Play of the Day: How to Campaign For the Bench
Last Week Tonight takes a look at American judicial elections.
Jeb Bush is looking at a run for White House next year and, understandably, comparisons to his older brother have become common chatter in the political sphere. The Late Show's David Letterman joked about George W. Bush's famed issues with the English language and connected the brothers to the no. 1 comedy film in America. Speaking of the political dynasty, The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon was not exactly mature in talking about about businessman Woody Johnson's endorsement of the candidate, either.
North Korean's Kim Jong-un showed off a new coif last week and Letterman was all over the hairdo, asking if North Koreans like their leader "looking like Lady Gaga." Fallon also showed a possible Kim text during the "Who You Textin'?" portion of his monologue Friday.
Last Week Tonight's main story was an examination of judicial elections in the United States. Host John Oliver pointed out that many judicial elections have only one candidate and also questioned the very idea of election campaign money for judges. In examining the conflict of interest, Oliver used a metaphor of an agricultural contest from a county fair, an actual example of a Philadelphia judge and a possible way to make California judicial elections seem more contested than they are.
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