justice alito maintains that his wife, martha ann alito, is the only one responsible for the flags. but commonsense maintains that such a close and incendiary revelation requires recusal by the justice from january 6 related cases. despite a overwhelming case of interest, would a reasonable person question that justice alito's conduct exhibits and demonstrates reasonable concern for bias in these cases? absolutely. and without question. and finally justice thomas, who is married to virginia thomas, a financially and personally involved operative in the stop the steal movement and capitol attack also joined opinions in these cases, even as clear evidence mounted, that not only was his wife fully committed to overthrowing the results of a fair election but she was actively lobbying members of the trump administration attempting to do just that. the questions before the court had unquestionable implications for thomas' wife and consequently, thomas himself, making his refusal to recuse one of the most shopping conflicts of interest in the court's history. and crucially it was both just

justice alito maintains that his wife, martha ann alito, is the only one responsible for the flags. but commonsense maintains that such a close and incendiary revelation requires recusal by the justice from january 6 related cases. despite a overwhelming case of interest, would a reasonable person question that justice alito's conduct exhibits and demonstrates reasonable concern for bias in these cases? absolutely. and without question. and finally justice thomas, who is married to virginia thomas, a financially and personally involved operative in the stop the steal movement and capitol attack also joined opinions in these cases, even as clear evidence mounted, that not only was his wife fully committed to overthrowing the results of a fair election but she was actively lobbying members of the trump administration attempting to do just that. the questions before the court had unquestionable implications for thomas' wife and consequently, thomas himself, making his refusal to recuse one of the most shopping conflicts of interest in the court's history. and crucially it was both just

alito, am i correct that it is pretty clear that mrs. alito at a minimum has expressed an interest in the outcome of the two januaryn 6th cases? >> congressman, i'm glad you brought up that provision because i think it is directly relevant to questions of recusal in the trump insurrection case. i think the question depends a bit on the legal precedent for whether that would constitute an interest in the outcome of the proceedings, but that provision very clearly applies to the spouse of justice thomas who we know was a material witness in the january 6th committee and who was directly involved in trump's stop the steal movement. it very clearly requires justice thomas' kiss -- disqualification even more so than it might require justice alito's. >> thank you. i think as i turn this back over in my overlong time, the fact that justice alito thinks that he can just submit an explanation, self-certaining -- self-serving explanation without any independent investigation, without any independent accountability,, without any vetting of the fact

justice alito: mr. sauer, yo began by explaining why you believe that immunity from iminal prosecution is essential for the proper functioning of the presidency. but my queiois whether the very robust form of immunity that you're advocatg really necessary in oero achieve that result. so just to take one possible alternative, suppose the rule we that a former president cannot be prosecuted for official acts unless no plausible justification could be imagined for what the president did, taking into account history and legal precedent and the information that was provided to the president at the time when the act was taken. wod that be sufficient? or, if it is insufficient, why would it be insufficient? mr. sauer: that might be a much better rule than what emer the lower courts here. we think it would be insufficient because, again, that long line of cases talking about using the president's motives and trusive sort of consideration of the president's motives as transforming acts to official and cial would

now, alito himself he said is not fond of flying flags, but his wife is.absolutely ludicrous, even to the little little bitty pee brain of a liberal. compelled to recuse himself from january 6th or other trump related cases. but, again, go back to what i keep saying all show. the biden team literally has nothing else to run on. this is an elections year. they certainly cannot risk, they can't risk the debate being focused on the issues that voters actually are worried about. like the economy. like the border. and they are so desperate to get back to this phony insurrection that they branded back on january 6th. >> that they are trotting out capitol police officers, who were there on january 6th to stand outside the courthouse. one is even going to campaign for biden in nevada. yeah. and don't think for a second that the key press apparatchiks out there in the biden campaign aren't coordinating these stories. democrats know full well, i think that they are going to lose this if it's a regular campaign. if the frame of this race is what was better? the 3.5 y

justice alito maintains that his wife, martha ann alito, is the only one responsible for the flags. but commonsense maintains that such a close and incendiary revelation requires recusal by the justice from january 6 related cases. despite a overwhelming case of interest, would a reasonable person question that justice alito's conduct exhibits and demonstrates reasonable concern for bias in these cases? absolutely. and without question. and finally justice thomas, who is married to virginia thomas, a financially and personally involved operative in the stop the steal movement and capitol attack also joined opinions in these cases, even as clear evidence mounted, that not only was his wife fully committed to overthrowing the results of a fair election but she was actively lobbying members of the trump administration attempting to do just that. the questions before the court had unquestionable implications for thomas' wife and consequently, thomas himself, making his refusal to recuse one of the most shopping conflicts of interest in the court's history. and crucially it was both just

alito's second wife better watch her back.plause] the flag in question was a pro-trump symbol carried by many rioters at the capitol and that specifically supports a push to remake american government in christian terms and is called the "appeal to heaven" flag. here's a clear shot of what the flag looks like. oh, my god. if that's a symbol of right-wing extremism, i think my cab driver this morning was radicalized! [laughter] i just... watch out. just be careful. just be careful out there! according to "the new york times," the flag flew for several days at alito's vacation home on the jersey shore. we actually have footage of one of his neighbors reacting to the flag. >> i never seen that before. that's a, i think that's a problem. [laughter] >> stephen: thank you, citizen. the "appeal to heaven" flag is not a new flag. it was first carried during the american revolution, but it's more recently been co-opted by christian nationalists, specifically championed by a right-wing christian author named dutch sheets. dutch sheets,

oh look, the alitos put up a new flag. what does it say? "vergina" with flames around it? somebody has a yeast infection! taken oatmeal bath, honey! look, mrs. alito, i know you want to express her disapproval of pride month by hosting a vergogna up the flagpole. unfortunately, vergogna flagpole is already the name of a very successful drag queen. when she wasn't fantasizing about attacking the people, it sounded like she was having a pretty good time at the party, he or she is bidding farewell to a friend named kat. >> bye, cat! he's a bad girl. >> stephen: either way -- by the way, that's also the catch phrase of vergogna flagpole. we've got a great show for you tonight! my guests are jake gyllenhaal and "saturday night live"'s chloe fineman. when we come back, "meanwhile!" join us, won't you? ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> "the late show" with stephen colbert sponsored by the farmers dog, real food. it's time. yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. everyday, more dog people are deciding it's time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs fresh food from the

not going to move articles of impeachment against clarence thomas and samuel alito. still i thought this was a pretty big deal today because i've never seen congressional democrats go at the court and the conservative members of the court in quite this way. >> i fully agree. i think that in a sense, this is long overdue because what democrats have served up for a year now is an action on the corruption scandals that have rocked the supreme court. some angry letters, some public appearances. but this is a leap forward in terms of seeking accountability that i think what aoc is trying to remind us here is that federal judges serve for life with good behavior and that congress is well within its rights to decide that a judge or justice has failed to live up to that standard of good behavior and that when it does, congress is really left with no choice but to begin impeachment. we have heard for now more than a year from republican, will congress can't pose rules. congress can't him pose an enforceable code of judicial conduct. well if that is true, and i'm not conceding

justice alito and thomas. that is five justices.is those five who ultimately decided even the evidence of official acts couldn't be used to show what the president was up to when he used his official powers. because motive supposedly doesn't matter but motive is everything. whether a president gave a pardon in return for a bribe depends on whether he was doing it as a corrupt matter of whether he was giving a pardon because he thought someone deserved mercy. as justice barrett pointed out, you can't make sense of the quit without the quote but under the incoherent decision of the majority, you can prove the transfer of money that you can't prove anything about the pardon that was given in exchange. that's the kind of thing that makes this decision so incoherent and what makes it dangerous is that even even if we get over trumpism and the maga movement, we will have to rely on the good character of future presidents because the law will no longer serve as a source of inhibition. that is dangerous. that's a prescription for autocracy

articles of impeachment for supreme court justices alito and thomas, when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. in the continuing freak out over joe biden's campaign for reelection, there is one pretty important fact that gets missed almost entirely and i have been thinking about it a lot. the president has done nothing wrong. you would not know that from a lot of the coverage. part of what has been weird and difficult about this new cycle day in and day out is that biden's political future is being covered like a scandal and we have seen plenty of presidential scandals in recent years. we have seen a president get impeached twice in one term for behavior beyond any standard of decency or sanity including trying to end the republic. we have seen a civil jury conclude the ex-president also sexually assaulted a woman and defamed her. we've seen the former president indicted for election interference, convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. just to be clear again, joe biden has done nothing like that. as president he has reached o

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of impeachment against associate justices of the supreme court, clarence thomas and samuel anthony alitomister speaker, i believe that every day americans, independent of party or ideology and can reasonably conclude that justice thomas and alito's years long pattern of misconduct and failure to refuse cases with clear financial involvement represents an abuse of power and threat to our democracy, fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation's highest court. for the good of our institution and the nation, absent resignation, they must be removed. the proof is undeniable. >> joining our discussion now is democratic senator sheldon whitehouse. he is a member of the judiciary committee and chairs the subcommittee on federal courts. he is also the author of the scheme, how the right-wing used stark money to capture the supreme court. senator whitehouse, i was thinking when i started this program more than 10 years ago, if someone said you know that you will be on on a night when articles of impeachment are introduced against two supreme court justices at the same time, don

>> thomas and alito should resign. you can't fly all over the country on some billionaires time when you are a government employee. if they were a house staffer or a member of congress, there is a limit of $50, so like every other government official isn't allowed to do this, is, of course they shouldn't be allowed. if you want to know whi think they did it, if you read justice kavanagh's majority opinion. it has all of this language about like what if someone buys flowers for a government official and does a nice thing or buys like a dinner gift card for their schoolteacher, something like that, they give all of these innocuous examples and i think that is what going on is brett looks at this case and he looks over at clarence and sam and he has empathy for them and doesn't want them to get in trouble because those are the people that you know, he identifies with. he's not thinking about the broader implications of what does this mean for the country. >> justice jackson wrote a strong dissent in this case" officials w

alito responded very contemptuously.nt is not■z an individual. absolutely nobody is. really? now read his decision, and he is saying but under thcen abortion for funsies. preeclampsia. reporting on this movement for a long time are aware they have 8q■h saying there is no such thing as a necessary abortion. if they think it is then suddenly, it is not an abortion but most of the being forced tot it actually is. the thin really blew my mind. you remember the tragic case of 10-y to cross state lines from ohio to indiana. americans for life president catherine foster happen to be before congresssat. this is days after dobbs that this came l. one of the key architects gets t this case andif shend herts decd this would be the way, this is not an abortion, and you are like well, that is convenient. in there was a he said it would not apply to ivf. because it is not quote-unquotet in a dish. we saw how that reasoning was not upheld at the alabama supreme court. part of it is that they have not fully gotten organized. they got wh

that is justice alito's view and he was scoffing at that saying it will make it almost impossible toause how do you prove the quota the quid? and he joins the majority. i should note that amy coney barrett in her concurrence the sense on -- a defense -- has a dissent on that. that will be the argument that there was official evidence, evidence of official acts by the president that came into the state trial in new york so you can expect that is where we start hearing, the number of arguments the state that they will make including that is an argument that is waived and de minimis evidence. it opened the door to that argument in this is a crazy argument and i really don't know why the chief justice flipped on that after being so strong. >> the supreme court is sending this back to judge chutkan and ordering her to have evidentiary hearings and she will have to listen to this testimony and listen to basically the prosecution's case. here is just some and there is an awful lot that the supreme court wants her to find out what here is some of what they want her to find out about january

justice alito's view i think is a minority on the supreme court . it highlights, as you mentioned, the supreme court would have the power to determine whether a code of ethics on it self is cost national-- constitutional. >> to those of us that are not trained lawyers, this is a circular discussion. if the court says, you can give them a code of ethics and give them a code of ethics and they said, you can't give us a code of ethics, would have us in discussion for years. jeffrey rosen is the president and ceo of the national constitution center, author of several books including "the pursuit of happiness. close matthews effort, co- author of the book "how to steal a presidential election." >>> tragic raking news. the legendary six there is dr. ruth has died. the 96-year-old past away yesterday at home surrounded by family. dr. ruth westheimer have a conflict identity. she was a holocaust survivor, a sex therapist, a professor and author. she is also most well known for being a radio and tv host, in which her shows discussed six, romantic relationshi

she's filed two articles of impeachment against justice alito and justice thomas.not based in any of the decisions that either of these two justices have made, but instead, specifically about their conduct around the office. for instance, in both thomas and alito's case, she's accusing them of not properly disclosing financial benefits and gifts they were given by donors and others. in some cases, people who had business before the court or had a political interest in some of the issues before the court. she's also doing that in the case of clarence thomas, saying that he refused to recuse himself from certain cases that his spouse had a vested interest in as well. his wife ginni was very much involved in the stop the steal effort, the effort to overturn the 2020 election and things along those lines. she's also accusing justice alito as well of refusing to recuse himself from certain cases of which he may have a con nikt of interest. so these are specific accusations that alexandria ocasio-cortez is leveling against these two supreme court justices. it comes a the

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it makes me rethink the flag and whose how should be applying it. >> martha and alito.t is a shame. >> it is not something conservatives seem to have at this point. i was stunned by a couple things. obviously, the scope of the ruling the scat -- fact that the ones that you want most scrutinized. organize the department of justice. that has been taken off of the table is indicative -- >> the unofficial acts are he is refuting some wall. okay, maybe we will prosecute that or not. telling the justice department -- >> it is specifically that. the job ahead for tanya chutkan seems impossible. it is if justice roberts have handed her a ziploc bag full of dirty water. here you go, figured out looking through best. the line between official and unofficial is almost impossible to clean if you cannot look at motive and you cannot put the official acts that may have led to the unofficial abuse. my last thought is that this is the culmination of 40 years of devious and focus planning on the part of the right wing. everything that the roberts court has done from affirmative action t

the next day alexandria ocasio- cortez filed articles of impeachment against thomas and samuel alito, citing failures to publicly disclose financial income, gifts, and other transactions as well as the recusal -- refusal to recuse themselves from cases in which they may have had a conflict of interest. >> in january, 2021, after the former president of the united states incited an insurrection on the capital in this chamber, to interfere with the results of the u.s. election, justice samuel alito and his wife flew and upside down american flag, a symbol of solidarity with the attack outside their home. despite the overwhelming appearance of a conflict of interest, justice alito refused to recuse himself from cases surrounding the 2020 election and questions of the former presidents legal immunity in the attack. justice thomas, who is married to virginia thomas, a financially and personally involved operative in the stop the steel movement and capital attack, also joined opinions in these cases, even as clear evidence mounted that not only was his wife fully committed to overthrowing t

new york's alexandria ocasio-cortez has introduced articles of impeachment against justices samuel alito and clarence thomas over their refusal to recuse themselves from certain cases. >> every day americans, independent of party or ideology can reasonably conclude that justices thomas and alito's years-long pattern of misconduct and failure to recuse in cases bearing their clear personal and financial involvement represents an abuse of power and threat to our democracy, fund pamamentall incompatible with service on our nation's highest court. >> the supreme court has not responded to request for comment. it is unlikely this effort will have enough support in the republican-led house. >>> opening arguments got under way in the alec baldwin r"rust" shooting trial. he is charges charged withd wit manslaughter. >> you will see him put his trig finger on the trigger. >> even if he intentionally pulled the trigger like the prosecutor just demonstrated, that doesn't make you guilty of homicide. >> baldwin could face up to a year and a half in prison if convicted. >>> the faa investigating anot

undisclosed gifts thomas has received from wealthy conservatives in recent controversies involving alito'sg a flag insinuating joe biden did not win the 2020 election. the articles of impeachment are unlikely to gain traction, though, in the u.s. house which is controlled by republicans. >>> espn says jontay porter has pleaded guilty in a case tied to a massive nba betting scandal. in april the nba banned porter for life after finding he intentionally withdrew from games early and gave betters confidential information about his health while playing for the raptors. the insider information allowed the betters to win tens of thousands of dollars. federal authorities later charged porter and four other men in the scheme. porter will be sentenced in december and faces up to four years in prison. >>> and the "associated press" reports cavers exploring in western virginia rescued a miracle dog found 40 to 50 feet down in a cave. the unusual discovery was made on sunday. the group wrapped the shivering dog in blankets and an old jacket they found. the cavers improvised a dog harness from a tarp a

had conflict of interest. >> despite the overwhelming appearance of a conflict of interest, justice alito refused to recuse himself from cases surrounding the 2020 election in cases and cases of the former president's legal immunity in the at tack. the attack. what a reasonable person question that justice alito's conduct exhibits and demonstrates reasonable concern for bias in these cases? absolutely. the questions before the court had unquestionable implications for thomas's wife and consequently thomas himself. making his refusal to recuse one of the most shocking examples of conflict of interest in the court's history. >> impeachment has no real chance of advancing the repugnant house but this is a motivating issue for the likes of aoc. they do not want, they fear a conservative supreme court. blue when they don't like the court's decision so they try to change the court. thank you very much. 8 of the top 10 cities where homes are selling for below asking price, 8 of them are in florida. mitch rachelle will try to explain that for us. developers are adding more luxury amenities to the

justice alito doesn't put it in the constitution. thomas and others would overturn all of the 14th amendment. >> for anyone in the audience who are unfamiliar what progressive originalism is? >> textualism can come to progressive ends. sometimes it does. this is part of the engine of it. it's not really about history. they use it sometimes they don't, it's not about tax immunity, they use it when they select it but to have that in a law degree the progressive says we can bridge it, there are litigators using it and i've given an argument why if i'm a litigator i may have to do that so i published something, here's what a litigator can say about comstock that was not said by the justice department because the justice department did a terrible job defending the way comstock is interpreted. it to conventional view but it is not. you know this. you know the whole argument. so i do think that we need to make sure that we see this is bigger than all this and we need to reach out to good liberals and say what happened to the majority of wom

if one adopted justi alito's test, th wld fall outside. if one adopts the fitzgerald test, has to be impeached and convicted before he can beat criminally prosecuted. president who ordered the military to stage a coup. he ordered the military to stage a coup and you are saying that's an official act. that's immune. >> i think it would depend on the circumstances whether it was an official act. >> what does that mean, depend on the circumstances? he was the president, 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 te a coup. is that immune? >> if's an official act, there needs to be impeachment and conviction beforehand cause the framers knew the risk. >> is it an official a is it an official act? >> if it is an official act -- >> is it an official act? >> the way he described that hypothetical, it could well be but i just don't know. that answer sounds to me under my test, it's an official act, but i sounds bad. >> it certainly soundserbad, and that's why the

. >> todd: alexandria ocasio ocasio-cortez -- samuel alito and clarence thomas. they have spiralled into a constitution crisis threatening american democracy writ large. she filed three articles against justice thomas and two against samuel alito for failure to disclose financial income and gifts and for samuel alito includes failure to disclose financial gifts and recusal in cases he had a personal prejudice or bias. a lot of words for something going nowhere in the house and won't get to senate, it will be defeated. she likes to make a spectacle. >> carley: that was a verbal marathon. >> todd: a family's dream home turning into an absolute nightmare because of a make-shift junkyard next door. the homeowner begged her mayor and local officials for help and she's here next to tell her story. >> carley: following the latest on chaos at the white house. former national security advisor victoria coates, david webb, governor chris sununu all here live on "fox and friends first." i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my

articles of impeachment against associate justices of the supreme court, clarence thomas and samuel alitodependent of party or ideology can reasonably conclude that justices thomas and alito's years long pattern of misconduct and failure to recuse in cases bearing clear personal and financial involvement represents a abuse of power and threat to our democracy fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation's highest court. for the good of the institution and nation, absent resignation, they must be removed. the proof is undeniable. >> joining our discussion now is democratic senator sheldon of rhode island. also the author of the scheme. how the right wing used dark money to capture the supreme court. i was thinking when i started the program more than 10 years ago if somebody said that you will be on, on a night where articles of impeachment are introduced against two supreme court justices at the same time, it is just inconceivable but here we are. >> here we are. i think a lot of what is driving this is the fact that there is no way to determine what actually took place

recent reports also have documented lavish travel by justices clarence thomas and samuel alito allegedlythe dime of benefactors with interests before the court, along with the political activity of their wives, ginni thomas and martha-ann alito. the president was here to mark 60 years since passage of the civil rights act, important to point out republicans like house speaker mike johnson today panned the president's proposals as "dangerous" and said they have no hope in a g.o.p. controlled congress. norah. >> norah: ed o'keefe in austin for us tonight. thank you very much. there are fewer than 100 days until the 2024 election and both campaigns are heating up and getting personal. vice president kamala harris is off to a fast start as the likely democratic nominee, raking in campaign cash and rising in the polls. cbs's weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> reporter: just 99 days before the election. >> she will be worse than crooked joe biden. >> reporter: the race is tightening, and vice president harris is trying to sustain her strong start. >> people have been flooding our of

alito responded very contemptuously. and said, no one is suggesting that this pregnant patient is not an individual. absolutely nobody is. really? to then now read his decision, and he is saying but under these circumstances, that is just an abortion for funsies. preeclampsia. those of us who have been reporting on this movement for a long time are aware they have been saying there is no such thing as a necessary abortion. if they think it is okay, then suddenly, it is not an abortion but most of the time now they are being forced to define what it actually is. the thing that really blew my mind. you remember the tragic case of the 10-year-old who had to cross state lines from ohio to indiana. americans united for life president catherine foster happen to be before congress the week before that happened. this is days after dobbs that this came to light. one of the key architects of this strategy gets russian about this case and says that is not an abortion. if she and her parents decided this would be the way, this is no

after evidence of what many consider to be ethical violations by justices clarence thomas and samuel aliton presidential immunity. biden wants to counter the july supreme court ruling that essentially makes future presidents immune from criminal prosecution for official acts. it's very unlikely president biden will be able to get any of these proposals passed because of the makeup and politics of congress right now. joining us live to talk more about biden's supreme court reform plan, uc law, san francisco professor rory little, a recognized authority on constitutional issues. professor little, thanks for your time. >> happy to be here. >> this isn't a surprise. this plan being unveiled right now, right? >> well, it's not a surprise, but it's unprecedented. we haven't had a proposal from a president like this ever to totally reform the supreme court and uh- overrule a supreme court decision that has made a lot of people unhappy. >> all right, so let's take a closer look at the different aspects to biden's plan. and you can tell me what precipitated it. you know, why he deems it necessary a

and to entertain these egregious and outrageous arguments and now with john roberts, with samuel alitorence thomas, brett kavanaugh, neil gorsuch giving this outrageous notion the blessing of this faction we stand on more from the rule of law in america and this court must be held accountable. i support every effort to hold it accountable to reform this court and to restore our democracy from the reckless decision of these men to try to destroy the rule of law while claiming they didn't. let me finally say this -- these justices, each of them -- john roberts and the others -- told congress when they were facing their confirmation hearing is that no one was above the law. and yesterday, for donald trump, they were willing to set aside that fundamental principle in american law in our constitution that no president is king and basically get president trump retrospectively king like powers and perhaps prospectively. this comes as trump has been calling for the political prosecution of his enemies and for being in essence a dictator on day one and many other days should he be elected presi

with regards to sam alito's concept that oh the dissenters are just talking about extreme hypotheticalss hypothetical. we need only go back in history to the mid 1970s and the discovery in america that the fbi and the cia were spying unlawfully on our citizens, domestically. and then the senate had to convene something called the church committee named after senator frank church and what did that committee which said for over a year, what did they discover? there was systematic spying outside of all judicial rulings and there were black bag jobs by the fbi. there was wiretapping unlawful wiretapping of anybody deemed a threat by j. edgar hoover including martin luther king jr. and including trying to convince king to kill himself and including the fbi by most historians now' findings. that coordinating with an intel unit at chicago pd to actually murder a black panthers' leader. all of this extrajudicial, there were no rules so when anybody says oh don't worry about. no, we have been there, we've been there and now we have rules that came out of that church committee that actually are t

among the claims both include failing to disclose gifts and ethics reports like alito's fishing trip to alaska with hedge fund billionaire paul singer. after the trip alito did not recuse himself from cases linged to singer. >>> elsewhere, the first day of testimony has concluded in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor alec baldwin. nearly three years after cinematographer helena hutchins was fatally shot on the set of the western film named "rust." they accused the actor of playing make believe with a real gun while the defense team said the gun had been checked and ruled safe. nbc news entertainment correspondent chloe milas has the latest from new mexico where the trial will resume later this morning. >> reporter: alec baldwin was reckless by pointing a gun and pulling the trigger according to prosecutors during opening statements. >> the evidence will show that someone who played make believe with a real gun and violated the cardinal rule of firearm safety is the defendant. >> reporter: the santa fe prosecution painting a picture to jurors of a seasoned actor with careless

election, justice samuel alito and his wife flew an upside down american flag, a symbol of solidarityack, outside their home. despite the overwhelming appearance of a conflict of interest, justice alito refused to refuse himself from cases surrounding the 2020 election and questions of the former presidents legal immunity in the attack. justice thomas, who is married to virginia thomas, a financially and personally involved operative in the stop the steel movement and capital attack also joined opinions in these cases, even as clear evidence mounted that not only was his wife fully committed to overthrowing the results of a fair election, but she was actively lobbying members of the trump administration attempting to do just that. the questions before the court had unquestionable implications for thomas's wife and, consequently, thomas himself. making his refusal to recuse one of the most shocking examples of conflict of interest in the course of history. >> joining us now is democratic congressman of california, he served as an impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of d

i think it is in that context rather than a bona fide legal effort to make alito and thomas the firsts ever to be impeached that this motion resides. >> look, let's dig into this a little further. aoc cites more than 1 1/2 million dollars in goods, cash equivalents and services from billionaire benefactor harlan crow that thomas failed to disclose over the years. democratic senators are taking a different approach, they are asking the attorney general to launch a criminal investigation. he worked at the highest levels of the doj. do you see a world in which merrick garland appoints a special counsel to investigate a supreme court justice? >> no, not this world and these allegations. they are ethical and it's a really lamentable situation. if they are the henhouse they are the keepers of their own standards on impeachment. that is outrageous and attempting to change that ought to be a congressional priority. it might run right into the brick wall of the court saying we have final word, but that rather than an actual special counsel i think is the hopeful route even though white house a

we just know that samuel alito's wife was flying flags and there appeared to be some marital acrimony over that. but what do you think about the optics of all that? >> yeah i think the optics are the court just are generally bad here and just beyond the specifics of justice thomas participating in this case of justice alito. i think we should step back for a second and say, in general, how bad does it look that this court, at this moment in american history divided right down? its ideological lines six to three in this ruling, if you'll look at the history of the court, the most celebrated political rulings, whether it's the watergate tapes case in 1974, clinton versus jones in 1997 brown versus board of education in 1950 for the civil rights movement one of the things that all those rulings have in common is that the court spoke with one voice. you had justices from across the ideological spectrum, justice across the political spectrum joining together to send one message to the american people the only message i think the court has sent today is that this issue has divided them into

supreme court proposal is he goes onto explain what he is saying basically he -- they are targeting alitomas, with term limits idea also says the supreme court is only branch of government that stand in the way of one party rule. >> well, i mean if you look at the way system was set up about the pour, checks and balances judiciary is the third branch, basically what we're seeing here is they don't like decisions this court made going to change the court. the same way they don't like decisions that democrat nominating process went through. so they changed that to get vice president harris to be their nominee. to me this is not just court packing this is just -- uh -- a way to divert attention i think away from the a real issues of this campaign which are policies of the biden-harris campaign, and their administration. but honestly i think this smacks of arrogance in my view you don't like a decision so you are going to change the court. that is not how it working here. >> i have to point out i don't even recall board at journal wrote this is quite a line never mind the spectacle of a man i

justice thomas and alito have absolutely demonstrated what happens when there is no code of ethics on the highest court of the land. they now have the lowest ethics in the land. this must change and i think this election is going to absolutely be an educational exercise for the american people through the voice of kamala harris. >> no question they have become the poster children. those two you mentioned on the need for reforms. senator ed markey, thank you so much for joining me. >>> vice president harris is taking over the democratic ticket. it impacts more than just the presidential race. how down ballot races across the country are going to see the impant. we'll talk about that coming up next. bout that coming up next. (man) mm, hey, honey. looks like my to-do list grew. "paint the bathroom, give baxter a bath, get life insurance," hm. i have a few minutes. i can do that now. oh, that fast? remember that colonial penn ad? i called and i got information. they sent the simple form i need to apply. all i do is fill it out and send it back. well, that sounds too easy! (man) give a lit

in regards to sam alito's concept that they are just talking about extreme hypotheticals, none of thisetical. we need only go back to the mid- 1970s and the discovery in america that the fbi and the cia were spiking unlawfully on our citizens domestically and then the senate had to convene something called the church committee, named after senator frank church. that committee, which sat for over year, what did they discover? they were systematic spying on no court authorizations, they were black bag jobs, which means break-ins and illegal search warrants by the fbi. there was unlawful wiretapping of anyone deemed a threat by j hoover, including martin luther king and he tried to convince king to kill himself. including by fti findings that accorded with an intel unit at chicago police department to murder a black panthers leader. all of this extrajudicial. there were no rules. when anybody says don't worry about it, things will work out, no. we have been there. now we have rules that came out of that church committee that actually are the operating guidelines for the fbi, for the c.i.a

alexandria ocasio- cortez has issued new articles of impeachment against both justices thomas and alitoh crimes in there now exposed practice of taking these huge gifts and hiding it, failures to disclose, failures to recuse, even when, according to the congresswoman, they had clear legal conflicts. it's a major step. it's the first time anything like this has been attempted in over a century. if there is precedent here it would go back to justice fordyce, who resigned after the exposure of a financial scandal that was smaller than what clarence thomas faces today. the justice pocketed about $20,000, and what he took was investigated by the doj at the time. when that news broke, we checked the archives, the washington post reported the justice thus ended what was, "11 days of anguish" personal and for the supreme court that began with discharge. he took, a $20,000 fee from a convicted stock manipulators family foundation. the resignation, first by a justice under fire in u.s. history was effective wednesday. that was a different time. clearly, a different standard that that justice help

and i don't think it is unfair to believe that both justices thomas and alito would prefer to retirehe possibilities for who donald trump might replace justice's thomas and alito with, while there have been a reports among his possible nominees are judges on the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit who attempted to effectively withdraw the medication aboard drug from the market. and so those are the potential nominees that donald trump could put on the supreme court. and i think again the prospects that the next president might be able to appoint at least two supreme court justices is one of the very significant factors in the upcoming election. >> joyce vance, let's talk about the -- the actual issue at hand. january 6 and the overturning of a legitimate election, the prevention of the peaceful transfer of power that was attempted by donald trump. how do you read this supreme court decision as it relates to -- obviously we're not having a problem where we have joe biden is sitting president of the united states, so he's probably not going to pull this kind of nonsense. but is