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constitution, we conclude that the state legislature exceeded the bounds of the state constitution when it drew this map and engage in this partisan gerrymandering. that was challenged and appealed appeal to the united states supreme court and they were asked to examine the congressional map to say whether or not the state supreme court had appropriate place to step in here. the united states constitution says the legislature of each state provides the rules for the time, places and manner of holding congressional elections in the argument was that the state supreme court could not step in under these circumstances and judge on the state legislature. that's part of what the supreme court was asked to decide. host: the election clauthe constitution, the times, places and manner of holding elections for senators shall be prescribed in eace byhe legislature thereof. congress may at any time by law may or alter such regulations except in places of choosing senators. it wasn't just the map at stake here, it was the authority, if you will in this term was called the independent state legislature. . what was that about? guest: this question has cropped up in recent years. there is a lot of litigation and 2

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no one is above the law but the supreme law of the land is the constitution of the united states. and the constitution forbids the executive branch from compelling an official to appear in, quote, any other place for the conduct of their duties in the legislature. and on january six, i was serving president of the senate under the express language of constitution. now, this may seem obscure, but i go back to calvin coolidge again again. coolidge said there is scarcely a word in the constitution, any of our states or of our nation that was not written there for the purpose of protecting our liberties. and i say to all the young people gathered here, the speech and debate, protect tions in the constitution are about preserving the separation of powers. we should thank you. our founders did not intend us to live in a nation where the executive could hold. members of the legislature or before courts to answer for what they had done in the legislature. it is a principle that makes its way into constitution of the american founding because it emerged from common, where members parliament

congress or as an officer of the united states or as a member of any state legislature, or, as an executive or traditional officer of any state to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same. or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. but congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each, house remove such disability. ends a quote. some constitutional scholars have been arguing for years now that this means that trump's actions on or around january six disqualify him from holding public office ever again. and that argument is receiving renewed attention, after william bought and michael stokes paulson, to prominent conservative law professors and members of the federalist society, announced that they have written a paper about the disqualification clause and have come to the same conclusion. that donald trump is ineligible to hold office. now, their conclusion is receiving an important boost of support in a brand new article. it was just published within the last few hours this morning in the atlantic, titled, quote, the constitution prohibits trump from ever being president again, end

in fact, and they were so concerned with it they wrote it into the united states constitution, sectionly taken an oath to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same or given aid to the enemies thereof. and now to conservative law professors, self professed originalist's, have published a law review article arguing that, quote, if the public record is accurate, the case is not even close. donald trump is no longer eligible to be the office of the presidency or any other state or federal office covered by the constitution. one of the people who's been working on this issue, section three of the 14th amendment, and noah bookbinder, president and ceo of citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington or crew. he joins me now. noah, it is great to have you. first, just tell us what you were able to do. because you brought a suit under this, part of the 14th amendment, and that was successful. i think the first time it's happened in many, many years. tell us about that suit. >> that's right. so we represented the resid

used in the case of the united states constitutional court. it is possible that with these challenges and obstacles in the way of the former president of the united states, he will complete the puzzle, which will ultimately be in trump's favor. to present a different image of himself because of our previous elections in the position of failure and failures, he was re-elected with a difference , and in fact, this base is about the right of the nationalists and the grays, if you have good bases, he will probably think that he can defeat the democrats in the next election. now, the benefit of introducing any person, defeat him, is here, and the personal aspect of trump seems to never decrease, even when the decision is made about prison and imprisonment, and they say that he may be in prison during the election that you said, when he takes power in the united states. his reaction is that he comes and says a week he said in the past that he will not survive the election and he is managing new reversals in the political scene . what do you think abo

and who then engages in insurrection or rebellion against the united states and the constitutionf the united states shall not thereafter hold in this instance the office of the presidency of the united states. that language in the constitution, jim, simply could not be any clearer. it is unmistakable in its application to the former president. the only thing that was not known until professors baud and paulson did their scholarly work is whether this was the actual meaning under the original understanding of the constitution, and the professors confirmed and demonstrated that, indeed, it was. >> and so, professor tribe, an honor to have you on as well. does that mean trump essentially is right now automatically disqualified, that he shouldn't be allowed on ballots and so on? >> jim, what it means and it's a great hong to be on with the disti distinguished and justly celebrated judge luttig, what it means is that secretaries of state or other officials who are responsible for deciding who is qualified and who is not will have to determine whether despite his obvious attempt to ove

[cheers and is -- >> our united states constitution requires every ten years that america counts every human being in the united states, which is incredibly important for many reasons. it's important for preliminary representation because if -- political representation because if we under count california, we get less representatives in congress. it's important for san francisco because if we don't have all of the people in our city, if we don't have all of the folks in california, california and san francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in funding. >> it's really important to the city of san francisco that the federal government gets the count right, so we've created count sf to motivate all -- sf count to motivate all citizens to participate in the census. >> for the immigrant community, a lot of people aren't sure whether they should take part, whether this is something for u.s. citizens or whether it's something for anybody who's in the united states, and it is something for everybody. census counts the entire population. >> we've given out $2 million to over 30 community-bas

sarah: donald trump swore to defend the constitution of the united states but now he is accused of spreadingand deceit in a desperate attempt to stay in power despite knowing he lost for 2020 election. the violent attack on january 6 -- prosecutors say as a result of his prolific lies as he deliberately created nationwide angst. [indiscernible] january 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault in the seat of democracy. described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing the bedrock function of the u.s. government. and a process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election. sarah: easter trumps as he is being politically prosecuted and this is similar to the nazis in the 1930's. >> wadded the weight 2.5 years? because he is leading in the polls. they are worried he will dismantle the deep state and the union already. sarah: the parade in iowa always features gary leffler. he went to support trump in washington on the sixth of january but did not break into the capital. >> the democrats new playbook is whoever the rep

you have called the failure to tch the united states constitution, quote, "suicidal." and you say that everyone from our lawmakers to our parents to the media is responsible and, quote, "guilty of collusion in the crime of killing america." is that hyperbole or do you really think we're near the end? - i think we're in the end game right now. i think that we could let slip the greatest idea for governance ever devised and we won't even know that it happened. we have no muscle memory of it. 50 years is a long time when it comes to how many generations have been without civic education. - you write in your book, quote, "it is especially absurd to think our children could run this complex country without learning anything about its government first. we can't fly a plane without training or practice medicine without attending medical school. then explain how we can send people to congress who haven't first learned the workings of government or what powers the congress has." what will it take to elevate this issue? and why aren't more people talking about this? - so there w

of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so you got.so help me god. >> congratulations. [applause] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> the president of the united states,. >> thank you. [applause] chief justice, mr. president, vice president bush, vice mondale, speaker own meal, reverend and my fellow citizens. to a few of us here today, this is a solemn momentous occasion. in the history of ourco nation,t is a common place occurs, transfer of authority called for in the constitution routinely takes place as it has for almost two centuries and you of us stop to think how unique you really are. in the eyes of many in the world, every for your ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less then a miracle. mr. president, i want our fellow citizens to know to carry on this tradition, your gracious cooperation and the transitionn process w you shown the world we are united people pledged to maintain political system which guarantees individuals to a greater degree than any other. i think you and your people for your help maintainingis continuy and our republic, the busi

states to rejoin the union. it established new constitutions for those states, and the black men still did not have the vote federally in the unitedw constitutions mandated and franchise meant for black men in nearly a dozen southern states right after the civil war. and so, in 1867, black men only began to vote in the south, they ran for office. here is the cover of harper's weekly from 1867 with an illustration titled, the first vote. these are black men voting, within the year, black men began winning local elections in 1968 it black republican named oscar dunn ran for lieutenant governor in louisiana and one. at the same time, anti black sentiment was growing, particularly in the south, the ku klux klan expanded quickly and so did their violent backlash against new black voters. in order to prevent black people from even getting close to the polls the kkk launched intense, violent, intimidation campaigns, and that intimidation eventually escalated to murder. hundreds of black men of voting age across the south were killed by the kkk in the lead up to the presidential election of 1868, some historians put that number at closer

mission of the united states. the constitution of the united states. so help you god. so help me god. i congratulate you, sir. that's the president of the united states. thank you. thank you. senator hatfield. mr. chief justice. mr. president. vice president bush. vice president mondale. senator baker. speaker o'neill. reverend boomer. and my fellow citizens. to a few of us here today. this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. and yet in the history of our nation, it is a commonplace occurrence. the orderly transfer of authority is called for in the constitution and routinely takes place as it has for almost two centuries and few of us stop to think how unique we really are. in the eyes of many in the world. this every four years ceremony, we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle. mr. president, i want our fellow citizens to know how much you did to carry on this tradition by your gracious cooperation in the transition process. you have shown i'm watching world that we are a united people pledge to maintaining a political system which guarantees individua

of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you. senator hatfield and chief justice, mr. president, vice president bush, vice president mondale, senator baker, speaker o'neill, reverend bob, and my fellow citizens, to a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. yet, in the history of our nation, it's a commonplace occurrence. the orderly transfer of authority is called for in the constitution, routinely takes place, as it has for almost two centuries, and few of us stuff to think how unique we really are. in the eyes of many in the world, this every four years ceremony we accept his normal, it is nothing less than a miracle for. mister president, i want our fellow citizens to know how much you did to carry on this tradition. by your gracious cooperation in the transition process, you have shown a watching world that we are united people ple

yesterday, he admitted that he violated the constitution of the united states. just a technical violation of the united states constitution. >> pretty bizarre. >> he violated the constitution. i mean, the admissions keep rolling. >> yeah. >> keep him -- was this a full ginsberg? >> he was on a lot of the sunday shows trying to own the narrative. >>> meanwhile, the former president himself spent the weekend raging on social media, and this could get interesting, with posts that could defy the judge's orders. remember the directions the judge gave him at his arraignment? we'll get legal analysis on that new development. >>> also ahead, one of trump's allies in the senate makes light of the humiliating nature of his relationship with the former president. >>> plus, republican senator tommy tuberville has held up crucial military promotions since february over the pentagon's abortion policy. his unprecedented campaign has the pentagon again warning about potential disruptions to troop readiness and military relationships. that guy -- >> because of the republican sena

my point was the united states constitution and constitutional rights of parents supercedes state law and we're on the right side of this. >> ashley: be clear, teachers notify parents for less, like talking in class, what is the beef with this, especially when it is so serious and life changing, on top of that. what do you think the other school boards will do, do you think they will follow suit? >> i expect a lot of school boards to follow suit. i think this is a no-brainer, i didn't think this would be a heated issue. inner pas need to be involved, especially in california, the state of california seem to be waging war on parents and willing to do drastic things for students without parent knowledging. letting fourth, fifth, 60 graders, if they start dabbling in this, parents are aware their students are thinking about this kind of thing. parents love their kids, they are not a threat to their children. even with the instances they are, it shouldn't take away other parent rights. that is important. >> ashley: the parent rights and student rights, teachers work for students and paren

you have one of the leading constitutional scholars in the united states john eastman, say to president trump, this is a protocol that you can follow, it's legal. that eliminates criminal intent. >> so he's laying it all on john eastman. well, the special counsel alleges that eastman was one of the architects behind trump's attempts to overturn the election. in a moment i'm going to speak exclusively with eastman's attorney. becal of this comes as "the new york time ishedding new light on who could be co-conspirator number six in trump's indictment. this person is described as a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding. and according to "the new york times," boris epshteyn, may be the individual. to rudy giuliani in december of 2020, which is referenced in the indictment. that email, according to "the times" reads, in part, quote dear mayor, as discussed, below are the attorneys i would recommend for the memo on choosing electors. so far, his attorney is refusing to comment on this repo

sent to prison this will probably not disqualify him from running for president of the united states the constitution of the united states does not prohibit persons who have been charged or convicted of federal crimes from running for office the post of president because, as the western press writes, not only the fate of trump, but american democracy depends on this court today. well , at the very end, i urge you to subscribe to the pages of radio liberty on the internet, put like this broadcast in this way support our work and freedom life will return to the air tomorrow it is always easier to get poisoned when ordinary water is not enough for adults and children i recommend reo we will save ourselves with water reo water for special medical purposes pain can become an obstacle on the stairs not with my knees and dolgit cream relieves pain, reduces swelling and improves joint mobility, you can also walk dolgit the only yellow cream for joint pain and for muscle spasms, dolgit anti-spasm tablets to relax the muscles of the legs, this was me before bleeding gums inflammation of the gums and the soluti

and memorialized it into law in 1869, a full 50 years before the 19th amendment to the united states constitution. so a woman named louisa swain was a very first woman to vote in a government continues a recognizing women'sam right to vote for she voted in laramie, wyoming, on september 6 of 1870. now, she was followed by a very distinguished group of women who not only o were leaders in early wyoming government, but also some who were involved in the national movementre to recognize women's rightht to vote. one of those women, esther morris, is recognized in a statue in this great building. out other statue by the way is of chief washington, and eastern shoshone indian man who was beloved in wyoming, a great leader and a great american himself so i'm so proud to be here and represent both indian community and the women of wyoming as we acknowledge the women who are recognized by statute in this building. so louisa swain was first, and thenen about 15 minutes after se voted, there was a second woman who voted in cheyenne. it was kind of a race to the ballot because they knew that they were going

that statement last night writing this, "anyone who puts himself over the constitution should never be president of the united statesour country is more important than one man. our constitution is more important than any one man's career." pence says he'll have more to say after he reviews the full indictment, and as our show continues we'll bring reactions from republican lawmakers on capitol hill as well as those vying with trump for the gop presidential nomination. >>> still ahead here, we'll turn to a possible defense for trump in that election case. we'll show you the arguments quoted last night by one of his lead attorneys. we'll be right back with that. k. there are places you'd like to be. like here. and here. not so much here. if you have chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help you keep living life. ♪ farxiga ♪ and farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure, which can lead to dialysis. farxiga can cause serious side effects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections in women and men, and low blood sugar. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may lead to death. a rare life-threate

[cheers and is -- >> our united states constitution requires every ten years that america counts every human being in the united states, which is incredibly important for many reasons. it's important for preliminary representation because if -- political representation because if we under count california, we get less representatives in congress. it's important for san francisco because if we don't have all of the people in our city, if we don't have all of the folks in california, california and san francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in funding. >> it's really important to the city of san francisco that the federal government gets the count right, so we've created count sf to motivate all -- sf count to motivate all citizens to participate in the census. >> for the immigrant community, a lot of people aren't sure whether they should take part, whether this is something for u.s. citizens or whether it's something for anybody who's in the united states, and it is something for everybody. census counts the entire population. >> we've given out $2 million to over 30 community-bas

constitution, we conclude that the state legislature exceeded the bounds of the state constitution when it drew this map and engage in this partisan gerrymandering. that was challenged and appealed appeal to the unitedpreme court and they were asked to examine the congressional map to say whether or not the state supreme court had appropriate place to step in here. the united states constitution says the legislature of each state provides the rules for the time, places and manner of holding congressional elections in the argument was that the state supreme court could not step in under these circumstances and judge on the state legislature. that's part of what the supreme court was asked to decide. host: the electause in the constitution, the timeses and manner of holding elections r sen shall be prescribed ach ate by the legislature thereof. congress may at any time by law may or alter such regulations except in places of choosing senators. it wasn't just the map at stake here, it was the authority, if you will in this term was called the independent state legislature. . what was that about? guest: this question has cropped up in recent years. there is a lot of litigation and 2020 in a cropped up u

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the united states constitution, one the highest schooonhe civics test administered by isi. i'll say it again the highest performing scienceasarvard university, whose students or a barely 70%, i might say even grading on a curve that's a d-plus i mean the great harvey mansfield of harvard famously opposed inflation he said i'll put the grade inflation score at the of the paper i'll write a line and i'll put the actual what they actually earned underneath d plus that should sober us. now ten years later in preparing this i wanted to see measure comparable empirical data sets that in the same breath you could you could talk about hoping that you know a decade later things had perhaps improved. and so this is a 2018 survey that was by the woodrow wilson national foundation. and what i liked about this data set is that they did a large survey of people in all 50 states and they found that. only 53% were able to earn a passing grade in u.s. history, 37 this actually. % believe that benjamin franklin had invented the light david eisenhower led ouright military in the american civi

my semester starts in a week, 90% of my students cannot differentiate between the united states constitutionsian constitution. 86 can't pass basic citizenship exam. maybe we should prioritize that over teachers that don't have any experience of climate change pushing the agenda on the student body. stuart: you are a professor. >> political science. >> at a college. >> correct. >> you must teach this in this way. >> this is k-12. >> when they get to my class to go to be focused k-12 on climate change if they are not going to have any understanding of american government. that is kind of the point the government and the powers of government, you are willing to give unlimited. that is why we are sounding the alarm bells because that's academic education, going out the window. it's been replaced by the group think mentality where you're forced to think one way, only one narrative is right, if you give everyone a uniformity of ideas you achieve a political agenda. >> at the younger level, killer garden, first, second grade, the kids do what they're told for the most part, the teacher is god what

a full. 55 zero years before the 19th amendment to the united states constitution. so a woman named louisa the vere in a government continue recognizing women's right to vote. she voted in laramie, wyoming on september 6th of 1870. now was followedup, women who not only were leaders in early wyoming government, but also who were involved in the national movement to recognize women's right to vote. one of those women, esther hobart morris, is recognized, raised in a statue in this great building. our other statue byshoshone, ans so beloved in wyoming. a shoshone tribe. and a great american man himself. so it's so proud. i'm so proud to be here. represent bothcommunity and the. wyoming, as acknowledge the women who are recognized by statute in building. okay. so louisa swain was first and then about 15 minutes after louisa swain voted, there was a second woman who voted in cheyenne, and it was kind of a race to the ballot because. they knew that they were going to recognized or memorialized forever. so louisa swain wasn't, who grew up in the east. she was. and she fou

a technical violation of the united states constitution, that donald trump said he wanted to terminateald trump's lawyer moved from this being about the first amendment. >> free speech. >> free speech which, of course, it's not. in effect, it was laid out in the first couple lines of the indictment that it is not about free speech. to suddenly

united states of america. we still have the united states constitution.hen you get to lahaina it's a city reduced to gray ash, not hollowed out buildings. but all the way to the ground. you can literally see from one end of town to the other because there is nothing to obstruct your view. i will say, dana, what i have also seen. you saw that interview with the man who lost his home. 200 years he lived here. plantation home gone. he has a gofundme maui fire where they want to rebuild their home to what is hawaii without hawaii? to bring back the people and bring back that culture. that's the story i'm finding. a lot of disappointment in official leadership. a lot of disappointment in politicians. a lot of inspiration in people, in community and americans. >> bill: on this point a former state lawmaker said this, call for number two. i campaigned for you, now when i lose dozens of my friends, family and neighbors, this? and on the tweet you can see a picture of joe biden at the beach in delaware. has that gotten around out there? >> you know, when you say h

. >> the united states constitution and the federal election laws do not put authority in the presidenttions. that's not his job. it's the job of the states and if there's a violation of law there could be enforcement by the justice department, but it doesn't put the president and his chief of staff and give it any direct role in monitoring the security of elections and here there was no issue of the security of the elections and it was about stealing it. >> you and i talked about trump so many times. do you think there's any way p00115309. i'm trying to call it that. >> it's a series of numbers. >> right. i just wonder, is there any chance in the world this he would ak iccept a plea deal. he put never surrender in that ad and his fund-raising appeal with his mug shot. never surrender and going into a play agreement would be surrendering. >> i don't think he would do that. maybe if he got a full and complete pass he might think about it, but i just don't -- the problem is a guilty plea would require him to admit fault and admit wrong and he is basically the quintessential malignant mali

rights under the united states constitutionave their vote counted freely and fairly. i think people deserve to have the full body of evidence before them before they make this very important decision. amy: anthony michael kreis is an assistant professor of law at georgia state university and cliff albright is co-founder and executive director of black voters matter, both speaking from atlanta. coming up, vigils continued in florida after a white supremacist gunman federally shot -- fatally shot three black at a dollar store saturday. back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "tell him" by lauryn hill. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. vigils in jacksonville, florida, are continuing after a white supremacist gunman shot and killed three black people at a dollar store on saturday. the gunman, who had a swastika on his ar-15-style gun, attacked a dollar store in a predominately black neighborhood after being turned away from the campus of edward waters universit

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there is a first amendment and the united states constitution. this is america. what you just said is perfect. i will show you something. i am just about 2 miles from lahaina. this is the beach behind me. i am about to go around this corner called the point. i will get the first look of lahaina. right now i am coming to you on the gemini boat. my buddy owns this boat. we will get a look at lahaina from front street. that will be on fox & friends tomorrow morning. it is ohana. it is community. that is the story. i have seen things that will make you believe in america. it's incredible what citizens, not the government, what citizens are doing for one another. >> you mentioned the inspiring nature of what citizens are doing in contrast to government. where is the leadership? you heard joe biden today say some remarks about doing everything they can from the federal government. what is the sense on the ground of where the leadership is coming from, if at all, other than from each other? >> so, you are in an informational black whole. i don't know that joe biden's me

of united states. >> preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of united states. or so help you god. >> so help me god. [applause] [applause] >> round the world, the resolute president declares -- >> mr. -- or senator. i accept with humility the honor of which the american people confer upon me. i accept it with the resolve to do all that i can for the welfare of this nation and for the piece of the world. in performing the duties -- which has inspired this nation from the beginning. leave to me that all men have a right to equal justice under law and equal opportunity to share in the common good. we believe that all men have a right to freedom of of thought and expression. we believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of god. from this faith, we will not be moved. the american people desire, and are determined to work for, a world in which all nations and all peoples are free to govern themselves as they see fit, and to achieve a decent and satisfying life. above all else, our people desire, and are determined t

need to hold him accountable in front of the american people for conspiring against the united states constitutione ask you to switch topics quickly. many of your democratic colleagues are calling for supreme court justice clarence thomas to step down after the new reporting from propublica revealing that billionaires gifted justice thomas dozens of destination vacations and private jet rides, vip passes to sporting events, stays at luxury resorts in the light. then our credit congressmen tend loose as justice thomas alleged actions are not just shocking, they're illegal, and is calling for him to resign immediately. he is also part of a group of democrats calling on the attorney general to launch a federal ethics investigation. do you agree? >> if there were supreme court code of ethics, it's almost certain that what clarence thomas did would have been contrary to them. it just underscores why we need that code of ethics at the highest court in the land. congress has won. the executive branch has won. americans expect answers that they're supreme court justices are able to hold themselves to a hi