CBS’s Stephen Colbert has used The Late Show to routinely condemn Supreme Court rulings after it rejected his legal theories from way out in left field. On Monday, Colbert welcomed former liberal Justice Stephen Breyer to the show to promote the latter’s new book and seek affirmation that his views of the Court are correct. Unfortunately for him, Breyer refused to play along.
In the first segment with Breyer, Colbert asked, “Do you, former Justice Breyer, believe that former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for crimes committed while in office? Do you think, does that seem like a natural yes from you?”
Breyer may be retired, but he has not shaken the idea that a judge should not comment on a case before the court, “That seems like a general idea.”
Colbert tried again, “It, that is a general idea. Do former…
