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she seemed to have some stepback from those asserted by justice alito. the big wild card is where the chief justice is. it would be unlikely he would want to be his legacy to giving donald trump a path to forgiveness for a coup, he was the most difficult justice to read. >> they had a discussion about the court ruling. it has to have some better limiting principle. i for one couldn't quite tell where that takes him and what that meant. joyce and chay on the big historic supreme court day,...
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this being let's pick on justice alito day. justice alito's response to all of this has always you're bunch of sore losers. you just like the result. and as steve explaining is really much than that. i want to talk to you some more or go ahead 30, 30 more seconds. i think it's worth stressing like, yes, i am often sort of dismissed as being a progressive who's just crying in my spilled progressive milk. i don't know what progressive milk looks like, but that free. oatmilk. so there are two quick response. the first is this is not just progressives. i mean one of the most vocal critics inside court of a lot of the court's procedural machinations in the last two years has been chief justice john roberts. right. roberts has actually joined the three democratic appointees in a surprising of these procedural disputes, where he might be sympathetic on the merits to what the other justices are doing. he's not sympathetic to what they're doing procedurally. the alabama redistricting case is a good example of that. but more fundamentall
this being let's pick on justice alito day. justice alito's response to all of this has always you're bunch of sore losers. you just like the result. and as steve explaining is really much than that. i want to talk to you some more or go ahead 30, 30 more seconds. i think it's worth stressing like, yes, i am often sort of dismissed as being a progressive who's just crying in my spilled progressive milk. i don't know what progressive milk looks like, but that free. oatmilk. so there are two...
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. >> justice alito, the point i wanted to make about this case does go to the general proposition. >> i understand that, mr. dreeben, as i said, this case will have effects that go far beyond this particular prosecution. >> laura: well, seeing its fantasy go up in flames of trump on trial in d.c. before the election and that federal court case given how things went today at the supreme court already slim likelihood that donald trump will face a criminal trial brought by special counsel jack smith before the election appeared to dwindle further thursday in the face of withering scrutiny from the supreme court's conservative majority. and the mood was no better by the way over at vioxx where they will need to start offering company wide therapy pets. disaster for the special counsel jack smith. at least five of the court's republicans seemed eager at the very least to trump delay federal criminal trial adding that the justice who seemed to hedge the most, john roberts, also seemed to think that trump enjoys at least some immunity from criminal prosecution joining us now. chris landau. c
. >> justice alito, the point i wanted to make about this case does go to the general proposition. >> i understand that, mr. dreeben, as i said, this case will have effects that go far beyond this particular prosecution. >> laura: well, seeing its fantasy go up in flames of trump on trial in d.c. before the election and that federal court case given how things went today at the supreme court already slim likelihood that donald trump will face a criminal trial brought by...
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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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justice alito? justice sotomayor? >> wha never had a situation before where there has been a situation li ts with people attempting to stop a proceeding violently. i am not se at a lack of history proves. >> i'm not sure that is true. i would point to hatfield and courthouse problems in portld, oregon. let's also look at what the court has said in so many different cases. in dubin, in yates, and kelly. bond. all of these -- >> there was a difference there in the use of words. here, otherwise obstrts influences, impedes might have a problem with breadth and the government can address that, but it is on -- not unclear what the words mean. but the government has no way to address that. >> we can let them ans >> justice kagan, justice kavana >> if it were he language in c2, and so said whoever obstctnfluences and impedes c2itut the word otherwise, the whole provision, do you acknowledge the language would then be appliedrorly to a situation like this? >> unfortunately no. threon for that is that again, applying all the ot
justice alito? justice sotomayor? >> wha never had a situation before where there has been a situation li ts with people attempting to stop a proceeding violently. i am not se at a lack of history proves. >> i'm not sure that is true. i would point to hatfield and courthouse problems in portld, oregon. let's also look at what the court has said in so many different cases. in dubin, in yates, and kelly. bond. all of these -- >> there was a difference there in the use of words....
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justice alito made a statement that he felt -- host: talk into the phone. don't listen to your tv. caller: yes -- host: you're telling me about the supreme court hearing about january 6? caller: yes. he said people who charged it were patriots. i couldn't understand why. host: all right. david is in concorde, north carolina. hi, david. caller: i was watching the procedures yesterday when they brought the impeachment articles against mayorkas. speaker schumer cut that in the bud. it shows me we have two justices going. 14 democrats and one for conservatives. -- one for democrats. joe biden has made our government nothing but a puppet. we need a new government. we have a corrupt government that looks one way and does not know what justice is. thank you. host: by the way, we have all of that on our website at c-span.org. we have the mayorkas hearings if you want to go back to the house impeachment hearings. you can do that as well if you visit c-span.org. we have a page set aside for all of the stuff you can watch in its entirety on our website. i wanted to bring this to your attentio
justice alito made a statement that he felt -- host: talk into the phone. don't listen to your tv. caller: yes -- host: you're telling me about the supreme court hearing about january 6? caller: yes. he said people who charged it were patriots. i couldn't understand why. host: all right. david is in concorde, north carolina. hi, david. caller: i was watching the procedures yesterday when they brought the impeachment articles against mayorkas. speaker schumer cut that in the bud. it shows me we...
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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 delayed it to people who are on the far right, justice alito and others are ignoring what's in front of them, and instead, doing really the former president's being bidding. >> that's the scary bit, tara. i can't think of a legal analyst worth their time that has said this is not an open and shut case in terms of how clear it
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...
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child under federal law and i want to play alito here talking about how the hospital will stabilize the threat to the unborn child, take a listen >> in a hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. and it seems that the plain meaning is at the hospital must try to eliminate any immediate threat to the child, performing an abortion is antithetical to that duty. >> first of all, there is no child here, there is a fetus and that should be clear. but what you hear as a medical practitioner when you hear the justice saying that? >> so he is put in a situation that doesn't exist. there is no saving the fetus without saving the mother and 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 that baby eventually, to have a full healthy pregnancy, is to say that mother point there is no conflict and he is making it up. >> and to the extent that there is, to the extent that there is a conflict or they said that there is a situation in which you have to end t
child under federal law and i want to play alito here talking about how the hospital will stabilize the threat to the unborn child, take a listen >> in a hospital must stabilize the threat to the unborn child. and it seems that the plain meaning is at the hospital must try to eliminate any immediate threat to the child, performing an abortion is antithetical to that duty. >> first of all, there is no child here, there is a fetus and that should be clear. but what you hear as a...
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justice alito's decision really signals a willingness to go there. it essentially says if there is a tossup between having to choose between a woman's life and a fetus' life, it is up to the state who gets to win ou we know the case will likelyt. geoff: reverberate beyond idaho. sarah: texas has also sued around emtala. if idaho wins you can be sure that at least six states that do not have the health exception for the mother will follow idaho's lead. we are seeing this play out on the ground in emergency rooms. you would imagine those types of cases and women being turned away would just continue to escalate. geoff: sarah varney, thank you so much. sarah: thank you. ♪ amna: in the day's other headlines. president biden signed into law a massive foreign aid package after months of delay amid republican opposition. the $95 billion measure includes assistance to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. president biden celebrated the achievement today at the white house, saying it was long overdue. pres. biden: it was a difficult path. it should have been easier
justice alito's decision really signals a willingness to go there. it essentially says if there is a tossup between having to choose between a woman's life and a fetus' life, it is up to the state who gets to win ou we know the case will likelyt. geoff: reverberate beyond idaho. sarah: texas has also sued around emtala. if idaho wins you can be sure that at least six states that do not have the health exception for the mother will follow idaho's lead. we are seeing this play out on the ground...
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this was justice alito. >> if an incumbent who loses a close contested election knows 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? we can look around the world and find countries where we have seen this process, where the loser gets thrown in jail. >> i think it is exactly the opposite, justice alito. >> and he went on to say special councils representative of the court that the opposite and impact this will strengthen the ldemocratic process, chris.ng a >> you know, laura and i feel like this as watching a cartoono with wile e. coyote. they think they will blow up thf roadt runner, right? a lot of the left has been rubbing their hands in glee and finally we got president trump on criminal trial. i think the united states supreme court takes very seriously its institutional obligation to make sure that we protect the separation of powers that our constitution establishes and allow presidenta to do their job. a lot of times in the law, you can talk about a slippery slope
this was justice alito. >> if an incumbent who loses a close contested election knows 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? we can look around the world and find countries where we have seen this process, where the loser gets thrown in jail. >> i think it is exactly the opposite, justice alito. >> and he went on to say special councils representative...
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the alito were included that thing where he kept saying i'm not talking about these facts. the good side of that coin is these facts are so bad, i can't talk about them. that's the good side of that. >> i think thomas is the exception. i think thomas thinks all presidents need absolute immunity. >> that's the great mystery. he did not recuse himself or maybe his definition of recusal is i will talk the lease. clarence thomas spoke only three times. he didn't ask a paragraph worth of questions. the only thing he raised that was outside what anyone else mentioned was an issue that was not even before the court which was the legitimacy of the appointment of jack smith. that's not even before the court. thomas asked about that so he remains the most mysterious on the court today. >> i think we overthink them. when you work for president, you know they're just guys and girls. these particular guys consume all of this. i think what was clear today, they will direct quote segments from of these programs. alito gives speeches in front of conservators and i'm sure conservatives in t
the alito were included that thing where he kept saying i'm not talking about these facts. the good side of that coin is these facts are so bad, i can't talk about them. that's the good side of that. >> i think thomas is the exception. i think thomas thinks all presidents need absolute immunity. >> that's the great mystery. he did not recuse himself or maybe his definition of recusal is i will talk the lease. clarence thomas spoke only three times. he didn't ask a paragraph worth of...
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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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if one adopted alito's test it would fall outside. the fitzgerald case might be an official act. all these kinds of hype that calls has been top impeached and convicted. >> he is gone, let's say the president who ordered the military to stage a coup. no longer president. wasn't impeached and couldn't be impeached but he ordered the military to stage a coup and you are saying that's an official act? >> i think it would depend. >> that's immune. >> it would depend on the circumstances. if it were an official act he would have to be impeached. >> what does it mean depend on the circumstances? he was the president and is the commander-in-chief, he talks to his generals all the time and he told the generals i don't feel like leaving office. i want to stage a coup. is that immune? >> if it's an official act there needs to be impeachment and conviction beforehand because the framers viewed that kind. >> it's an official act? >> if it's an official act. >> is that an official act? >> if you describe that hypothetical it could well be. it is a fact-specific content. >> that answer sounds
if one adopted alito's test it would fall outside. the fitzgerald case might be an official act. all these kinds of hype that calls has been top impeached and convicted. >> he is gone, let's say the president who ordered the military to stage a coup. no longer president. wasn't impeached and couldn't be impeached but he ordered the military to stage a coup and you are saying that's an official act? >> i think it would depend. >> that's immune. >> it would depend on the...
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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 and ask just the opposite. does if we have if we if we allow for blanket immunity. does that not let's watch that. let's watch that we have that he ordered the military to stage a coup& you're saying that's an official act. >> i think it would tabassum yoon. >> i think it would depend on the circumstances where there was an official act, an official on the way you've described that hypothetical? well, it could well be. i just don't know. he'd have to again, it's a fact specific contexts, acidic determination that answer sounds to me as though it's led yeah, under my test, it's an official act, but that's sure sounds bad, doesn't it? >> sure does sound bad sure does. >> and i think you saw her go through that analysis. you heard you heard the some of
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 and ask just the opposite. does if we have if we if we allow for blanket immunity. does that not let's watch that. let's watch that we have that he ordered the military to...
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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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hand and trying to gauge the real life fallout of resolving those complex debates, including justice alito. >> if 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. >> alito asking whether that would lead the country into a cycle that ends up destabilizing democracy. while justice jackson worried about the implications of the court granting sweeping criminal immunity for all future presidents. >> if the potential for criminal liability is taken off the table, wouldn't there be a significant risk that future presidents would be emboldened to commit crimes with a abandon while they are in office? >> those questions provoking other justices to ask about whether a president can pardon himself in advance in the waning days of. facing possible criminal charges after leaving office. justice kagan noted the framers did not include a presidential immunity clause in the
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do we have to sound of justice alito and in -- making these just what i felt were very wild claims. we don't have it. i am going read it to you he says, the hospital must save lives a threat to the unborn child. it seems the meaning is the hospital must try to eliminate immediate threat to the child but performing an abortion is and at this time cal to the duty and solicitor general when i see her i am buying her a drink she says if congress had wanted to displays protens for pregnant women in danger of losing their lives or their health, it could have eee defined the status of the fetus with an emergency medical condition but that's not how they structured this and put the expand protection for the pregnant woman. justice alito is he is pudging the life and conception act from the bench. >> let's be clear for justice alito who claims textualism is the direction to go, there's no text in the united states constitution that recognizes embryos or fetuses and in fact the opposite is true. the first sentence of the 14th amend minute says citizens are people that are born. specifically.
do we have to sound of justice alito and in -- making these just what i felt were very wild claims. we don't have it. i am going read it to you he says, the hospital must save lives a threat to the unborn child. it seems the meaning is the hospital must try to eliminate immediate threat to the child but performing an abortion is and at this time cal to the duty and solicitor general when i see her i am buying her a drink she says if congress had wanted to displays protens for pregnant women in...
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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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we did here, sam alito, a little while ago, one of the conservative justices sort of poking holes and some of the arguments that is liberal counterparts were making, but you hurdle into kagan, they're just a few moments ago. i mean, getting rather pointed. i think with joshua turner. yeah. and that's after justice sotomayor decided she just was sort of done. it was clear. she's frustrated. i look, this is turner's first time arguing in front of the justices, and i think it's it's showing especially for example and what we're justice sotomayor, she has diabetes and she shared a hypothetical about someone with diabetes, the type of care that they could be prevented from receiving she gave a hypothetical and he he had a moment there. we could have maybe acknowledged the humanity there. so maybe he just moved on to his legal arguments. so that was not wanting him any friends with the liberal bloc. but one of the things that we weren't able we'll do here on air, but our colleagues are following this. i'm gonna read it. >> it's the questioning from justice amy coney barrett, and it's intere
we did here, sam alito, a little while ago, one of the conservative justices sort of poking holes and some of the arguments that is liberal counterparts were making, but you hurdle into kagan, they're just a few moments ago. i mean, getting rather pointed. i think with joshua turner. yeah. and that's after justice sotomayor decided she just was sort of done. it was clear. she's frustrated. i look, this is turner's first time arguing in front of the justices, and i think it's it's showing...
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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
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that that is something in the minds of thomas, alito, and others. do you think that is how far this court has been adulterated? that we can say conservatives are not only considering politics here, they are behaving in an expressly political way for the gain of one party. >> i don't think we can rule out that possibility. if you compare the court treatment of the trump immunity case to previous cases, it looks like they are doing things differently here and in ways that advantage donald trump. in the disqualification case, for example, they decided to hear that case quickly and schedule oral arguments immediately and ensure a decision before the primary election. here, by contrast, they decided to take the case and schedule it for argument almost two months after they decided to hear it and it does not look like they're going to act in a similarly expeditious way, when acting in an expeditious way is contrary to donald trump's interest. compare the immunity case to the case they heard before, which was the emergency medical abortion case. in that ca
that that is something in the minds of thomas, alito, and others. do you think that is how far this court has been adulterated? that we can say conservatives are not only considering politics here, they are behaving in an expressly political way for the gain of one party. >> i don't think we can rule out that possibility. if you compare the court treatment of the trump immunity case to previous cases, it looks like they are doing things differently here and in ways that advantage donald...
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. >> justice alito rather famously said after the dobbs decision overturned roe v. wade the court was sending it back to the states and the supreme court was done with the question. he was very wrong in that prediction. issue has come back to the high court several time. here in california, governor newsom is ready to introduce emergency legislation allowing doctors from arizona, where abortion is restricted, to come to california to perform abortions in california on arizonans through an expedited licensing system. in fact, this live picture is from sacramento of the governor proposing this very idea. we will have a wrap-up of what the governor says tonight in our evening newscast. >> interesting approach. we know that other states tried to enshrine their rights. this is different. >> hyde idaho is very differ and an interesting test case. >> ours as well. >> thank you, scott. >> you bet. >>> a live look ahead around the bay area right now. take a look here out of our window. san jose looking clear today. at least by my eye. we are getting a look whether this was i
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in washington in this is cnn in the trump immunity case at the us supreme court today justice samuel 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 hypoth
in washington in this is cnn in the trump immunity case at the us supreme court today justice samuel 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...
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majority of the supreme court of the united states -- against, by the way, brilliant desent by justice alito concluded that the state of texas didn't have standing to what address violations of law and variations of law from secretary mayorkas and the biden administration. so if not us then who? countless instances courts can't do it. the executive branch isn't going check the executive branch. the buck stoppings with us it is our job to do this and we failed we didn't just fail in the stheans we tried and didn't. but the majority of us unfortunately tried not to when out of our way to define our role as thing that it is not to define law as saying something other than what it, in fact, says so that we can sure our responsibilities yet again. shame on us, shame on those members of this body who voted to do that today. i wonder what future generations will say about this. i wonder how many ways in which future generations will suffer from what we did today. i hope to shout -- they'll take this as a lesson and whatnot to do and soon depart from this awful precedent otherwise this will lead to
majority of the supreme court of the united states -- against, by the way, brilliant desent by justice alito concluded that the state of texas didn't have standing to what address violations of law and variations of law from secretary mayorkas and the biden administration. so if not us then who? countless instances courts can't do it. the executive branch isn't going check the executive branch. the buck stoppings with us it is our job to do this and we failed we didn't just fail in the stheans...
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this, there are a multitude of statutes that require, no, not a suggestion, not a wish, but as justice alito described it, a congressional command that this secretary and his agents detain and in some cases remove. and this secretary has said i'm not going to do it. and that leads me back to the original point. i'm not going to go through all the evidence here for every case, for every issue that we've got. but we're ready to go, mr. schumer. we're ready to go. but it leads us back to this point. even the biden administration agrees with it. if an executive branch agencies has fully abdicated its statutory requirements, its duties, its responsibilities, there is really only one alternative. and the house did its job. we impeached. and now it's time for the senate to do its job and let that trial take place and let us see if secretary mayorkas should be removed from his office. that's what the founders intended, that's what history has indicated, and that's what is necessary in this case. and with that, i turn it back over to my friend and senator from utah, mr. lee. >> right. let's open up f
this, there are a multitude of statutes that require, no, not a suggestion, not a wish, but as justice alito described it, a congressional command that this secretary and his agents detain and in some cases remove. and this secretary has said i'm not going to do it. and that leads me back to the original point. i'm not going to go through all the evidence here for every case, for every issue that we've got. but we're ready to go, mr. schumer. we're ready to go. but it leads us back to this...
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precisely like alito's claims of empty private jet seats and personal friendship. the department of -- sorry. the department of interior employee pleaded guilty to a section 1018 false statements by a public official violation and was sentenced to two years of probation and a $1,000 fine. so what conclusion can you draw from those cases? the conclusion you draw from those cases is that over and over in the real world of proper government disclosure and accountability, government officials are prosecuted for failing to disclose gifts far lower in value than what supreme court justices have received. in that real world they plead guilty to felony criminal charges and they received criminal sentences. as felons they lose various legal privilege, and this is just for failing to disclose. these cases did not involve tax crimes. the cases against these ordinary government officials, even a member of congress, provide a comparable -- a comparable against which undisclosed gifts to justices of the supreme court should be measured. what we see shows that equivalent acts in
precisely like alito's claims of empty private jet seats and personal friendship. the department of -- sorry. the department of interior employee pleaded guilty to a section 1018 false statements by a public official violation and was sentenced to two years of probation and a $1,000 fine. so what conclusion can you draw from those cases? the conclusion you draw from those cases is that over and over in the real world of proper government disclosure and accountability, government officials are...
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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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lawyer conceded up front , as to why that was ever on the table, it was very confusing, but justice alito proposed this alternative test, and the conversation really went far afield. it was a messy argument. >> peer, take a listen to a jamie raskin had to say on how things went at the supreme court, today. >> there are politicians were not even subject to popular election, unlike me. they should move the supreme court over to the rnc headquarters, because they are acting like a bunch of partisan operatives. >> this is not the first time we've heard criticism that the highest court in the land has been hyper politicized, considering the substance of the argument today, does this particular case kind of raise even more questions about the credibility of scotus? >> it will certainly create a lot of concern and conversation about and will create criticism like the kind you saw from congressman raskin. going back, when the supreme court was presented with the question of whether richard nixon could withhold tapes in the watergate special prosecution, the chief justice, it was important enough
lawyer conceded up front , as to why that was ever on the table, it was very confusing, but justice alito proposed this alternative test, and the conversation really went far afield. it was a messy argument. >> peer, take a listen to a jamie raskin had to say on how things went at the supreme court, today. >> there are politicians were not even subject to popular election, unlike me. they should move the supreme court over to the rnc headquarters, because they are acting like a...
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thomas alito has staked out a strong pro trump position. gorsuch in between. but for roberts he probably recognizes at this point what the rolling stone article pointed out. team trump has pulled off the heist. the supreme court has slow walked this case as compared to the ballots removal case from earlier this term. the nixon cases in the 1970s during water gate. they ensured this trial will not happen before november before election day. and you know, when john roberts is embarrassed by a case, sometimes he goes quiet. he doesn't say anything. so one thing i will be looking to is whether the chief justice mostly keeps his mouth shut or whether he trying to direct arguments toward some kind of consensus position. >> i know the supreme court is quote unquote inpenetrable and don't pay attention to press. and are not victim to whatever the political climate of the day is. a will inform the time line which they rule. do you think they will expedite their ruling at all? >> u do not and i will tell you why. the rule at the supreme court is as long as a dissenter i
thomas alito has staked out a strong pro trump position. gorsuch in between. but for roberts he probably recognizes at this point what the rolling stone article pointed out. team trump has pulled off the heist. the supreme court has slow walked this case as compared to the ballots removal case from earlier this term. the nixon cases in the 1970s during water gate. they ensured this trial will not happen before november before election day. and you know, when john roberts is embarrassed by a...
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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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and so even though justice alito did push the idea of state's rights and returning abortion decisions for the states, they can't do it if it conflicts with a federal law and emerging merely treatment and labor act says it is part of the bargain for receiving medical care funds, hospitals have to agree to comply with those rules. and those include protecting the health of people when they present in a situation where they need to be stabilized. and so idaho's law conflicts with that by criminalizing behavior when it is not necessary to save the life. and so that is the window, what does it mean to save someone's life and if it is necessary to just stabilize their health even without certainty of death, then federal law requires that. >> barb, let me ask you another question. because i think one of the issues here that i've been hearing about for these arguments today is that doctors feel under legal constraints, hallie jackson interviewed a doctor from idaho that moved to colorado because they are not even sure that they can do a d and c, routine procedures for women that aren't even i
and so even though justice alito did push the idea of state's rights and returning abortion decisions for the states, they can't do it if it conflicts with a federal law and emerging merely treatment and labor act says it is part of the bargain for receiving medical care funds, hospitals have to agree to comply with those rules. and those include protecting the health of people when they present in a situation where they need to be stabilized. and so idaho's law conflicts with that by...
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i also know just in the last few seconds, listening to justice alito, a conservative justice, he was really pressuring on this idea of whether or not this idaho law conflicts with federal law and he was in some ways leaning toward dealing with idaho law as being the superseding here. just listening to these arguments, it sounds as though the court is leaning toward saying this federal law, that it supersedes idaho law. this is a court, you can't predict what it will decide. most of the justices, other than alito, that i've been hearing, have been zeroing in on this idea that emergency care to stabilize a mother, if it requires an abortion, that that likely is something that should be allowed. >> and dr. patel, this law only provides -- i'm digging into it, only provides an exception for the life of the mother. but the federal government's position is that in an emergency room, you got to provide care that preserves the health of a patient. how is that different? >> well, that's the point, i think, jose, they're trying to keep with imtalia, federal law, where we have an obligation if
i also know just in the last few seconds, listening to justice alito, a conservative justice, he was really pressuring on this idea of whether or not this idaho law conflicts with federal law and he was in some ways leaning toward dealing with idaho law as being the superseding here. just listening to these arguments, it sounds as though the court is leaning toward saying this federal law, that it supersedes idaho law. this is a court, you can't predict what it will decide. most of the...
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little bit of pushback from the conservatives and it, but i want to play first a clip from justice alito talking to the solicitor general, elizabeth prelogar, that shows the kind of skepticism heavy hand of government interfering mistakes here does the term health in emtala mean just physical health or does it also include? >> mental there can be grave mental health emergencies, but emtala could never require pregnancy termination as the stabilizing care. >> here's why it's because that wouldn't do anything to address the underlying brain chemistry the issue that's causing the mental health emergency in the first place when a woman comes in with some grave mental health emergency, if she happens to be pregnant, it would be incredibly unethical to terminate her pregnancy she might not be in a position to give any informed consent. instead, the way you treat mental health emergency is to address what's happening in the brain if you're having a psychotic episode, you administer anti-psychotics. >> i really want us simple clear cut answer to this question. so they'd going forward, everybody
little bit of pushback from the conservatives and it, but i want to play first a clip from justice alito talking to the solicitor general, elizabeth prelogar, that shows the kind of skepticism heavy hand of government interfering mistakes here does the term health in emtala mean just physical health or does it also include? >> mental there can be grave mental health emergencies, but emtala could never require pregnancy termination as the stabilizing care. >> here's why it's because...
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. >> public we could have all agreed thomas and alito, i'm not surprised. those two long ago traded in their robes for red heart. >> the justices are taking or constitutional questions very seriously and excited to see what they come down with the end of the term. >> a good day for donald trump because the justices really were not buying into the d.c. circuit's approach. that doesn't mean they will take trump is immune from prosecution but at minimum if that is the case, they would likely have to remand it to the district court to say we need you to develop this record a little further. if they do that, it's hard to see how this could possibly be tried before the election. >> you heard attempts by zoloft to politicized this. supreme court justices they are trying to go through, they seem to be looking for this. what they are looking for is to find out whether there are a way to provide narrow protection for president or constitutional duties and worried about hampering the power future presidents. >> they were skeptical and went justice capital and a leader
. >> public we could have all agreed thomas and alito, i'm not surprised. those two long ago traded in their robes for red heart. >> the justices are taking or constitutional questions very seriously and excited to see what they come down with the end of the term. >> a good day for donald trump because the justices really were not buying into the d.c. circuit's approach. that doesn't mean they will take trump is immune from prosecution but at minimum if that is the case, they...
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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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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 tconservatives, 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, the -- >> that's the problem, isn't it? >> counsel, i'm kind of shocked actually because i thought your own expert had said below that these kinds of cases were covered. >> yeah. >> 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, t
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 tconservatives, there was some concern about idaho's position. in one remarkable moment, justice amy coney barrett...
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the reference to that in the statute did come up with alito, which could have implications for person hood is the obligation equal to the unborn child and to the mother. but that's the only justice who's really talked about that issue. i thought there might have been more dcussion. they're very interesting ula, when will theine justices? sayyed this case, which could have major ramifications outside of idaho two. yeah absolutely. >> we expect much. are there major decisions will be revealed in late june, potentially even the early july. that is, of course the heart of campaign season. so it's so significant to remember that in this case, also in the other major abortion case which deals with mifepristone are the drugs used in medication? patient abortion. >> these two cases have, have considerable impacts and the women who even need that medication or need that procedure that could have an enormous impact on the outcome of the presidential race. >> we obviously cover a lot out of supreme court cases related to the elections specifically to former president trump. i would argue that th
the reference to that in the statute did come up with alito, which could have implications for person hood is the obligation equal to the unborn child and to the mother. but that's the only justice who's really talked about that issue. i thought there might have been more dcussion. they're very interesting ula, when will theine justices? sayyed this case, which could have major ramifications outside of idaho two. yeah absolutely. >> we expect much. are there major decisions will be...
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instead, it's more general obstruction of the preceding justice alito mentioned the right case as well, and that's another one where it was a forged court order ritter that prompted the litigant to dismiss the mandamus petition, but that didn't have anything to do with the evidence that was going to be considered in that proceeding. >> so what role does c1 play in your analysis? this so we understand 15, 12 c to split up the world of obstructive conduct of an official proceeding into the c1 offense and into c2. >> c1 covers everything at enumerates. it's the acts of altering, concealing, destroying records, documents, or other objects and then c2 would only pick up conduct that obstruct an official proceeding in a different way. so there's no duplication or superfluids on our reading. instead, congress was taking this universe and dividing it up into the two separate offenses. i think that's actually a virtue of our reading as compared to petitioners because i have not heard him articulate anything that would fall within c1 that wouldn't also come within c2. so on his reading, c2 reall
instead, it's more general obstruction of the preceding justice alito mentioned the right case as well, and that's another one where it was a forged court order ritter that prompted the litigant to dismiss the mandamus petition, but that didn't have anything to do with the evidence that was going to be considered in that proceeding. >> so what role does c1 play in your analysis? this so we understand 15, 12 c to split up the world of obstructive conduct of an official proceeding into the...
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you just played an excerpt of justice alito trying to set forth a hypothetical that the statute is too broad and could apply to something that i think the solicitor-general very well rebutted by saying that's not at all what happened here, this is not at all about the kind of violent attack on the capitol with the intent to obstruct the peaceful transition of power that happened here, but nevertheless cases are decided based on how the law might apply in other situations. and i think the solicitor-general went on at various points in the argument to point out the dominmous types of things would not be argued. knowing your conducts is wrong to actually disrupt, obstruct an official proceeding. but at the same time we saw other justices including justice kagen, justice sotomayor push pretty hard saying how could the clause applied here which says otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes an official proceeding, how could that mean anything than otherwise doing it in any form. he wants it to be limited to altering records and destroying records, and those justices said that's not then s
you just played an excerpt of justice alito trying to set forth a hypothetical that the statute is too broad and could apply to something that i think the solicitor-general very well rebutted by saying that's not at all what happened here, this is not at all about the kind of violent attack on the capitol with the intent to obstruct the peaceful transition of power that happened here, but nevertheless cases are decided based on how the law might apply in other situations. and i think the...