known in this country, but -- and it certainly goes further than harvard -- but the story of harvard law schoolconnection to the caribbean slave trade? if you can explain who the royall family are and the fact you've got this endowed chair, as well, at harvard law school named for them? >> you know, the royall family is a family, as the film points out, that traces back to antigua, an antiguan plantation family in the 18th century. they were moved to medford, massachusetts, just outside cambridge and boston, later in the century. isaac royall, jr., actually, on that farm, that small plantation, had some 60 enslaved people. and that's the family that eventually actually donates the land that helps to fund and begin the law professorship at harvard. i would point out that this is the story, actually, of professional education broadly. medical schools in the 18th century begin with the dissection and consumption of the bodies of enslaved black people and often native americans. they begin -- the very first medical school inorth america, which is now at the university of pennsylvania, then was the

and then went to harvard law school where he was an editor but a greater distinction as a research assistant for the great marianne. he moved to kansas, went into business, was elected to congress in 2010 and reelected three times. served as affiant committee on intelligence a president trump ended that career by making him director of the cia. [applause] he ran cia 2017 and 18 then name to of state where he served 2018 until january 21. and among the many things he did as secretary was he was my boss. i will tell you, i looked every day of it. i'm not sure youot loved every y of it because you look so much younger and better now that you are out of that job. [applause] >> i feel better too. >> before he talked about the state department let's talk about the world. to begin with something that happened last week secretary of state kissinger your predecessor spoke world economic forum and said we need to be careful about ukraine. we need not to push too hard. russia is a great power we need to roost be respectful of it. and maybe that's a place to start is that good advice to the president? h

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he then spent five years as an army officer and then went to harvard law school where he was in the law review but a much greater distinction was for the great mary and glenda . he moved to kansas, was elected to congress in 2010 and reelected three on the select committee on intelligence. at davos world economic forum and said we need to be careful about ukraine. we need not to push too hard. rush is a great power. we need to be respectful of it. is that good advice for the president? how is the president doing on ukraine? [laughter] >> my goodness but first of all thank you all for having me here. [applause] i made some really good decisions as secretary of state. i made some there were and one of the first things i did was i needed elliott to be did was i d admitted ellie to be part of my team. by the way you should know that wasn't without personal political cost. to bring them onto the team but i tell you what, i got that one right and he worked on venezuela and iran and la would never miss a moment if we were finishing up onemore time, totally out of my lane . he gives me some of

and then went to harvard law school where he was an editor but much greater distinction research assistant for the great mary and glendon. moved to kansas, went into business was elected to congress 2010 but president trump ended that career by making him director of the cia. he ran cia for two years, was then named secretary of state where he served 2018 until january 2021. among the many things he did as secretary was he was my boss. i will tell you, i left every day of it. i'm not sure you left every day of it you look so much younger and better now that you are out of that job. [applause] >> i feel better too. before we talk about the state department i want to talk about the world. begin with something that happened last week. the secretary of state kissinger, your predecessor spoke at davos world economic forum and said we need to be careful about ukraine. we need not to push too hard. rush is a great power. we need to be respectful of it. is that good advice for the president? how is the president doing on ukraine? [laughter] >> my goodness but first of all thank you all for having

brown, jackson has gone to harvard university and harvard law school. all of the other justices went to elite ivy league institutions. but this will change or look at the court. what it won't change is the ideological mix. there are 6 conservative justices and because she replaces a conservative justice, it is $6.00 to $3.00 still. and those 6 to 3 decisions are what has gotten the court a good deal of criticism across the country, particularly the reversal of the right to abortion. that was removed last week. that means all 50 states and the territories get to decide for themselves whether abortion is legal or not. half of the states are said to reverse that, right? so there's been a lot of criticism about that president biden, just to day called the decision by the court outrageous. he says it needs to be reversed in the sense that congress needs to pass a bill, a law making abortion a right across the nation. how to do that, he says they might have to remove the filibuster. that's this rule that requires a super majority of 60 vote. so the court is b

and then went to harvard law school where he doesn't editor it but much greater distinction was research assistant for the great mary and. he did the kansas, went into business reelected three times and served as a member of the permanent select committee on intelligence. but president trump ended that career by making him director of the cia. [applause] he ran cia for two years, gerry 2021. among the many things he did he was my boss. notf sure you loved every day that you look so much younger and better now that you are out of that job. >> i feel better to let's talk about the world. i thought a place to begin with something that happened last week. secretary of state kissinger your predecessor spoke at davos, world economic forum and said we need to be careful about ukraine. we need not to push too hard. russia is a great power we need to be respectful of it. is that good advice for the president? how is the president doing on ukraine? [laughter] >> oh my goodness. first of all thank you all for having me here. [applause] i made some really good decisions is secretary of state i made

they want to military to be like, i dunno, harvard law school like a thursday night seminar.llege campus. >> lieutenant colonel scheller:y es, thanks for having me on. this is not a recruitment problem. this is a problem with our senior leaders. our senior leaders inability to have encourage. double copper see. -- their hypocrisy. you think a young american would want to support defend the constitution. and a half trust in our senior military leaders take our senior military leaders have demonstrated that we can't trust them. would be naÏve that young american is not going on the internet and sing the mistakes that we can see of our senior military leaders. >> laura: i was lucky enough to be at the michael murphy navy seal museum opening at long island today and had a chance to meet so many incredible men and women in uniform and looking at the wall of all these special operators who gave their lives for this country and i got angry. i got angry about what is happening to this military and all their sacrifice and the families still sacrificing because of this day. we owe them

and outside the mainstream unless those rulings affirmed whatever "the new york times" and harvard law school believed what the right outcomes. from the death penalty to abortion to criminal justice matters, liberal journalists and politicos insisted that the supreme court to act as rubber-stamp for their views. in cases where justice is merely applied the facts of the case of the law might forget it -- of course, that's not the proper understanding of the court's role. the court properly understood is a check on the legislative and executive branches and on the states where constitutional issues are involved. when the court today issued a 6-3 ruling striking down new york's very restrictive concealed carry law, the reaction from the press and the assorted democrats, it was textbook. speak of the supreme court decision is going to call into question every piece of gun restriction across the country. what the conservatives on the supreme court are saying is we want the second amendment to be a first class the first amendment. and we want to be able to carry guns anywhere, anytime, without any

authority of the court and the peril of politic had at the beginning in august of 2021 for the harvard law school lecture series. an educator's voice is present throughout the book and he talks about the importance of judicial of law and the role that the committee's into the american body. for example he talks about the landmark case of the 1954 brown v board of education decision and then through the discussion that came three years later whichh reiterated that a decision. we are happypy to see that he takes on the discussion about how the expansion of the court's authority and these events become catalyst defined in the 1960s. he helped us think about the essential role of public confidence in the supreme court decisions and how those judicial decisions shape our democracy. we are excited to have him here edtonight to talk about these ideas. we are also excited to welcome joan and thrilled to have her talk tonight. she's covered the supreme court for 25 years and is also the author of several books. she most recently published a biography of the chief justice roberts entitled the chief in 2019

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he is also, he went to harvard law school. he went to jail, as a graduate.ou talk to people that went to school with him as a incredibly smart guy. >> reporter: yes, he really is. what's interesting about him, he is from a working-class family. i talked to his father. i went to their house. it's a very modest house. ron is really smart, the governor. when he was young, he played baseball and was really good. he got into yale and went to harvard. you know, i think he's got -- i am playing sigmund freud here, i think he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder being around all of the ivy leaguers. he is really smart. basically, everybody i spoke to, including people that hated him, told me that, you know, his iq is not in question. he is really, really smart. it's just that, when he gets in front of a crowd, he does his best to act like trump. >> it's interesting that he would choose to that. often times governors are dealing with stuff which national politicians do not have to. they have two -- when there is a storm in their state, they are the ones on top of it.

courts and the peril of politics had its beginning in august 2021 at a presentation for the harvard law school lectured series. an educator's voice is present throughout the book as he talks about the importance of judicial power, the role of law and the role of the judiciary plays in the american body politics. for example he talks about the landmark case of the 1954 brown versus board of education decision and amplifies that through cooper v aaron which came three years later which reiterated that decision. we are happy to see he takes on this discussion about how the expansion of the courts authority and these events become key catalysts for a white wider civil rights movement that was defined in the 1960s. he really helps us think about the essential role of public confidence in the supreme court decisions and how those judicial decisions shape our democracy. we are excited to have him here tonight to talk about these ideas. we are also excited to welcome joan i'm thrilled to have her talk with him tonight. she has covered the supreme court for 25 years. she is also the author of several b

constitutional law scholar and university professor of constitutional law and narratives at harvard law schoolvery much for joining us tonight. i want to get an answer, if you have one, to what you think pat cipollone was worried about if donald trump went to the capitol. he seems to think that that would have gotten, we -- he said we -- we will be charged with everything, if that happens. but it's not clear to me what is added to the criminality, by donald trump actually going up to the capitol. >> that puts him in the middle of the action. he's not just inciting. but he is aiding and abetting and participating in a violent insurrection, one whose violence he knows about, when pat cipollone uses the word we, like you, i wondered whether that was the royal we. whether he thought perhaps he should have acted sooner, perhaps he was involved with donald trump and his planning of these events. it was obvious that it was no surprise to trump. it was a happy thing but no surprise, that the people who came to be with him were armed and dangerous. in fact, he specifically said, take down the magnetome

court and the peril of politics," had its beginning in august 2021 at the presentation for the harvard law schoolscturedoo series. and educatorsie of voice is present throughout the book as he talks about the importance of judicial power, the rule of law, and the role that the judiciary plays in the american body politic. for example, he talks about the landmark case of the 1954 brown v. board of education decision and then amplifies that through cooper v era in which came three years later which reiterated that decision. we are happy to see that he takes on this discussion about how the expansione of the courts authority and these events become key catalysts for wider civil rights movement that was defined in the 1960s. he really helped us think about essential role of public confidence and the supreme court decisions, and how those judicial decisions shape our democracy. so we are excited to have him here tonight to talk about these ideas. we are also excited to welcome joan and thrilled to have her talk with him tonight. she has covered the supreme court for 25 years. and she is also the author

he graduated yale and harvard law school with honors from both.he military. he became an attorney generalist assistant and very effective in that role as well. he's incredibly popular in florida where he's heading for a massive re-election. and what is more interesting to me, people are beginning to see him now as perhaps the future face of the republicans and they're making a calculation to we really want to have trump who will be 78 and probably whining about having the election stolen, with after the january 6 hearings have very few agree with that or wouldn't you want someone fresh and dynamic that can move the party forward. i think more and more people -- i think, neil, you follow the money in politics. more and more money is pouring in now to desantis. he raised twice as much money for his next gubernatorial race in november than he had last time when he won. so this is a guy with money pouring in now, including from billionaires that previously backed donald trump. so i'm putting it together. i read in the column in the "new york post" con

just this elena kagan began serving on the court in 2010 the former harvard law school dean was nominated by president obama. she too was asked about the issue at her confirmation hearing. um, as i law after casey. it's that after viability the state can regulate as it pleases. except for situations where the woman's life or health interests are at issue. before viability the question is whether there is an undue burden on the right woman's ability to have an abortion. is it fair for the court to consider scientific changes and when a fetus becomes viable as medical science evolves? senator graham, i do think that in every area that it is fair to consider scientific changes. we've i've talked in the past about how different forms of technology influence the evolution of the courts fourth amendment jurisprudence. i'm glad to hear you say that because just as it would have been wrong to not consider the changes of how society had evolved versus segregation of young children based on race i hope the court would consider. the modern concept of viability in the 21st century and whatever protec

. >> joining us now is professor laurence tribe, who is taught constitutional law at harvard law school for five decades. he has written extensively about the law, including, american constitutional law, the most frequently cited treatise on the u.s. constitution. professor tribe, it's an honor to have you join us again. i want to begin where we just ended, with eric herschmann's advice to john eastman. how good a criminal defense lawyer do you think john eastman is? >> effing great defense lawyer. even that wouldn't be good enough. because all of this focus on how they really believed their own lie is just completely bogus. detachment from reality, of the kind that attorney general barr seems to have detected on the part of the former president is a disqualification from the presidency. but it is not a defense to a criminal charge. even in those very rare cases where delusion can be used to disprove intent, there is a doctrine known as willful ignorance, and we saw barr describing that perfectly when he said that the president -- the then president -- did not seem to care about the fac

he is a graduate of lowell high school and stanford and went to harvard for law school. in a letter today, justice breyer wrote that he will step down at noon tomorrow after the court releases his last two rulings of this term. the 83-year-old was appointed by president lincoln in 1994. he will be replaced by judge ketanji brown jackson. >>> we are back in 60 seconds -- still ahead. >>> you can see the minivan almost underground, a single that suddenly appeared causing big headaches tonight. >>> also what is his game plan and why does governor newsom plan to run tv advertisements. we will check in with a political expert. >>> a big drop in temperatures in 24 hour coming up s, >>> welcome back. we are tracking a developing story in the east bay. where officials say a water main break resulted in this car getting stuck in a large sinkhole. in kensington, portions of the streets are now closed. about 10 homes lost water service, east bay mud says that a cruise will be out there all night cleaning up all of the debris. they managed to get the car out of the sinkhole, no word

. >> joining me now to talk about all this, constitutional law professor from harvard law school. house democrats consulted you on impeaching former president trump for inciting an insurrection. i want to begin where we left off there with your take on if the january 6th committee in that hearing yesterday, you think effectively proved former president trump committed crimes and does it matter if trump knowingly committed these crimes? knowingly being key. >> the answer to your question is that what we just watched, which was a quite brilliant showing of what the committee showed the country is federal crimes being committed in plain view. by donald trump himself and by his direct agent, this otherwise cooky guy john eastman. it doesn't follow that everybody will be convinced. if somebody believes, and a lot of people do, that anything trump did was just fine, even if it was illegal to pressure the mob, to pressure pence, even if it was illegal to try to get pence to do something that is clearly against the law, and trump and everyone knew was against the law, we don't have a lega

he's handing the reins to his former clerk, you know, when she graduated after graduating from harvard law school. >> she clerked for justice breyer back in the 90's and now to take over his position as supreme court justice and become the first black woman on the supreme court in history. that was quite moment. i earn 3% cash back at drugstores with chase freedom unlimited. so i got cards for birthdays, holidays, graduations, i'm covered for everything. which reminds me, thank you for driving me to the drugstore. earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. in for your help this morning. we are tracking cases of monkeypox which are growing around the bay area generally spread through close or intimate contact and rarely deadly. the number of cases is climbing. let's take a look. san francisco county reporting 16 monkeypox cases 5 in alameda county, one in santa clara and san mateo counties. they also have one solano county, none still there waiting for an updated numbers. we have nothing yet updated from marin and contra co

joining us, constitutional law professor at harvard law school, house democrats consulted him on impeaching former president trump for insurrection. good to have you, sir. i wonder if you could explain to folks at home what the legal standard is that the justice department would have to meet or feel that it could meet to justify charges for defrauding the united states and sedition. >> bringing those charges, the justice department would have to be convinced that there is proof beyond a reasonable doubt, at least that a jury could find proof beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, whether it's the president or the people immediately around him, directly sought to overturn the government of the united states in the form of preventing the transition to the new government, the transition that was to be certified by the joint session of congress on january 6th. that's where the evidence seems to point. >> professor tribe, over the weekend former president trump posted on his own social media platform that he never asked pence to overturn the election, but he did say that he asked pence t

discuss is former maine attorney general james who teaches a class on attorney's general at the harvard law schoolchaotic is this about to get? >> well, we right now have a national policy the supreme court eliminates the national policy, we're going to have many more decision makers. so, different people are going to decide different ways. you've accurately summarized a number of the public statements, but the private statements are even more so. i mean, district attorneys are busy. they're prosecuting violent criminals, human trafficking, you know, public corruption. to take lawyers off those cases, to chase down abortion cases, even the d.a. doesn't make a public statement, it's going to be pretty hard for them to do. >> in other words, you're saying that with the role, with the responsibility, comes a great deal of discretion. discretion that's further emboldened by the fact that they don't have enough resources probably to do the job that they already have. >> well, exactly. we all know because of the pandemic, the wait time to put people on trial for crimes of which they've been indicted is

years ginsburg had joined marty at harvard law school where she was one of nine women in a class of over 500 men when marty was diagnosed with cancer ginsburg helped him recover and graduate on time. all while completing her own degree requirements and caring for their toddler daughter jane. when her husband joined a new york law firm ginsburg transferred to colombia law school graduating in 1959. despite her achievements. she struggled to get hired. although recommended for a supreme court clerkship. she wasn't even offered an interview. a 1962 trip to sweden had a profound impact on her work. while doing legal research on gender equality. she witnessed a culture. are working women were the norm she would say that her thought processes were stimulated in sweden and she saw what needed to change in the states. this were going on to become a professor at rutgers law school. and her son james was born in 1965. in 1971 ginsburg co-founded the women's rights project at the american civil liberties union where she took on cases that saw to dismantle cultural gender-based restrictions and to p

joining us is constitutional law scholar, and harvard law school professor. professor, to keep this conversation going. about what has happened. but also, the new revelations that come out through reporting. and through the hearings. i want to start with ginni thomas. because, i think it is really unprecedented feels like an overused word at this point. you have the right of a supreme court justice, caught up in the middle of this larger conspiracy. allegedly, that we're learning about through these hearings. but talk us through it. what were your main takeaways from the latest committee hearings, now that we have this new reporting about ginni thomas laid out on top of all of this? thomaswell the ginni thomas stos interesting. but, it's really a sideshow. it's an important sideshow in a sense that if her husband, justice clarence thomas, had his way, we wouldn't really know about all of the conversations between them ginni thomas and this weirdo, john eastman. john eastman would have not come to the surface in connection with her. and therefore, we wouldn't

and i want to talk about the law here and what happens with constitutional professor at harvard law school, white house consulted with him on what they can do next. so professor, let's start with the pure legal standpoint here. obviously, this opinion had leaked and basically, it's exactly the same as what we saw a few weeks ago, a couple words changed. what do you make of the ruling? >> i think it's devastating. i agree with alexis, that doesn't make any sense in a country to have women in control of their lives in some states and not others. abraham lincoln once said we cannot survive as a nation half free and half slave. and this ruling turns women into a kind of slave to their circumstances and to the men who might insist that they have the abortion even if it's, you know, a pregnancy resulting from rape. when liz cheney, who i admire in other contexts, says states rights, let's return to states -- where were states rights yesterday? when the supreme court told the states that they have to tow the line in terms of the kind of regulations of fire arms that were acceptable in the 1790s.

he went to harvard for law school he'll step down at noon tomorrow after the court releases its last two rulings of the term. the 83-year-old justice was appointed by president bill clinton back in 1994. he will be replaced by judge ketanji brown jackson. >>> the president of ukraine releasing new video today of the moment a shopping mall was hit by what he says was a deliberate russian missile strike. president volodymyr zelenskyy shared the closed circuit video of the attack. it happened on monday about 200 miles southeast of the capital city of kyiv. at least 18 people were killed in the attack, and more than 1,000 people were inside that mall when it happened. this morning emergency workers were still clearing away sheets of metal and debris from that wreckage. >>> well, under san francisco's picturesque waterfront lie as hidden legacy that some fear could be a ticking, toxic time bomb. it's the by-product of a 19th century technology that left long-lasting pollutants in soil beneath what are now neighborhoods, stores, even a school. nbc bay area investigative reporter jaxon van

and then went to harvard law school where he was an editor but much greater distinction research assistant for the great mary and glendon. moved to kansas, went into business was elected to congress 2010 but president trump ended that career by making him director of the cia. he ran cia for two years, was then named secretary of state where he served 2018 until january 2021. among the many things he did as secretary was he was my boss. i will tell you, i left every day of it. i'm not sure you left every day of it you look so much younger and better now that you are out of that job. [applause] >> i feel better too. before we talk about the state department i want to talk about the world. begin with something that happened last week. the secretary of state kissinger, your predecessor spoke at davos world economic forum and said we need to be careful about ukraine. we need not to push too hard. rush is a great power. we need to be respectful of it. is that good advice for the president? how is the president doing on ukraine? [laughter] >> my goodness but first of all thank you all for having

fact that this is just judicial fiat and what it looks like to me. >> professor emeritus at harvard law school, laurence tribe, thank you for being on the show this morning. we appreciate it. we'll have more on this ahead. >>> president biden is facing criticism from his own party after the supreme court's decision to end roe v. wade. we'll talk to dnc chair jamie harrison about how this issue is going to affect the midterms and what democrats are going to do. >>> plus, ukraine's president is calling it a daring terrorist attack. a russian air strike on a crowded mall in ukraine kills at least a dozen people, and many more are missing. we'll go live to the scene where crews are searching for survivors. you're watching "morning joe." we will be right back. you're watching "morning joe." we will be right back. from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long te