Supreme Court news has John Oliver feeling "hopeless"

The Daily Beast

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the certainty that conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett will replace her has broken the Last Week Tonight host. “Look, this has been a very dark week for lots of people," said Oliver. "The Supreme Court is about to lurch to the right for the foreseeable future, and if things seem hopeless right now, it’s because, to be completely honest, they basically are.”