Jon Stewart: Thanks to SCOTUS, Americans Can Still Kill Prisoners Painfully and Everyone Else Slowly
After celebrating SCOTUS' momentous decisions on same-sex marriage, the Fair Housing Act and Obamacare, the "Daily Show" host has one more thing to say to the Supreme Court justices: "What the fuck?"After celebrating SCOTUS’ momentous decisions on same-sex marriage, the Fair Housing Act and Obamacare, the “Daily Show” host has one more thing to say to the Supreme Court justices: “What the fuck?”
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