John Oliver takes an eye-opening look at the Supreme Court

Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Donald Trump has already nominated conservative Amy Coney Barrett as her replacement — a move that means the Supreme Court is about to, as John Oliver puts it, "lurch to the right for the foreseeable future."

During Sunday night's episode of Last Week Tonight, the host takes a look at exactly how we got to this point, from the grim efforts of Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell to the very fabric of the U.S. Senate and the presidency itself, which Oliver says "aren't nearly as reflective of the American people" as Republican Senators would like us to believe. Read more...

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