Explaining jokes is never a good idea, but anyway - a couple of things to note about this:
- When the Supreme Court hands down a judgement, judges within the Supreme Court who disagree with the majority ruling are permitted to express this disagreement through a "dissenting opinion" or "minority report" document (in this clip the Daily Show criticises Justice Scalia's dissenting opinion on the Gay rights judgement).
- The Texas abortion filibuster discussed later in the clip is not talking about the federal (national) Senate in Washington DC, but rather the Texas state Senate. Remember each state has its own mini version of Congress with a state House of Representatives and a state Senate.
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