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maybe if you are cynical and think okay, maybe samuel alito and thomas are going to be outliers. but, the fact that it looks like there's at least four, it's going to be, to me, it looks like 5-4, one way or the other on a case that i agree with neil is so off the charts tells you how inured we are to trump overtaking what this country is supposed to stand for. >> what i thought i was counting was a majority, clear majority saying, no, there is absolutely no such thing as absolute immunity, absolutely no such thing. i don't know what neil gorsuch was getting at at certain spots there, where he was saying things like, well, you know, if you, samuel alito said if you do that, order seal team six, you don't have to worry about that because seal team six won't obey the order to assassinate hillary clinton. and then neil gorsuch was saying, made a very clear point to say, to trumps lawyer, so there's absolutely no doubt that subordinates of the president can be prosecuted for exactly the thing you are saying the president cannot be prosecuted for and trumps lawyer said that's right, i
maybe if you are cynical and think okay, maybe samuel alito and thomas are going to be outliers. but, the fact that it looks like there's at least four, it's going to be, to me, it looks like 5-4, one way or the other on a case that i agree with neil is so off the charts tells you how inured we are to trump overtaking what this country is supposed to stand for. >> what i thought i was counting was a majority, clear majority saying, no, there is absolutely no such thing as absolute...
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and so the methodology adopted by that man, samuel alito, on the right, with the support supreme court effectively ruled as if we are going to let the past dictate the present. in this really binding way. specifically, the white men who held power in the distant past. the man who made up the tradition of our history. this isn't some weird fluke. if the logic of dobbs at play where that states supreme court just revived a near-total abortion ban from 1864 from when lincoln was president. this is the code of laws adopted by the very first arizona territorial legislature 160 years ago. yes, territorial because arizona would not become a eight for more than 50 more years. name for judge and principal author william thompson howell, the menu see there on the left, the howell code foreman iced the laws governing all the territory. population, less than 2000. excusable homicide by misadventure, which could include a man working with an axe killed a bystander or a parent is moderately correcting his child and happens to occasion death. it contains multiple sections relating to duals, for examp
and so the methodology adopted by that man, samuel alito, on the right, with the support supreme court effectively ruled as if we are going to let the past dictate the present. in this really binding way. specifically, the white men who held power in the distant past. the man who made up the tradition of our history. this isn't some weird fluke. if the logic of dobbs at play where that states supreme court just revived a near-total abortion ban from 1864 from when lincoln was president. this is...
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is this what he wanted when he chose samuel alito for the supreme court? or was george w. bush just playing the game of abortion politics? just like every republican did before him. the game was never to win. the game was to keep the game going. if you are antiabortion, you have to vote republican as long as they kept the game going. because they were the only ones who were at least pretending they wanted to stop it. equally, republican politicians didn't want abortion to stop, because then you wouldn't have to vote for them anymore to stop abortion. you wouldn't have to contribute money to their campaigns. you couldn't ask for a more powerful lesson in how much your vote matters, and how long your vote matters. your vote lives after you. long after you. millions of people who voted for george h.w. bush, and who therefore voted for clarence thomas to be on the supreme court to overturn roe versus wade, are now dead. millions of those voters have been dead for decades. their vote continues to live after them in the hands of clarence thomas on the united states supreme court
is this what he wanted when he chose samuel alito for the supreme court? or was george w. bush just playing the game of abortion politics? just like every republican did before him. the game was never to win. the game was to keep the game going. if you are antiabortion, you have to vote republican as long as they kept the game going. because they were the only ones who were at least pretending they wanted to stop it. equally, republican politicians didn't want abortion to stop, because then you...
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that is the kind of history and tradition that samuel alito have brought back to the united states. it is the very logic of this court. it is the point of the decision in dobbs. it is the point of the arizona supreme court ruling this week. in 2024 william claude jones gets to control the body of women and girls in the state of arizona. are you tired of your hair breaking after waiting years for it to grow? new pantene with more pro-vitamins, plus biotin & collagen. repairs as well as the leading luxury bonding brand. stronger, healthier hair, without the $60 price tag. if you know, you know it's pantene. millions of children are fighting to survive due to inequality, conflict, poverty and the climate crisis. save the children® is working alongside communities to provide a better life for children. and there's a way you can help. please call or go online to give just $10 a month. only $0.33 a day. we urgently need 1000 new monthly donors in the next 30 days to help the children we support around the world. you can help provide food, medicine, care and protection, plus so much more
that is the kind of history and tradition that samuel alito have brought back to the united states. it is the very logic of this court. it is the point of the decision in dobbs. it is the point of the arizona supreme court ruling this week. in 2024 william claude jones gets to control the body of women and girls in the state of arizona. are you tired of your hair breaking after waiting years for it to grow? new pantene with more pro-vitamins, plus biotin & collagen. repairs as well as the...
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we also saw that justice samuel alito. another republican appointeee to the court. a conservative one albeit not a trump appointed justice. this would lead presidents to essentially try to stay in office unlawfully. to hole on to power. he said that would put america in a dangerous cycle of undermining democracy. so there were quite a bit of concerns. i don't want to overstate the case and say a majority of the court is going to reulg rule in trump's favor. i think you heard quite a bit of skepticism of the degree of immunity that former president trump is seeking. but i think -- i think that a majority of the court is probably going to coalesce around some form of legal protection for presidents over their official act and the question is what does that do to this prosecution and what what is that going to do to prosecutions down the line? >> a majority would ko legislation around some protections for the former president. which justices do you think would be part of that group and why? >> well, the justices that i just mentioned obviously thinking that there is a
we also saw that justice samuel alito. another republican appointeee to the court. a conservative one albeit not a trump appointed justice. this would lead presidents to essentially try to stay in office unlawfully. to hole on to power. he said that would put america in a dangerous cycle of undermining democracy. so there were quite a bit of concerns. i don't want to overstate the case and say a majority of the court is going to reulg rule in trump's favor. i think you heard quite a bit of...
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bush was a vote for samuel alito. so yes. you can and should blame donald trump, but you should have to blame the people who voted for donald trump for president in 2016 and you have to blame the voters who voted for george w. bush and the voters who voted for george w. h. bush before that. because if dukasis or gore had won, donald trump could have put three right wing judges on the supreme court and they still wouldn't have a majority. for the voters who voted for joe biden four years ago and are no longer with us because they were lost to covid or cancer or other illness their votes are going to live after them another 30 years that ketanji brown jackson will serve on the united states supreme court. your vote will live after you. it will live in the supreme court. your vote will live on in the hands of federal judges. in their 40s appointed by joe biden who will serve for another 40 years. your vote will decide what century we live in. will we live in an age of legal and constitutional enlightenment or will we live in 186
bush was a vote for samuel alito. so yes. you can and should blame donald trump, but you should have to blame the people who voted for donald trump for president in 2016 and you have to blame the voters who voted for george w. bush and the voters who voted for george w. h. bush before that. because if dukasis or gore had won, donald trump could have put three right wing judges on the supreme court and they still wouldn't have a majority. for the voters who voted for joe biden four years ago and...
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one moment from samuel alito as he grapples with the issue of presidential immunity. >> if an incumbent loses an election knows the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country. we can look around the world and find this process, loser gets thrown in jail. >> i think it is opposite, justice samuel alito. >> carley: these are questions the justices have never had to deal with before. if a president loses reelection, does he have to worry about getting thrown in jail? what did we learn and where do you see this going? >> i think a lot of the justices were concerned about that on both sides of the aisle. it is legitimate question about the future, forgetting about donald trump. gorsuch said we're making a law for the ages potentially. give questions about concern this might be some type of p precedent where political opponents are pross cuted, they seem to be looking at not what the court did, but a test going forward for immunity for acts undertaken in office. it is very unlikely
one moment from samuel alito as he grapples with the issue of presidential immunity. >> if an incumbent loses an election knows the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country. we can look around the world and find this process, loser gets thrown in jail. >> i think it is opposite, justice samuel alito. >> carley: these are questions the justices have never had to...
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there's constitutional rights, samuel alito questioned the solicitor general about the interests of the unborn child under federal law. i want to play samuel alito talking about how the hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. take a listen. >> the hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. and it seems that the plain meaning is that the hospital must try to eliminate any immediate threat to the child but performing an abortion is antithetical to that duty. >> first of all, to my mind, there is no child. there is a fetus and that should be clear. what do you hear as a medical practitioner in an emergency room when you hear the justice saying that ? >> he is creating a situation that doesn't exist. there is no saving the fetus without saving the mother. what he is creating is this idea that there is a conflict between the life of the mother and whatever emergency this fetus is having. the only way to save that fetus, to deliver the baby eventually, to have a full, healthy pregnancy is to say that mother. there is no conflict and he's making it up out of whole
there's constitutional rights, samuel alito questioned the solicitor general about the interests of the unborn child under federal law. i want to play samuel alito talking about how the hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. take a listen. >> the hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. and it seems that the plain meaning is that the hospital must try to eliminate any immediate threat to the child but performing an abortion is antithetical to that duty....
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i think thomas and samuel alito have staked out a strong program position, neil gorsuch is somewhere in between. i think that for chief justice roberts especially, he probably recognizes at this point what that article pointed out, which is that team trump has pulled off the heist. the supreme court has slow walk to this case as compared to the ballot removal case from earlier this term, the nixon cases in the 1970s during watergate. they have in short, i think, that this trial will not happen before november, before election day. and, you know, when john roberts is embarrassed by a case for sometimes he goes quiet, he doesn't say anything. one thing i will be looking to is whether the chief justice mostly keeps his mouth shut or whether he tries to direct arguments toward some kind of consensus position. >> i know that this supreme court is "impenetrable and they don't pay attention to press." and they are not victim to whatever the political climate of the day is. but, do you think the widespread public outcry over the slow pace with which they have taken this up, the fact they too
i think thomas and samuel alito have staked out a strong program position, neil gorsuch is somewhere in between. i think that for chief justice roberts especially, he probably recognizes at this point what that article pointed out, which is that team trump has pulled off the heist. the supreme court has slow walk to this case as compared to the ballot removal case from earlier this term, the nixon cases in the 1970s during watergate. they have in short, i think, that this trial will not happen...
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we also saw that justice samuel alito. another republican appointeee to the court. a conservative one albeit not a trump appointed justice. this would lead presidents to essentially try to stay in office unlawfully. to hole on to power. he said that would put america in a dangerous cycle of undermining democracy. so there were quite a bit of concerns. i don't want to overstate the case and say a majority of the court is going to reulg rule in trump's favor. i think you heard quite a bit of skepticism of the degree of immunity that former president trump is seeking. but i think -- i think that a majority of the court is probably going to coalesce around some form of legal protection for presidents over their official act and the question is what does that do to this prosecution and what what is that going to do to prosecutions down the line? >> a majority would ko legislation around some protections for the former president. which justices do you think would be part of that group and why? >> well, the justices that i just mentioned obviously thinking that there is a
we also saw that justice samuel alito. another republican appointeee to the court. a conservative one albeit not a trump appointed justice. this would lead presidents to essentially try to stay in office unlawfully. to hole on to power. he said that would put america in a dangerous cycle of undermining democracy. so there were quite a bit of concerns. i don't want to overstate the case and say a majority of the court is going to reulg rule in trump's favor. i think you heard quite a bit of...
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alito, que decia ¿que pasa si hay persecuciones politicas? >> ahora cualquier presidente que salga de la casa blanca no va a poder tomar decisiones dificiles, las decisiones dificiles que son parte de este puesto porque van a pensar que sus enemigos los van a acabar poniendo en la carcel. >> y un comentario clave de sonia sotomayor que dijo hasta ahora hemos confiado en una democracia que funciona en que los funcionarios y los oficiales de la democracia de este pais han actuado pensando mas en el pais que en ellos mismos. >> ella claramente se estaba estaba refiriendo a donald trump, que era el ataque que le tenia que dejar. >> para cerrar, para cerrar, ¿hacia donde crees tu que se va a inclinar la corte y tambien un elemento central, y que no se hablo ahi, es cuando dar a conocer esta decision. >> ese es el elefante en el cuarto, que necesitamos que la tomen rapidamente, estamos en temporada electoral esa decision define los otros juicios de trump, entonces se necesita con urgencia, numero uno. >> ¿con que me quedo? >> van a tener que defi
alito, que decia ¿que pasa si hay persecuciones politicas? >> ahora cualquier presidente que salga de la casa blanca no va a poder tomar decisiones dificiles, las decisiones dificiles que son parte de este puesto porque van a pensar que sus enemigos los van a acabar poniendo en la carcel. >> y un comentario clave de sonia sotomayor que dijo hasta ahora hemos confiado en una democracia que funciona en que los funcionarios y los oficiales de la democracia de este pais han actuado...
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justice samuel alito noting the federal law mandating emergency care also cites a responsibility to an unborn child. >> the statute imposes on the hospital a duty to the woman certainly, and also a duty to the child. and it doesn't tell the hospital how it is to adjudicate conflicts between those interests, and it leaves that to state law. >> reporter: still, even among conservatives, there was some concern about idaho's position. in one remarkable moment, justice amy coney barrett -- a staunch opponent of abortion rights -- exclaimed she was "shocked" by idaho's argument that women in crisis could be refused an abortion in an emergency room on a case-by-case basis. >> it is very case-by-case. the examples -- >> i'm kind of shocked, actually. because i thought your own expert had said below that these kinds of cases were covered. and you're now saying they're not? >> no, i'm not saying that. that's just my point, your honor, is that -- >> well, you're hedging. >> reporter: a decision on that case is expected in june. meanwhile, tomorrow, the justices will consider whether or not former
justice samuel alito noting the federal law mandating emergency care also cites a responsibility to an unborn child. >> the statute imposes on the hospital a duty to the woman certainly, and also a duty to the child. and it doesn't tell the hospital how it is to adjudicate conflicts between those interests, and it leaves that to state law. >> reporter: still, even among conservatives, there was some concern about idaho's position. in one remarkable moment, justice amy coney barrett...
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we are talking justices neil gorsuch, samuel alito clarence thomas, chief justice john roberts, he appeared to be looking for an offramp to send the case back down to the trial court. that will delay election, let's listen to what the justices s said. >> if an incumbent who loses close hotly contested election knows a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement but the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, but not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country is a democracy? should what about president franklin d roosevelt's decision to return japanese-americans during world war ii? couldn't that have been charged under 18 usc 1421 against civil rights? >> it seems there's some area you conceived when it official acts that congress cannot criminalize and now we are talking about the scope. >> take on what you just heard. >> i agree with the justices and that is what happened during the argument. i think it was extraordinary have michael had to concede that th
we are talking justices neil gorsuch, samuel alito clarence thomas, chief justice john roberts, he appeared to be looking for an offramp to send the case back down to the trial court. that will delay election, let's listen to what the justices s said. >> if an incumbent who loses close hotly contested election knows a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement but the president may be criminally prosecuted by a...
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alito? >> i was. the sense that i got from those justices was that to them, to their minds, the real threat to democracy was not trump's effort on january 6th, to overturn a free and fair presidential election, the true threat to democracy is the justice department effort to hold him accountable for that act, and i did not expect this kind of minimization of january 6th that we saw from the justices. my sense is that the conservative bloc just did not think that the insurrection at the capital was that big of a deal. instead of hearing concern about what it would mean to let the president off scott free for allegedly plotting and facilitating this violent election subversion, these justices try to say, let's talk about the abstract principles, don't we need presidents to act boldly and fearlessly? as though we have not seen a lesson in what happens when a president thinks he's unaccountable, and is if we are not here in this hearing, in this case, to try to decide whether or not, as a democr
alito? >> i was. the sense that i got from those justices was that to them, to their minds, the real threat to democracy was not trump's effort on january 6th, to overturn a free and fair presidential election, the true threat to democracy is the justice department effort to hold him accountable for that act, and i did not expect this kind of minimization of january 6th that we saw from the justices. my sense is that the conservative bloc just did not think that the insurrection at the...
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what is so insane to me as you said, down to samuel alito , they keep reaching back to the 19th century before women have the right to vote to say that that's when things were great. except for article 3 when it comes to insurrection. that they carve out for trump. it feels like it deeply misogynistic way to run a country. your thoughts. >> absolutely. i think that is what you are hearing in the voices of some of the people that you just interviewed or that the show just interviewed here in arizona which is a sense of disbelief that we have in arizona that we just got dragged back to 1864. this is why i really think this is such an enormous calculation by the extremist and the legislature and by these judges in the supreme court. this is not a state that believes that we should be guided by or governed by an 1864 almost total abortion ban. this is something that women and men are taking very deeply personally. i think it is a huge miscalculation. we are going to fight it. at the end of the day i believe the people of arizona will make their voices heard in november in the form of a ball
what is so insane to me as you said, down to samuel alito , they keep reaching back to the 19th century before women have the right to vote to say that that's when things were great. except for article 3 when it comes to insurrection. that they carve out for trump. it feels like it deeply misogynistic way to run a country. your thoughts. >> absolutely. i think that is what you are hearing in the voices of some of the people that you just interviewed or that the show just interviewed here...
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alito who wrote the opinion overturning roe v. wade. without those bush judges on the supreme court, it could not have happened. george bush's father appointed justice thomas where he waited patiently for 30 years to overturn roe v. wade. it is the work of the last three republican presidents and everyone who helped their campaigns that has sent the state of arizona back to life in 1864 when they had no running water, no electricity or toilets and republicans in the legislature decided to keep that state living in 1864. when they blocked an attempt by democrats to repeal the 1864 law which the supreme court of arizona this week said is now the law of arizona banning abortion and providing a five- year prison sentence for anyone who participates in any way in any abortion services. president biden's reelection campaign has rushed in to arizona with an aggressive television advertising campaign about the stakes for the people of arizona. >> because of donald trump, millions of women lost the fundamental freedom to control their own
alito who wrote the opinion overturning roe v. wade. without those bush judges on the supreme court, it could not have happened. george bush's father appointed justice thomas where he waited patiently for 30 years to overturn roe v. wade. it is the work of the last three republican presidents and everyone who helped their campaigns that has sent the state of arizona back to life in 1864 when they had no running water, no electricity or toilets and republicans in the legislature decided to keep...
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justice brett kavanaugh and samuel alito saying prosecutors, judges, grand juries right at home in a trump social media feed about how there is not really a rule of law in this country and what looks like our supposed legal system is really just corrupt people out to get donald trump. the conservative justices today were absolutely and consistently unwilling to discuss trump's alleged crimes as laid out in the indictment that led to this case. to the point that it became almost a comedic gymnastic effort at avoidance between justice alito and the lawyer for special counsel jack smith. >> if the court has concerns about the robustness of it, i would suggest looking at the charges in this case. >> well i'm going to talk about this in the abstract. >> conspiracies to defraud the united states with respect to one of the most important functions, namely the certification of the next president. >> well i don't want to dispute that particular application of that, of 371 conspiracy to defraud the united states. >> it is difficult to think of a more critical function than the certification of
justice brett kavanaugh and samuel alito saying prosecutors, judges, grand juries right at home in a trump social media feed about how there is not really a rule of law in this country and what looks like our supposed legal system is really just corrupt people out to get donald trump. the conservative justices today were absolutely and consistently unwilling to discuss trump's alleged crimes as laid out in the indictment that led to this case. to the point that it became almost a comedic...
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alito, can retire and be replaced by 30-year-old versions of themselves. that seems obvious. the bride is sort of implied. what legislatively can be done? brett kavanaugh has already gotten away, perhaps, with criminal activities, so he already feels a certain impunity. he got on the court, you know, having been credibly accused of a sexual assault. that didn't matter. he wasn't even investigated. clarence thomas was credibly accused of also being a sex pest. he got away with that. they themselves live with impunity. is there anything that might be done, could be done if democrats were to take back the house and have enough senate votes, should any of them be impeached? it's clear corruption. it's so obvious. >> well, the american people have to insist upon the rule of law here. the president's primary job as a republican judge on the d.c. circuit put it, is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. not completely betrayed and defeated. and she said it would be strikingly paradoxical if the person who is supposed to be taking care that the laws a
alito, can retire and be replaced by 30-year-old versions of themselves. that seems obvious. the bride is sort of implied. what legislatively can be done? brett kavanaugh has already gotten away, perhaps, with criminal activities, so he already feels a certain impunity. he got on the court, you know, having been credibly accused of a sexual assault. that didn't matter. he wasn't even investigated. clarence thomas was credibly accused of also being a sex pest. he got away with that. they...
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alito's undisclosed fishing trips with gop billionaire, pulsing or, and chief justice john roberts his wife, jane roberts, making millions recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have had businesses as well, before the court. house democrats have had enough. representatives introduced a bill to tackle ethics concerns, the judicial ethics enforcement act of 2024. this bill has gained support from congressman adam schiff and would create an office of the inspector general to ensure accountability for justices sitting on the supreme court. congresswoman stansbury joins me now. great to have you back on the show. very important piece of legislation that you and others have introduced. we know the court released its first formal code of ethics in november and it was criticized for lacking enforcement mechanisms, it didn't really include any new roles that would address the lapses that we've seen from some of the justices recently. how did that play into your decision to introduce the bill, and why now? >> thank you for having me. it's very clear that this is one of the most
alito's undisclosed fishing trips with gop billionaire, pulsing or, and chief justice john roberts his wife, jane roberts, making millions recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have had businesses as well, before the court. house democrats have had enough. representatives introduced a bill to tackle ethics concerns, the judicial ethics enforcement act of 2024. this bill has gained support from congressman adam schiff and would create an office of the inspector general to...
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even more incredibly, justice samuel alito seem to entertain this idea as considering it a prominent provision. while clarence thomas asked the lawyer for mifepristone how she would respond to the argument that mailing the product would violate the comstock ask. for its part, the biden administration argues the statute is not relevant to the current dispute over mifepristone as it is not the fda' s job to interpret and enforce a criminal statute. it is worth taking a moment to consider how backwards and dangerous it is that this argument is taking place on the floor of the supreme court. again, this is a chastity law that has been dormant for over a century. the version of america to which this law belongs in the country that did not grant the basic rights of citizenship to women are most people of color. my next guest, democratic senator tina smith is leading efforts to repeal the comstock act writing in the "the new york times", " here is the bottom line . we cannot let anyone, not the supreme court, not donald trump and certainly, not a random busybody from the 19th century take a
even more incredibly, justice samuel alito seem to entertain this idea as considering it a prominent provision. while clarence thomas asked the lawyer for mifepristone how she would respond to the argument that mailing the product would violate the comstock ask. for its part, the biden administration argues the statute is not relevant to the current dispute over mifepristone as it is not the fda' s job to interpret and enforce a criminal statute. it is worth taking a moment to consider how...
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then justice samuel alito said, "i -- totally -- agree -- with -- you." then justice ketanji brown jackson said, "please the american people are counting on us. can we speed this up?" then justice neil gorsuch said, "we -- are -- going -- as -- fast -- as -- we -- c-a-n." [ laughter and applause ] perfect. we got mixed messages there. >> steve: wow. well, congress has struck a a deal to delay a government shutdown until march 8th, which means in one week we'll have another looming shutdown. it just keeps happening. and it's hard not to be bored by this whole thing to be honest. which explains why c-span released this new promo trying to make it seem more exciting. watch this. >> what's up, america? on march 8th, the biggest rivalry in politics is back for another historic showdown. but this time, there are no holds barred. the fight over debt is a fight to the death. two parties in the steel cage of negotiation, where no one leaves until a fiscal budget is approved. schumer has lowered his glasses, and he's ready to kick some asses. but mcconnell's preppe
then justice samuel alito said, "i -- totally -- agree -- with -- you." then justice ketanji brown jackson said, "please the american people are counting on us. can we speed this up?" then justice neil gorsuch said, "we -- are -- going -- as -- fast -- as -- we -- c-a-n." [ laughter and applause ] perfect. we got mixed messages there. >> steve: wow. well, congress has struck a a deal to delay a government shutdown until march 8th, which means in one week...
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alito said in part quote i am not discussing the particular facts of this case." communications director, and dave ehrenberg palm beach county, florida, good to have you both. the conservative super majority on the court, addressed this issue on thursday, and i wanted to start by asking you what we heard from the justices. justice alito saying he's not really talking about the particular facts of the case? >> it's unbelievable. the reason why the supreme court stepped in and delayed this was because they didn't want to talk about the specifics of the case. they would have not even reviewed the appeal, because the lower court did a really good job explaining why trump's actions on january 6th and before were not official acts. he should not be getting anywhere near immunity, but the courts said we are going to the broader principles of what constitutes official acts, and whether that would be immune. to do some hypothetical thinking. the fact is the clock is ticking. they know what they are doing. there was a case against donald trump in washington, d.c. where they
alito said in part quote i am not discussing the particular facts of this case." communications director, and dave ehrenberg palm beach county, florida, good to have you both. the conservative super majority on the court, addressed this issue on thursday, and i wanted to start by asking you what we heard from the justices. justice alito saying he's not really talking about the particular facts of the case? >> it's unbelievable. the reason why the supreme court stepped in and delayed...
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but in many ways, it's a vindication for justice samueling alito's decision. he said our job isn't to decide what the rule of, what the policy should be on abortion. that's for the people to decide. and dobbs lets the people decide. that's what florida voters are going to do. >> that's absolutely right. and, by the way, paul, politics is very messy. [laughter] and, you know, i know that there are some people that would rather the court just step in and decide all of this, but he's right, you return this back to the states. the problem rests with republicans who have not understood the degree to which democrats were going to use this. and they're going to do it again in swing states. it's not just florida. they're going to put it on the ballot in arizona, montana, other swing states for this presidential election. and that is going to be a challenge on the map. paul: all right. still ahead, the biden camp was quick to dismiss recent polls showing donald trump edging biden in key ballotgrounds, but a shifting electorate in some of these swing states could spell
but in many ways, it's a vindication for justice samueling alito's decision. he said our job isn't to decide what the rule of, what the policy should be on abortion. that's for the people to decide. and dobbs lets the people decide. that's what florida voters are going to do. >> that's absolutely right. and, by the way, paul, politics is very messy. [laughter] and, you know, i know that there are some people that would rather the court just step in and decide all of this, but he's right,...
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i want you to hear to samuel alito and his indignation, talking about your state. here he is. >> so we have this phrase, emergency medical condition, and that provision. and then under --, the term emergency medical condition is defined to include a condition that placed the health of the woman's unborn child in serious jeopardy. so, in that situation, the hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. and it seems that the plan -- plain meaning is that the hospital must try to eliminate any immediate threat to the child. performing an abortion is antithetical to that duty. -- >> you go so far as to say that the statute is clear in your favor. i don't know how you can say that in light of the provisions i have just read to you. >> i know how i feel about listening to him or 10 he knows more than a doctor about treating a patient. how do you feel listening to him talk like that, as if he knows better how to treat a fetal emergency than you do? >> it is disheartening. certainly, as a maternity fetal medicine physician, it is my job and goal to have the best
i want you to hear to samuel alito and his indignation, talking about your state. here he is. >> so we have this phrase, emergency medical condition, and that provision. and then under --, the term emergency medical condition is defined to include a condition that placed the health of the woman's unborn child in serious jeopardy. so, in that situation, the hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. and it seems that the plan -- plain meaning is that the hospital must try to...
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alito, and i have talked about repealing the 20th century as a core goal of magaism. it seems like what offends them is the 20th century made what the constitution prescribed as a small "l" liberalism, the 20th century is the great american century because it made it more real for women, for workers, for what used to be child labors, for immigrants, for black people. and they're offended by it, by the whole 20th century. >> that's right. it's important to separate that from what they talk about, they're upset about wokeness. people were upset about wokeness in the civil rights era too. many whites were upset about the civil rights movement and they regarded it as the wokeness of their time. it's true it's the fundamental elements of our system they're opposed to even though they want to say it's an excess of wokeness. i think we need to understand that it isn't just the whims of donald trump, and one of the reasons he's talking the way he talks is that his most reliable group of supporters are what i think you can't have a better word for them than white nationalists.
alito, and i have talked about repealing the 20th century as a core goal of magaism. it seems like what offends them is the 20th century made what the constitution prescribed as a small "l" liberalism, the 20th century is the great american century because it made it more real for women, for workers, for what used to be child labors, for immigrants, for black people. and they're offended by it, by the whole 20th century. >> that's right. it's important to separate that from what...
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john: and two justices, samuel alito, a conservative, and justice ketanji brown jackson, one of the liberals, sort of talked about this at very different viewpoints. marcia: very different view points. >> if an incumbent who loses a hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy? >> i think it's exactly the opposite. there is an appropriate way to challenge things through the courts with evidence. if you lose, you accept the results. that has been the nation's experience. >> you seem to be worried about the president being chilled. i think that we would have a really significant opposite problem if the president wasn't chilled. if someone with those kinds of powers, the most powerful person in the world, with the greatest amount of authority, could go into office knowing that there would be no potenti
john: and two justices, samuel alito, a conservative, and justice ketanji brown jackson, one of the liberals, sort of talked about this at very different viewpoints. marcia: very different view points. >> if an incumbent who loses a hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not...
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alito really digging in on the idea of why idaho should be allowed to have its abortion policy supersede because this was an issue left to the states. >> and so barb, from what you've heard, and we know justice a lee foe was the driving force behind the way the dobbs decision was written and it was a state's right and that led to all the other things we've seen on contraception and idf and a lot of other applications. but from what you heard, where did you see amy coney barrett coming down? because she is an interesting swing vote here potentially. >> yes, i think so. i gotten a opportunity to listen to the oral arguments which are now available in real time on the supreme court website. and i heard skepticism from justice barrett and justice kavanaugh. they asked pointed question. so if you add those to the sotomayor, kgan and jackson, you come up with five which is sufficient to rule in favor of the united states here. and so won't things that i thought that justice barrett was particularly pointed at was really pushing the lawyer for the state of idaho about the daylight that exists b
alito really digging in on the idea of why idaho should be allowed to have its abortion policy supersede because this was an issue left to the states. >> and so barb, from what you've heard, and we know justice a lee foe was the driving force behind the way the dobbs decision was written and it was a state's right and that led to all the other things we've seen on contraception and idf and a lot of other applications. but from what you heard, where did you see amy coney barrett coming...
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samuel alito. right. was george w bush's third choice to replace justice on the supreme court. right. the fluke innis of justice scalia died in february of 2016, as opposed to february 2015. the fluke innis of ginsburg dying in september 2020 as opposed to january 22. i mean. right. it's these two things together where in a system with a court that's looking over its shoulder, even if you the same radical, polarized in appointments, you probably don't get the same behavior from the court. right. and that's how those things fit together, in my view. mm hmm. i was struck, though, in reading shelby county by chief justice, kind of. well, we don't need the voting rights anymore. there's no more discrimination in voting in this country. that's not what expect supreme court justices to say. i mean, we all learned in fourth grade civics, congress makes law. so, i mean i mean, my my i am i am i am sort of agnostic about the justice bader ginsburg hagiography. but. her single favorite, her single best of opinion is that's like saying you don't need an umbrella anymore because you're not
samuel alito. right. was george w bush's third choice to replace justice on the supreme court. right. the fluke innis of justice scalia died in february of 2016, as opposed to february 2015. the fluke innis of ginsburg dying in september 2020 as opposed to january 22. i mean. right. it's these two things together where in a system with a court that's looking over its shoulder, even if you the same radical, polarized in appointments, you probably don't get the same behavior from the court....
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. >> justice samuel alito >> pressed fissures lawyer on the meaning of otherwise in that statute, you may be fighting off more than you can chew by suggesting if if you are indeed suggesting that the otherwise clause can only be read the way you read it, >> chief justice john roberts also took issue with prosecutors broadly interpreting a law that's geared toward prohibiting the destruction of records. >> you can't just tack it on and say look at it as if it's standing alone because it's not the three liberal justices appearing to for the government's positiith stice sonia sotomayor suggesting the court adopted a plain reading of the law. >> there is a sign on a theater. you will be kicked out of the theater if you photograph or record the actors or otherwise disrupt the performance if you start yelling i think no one would question that you can be expected to be kicked out under this policy and push back on the argument that the statute hasn't been used in response to violent protests in the past pointing out january 6 is unprecedented. >> we've never had a situation before where the
. >> justice samuel alito >> pressed fissures lawyer on the meaning of otherwise in that statute, you may be fighting off more than you can chew by suggesting if if you are indeed suggesting that the otherwise clause can only be read the way you read it, >> chief justice john roberts also took issue with prosecutors broadly interpreting a law that's geared toward prohibiting the destruction of records. >> you can't just tack it on and say look at it as if it's standing...
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. >> samuel alito dominated a lot of the arguments from the conservative point of view. but there were other justices including elena kagan on the left, who said, look, what's happened in idaho? since this ban was allowed to take effect and the federal government could not insist on emergency care for women with trouble, women have been transferred, have had to be flown out of the state transferred out of the state so their health needs are not being met. the justices are going to have to weigh which side has a stronger argument, but also, they were very confused about what's actually happening on the ground. so there's a lot of facts to iron out to before they make their decision. >> joan biskupic. thank you so much for the update to underscore the real life implications of abortion legislation. the biden administration argued today that quote, if a pregnant woman goes into an emergency room facing a grave threat to her health but is not facing death. doctors have to delay her care until she deteriorates or they're airlifting her out of the states if she can get the eme
. >> samuel alito dominated a lot of the arguments from the conservative point of view. but there were other justices including elena kagan on the left, who said, look, what's happened in idaho? since this ban was allowed to take effect and the federal government could not insist on emergency care for women with trouble, women have been transferred, have had to be flown out of the state transferred out of the state so their health needs are not being met. the justices are going to have to...
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alito said, in a hypothetical, maybe two disruptions in the supreme court, or maybe to peaceful protests outside so does the upshot, if you're reading what you've done this many times, i've certainly trust your reading of the justices. if it's correct, and they're skeptical and they side with the defendants here. could they be let out of jail and what would that mean for donald trump? and the indictment of him? >> no, most of these people, including donald trump, are charged under multiple classes. so it could mean less jail time for some people if the court rules against the government here or for example, in the case of donald trump, special counsel jack smith has said, even if you buy the argument here from the january 6 defendants and say that some sort of evidence connection with some records or documents has to be included here. they could go back and recharge him because they say that he he proposed fraudulent electoral count documents and that would meet the definition. we're at a time, but quickly clarence thomas, he wasn't there yesterday. he was there today. no sign. he is goi
alito said, in a hypothetical, maybe two disruptions in the supreme court, or maybe to peaceful protests outside so does the upshot, if you're reading what you've done this many times, i've certainly trust your reading of the justices. if it's correct, and they're skeptical and they side with the defendants here. could they be let out of jail and what would that mean for donald trump? and the indictment of him? >> no, most of these people, including donald trump, are charged under...
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alito raise the hypothetical question of whether a president would be protected by immunity if he's if he uses the us military seal team six to assassinate an individual the court digging into the trump team's argument that a president can't be criminally prosecuted for official acts and joining me now, the conservative lawyer, george conway, a very vocal trump critic, who is now a major donor to president biden's reelection campaign. george, thanks very much for joining us, thanks for having, let's talk about these historic oral arguments before the supreme court today. if the supreme court were to decide that presidents have immunity for official official acts, but not for private acts. what would that mean for trump? >> i don't think it necessarily means that he wins. i don't think he's going to win as broadly the broad immunity that he's been arguing, which is essentially that he could do anything. the clt six argued the seal team six hypothetical. we've been talking about the ku hypothetical that was talking about i don't think he's going to win that kind of broad official well
alito raise the hypothetical question of whether a president would be protected by immunity if he's if he uses the us military seal team six to assassinate an individual the court digging into the trump team's argument that a president can't be criminally prosecuted for official acts and joining me now, the conservative lawyer, george conway, a very vocal trump critic, who is now a major donor to president biden's reelection campaign. george, thanks very much for joining us, thanks for having,...
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alito and they are his good, good, good powell lauren strong, clarence, thomas owe you all know already i was i was ridiculous. gorsuch is the most pro criminal defendant justice on the court, regardless of the politics of it, that's why he votes with liberals all the time. i think there is zero chance that any justice will, will endorse trump's view of complete and total immunity to criminal things. trump will lose that nine zero, whether there's a qualified immunity dependent on specific cases in circumstances, maybe on capitol hills speaker mike johnson with some fancy footwork to win a key vote in the house amid republican threatened just a firearm. so did johnson out fox, the far right then pulling the plug with a big drop in sales we're asking, is tesla in trouble? and later double whammy are tortured poets are ready to dish taylor swift's big albums surprise you know that i you're there's new ally in the fight against climate change. this is new car business bucaram, and we just need to protect sure we'll do the rest. >> blue carbon plus cnn filled tomorrow at nine lactate is 100
alito and they are his good, good, good powell lauren strong, clarence, thomas owe you all know already i was i was ridiculous. gorsuch is the most pro criminal defendant justice on the court, regardless of the politics of it, that's why he votes with liberals all the time. i think there is zero chance that any justice will, will endorse trump's view of complete and total immunity to criminal things. trump will lose that nine zero, whether there's a qualified immunity dependent on specific...
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alito. so when you're a powerful network that you can make the president of your party withdraw his own white house to put your person in after the white house, counsel has already been named. that's some power so that's what we're up against. kavanaugh watched all that happen. he was not on the trump list. and he was desperate to get on the supreme court. so how do you get on the trump list? so he went auditioning. he did like. i want to say 50. he did a great federalist society roadshow and he went to federalist societies everywhere and he made sure people understood and he things that he knew the big donors would like into decisions that he was writing of the dc circuit. he was a champion auditioners. he auditioned, like you, would not believe and next thing you know, poof, suddenly he's the nominee and nobody's complaining that not on that list. oh so off the list was such a big why would you not complain if somebody was picked off the list unless somebody knew that. the winner same behi
alito. so when you're a powerful network that you can make the president of your party withdraw his own white house to put your person in after the white house, counsel has already been named. that's some power so that's what we're up against. kavanaugh watched all that happen. he was not on the trump list. and he was desperate to get on the supreme court. so how do you get on the trump list? so he went auditioning. he did like. i want to say 50. he did a great federalist society roadshow and...
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alito, raise the possibility that without immunity, president's could be prosecuted by their successors after a close election. and that could lead to a breakdown of democracy if a, an incumbent who loses a very close hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement. >> but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent. will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country, isn't democracy all right, panels back in joining us now is former trump white house attorney jim schulte's jim, is that not arguing that well, we could prevent a coup by making you immune from trying to commit a coup. >> it doesn't. i am so turned around. >> i don't think sam alito was making an argument there. i think sam alito was being being somewhat professorial there and trying to just begged the question, engage with the lawyer on this on this and have him answer the question to kind of tie up other questions, right? you saw kagan come back
alito, raise the possibility that without immunity, president's could be prosecuted by their successors after a close election. and that could lead to a breakdown of democracy if a, an incumbent who loses a very close hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement. >> but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent. will that not lead us into a...
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and let's hear first from justice samuel alito on that score yes. >> a an incumbent who loses a very close hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement. but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent. we'll that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy. and we can look around the world and find countries where we have seen this process, where the loser gets thrown in jail and you know, aaron, that wasn't a concern just of justice alito, chief justice john roberts also just talked about what kind of asked about what kind of checks are on prosecutors in this sort of situation. >> how can we just the grand jury? and i just think that in the end, there will be more delays before any kind of trial, even if in the end they reject donald trump's outright claim of absolute immunity. >> aaron john, thank you very much, but just even the possibility of delays, they're not that headline so many were
and let's hear first from justice samuel alito on that score yes. >> a an incumbent who loses a very close hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement. but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent. we'll that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy. and we can look around the world and find...