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Polling has indicated a decline in Americans’ trust that the Supreme Court, with its nine lifetime-appointment Justices, is nonpartisan. “I think Roberts is much more the villain in this than people give him credit for.” “I think the Chief Justice is actually much more culpable for this division than people think,” Franken said, referencing some of Roberts’s decisions. Then, of course, Dobbs and abortion.”īalz said the court has “lost credibility” and has become “seen increasingly as one more partisan institution,” though he noted Roberts has tried to counter that perception.Ĭhina imposes $2M fine for stand-up’s joke seen as mocking the militaryĪrchives: Every administration since Reagan has mishandled classified docs “The way they didn’t take up Garland and on saying, ‘It’s an election year,’ and then they, of course, put in Coney Barrett like eight days before the election. He referenced the controversial confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump nominee, and the court’s decision last summer to overturn Roe v.
One thing is no joke, however: he’s very serious about his job representing the people of Minnesota.Franked resigned from the Senate in 2017 amid sexual harassment allegations. Not surprisingly, Franken is quite a raconteur, and he tells the story of his remarkable life and times with a sense of humor that is always irreverent and often self-deprecating. Due to repeated legal challenges from Coleman, however, Franken wasn’t seated until July 2009. Coleman initially won by 725 votes, which triggered an automatic recount that gave Franken the victory by 312 votes. Franken’s decision seemed rather quixotic at first, and the 2008 campaign was notable for GOP denunciations of Franken’s satirical writings as well as his wife’s public disclosure of her struggles with alcoholism. Senate against the Republican incumbent, Norm Coleman. The heart of this memoir is Franken’s decision to move back to Minnesota from New York City to run for the U.S. He and his colleagues, some of them fueled by alcohol and drugs, indulged in late-night writing sessions that made the show’s sketches part of the cultural lexicon. He was raised in a middle-class family in a Minneapolis suburb, tried to launch his comedy career while still an undergraduate at Harvard University, and found success when he landed a gig in 1975 as one of the original script writers on Saturday Night Live. In this excellent, insightful memoir, comedian turned senator Franken recalls his unlikely path to public service.
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