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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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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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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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how many times have justice alito and justice thomas asked questions about the fairness of a prosecution when it comes to the criminal defendant. they are not particularly known for that. so it is a little striking to hear so many of those concerns today, coming out of that segment of the court. when you think of the dominant methodology of the court right now is reading the statute, that it is just what the plain text says. here is the plain text that's so good for the government, lawrence. it says it is a crime to otherwise obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding. it sure seems like dollars to donuts, not just what trump did, but what fisher did when the other 300 defendants were to obstruct an official proceeding. doesn't say anything about evidence in that destruction of evidence in that particular part of the statute. and that notably is what judge pam who wrote the court of appeal's opinion is what she harped on, which is this was a standalone provision, and i didn't quite hear an answer to that in the argument today. so i know right now the reports are the governmen
how many times have justice alito and justice thomas asked questions about the fairness of a prosecution when it comes to the criminal defendant. they are not particularly known for that. so it is a little striking to hear so many of those concerns today, coming out of that segment of the court. when you think of the dominant methodology of the court right now is reading the statute, that it is just what the plain text says. here is the plain text that's so good for the government, lawrence. it...
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questions about how he feels about the justices he appointed, chief justice john roberts and justice samuel 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
questions about how he feels about the justices he appointed, chief justice john roberts and justice samuel 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...
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i do think it is a little interesting for the step backward, how many times have justice alito or justice thomas asked , how fair is a charge with the defendant. it is a little bit striking to hear so many of those concerns coming out of that segment of the court. similarly, i think a dominant methodology right now is textualism. reading the statute as what it's plaintext says. here the plaintext is so good for the government. it says it is a crime to otherwise obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding. it sure seems like dollars to donuts not just what trump did but what joe fischer did with the other 300 defendants was to obstruct an official proceeding. it does not say anything about evidence and destruction of evidence and that statute. so the judge that wrote the court of appeals opinion is what she harped on. she said, this is a standalone provision in the statute. it does not say anything about evidence destruction. i did not hear anything about that in the oral argument today. i know that the government will -- certainly not lose the trump prosecution but may lose som
i do think it is a little interesting for the step backward, how many times have justice alito or justice thomas asked , how fair is a charge with the defendant. it is a little bit striking to hear so many of those concerns coming out of that segment of the court. similarly, i think a dominant methodology right now is textualism. reading the statute as what it's plaintext says. here the plaintext is so good for the government. it says it is a crime to otherwise obstruct, influence, or impede...
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i mean this is one where it's even justices alito and thomas footnote the outrageous fact that thomas is going to sit on this case tomorrow and hear it. leave that aside. even they i think cannot, will not stomach the idea of a blanket immunity. they may decide that there's some small area which maybe a president is immune, for instance, foreign relations, something that's exclusively or almost exclusively within his province, but it's hard to see that it would be in this case with these charges. >> andrew weissmann, thank you very much for joining us. we'll listen to the court tomorrow. >>> a programming note, andrew weissmann will join us in studio tomorrow at this hour after we've all heard the oral arguments at the supreme court. msnbc's coverage of the arguments start at 10:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow and tomorrow night i'll join rachel maddow for a special prime time coverage of the supreme court hearing starting at 8:00 p.m. that will go on for two hours before "the last word" comes on at 10:00 p.m. tomorrow night, as usually scheduled. >>> coming up, today president joe bide
i mean this is one where it's even justices alito and thomas footnote the outrageous fact that thomas is going to sit on this case tomorrow and hear it. leave that aside. even they i think cannot, will not stomach the idea of a blanket immunity. they may decide that there's some small area which maybe a president is immune, for instance, foreign relations, something that's exclusively or almost exclusively within his province, but it's hard to see that it would be in this case with these...