Ari Berman on SCOTUS & Sam in Vegas

April 19, 2012

SHOW UPDATE:  Sam broadcasts live from the Mass Torts conference in Las Vegas.  Ari Berman (@AriBerman)author and political correspondent for The Nation, talks about the Federal Judiciary; the political leaning of SCOTUS, vacancies on the Federal bench  and how the Obama Administration’s lax attitude toward appointments has hurt the left.  Also, attorney James Kauffman from Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A. talks the finer points of the Jobs Act and in the better half, Cliff stops by for a brief hello.  Your calls and IMs.  Use this post as today’s thread.Get a FREE Audiobook from Audible.com when you use our link!
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