John Oliver has clearly aired a years-long grievance with him Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde – Yes, you read that correctly – on Sunday Last week tonight.
The HBO host’s main segment focused on the Supreme Court, specifically the so-called shadow dockets.
“The court has repeatedly jumped into ongoing cases to say, ‘You know, as this makes its way through the courts, Trump should do the thing he wants to do anyway,'” Oliver explained. “It’s basically a football referee saying, ‘Waiting for a final ruling on the legality of a quarterback having a gun, I’m going to stop and see where he goes with this.'”
That’s where the indictments come in, Oliver noted, adding that to understand what that is, viewers need to be reminded of how cases are decided by the Supreme Court.
Oliver then showed CNN a clip of the reporter explaining the process, squinting and saying, “When you think about a case before the Supreme Court, you’re thinking about a case that’s on the merits.”
The reporter then explained how a case begins in district court, then is appealed to a circuit court and the petition is heard by Supreme Court justices, who write briefs, make arguments, ask questions and meet to discuss the case before voting on it. They then write long opinions and dissents based on how they voted.
“Yes, that’s the main thing,” Oliver said. “Although there’s a little something there: saying, ‘When you think about a Supreme Court case, you think about a list of merits,’ sorry, you don’t know what I’m thinking about when I think about the Supreme Court, especially since what I’m actually thinking about is how to continue Legally blonde — Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde “He dropped the ball by not having Elle Woods argue a case in front of her,” he added about the 2003 film starring Reese Witherspoon.
“Come on, guys!” He continued screaming. “The best part of the first movie was the murder trial, and the sequel has no trial scenes? You set the movie in D.C. and didn’t let Elle show what she can do in front of the highest court in the land? That’s crazy.”
“Anyway, that’s what I always think about when I think about a Supreme Court case, the one I’ll eventually bring against the film’s producers. Legally blonde 2 For not putting Reese in a position to succeed.
“But it is accepted that second “The thing I’m thinking about is that process, the usual path to the Supreme Court,” he added.
