senator murray. sen. murray: well, we're two weeks in and it is already painfully clear this is the most corrupt administration in our history, and it's putting our economy, our government, and our most at-risk communities in serious jeopardy. in particular, we learned that elon musk now has access to the treasury department's most sensitive payment system, handling $6 trillion every year and managing nearly all federal disbursements. it's a system that contains extremely sensitive personal and commercial information, and i've been hearing from people across my state who are truly alarmed about what musk and his associates having access to this system could mean for their data and for funding that they count on. let's not mince words here. an unelected, unaccountable billionaire with expansive conflicts of interest, deep ties to china, and an indiscreet ax to grind against perceived enemies is hijacking our nation's most sensitive financial data systems and its checkbook so that he can illegally block fun

senator murray? sen. murray: thank you. i appreciated the opportunity to meet with you last week, but i do continue to have very serious concerns regarding your nomination. starting with your position and record. i do not believe what happened in the case of withholding security assistance to ukraine in 2018 was an accident or a misunderstanding. i fear it is actually a harbinger of what is to come these next four years. in fact, on his first day in office, we saw the president order, among other things, what appears to be an illegal deferral of inflation reduction act, bipartisan infrastructure law, and foreign assistance funds as senator merkley referred to. your written response when pressed on this, that you will follow the advice of the incoming omb general counsel, someone who has called the impoundment control act a stupid law, and recently tweeted at you to impound, baby, impound is a bit rich. as i said to you at our meeting, members of congress on both sides must know a deal is a deal when we reach a bipartisan ag

it might yet collapse into fiasco and come to nothing and assembly of war veterans met him at murrays wharf at the top of the steps. carpeted in his honor, an officer declared that a guard of honor was ready to take his orders at this washington turning to the crowd and with a democratic inspiration, declared that he would he would accept the honor guard. but in truth, the affections of his fellow citizens, as was all the guard he wanted. he rejected the use of a carriage and proceeded by a troupe of cavalry, artillery and uniformed officers. new york governor george clinton. new york's mayor, assorted clergymen and an amazing concourse of ordinary citizens strode slowly through the streets, hung with silk banners, wreaths of flowers and branches of evergreen to the mansion on cherry street, near the present day brooklyn bridge that had been rented for him. later, the skies burst in a torrential downpour down fall. but no one seemed to care. not that there weren't dissenters to at least some republicans. washington's entire journey seemed like a royal progress that smacked of monarchi

and joining us now is the democratic senator of washington, patty murray. thank you for being here.rt in this. you delivered an hour long speech against the vote on the senate floor yesterday, warning he believes we live in a post-constitutional time, but knowing that you're not in the majority and knowing that it is unlikely that republicans will decide not to give donald trump what he wants. why is it important? what do you want the american people to know about why the democrats are spending this time standing on the senate floor and talking about this? >> chris, it is so important that american people across this country and in every community understand that our democracy is at stake with someone like russell vote, who doesn't believe that we should follow the constitution or the laws or the democratic procedures we have always followed in order to make sure that we are passing funding for people in my state and across the country on the priorities that we debate and vote on in congress. he has specifically said that he will violate the law. he doesn't believe in it. he doesn't

melissa murray is a professor of law at nyu and an msnbc legal analyst. all right. still ahead, president trump sweeping new tariffs on our three largest trading partners begins today. what do the levies mean for you? i'll tell you when we come back. plus, children's literature is crucial because it's often the first time that young readers are exposed to ugly parts of society. children's literature is also among the most banned and challenged in this country. today's meeting of the velshi banned book club will examine the award winning the watsons go to birmingham, 1963 by christopher paul curtis. don't christopher paul curtis. don't miss this. —hi! —hi! ♪♪ chocolate fundraiser. ♪♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. [coins clinking] ♪♪ that's convenience from chase. make more of what's yours. has become too difficult, we are requesting your participation. >> in a. >> special program called the 30 day. >> risk. >> free challenge hearing life hearing centers are seeking people with hearing d

i would love for senator murray to please come on the program. the american public. i think the question, michael, what are going to be the consequences for vote for this administration that actually hold them accountable? >> well, look, we already know what the consequences are going to be as we see them grabbing more power, putting it in the oval office as as donald trump won. i mean, heck, what is now the new head of the cfpb, right. >> he just yes. >> he just he just just like donald trump says i want to control i want to be the head of the kennedy center board. and russell is now the head of the cfpb. so all those consumers out there looking for protection, it ain't coming. it's not coming. the all those bank fees that you're concerned about and the way you're treated in the in the consumer marketplace, these guys don't give a damn about you. and they're going to show it. you know how they're going to show it because they put him in charge. that's how they're going to show it. >> you know, the other element of this is that there is a strong

now with us, democratic senator patty murray, who represents the state of washington. senator, thank you very much. you called this a break glass moment. you're pulling the fire alarm. tell me why you are so concerned. >> i am concerned. for every single person. who works for us in the federal government, doing. >> the jobs. >> they're doing every day. >> being told. >> by the richest man in the world, give me all the records. >> you have. and i am concerned, just as. an american citizen, that he. >> has access. to this. he has access. >> to your social security. >> information, your medicare information, and that he. >> is using. >> these lines to then. >> go after critical funding that. >> people out in our. >> communities are using for really important projects. i just think this is a three alarm. >> fire that in this. >> country, the united states of america, the richest man in the world. >> at the. >> behest of. donald trump, can go in and access this kind of information and use it against you. that's not who we are. >> so they would argue that what they're trying

the scotland began that run with a 3119 bonus point when it's really at murray field, sent a huge and school to have trick of tries of scotland raced into the lead and used to it's lisa coal. that way, back in the full scotland pulled away in the final course. so in full of go 9 points, claire at the top of the english premier league, thanks to mohammed sala, he scored a penalty in a goal and that to know when as a full list to give them a solid lead in the standings. i've also solomon above chelsea's franklin punch this fixed on the old time frame in exploring list with a 178 goals. crestwood school to have trick full to nothing and forest and the 7 know when i was a price and this was even sweet. so given the 5 people to speak to boom as last week, as it stands for a stone post to qualify for a year in competition next season, they sit the level of points. the 2nd place also is space. manchester city. on sunday. evidence. abdullah to cooler a school the falls to school, one of the season, just 10.18 seconds into the phone and went over less to city. 5th place, new castle, los ground

relative to set to take place any moment now and in just a sec will be joining me at least bureau j. murray. if an alternate more details on this, were you looking to live pages right now from central? gosh, i've also speaking with the palestinian 9. by the way, it was released earlier about why a key and others were in prison. been a tough number, but was a military activist, but there were others were arrested simply for expressing rejection of the occupation throwing a stone or participating in a demonstration that can settlements for the wall. the russian and miniature defense announcing a.

. >> brendan murray, appreciate it. our global trades are on the global impact of these tariffs. and hannah mott has promised free passage for u.s. warships through the panama canal and marco rubio blasted the government after the weekend, calling beijing's influence in the region unacceptable. this is bloomberg. ♪ (giggling) you go to sandals to get really, really close, (giggling) to the caribbean. we should do this every morning. sandals valentine's sale is now on. save up to $1,000 and get a sandal-lit dinner for two. >> if we have tit-for-tat retaliation, all we know is that it will have a global negative impact. >> these things can be inflationary. >> it is not the tool for economic security consideration. collects it's obvious whether it's inflationary or deflationary. >> there could be a moment where even the high level of government debt, saying we want we want a much higher coupon. >> we will see double-digit global gdp losses. >> that is catastrophic. >> policymakers reacting to the threat of u.s. tariffs and these warnings coming before trump's announcements that tari

these last england's rugby captain murray told you his praises bravery also lost the size of the phone and the successes city of baby ran over with just seconds left on the clock. just a 22625. when using phones for the 1st time. and we used the competition model, g, b writers have been getting ready for a new year of racing by showing of the bikes in bangkok. it's the 1st time they've launched the new season with such an event with friends, come get close to the right is 1st stop with the marbles and pulling the tie capital. and then a took the parade through the streets. they'll come back to thailand for the 1st race of the season at the end of the month. and that's all the supposed to be useful. the time being said, excellent, thank you beat us of the sub enough because the whole regional attending to dance has a way of coping with every day. challenges, from the key to facetime to set a goal office all using movement to resist. and remember, nicholas, i suppose not from to about dallas in setting up in the heart of this inactive defiance that what categories, international dance fe

but as attorneys requested more time, nelson, michael murray towards attorney told kron 4, they're looking at a plea deal. and the reason the court case has been delayed for months is because they're waiting for san jose police department, all their investigations into the former council member michael mary told kron 4 in a statement, quote, he wants to accept responsibility, do the right thing. we just want to make sure the plea agreement is fair and consistent with charges of this titan until san jose pd is done with their work. >> that's likely not to occur. that legal analyst steven clark, who noted that this ongoing court case is not the only thing torres is being investigated for. >> san jose police still have their outstanding investigation completely separate from tours allegation 20 years ago. the more recent investigation stems from a legit text torres sent about committing acts to a minor while he was on city business in chicago. think the key to this case will be. >> is it just about an event that occurred 20 years ago, which was very serious or is it something that suggests st

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fue arriba, pero iba a aparecer primero wiggins, que fue el mejor anotador con 25 puntos, y moses murraydonde llegó a la primera ronda de playoffs y sabemos que estamos cerca del super bowl 59, que será por cierto en las pantallas de telemundo 48 cuando se da la noche de apertura en el estadio donde se jugará el partido. el ceasar superdome de new orleans dio la bienvenida a los philadelphia eagles y a los actuales campeones kansas city chiefs. ambos equipos conversaron con los medios de comunicación. había mucha expectativa sobre la palabra de ambos. quarterbacks jaylen hearts y patrick mahomes you think the main message is just to go out there and focus and go out there and fight to finish. you know. it's been a lot of work. put in to have these opportunities and again. we just want to take advantage of it. and i think obviously when you have a great and saquon and you have to lean on that. i think that has a big role in, um, what you do offensive and so he's been a great addition to us and he's been able to help us in that. and you know. i'm just i'm trying to be the greatest patc hol

but, but you mentioned the great on murray most of which has been destroyed. there's also the church of saint paul, serious, which is thought to be the 3rd oldest church and the world that has been destroyed by it's rarely bombardment. um how, how does one of sites to keep that cultural heritage? because guys, it was known as a cultural hub, palestinians, and among an arabs as well. mm hm. how do you fight to keep that alive? through writing mostly, and i think latricia is a footprint. the thing that will survive in the future to hundreds or 300 years from, from now on, with the opposing or, and noval, or overlook of that sort of representative that i don't think we have a responsibility as palestinians and that's odd to this. but also as international solidarity to kind of keep that alive as much as possible. i don't think many people now talk about the home or the most cold or the judge. i think that's been forgotten already. it pains me. and the reason it pains me this also because it is in my novel, come with me because a lot of the events like are set and

i'm at least bureau j. murray. if an ocean of more details on this, were you looking at live pages right now from central? gosh, i've also speaking with the palestinian 9. by the way it was released earlier about why a key and others were in prison. been a tough number, but wash i was a military activist, but there were others were arrested simply for expressing rejection of the occupation throwing a stone or participating in a demonstration that can settlements for the wall. the russian and miniature defense announcing a key stronghold and its own extra public is liberated from ukrainian forces. meantime, moscow says tens of thousands of p of troops have been taken out of a fight. and this for that of the fight over the regional logistics of the both of them is events. he says he's ready to make a deal with donald trump on the table, ukraine's boss to mineral resources, and the also to become a transit hub for american energy exports. on exchange for various us security guaranteed linked documents reveal western m

murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms.rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. plan is to help the wealthy get wealthier tax giveaways families paying the bill. how massive giveaways going to be paid for? slashing services to families and families try to get on their feet so they can thrive and get to the middle-class. great betrayal. today we will consider russell the office of management and the budget really the place for this campaign is coordinated. we will hear very different ideas have to take our country forward. from my friends across the aisle will hear we need to continue to give massive tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans and we will hear how nonpartisan expertise that makes our country run smoothly should be replaced by those with political loyalty and how programs that assist the environment or unions organizing working people should be replaced by programs that serve big corporations and make billionaires. our senate has a provision, that we set up and the wealt

(piano music) i was working at arthur murray dance studios, and, i looked out from the training roomg for my big dance teacher test, and i thought, "oh, there's a young person." everyone in the studio is so old. so i noticed him. a few days later, the assistant manager of the dance studio brought me into her office. she was just so glamorous. and she had danced everywhere. and when she brought me into her office, she surprised me. because instead of talking about the dance students and the schedule, she started telling me this long story about how she met her husband. and she was working on a cruise ship as a performer, and she just believed in love. true love. and then she ended it by saying, "this can't go outside of here "because dating students is strictly against "all arthur murray protocol. "but i have this strong feeling. "i really want you to meet my new student. "his name is stewart." and we met a few days later at a - don't laugh - a dance-orama. it's a competition. everything is glamorous. except the champagne, which is really cheap. so we met and we danced and we started

murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to join my colleagues in urging all of our colleagues to vote against reduce vought's nomination to lead the office of management and budget. the senate should not vote to confirm as the head of omb or to any important role for that matter someone who does not respect the constitutional authority of the senate and thus the people we represent. we should not entrust someone to implement our laws who has made clear time and again through his past actions in this same role during president trump's first term, through his work as the head architect of project 2025, and through his own words in hearings and meetings that he will not follow the law, that he will not follow the laws, and that he will not send our communities the funding that we all worked together to pass. why on earth would any one of us confirm someone whose entire game plan is to break the law and then dare the word to stop him? that's it. that is how reduce vought plans -- russ vought plans to run

we updated the following day our congressional delegation which included senator murray's office, senatortwell's office along with other individuals at national level to make sure they understood what we were doing. the following day we implemented our second voter alert 2. one of the benefits, we have implemented in march '24 our strategic messaging campaign. mark the ballot. mark is a whimsical character we implemted in '24 to work with ou communications team and counties to curb the misinformation and build back vor trust and confidence of our election process within the state. this strategic messaging caaign was putcrs various mediums to include social, print, spotify, etc. we leveraged capability within 24 hours to support emphasis in clark county. this pivot to local allowed us to work with other orgs such as the bennett media group on radio, spotify, the facebook voter alerts and ads on x. the message we put out was to educate voters on how to check the status of their ballot and how they could secure an additional ballot if the determination was that their ballot was destroyed in

but as attorneys requested more time, nelson, michael murray towards his attorney told kron 4, they're looking at a plea deal. and the reason the court case has been delayed for months is because they're waiting for san jose police department, all their investigations into the former council member michael mary told kron 4 in a statement, quote, he wants to accept responsibility, do the right thing. we just want to make sure the plea agreement is fair and consistent with charges of this titan until san jose pd is done with their work. >> that's likely not to occur. that legal analyst steven clark, who noted that this ongoing court case is not the only thing torres is being investigated for. >> san jose police still have their outstanding investigation completely separate from tours allegation 20 years ago. the more recent investigation stems from a legit text torres sent about committing acts to a minor while he was on city business in chicago. think the key to this case will be. >> is it just about an event that occurred 20 years ago, which was very serious or is it something that sug

they're taking hard-earned taxpayer cash murray trump voter in the united states and giving it to genderical race ideologies, to the dei activists. trump's right to shut it down, elon musk is exactly the man for the job, he is laser focused. i was at the white house yesterday and everyone is buzzing about these doge boys going in and getting the keys to the castle, routing out this waste. that is why the left is squealing. because they are losing their lifeline and they are losing the only way that they can survive. >> jesse: so this money is like a meal plan for the liberal army. and you send it, let's say, to an opera and ireland? that is like joe biden's cousins opera? is that how this works? >> it could be. i would actually love to see the opera, that would be something fun to watch. but look, there is no shortage of examples. i saw one last night on the database that was teaching transgender, pansexual and nonbinary people in new york city how to farm vegetables. it's not clear if they are making a pansexual plantation, i'm not sure what it was. but the fact is that the reason left-

senator murray said this. she didn't really hint too much toward a government shutdown.t she said. it's extremely difficult to reach an agreement on top lines in a budget when the president is illegally shutting critical agencies and unelected billionaire is empowered to force his way into government central highly sensitive payment system at the treasury department. those would all seem to be things a lot of people in this country voted for and they are thinking of opposing. >> president trump ran and won on a common sense agenda. this is exactly what he has taken over the last two weeks. his first steps toward implementing right now and we're seeing implement the agenda he ran on and exactly where we need to be as a country. this is a popular agenda and a popular place for him to be. his numbers are very high. democrat numbers are low for a reason. the american people want change. the president is bringing change. >> john: on the notion to shut down the government hakeem jeffries was asked about that. listen to this exchange. >> do you believe you can shut down the gov

. >> and you know what, just back a moment to what murray was saying looking for the mojo. the dancing and i have to assume that that was poll tested, because the joy was something that was positive that came out of kamala harris' campaign. so i know that democrats wholeheartedly believe that if they dance and sing and off and bring back the joy, but it did not work. it did not just work because you have the wrong candidate atop the ticket, it also does not feed people and there are no answers in it hurts all of the dancing in the joy too, i'm not kidding about that. i do it all the time. but you don't vote because of that. so i would say that first and then the other thing somebody you barely know taking over the party, what about all of those firebrands. i think you said you don't want josh shapiro, at least kamala harris did, who does she represent in your party? certainly not going to be the top of the ticket again, although she thinks she can be. >> kayleigh: let's keep that dancing up, that was my favorite part. if i am a member of the democratic party and this is wha

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senator murray. >> thank you, mr. chairman.ppreciate the opportunity to meet with you last week. i do continue to have very serious concerns regarding your nomination. starting with your position and record on impoundment. i do not believe what happened in the case of withholding security assistance to ukraine in 2019 all your acting omb director was an accident or misunderstanding. i fear it's actually a harbinger of what is to come these next four years. in fact on his first day in office we saw the president pret order, among other things, what appears to be an illegal deferral of inflation reduction act, bipartisan infrastructure law and foreign assistance funds as senator merkley referred too. and when pressed on this that you will follow the advice of the incoming omb general counsel, someone who is called the impoundment control act a stupid law. recently tweeted at you to impound, baby impoundment is a bit rich. as i said to our meeting members of congress on both sides let's know a deal is a deal ideal is a deal we rea

but there was a hint in something this was in the senate budget that patty murray, who is the powerful senate, and she was certainly signaling that there could be a possible debt ceiling showdown with democrats permitting the government to shut down. is that part of the strategy? >> look, i want to say that right now. magic johnson's got to come and talk to people in the house. they've got to be talking to the senate. we don't know exactly what's going on. but when you look at i mean, people should be outraged at the kind of data that is being collected on them. everything from their social security numbers to their home addresses to their health information. when you've had a colonoscopy, all of this needs to be on the table, and i'm not going to agree to anything until we know what they're talking. they've got to come talk to us and say what's on the table. but we got to fight for the american people. >> and right now, the way we're playing back tape, because we're not allowed to cover it live. the president's been talking in the oval office with the japanese prime minister. the prim

. >> antioch city manager betsy murray scott is leading the search for antioch's next police chief. the city held the first of three community forums on saturday. >> i think past conversation has been kind of trauma based with what occurred, but today everyone kind of came together. >> porsha taylor chairs the antioch police oversight commission. she says topics focused on accountability, community policing and transparency. >> it's good to hear us. i hope they're listening. it's not going to be an easy job. it's going to be decades, i feel like, in the making to change things. >> frank sterling, a longtime antioch activist, also attended the morning meeting. he applauds the city's efforts to solicit community input, but is somewhat skeptical on how much impact it will have. >> this kind of community input is going to be important to move forward in the future, especially in antioch, with what was revealed through the text messages. when you got a good look at what they were actually thinking and saying. >> two years ago, the fbi uncovered a racist texting scandal that led to 40% of

here's senator patty murray of washington. >> we are pursuing every action that we think we can do.the fire alarm. we are pulling the fire alarm. it is up to republicans who are the majority in congress, who are passing these nominations, who are sitting silently by while elon musk goes into departments, into agencies and takes your information. it is up to them to decide whether they want to get out the fire hoses or sit in the fire. and i think we know what they need to do, and we're calling on them to do that. >> as we start the hour with the president of media matters for america, angelo carusone, also joining us, former republican congressman and msnbc political analyst david jolly is here. and my friend and colleague, nbc news white house correspondent vaughn hillyard. angelo, i start with you. >> i think i would just remind everyone. >> is that this is all terrible. >> we all accept that. but just to keep in mind some perspective, if this is a marathon, we're barely. >> at the first mile mark. >> and i'm not saying that to be dramatic. it's just that they they said what they

b, i can tell you, based my town hall meetings and senator murray, senator cantwell, are hearing the same kind of thing in the pacific northwest. you you say that there's never been an effective vaccine. there are a lot of families, parents, kids and grandparents who've used vaccines over the years. and they are concerned that it might not have been good for them to, have been denied the vaccines. do you and or ted is be a principled bipartisan work with anybody who's serious about moving forward you you a lot of stories about how legislation was crafted such as health care bennett and then it twists turns in the end bennett didn't support the affordable care act because of how it moved. how do you kind of maintain those relationships when things do change, when long game changes and cut out the bipartisanship? well, you know, it relates also to one of the other rules about spending, political capital. yeah. the president then president obama invited me to come to the oval on the third day of his first term. just him and i, phil schiliro, you know, he was the congressman was there. b

and in the words of senator patty murray, quote, pulling the fire alarm. groups of democratic lawmakers have been demanding access to targeted government agencies like the education department, where musk's d.o.j. cronies shut them out. >> this man is blocking the door. he says he's a federal employee. he won't tell us who gave him permission to do this. all he knows is he's going to stand here and tell the members of congress who are elected, who vote for the funding for all of them in this building and for the student loans and for the title one families. he's going to tell us that we can't come in and talk with anybody. >> joining me now, three house members from california. congresswoman sara jacobs, member of the house foreign affairs and armed services committees. congresswoman sidney dove. i'm sorry. camilla dove. i'm sorry. congresswoman. member of the house foreign affairs and judiciary committees. and congressman robert garcia, a member of the homeland security and house oversight committees. thank you all very much for coming back to the saturda

folks and other folks in washington state saying that they went to the offices of both senator patty murray and senator maria cantwell. they reported back from those meetings. quote, cantwell needs a lot more encouraging. okay. i mean, even when it's a hostile reception showing up in person, it makes an impact. here's some indivisible members and other folks outside the metairie, louisiana, office of senator bill cassidy. they said they were threatened with arrest if they didn't leave his office. but they went. they showed up peacefully. he knows they were there. he knows what they were there for. they are his constituents in the house. democratic leader hakeem jeffries is telling all democratic members of congress to convene town halls and roundtables and meet with their home state constituents about what's going on and do it now. the memo from hakeem jeffries to all democratic members of congress that went out last night, he's telling them, do it today, quote, or as soon as possible this week. he says, quote, we will track participation throughout the caucus, meaning you need to start hav

and so the navy talks to the prosecutors in new york, and one of them was a man named murray griffin, who ended up becoming one of the judges on the pentagon papers case. and said, you know, you might be talking to the wrong mobsters. what are you talking about? well, you know, the italians might not want to work with you, but, you know what's happening in eastern europe, don't you? you should talk to meyer lansky. and he was lucky luciano, who was the preeminent italian mobster. he was his business partner. meyer had attempted to enlist in the army, but he was rejected because of his age. he was 40 in 1942, and his height he was five foot four on a good day. and i known meyer's family for god knows how long had access to his thinking. his papers. and so i got an interesting perspective into this. and one of the things meyer had done is he would send cruise around to harass nazis in new york. so you see nazis in new york. what are you talking about? there was a huge nazi movement in new york, and they they had rallies at madison square garden. and meyer long before world war two broke

to quote senator murray, there to the limits on any president's power. it's drawn attention to how the. constitution and courts also guide this nation, not just one. >> politician holding. >> executive orders that now some of them are quite ceremonial, or more like a little symbolic antique of a couple. >> of days of a presidency. >> because, as the headlines show, they have been blocked, stopped in their tracks. the constitution is part of what rules this country, not one politician. you can see that contrast. it's unfolded. fast because some. >> of trump's actions were not. >> close calls. i've told you, we've covered and lived together through cases that took years because they. >> were. >> complicated and close, and they went all the way to supreme court. this is not that. his lawyers and aides could have seen these headlines coming. they surely know the constitution is above politicians on key issues. no politician can cancel the first or 14th amendment. it's actually the opposite. those exist to constrain. politicians from abusing power. and if thi