. This Canadian salutes you. The impact of this appointment and the coming election impacts the world. Your integrity is a rare and precious thing
Senator Whitehouse was trying to educate ACB to take a different path and not the one dictated by the people who support the "dark Money."
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Exactly. He was showing her the escape route if she wanted to preserve her integrity, and her reputation. A principled person would have immediately withdrawn from the process. Barrett didn't take the opportunity, which says all we need to know about her.
@@mbd6054 She was smarter than 95% of those questioning her, and you bet your asp the dems would take advantage of the same situation. I learned about dark money my grandfather was a union official, I learned that lesson when I was ten.
@@lebdav Yes, well, at ten I'm sure you also learned not to make up stories, and expect people to believe them, without proof. As to Barrett's ability, I saw and heard nothing she said, or evaded, that showed any ability beyond that of an average Law lecturer.
@@mbd6054 of course because you are no lawyer--at ten i learned how politicians promise you everything every four yrs and give nothing--at ten I saw how politicians can be bought, lesson learned. Trump donated to hellary's campaign yrs ago. wonder what he got in return.
SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN DENMARK!" Really ROTTEN!!!
Yo leave Denmark out of your mess :)
@dan mac Oddly appropriate user name, I approve. Also quite right. Or Russia. Then again 'murica and Russia are easily confused these days.
Thank you Senator Whitehouse!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Brilliant, amazing and hopeful. I think the presidency might be your destiny...Senator Whitehouse.
IT IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND EXTREME GREED. FULL STOP. PERIOD.
Senator Whitehouse gently nudging , we the viewer, to actually see what really is going on in the GOP, the courts and whether or not, this nominee should be confirmed
Half the goddamn SCOTUS is dirty!
Yeah the 4 on the left
@@fareedali4010 You just got an "F" in Whitehouse's class on Dark Money Corruption. So who do YOU work for?🤔🤨🙄
Sheila Reis it's no wonder you people are so deceived. This gracious lady has been sitting there for 3 days tired, and having to answer countless questions from two different sides. One side is having her reflect her good personality. The other side may want to "trap" her in some type of wrong answer. And you people sit there without one thought of putting yourselves in her shoes, as if you can handle all this...... You wanna talk dark money. Listen to Ted Cruz point out Whitehouse's dark money donors. There's no rebuttal from Whtehouse. From 4 years ago and counting, America will go down like a Lead Zeppelin all because you're side is nasty and your politicians would rather see the country burn than to not have power. And they don't give a damn about you, your kids, and your future. They'll give everything you ask for to camouflage their corruption. You people are useful idiots of the left wing Marxists within, plain and simple
@Mara Blond Clearly you did not understand the dark money explanation given by the senator.
@@fareedali4010 Who do you work for? All you said : 🤣😂🤣😂🙄🙄🙄
She's part of the very thing you're describing!
He seems very aware of that, and so does she.
I suggest Whitehouse submit a new law for passage requiring all litigants before the SC disclose all their corporate entanglements. Its a misuse of the Court , and really should be prosecuted.
Wow...what a speaker on the truth!
Dadgum, you're good, Sen. Whitehouse. You already had her/their number and she knew it. Thank you for your preparation and dedication.
Senator Whitehouse gives me hope
"Odiferous amici." Love it.
Her eyes and the impression that she is trying to think everything so hard and trying to figure out is just so phony.
This is amazing and Trump with Mitch are involved, but I really want to know who actually is pocketing the money.
More than that, who is contributing the money?. Is any of it funnelled from foreign powers, or is it just domestic huge corporations who've bought the SC? Or both?
@@mbd6054 Groups like the Kochs, large polluters, and far right religious nuts are funding these things, but it would be bad for business to know it. That's why the kochs will spend a small amount here or there on a mild reform for the good press, while spending billions on regulatory roll back, and stocking the courts and congress with stooges that will do their bidding.
@@andycanfixit Undoubtedly. It is the ultimate corruption, because the SC is the ultimate source of recourse for those seeking justice. Senator Whitehouse drew a very chilling and accurate picture of the 'scheme' as he termed it, and the 80 cases which have been effectively decided by dark money. The facts would merit the investigation of these decisions, and the sources that, on the face of it, purchased them. Perhaps that would be a better, if more difficult, method of dealing with SC numbers, than just appointing additional judges to restore some semblance of balance.
@@mbd6054 I think you need an investigation and if not expansion of the court, than rules requiring accountability and transparency as well as rules requires a 2/3rds majority of the court to overturn congressional legislation, all of which are legal. That alone would take the court out of fights the "originalists" deem political. And if members of the court like Thomas and Alito are corrupt, which they appear to be, impeach them.
@@andycanfixit I agree with every word you've said. To me, it's essential that balance is restored to the SC, and in the short term there seems little choice but to appoint at least one additional Judge to the Court. But ultimately, those 80 cases must be investigated, however long it takes, and every corrupt judge must be impeached, and prosecuted for corruption. No democracy can function with a corrupt Supreme Court. Patching the problem with an additional appointment will be effective, but it will not save the Court. We must rid ourselves of the notion that the rich and powerful cannot be imprisoned. They can be, and should be. Biden must appoint only those who believe this to be the case.
He just took 20 minutes to say, you know what you should do and what you should not as a Supreme Court Justice.
As a United States Senator, on the Senate Judiciary Committee, methinks this be a shot across the bow.
We are not done yet....Thank you Sir.
And.... The 🎤 drops! Boom 💥! Well done, Senator Whitehouse. I’ve learned something today.
She’s on the take. She didn’t recuse herself with a case involving her dark money donor in Koch and we know what she did in turning the other way on the unconstitutional Texas abortion ban law. She should resign.
Knowing what I know now about Barrett, let me say that I would NEVER turn my back on a LIAR.
Someone start a “uh” or “um” counter.
@[11:20]- So funny, Whitehouse asked amy, knowing that she is a Supreme Court candidate that never held a case, a situation question. His reaction to her answer is priceless! So good!
This Senator got on the mic, and straight TOLD IT LIKE IT IS!!!!! He told her how he KNEW about her being "Selected" to be the Nominee
by these Various Unknown People or Organizations PRIOR to the Judge even being Officially Selected! He let her know that he KNOWS where all the money 💰 is coming from, and what it's going to...!!! In short: He TOLD HER ASS LIKE IT IS!!!!! PERIOD!!! On the STRAIGHT 💯!!!
Senator Whitehouse, thank you beyond any measure of gratitude. Thank you for saying publicly that you will get to the bottom of this horrific spectacle of watching McConnell stack SCOTUS, refuse to allow Merrick Garland a hearing and appoint federal judge after judge. Bravo! and, again, thank you.
Why is he alone in this? We need more backing him and asking same questions.
The look on Amy’s face is priceless
I'm glad that Senator Whitehouse is on our side.☺💙🇺🇸💙
This man is my new hero. If I was a Republican and I listened to Sen Whitehouse I’d be red with shame for 1 hour. I learned more in 20 minutes than I did at many courses at Harvard....
How this woman can look herself in the eye is simply beyond me. The human ability to rationalize even the most hideous behavior must have some limits if society is to survive. Given this woman's recent decision in the Roe vs Wade case one can have but little confidence that she took Senator Whitehouse's requests seriously.
Hope this is shared on all of the social media platforms - as is the video PBS is airing with Blocked Comments.
A sign of a great orator: he rarely ever uses filler words such as "uh" and "um." More politicians could learn from him.
Damn! You are amazing! Code of Ethics.....it's so much more than reporting gifts........what a shame...the highest court in the land....with no code of ethics.....no written codes of ethics.....this needs to change.....
15:27 did she just say "I'll approach every case with an open wine"
she did, but corrected it!!!
The Devil made her think of a big glass of red... :-D
That's all she had in her mind at that point. Can't wait to get out and get herself some wine
15:25, she said she'll approach every case with an "open wine". So far that's the only reason I've found to like her.
If only this stuff...was actually corrected by the people with the power to do so. Sadly, keeping our system corrupt, and making sure it becomes more corrupt, is far more beneficial to the ruling class than fixing legitimate problems and cleaning up corruption.
The look on her face! - she was not anticipating Sen. Whitehouse. he didn't ask sappy questions like kennedy did - "are you racist? - no, do you have principles? - yes."
This judge's attitude in answering questions from democrat senators is the same w/ Kayleigh McEnany's!
Love you 😍 for being honest.
It's been a year now and e everything Senator Whitehouse talked about is happening! We must expand Supreme Court now!
Listening to Senator Whitehouse's questions to then-Judge Barrett sounded to me, on the one hand, like a class in ethics to the other senators in the chamber AND as a veiled warning to those who rely on, accept, live with, and thrive on donations from Dark Money. I would not have thought so then, but a few days ago I listened to Sen. Whitehouse explain in a series of 7-8 lectures [highly recommended and on TH-cam] how Dark Money operates in the chamber and the backrooms of the senate particularly with respect to the nomination & confirmation of federal appellate judges and justices to the supreme Court. To put it another way, Senator Whitehouse, it seems to me, used the foregone conclusion of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court to tell his colleagues in the senate that he's about to expose the role of Dark Money in everything the senate touches and examines. Indeed, he did, and if you're worried about American Democracy, make a point of tuning in to these brilliant lectures.
Senator, I cannot put in words how much I enjoyed these presentations! Well it is that way in the US and most likely in other countries as well. Very well done, thank you! Roland Holtz Germany
Thank you for your service and bravery. Are there any more like you out there?
Thank You Senator Whitehouse for bringing light to the dark motives of our current SCOTUS!
Amy Barrett can't wait to get in the supreme court and wreck havoc....
15:27 "Senator i will approach every case with an open wine" AHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAAAAHHHHHH parties started!
* a long time / not along time
she says it "Senator, I will approach every case with open WINE" Hurray !
Thank goodness for your forthcoming truth and in-depth knowledge to challenge the SCOTUS on dark money appts and political one sided ideology. Kudos to you.
'Now that you know, how do you feel about it?" Graham's question. She answered. To any other questions by the Democrats she artfully but clearly avoided.
Thank you senator for bringing theses issues to light👍
I love how he's asking these ridiculous questions and she doesn't even know what to do with it, he's pretty cutting!
Abood, this is the playbook: Alito is going to fire the opening shot and KGB (Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Barrett) will follow up without regard to any declarations they made to be confirmed.
INAPPROPRIATE is the word for the last 25 years of GOP actions.
Senator Whitehouse is right on point to get to some questions answered.
This is an admirable man
Senator Whitehouse instills in me the confidence that American Democracy is alive and well... even though I am feeling increasing (based on recent political events like "Trumpism") it is in poor health.
Senator Whitehouse is a excellent extremely smart man. 👏
Why? Why? Why? Does our highest court in the land, The US Supreme Court, does not abide by a Code of Ethics?
He's awesome