After 18 hours of grueling testimony, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared headed for narrow confirmation, but the week put on vivid display the degraded state of the confirmation process. Sen. Al Franken, The Washington Post's Aaron Blake and political reporter Alexi McCammond join host Harry Litman to take apart the hearings, then segueing to states' passage of voting rights restrictions and severe anti-abortion laws even before the court’s expected ruling. They end with analysis of the main stress points shaping up for midterms.
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Talking Feds is a roundtable discussion that brings together prominent former government officials, journalists and special guests for a dynamic and in-depth analysis of the most pressing questions in law and politics.