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How will Trump's judicial picks reshape the courts?

Season 2017 Episode 1273 | 9m 52s

President Trump and Republicans have been quietly and systematically reshaping the federal judiciary. The Senate has confirmed a record 12 Trump picks for the influential federal appeals court -- the fastest success rate for any president ever. John Yang gets reactions from Vanita Gupta of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute.

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