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In this hour I discuss what the coming months hold for the Supreme Court. The nomination of Merrick Garland seemingly waits in limbo and 4-4 splits on decisions may hold strong consequences for the court.

I also delve into the most recent case being heard by the Supreme Court titled United States v. Texas, which is a challenge to Obama administrations programs that allow over 4 million undocumented immigrants to temporarily remain in the country. I discuss the implications of this case, and what it could mean if the executive orders of President Obama are dismantled.

I try to uncover what’s really behind North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory’s, and other Conservatives, push to force transgender Americans to use a bathroom that does not match their gender identity.

I discuss with callers what I believe are the differences between a ‘liberal’ and a ‘leftist.’ I also talk about how I think this applies to the two candidates vying to be our next Democratic nominee for President, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

I discuss why my heart is with Bernie but my head is with Hillary.

Donald Trump has done more than any single individual in a generation to expose the Republican Party, its supporters, and the real pain of the working class.

* He’s exposed the Republican Establishment for what it is: a bunch of hypocrites who believe in nothing, who are owned by those who pay for them, and who will do anything to retain power.

* He’s exposed at least half of the Republican base for what it is: a bunch of racist xenophobes who hate science, knowledge, and intellect — the poster children for Idiocracy.

* He’s exposed the real pain for the working class, who have suffered by trade and corporate policies that have dramatically favored those who are already advantaged in our society.

* He’s exposed the authoritarian strong-man tendencies that have always been latent among a strong minority of Americans, the same Americans who supported George Wallace or Joe McCarthy in past generations and the Know-Nothing Party in the Nineteenth Century.

So yes. I thank you, Donald Trump. And I’m sure our next President Hillary Rodham Clinton — whom, I predict, will be one of the best Presidents of the United States — thanks you as well.

[I'm back today... and will be on air from 3 pm to 4 pm ET every Monday and Wednesday for the rest of 2016. Listen live on your local radio station or at MarkLevineTalk.com]

Today, I discuss my past in radio and how I got to being on 43 stations across the country.

And I discuss my future in politics, why I entered, and what I hope to accomplish in Richmond.

Thanks to all of you from across the country who’ve been regular listeners of THE INSIDE SCOOP for more than a dozen years since I began in June 2003.

I’ll be on hiatus for awhile, but I’ll be back in just three months on Monday, April 4, 2016.

I’m rejoined by Dr. Robert Shapiro, the Chairman of Sonecon, an economic advisory firm. We discuss his latest blog entitled “Will the GOP Break Up?” (http://tinyurl.com/pxsu6a2).

Dr. Shapiro is an internationally-known economist who has advised, among others, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Jr., British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and then U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Dr. Shapiro’s website is www.sonecon.com and his Twitter handle is @RobShapiro.