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John Oliver on Trump’s use of supreme court shadow dockets: ‘his go-to method to get his way’

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John Oliver: ‘This court has eroded people’s confidence to the point where it’s now considered a political arm rather than a necessary check on political power.’ Photograph: HBO

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver took an extended look into Donald Trump’s influence on the supreme court.

This comes in the wake of the highest US court giving their nod to multiple presidential executive orders, effectively giving a head start to Trump’s agenda even as cases are still working their way through the court system.

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