'One vote from the end of democracy': Weissmann sounds alarm on SCOTUS immunity case
Legal experts Andrew Weissmann, Neal Katyal, and Lisa Rubin join Jen Psaki to discuss the Supreme Court's hearing of Donald Trump's presidential immunity arguments and the latest developments in Trump's hush money case.
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The whole thing is a disgrace- I cant beleive this is world we live in today with this clown- I just dont get it
@BidenIsGoingToPrison
25 күн бұрын
I doubt you vote in the US.
@IamNeighborlee
25 күн бұрын
@@BidenIsGoingToPrison Why not ? sHE IS RIGHT, the conservatives are clown shows of what democracy should be. We shouldn't be bending knee to criminals, and the 5 cons are basically doing THAT. Sickening.
@savageusa8939
25 күн бұрын
Research the great awakening and you too will be voting for Trump this November. I guarantee it
@2strokin70
25 күн бұрын
You must be talking about Biden when you make this statement because he has a disgrace your rights
@paulgibbon5991
25 күн бұрын
@@savageusa8939 Da, Fellow Americanski.
We got rid of the King two hundred years ago. We do not want another.
@climbertrev1
25 күн бұрын
George 111 did not enjoy absolure power. You have to go back another 200 years to Henry v111 to find an English king with the type of immunity and power that Trump is seeking. If Trump is allowed to become king he will be a lot more draconian than George 111.
@aulvinduergard9952
25 күн бұрын
I've always been against the 2nd Amendment, but if SCOTUS decides to go the wrong way, they'll end up proving how right the Founding Fathers were to include it.
@NeilWood-sd3ko
25 күн бұрын
If Trump's re-elected you won't be getting a King, you'll be getting a Czar.
@user-vv2wd9vm4l
25 күн бұрын
You mean Joey Buffoon Biden? So you like crime waves open borders and record inflation 😂
@NotTrump2323
24 күн бұрын
It’s almost like they don’t recognize that they are advocating for a one leader one party system!
what gets me here... 234 years and not one President has asked for immunity
@floriom9644
25 күн бұрын
.... and the one that needed it got a pardon instead 😖😖😖
The advantage of real democracy is the ability to criticize the government with impunity. And this is very good. In Russia, criticizing Putin is punishable by 20 years in prison. Trump wants to repeat Putin’s experience and build a Russian model in the United States.
@rebelforacause2589
24 күн бұрын
This is so obvious and has been since pre 2016. That’s a lot of time for people to see this. So many in positions to stop this are not and they are failing what will have been the US, past tense. Soon enough I think
@JKB-ji6xl
24 күн бұрын
Trump also famously admires Kim Jung Un for being "strong" - where those who speak out get shot or sent to labor camps - camps babies are born into as slave labor. This is what Maga wants to do with Democrats.
@melramos3092
22 күн бұрын
If that is the case why don't the democrats king Biden ?.?. If Trump can get away with it so can Biden
@heleneb2105
21 күн бұрын
So do these corrupt justices.
One vote away from ending democracy... From a council who were not themselves elected.
@Youtubeforcedmetochangemyname
25 күн бұрын
Well since this has never been a democracy there is no need to end it.
@winstonsmith6607
25 күн бұрын
@sharonmickey
25 күн бұрын
And at least one stolen from Obama from Mitch and the GOP
@samadams4165
25 күн бұрын
What they are saying is. They are one vote away from democrats losing power.
@CBlargh
25 күн бұрын
...and not merely not elected! The treasonous majority on the US Supreme Court wasn't even appointed by presidents the American people voted for. In addition to being entirely lawless, they are entirely _illegitimate._ They do not have the consent of the governed.
I don't have any confidence in SCOTUS and neither should the American public.
@jenniferhawkins9020
25 күн бұрын
So far the ladies are not wrong
@maniac2079
25 күн бұрын
I don't have any confidence in the Democratic party and neither should the American public.
@charliewineman4351
25 күн бұрын
@@maniac2079 🙄
@Daniel4646
25 күн бұрын
With all the effort the GOP has done to fill the SCOTUS' ranks with their yes-men, you're not wrong, pal. And I am saying that even though I am not even American!
@Rook137
25 күн бұрын
@@maniac2079ORCS are dying
I knew the supreme court was up to no good the moment they agreed to hear this case. God help us all. Please vote 💙🇺🇲💙
@rochellestarr9538
24 күн бұрын
THEY WONT VOTE IF THEY ARE LISTENING TO TALK SHOW GARBAGE!!!!!
@jsim5572
23 күн бұрын
Last defense of your democracy. These supporters of people who fail to identify the genitals, how can they even comprehend justices discussion.
@alien8070
19 күн бұрын
TRUMP 2024
@CasperC-oq6cd
Күн бұрын
I am voting for trump. I care more about the economy then men in dresses rights I care more about the economy then I do illegal inmigrants so for that reason I’ll be voting trump which is my right to do so. Gotta love the freedoms this nation gives us I’m free to vote for whoever tf I want
That this argument is even made before the Supreme Court is an embarrassment to the constitution and to our country"- Judge Luttig
@pauljasmine353
25 күн бұрын
Article II: Presidential Immunity to Criminal and Civil Suits
@sweed6054
25 күн бұрын
Joe and Hunter are the embarrassment
@jilliantatum769
25 күн бұрын
@sweed6054 wow you support those that endorse puppy killing.
@mrtsosi
25 күн бұрын
@@jilliantatum769did you bump your head?
@sweed6054
25 күн бұрын
@@jilliantatum769 how so?
Alito’s hypothetical suggests Trump is not being prosecuted because he broke the law but because his opponent is “bitter.” That’s scary.
@Nothingbutlovehere369
25 күн бұрын
And grossly blind to the laws tfg has broken! Justice Gaslight! It is indeed scary!
@abrakkehakka1357
25 күн бұрын
Also, if the POTUS has immunity, he doesn’t need to misuse the DOJ if he wants to go after the former POTUS. But he can engage in way more nefarious ways to deal with the FPOTUS. And I think the Justices who didn’t agree with Trump’s lawyers position ought to have made that clear.
@floriom9644
25 күн бұрын
I wonder if that doo doo will ever reflect and look back and think , "That was a stoopid thing for me to say!" .....but I have sneaky feeling this guy is so full of himself that that thought will never occur to him 🤣🤣🤣
@douglastovey2685
25 күн бұрын
Truth hurts.
@edwinrodeo
25 күн бұрын
@@douglastovey2685my words exactly 👍
Trump's lawyer's defence against impeachment: "He can't be impeached, he can only be indicted." Trump's lawyer's defence against indictment: "He can't be indicted unless he's been impeached." What the absolute f^@# is happening in this insane world?
@ifbfmto9338
25 күн бұрын
You’re guilty of treason for supporting Biden Post your address and we will deal with you appropriately
@teresalegler2777
25 күн бұрын
It’s called the MAGA GOP. Following the leader who worships HITLER.
@jenniferbowie2773
25 күн бұрын
It’s called different things! Look it up
@roberthicks5454
25 күн бұрын
He was put up on impeachment, but there was never any evidence of a crime. Just like now.
@laurenl.6291
25 күн бұрын
@@jenniferbowie2773 I looked it up. "Different things" is not a legal defence.
Are we just gonna forget that Alito said he doesn't want to discuss the facts in this case?
@brightmoon4175
25 күн бұрын
Interesting remark by Alito. So if you are on a court as a justice you are suppose to do what? Stick to the case & facts at hand; hypotheticals do not fly in a real court.
@sckirbyc1
24 күн бұрын
@@brightmoon4175 The facts being that this is political in nature and has never been done before. Its weaponization of the justice system. Liberals are okay with a little fascism.
@edphillips2998
20 күн бұрын
Your ignorance is showing. The Supreme Court is not a “trier of facts”; they are supposed to be ruling strictly on questions of LAW. Are the laws valid & constitutional? How do the laws get applied? That’s the point Alito was making, and he is 100% correct.
Criminals don’t want to be held accountable, period.
@middle_of_the_road
25 күн бұрын
Nether do innocent people.
@user-vv2wd9vm4l
25 күн бұрын
The Biden crime family
@teacherella1338
25 күн бұрын
Well just remember what the orange dupe said about pleading the fifth and what he did
@mrtsosi
25 күн бұрын
@@middle_of_the_road this guy wouldn't know what innocent was unless his MSM masters told him.
@portiawilcox3120
24 күн бұрын
Correct! And the entire Biden crime family,is next to be held accountable!! You can bet on that!!!! Trump 2024!!! The clear winner! Enjoy!!🔥💪🎉🎉
Now you see why a court MUST be balanced.
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
Oh, you mean “ balanced “ in favor of the leftist party?? 😂 how’s dementia Joe working out for you?? 😂😂
@maleighjohnson7020
25 күн бұрын
Exactly
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
You mean “ balanced “ as in a democrat majority?? Maybe you democrats should know what a woman is before you insist on having a majority :)
@alwayslernin4400
25 күн бұрын
Now you see the danger of the Christian right and the republicans use of them to grab power illegally. Voting republican is unpatriotic.
@lisandroesterga1858
25 күн бұрын
But the major problem is that these "judges" are not reading or following the law, they're blatantly ignoring the Constitution as they see fit.
A president that is above the law is actually a king.
@georgieippolito9924
25 күн бұрын
We want freedom not a king
@humbertovazquez3733
25 күн бұрын
Trump is ASKING not to be a king, but a dictator like Putin, Madero, Xi, Castro when was alive in Cuba.
@singerrb4984
25 күн бұрын
That's exactly what the rethuglians want!!
@poorthing
25 күн бұрын
What kind of king? Like King Charles? Nah- they should be using the correct title Trumps really after AUTOCRAT ~ DICTATOR
@carolgoodwin2052
25 күн бұрын
The Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself. The only leader above the law is a dictator.
How can we move forward at all with these 'bought' Justices. This is just unbelievable.
@nikkic83
23 күн бұрын
You understand they are paid for by George Soros?
Alito says Biden is prosecuteing Trump , and no one called him out ? Who is the lawyer that missed that ?
@Nothingbutlovehere369
25 күн бұрын
I thought the exact same thing!
@abrakkehakka1357
25 күн бұрын
Alito then insinuates that AGs, special investigators, federal prosecutors, grand juries, judges, selected jurors, appellate judges (including the highest of those: the SCOTUS justices themselves) are all mostly corrupt and would accept political persecution. That he thinks the whole justice system is flawed. Is this because he thinks he might engage in such things himself? Further, if the POTUS is immune, he doesn’t need to misuse the DOJ to persecute the FPOTUS, but can use SEAL Team 6.
Just to be clear, any Trump appointee on this court should absolutely recuse themselves. To sit in judgement of the very person who appointed you is the definition of conflict of interests.
@alvirenabeasley2003
25 күн бұрын
Absolutely agree with you! Without recusal of trump appointed justices the court is stacked, also Thomas must recuse due to the activities of his wife of which he is well aware of!
@kevinmounce7705
25 күн бұрын
WOW. That's a good point.
@norskibull2.021
25 күн бұрын
@@alvirenabeasley2003oh yeah well then Paul Pelosi and his insider trading was well known by his Speaker of the house wifey.
@pken9814
25 күн бұрын
In that case any opposite party judge and DA should recuse themselves when relating to prosecuting someone from the other party. Or a judge should recuse himself when his daughter works with the other party. Or if a judges wife has views you don't like.
@janetkriegl6720
25 күн бұрын
@@norskibull2.021 apples and oranges.
Such a disgrace that the issue of immunity is even being argued! We all need to be outraged… and please newscasters, do not smile when talking about this incredibly serious case! 😡
@mdimascio
24 күн бұрын
Yes! She was smiling while commenting on it and I thought the same thing.
Heartbreaking for your country that this is even a question. Loading the supreme court with such corruption is so alarming.
@pauljasmine353
25 күн бұрын
So, a conservative point of view is corrupt? Article II: Presidential Immunity to Criminal and Civil Suits
@flaneurfilms1940
25 күн бұрын
It’s only alarming if you believed in the Supreme Court to begin with
@laurijoemerick9188
25 күн бұрын
Ahhhahaha projection much? 🙄😂
@idaharyatihassan7425
25 күн бұрын
End of the empire...
@Borvo1
24 күн бұрын
@@pauljasmine353 What article II are you referring to? If you have ever read the US Constitution you would know that the word "immunity" does not appear anywhere in the US Constitution.
A KING HAS NO NEED OF A SCOTUS
Swing vote? Are you kidding! This is so obvious an issue. How can Supreme Court justices be so intellectually dull and stupid?
@zentierra7803
25 күн бұрын
They're not intellectually dull and stupid. It's just that several of them are utterly corrupt.
@sashasabbeth6836
25 күн бұрын
Exactly. I was going to write the same thing.
@JBoo00
25 күн бұрын
And yet they have the robes and gavels and you are a no body on KZread.. mm I love liberal tears
@Nite2012Mare
25 күн бұрын
They drank the orange flavored cult punch. 🙄
@dennissmallwood9082
25 күн бұрын
They are completely corrupt and are not fit to sit on the court. Rise up and vote blue because our democracy is at stake.
Alito is crazy and shouldn't be on the supreme Court.
@johnmc128
25 күн бұрын
Along with a few others.
@carolynsumners4915
25 күн бұрын
Crazy like a FOX....
@charlotteinfj4412
25 күн бұрын
Finally someone said it. If you met him on your commute you would change seat. He is a fanatic and 150 years late to the party.
@martinstepanek8902
25 күн бұрын
There you go!!! Someone needs to table the 25th on Alito!
@poorthing
25 күн бұрын
I find Thomas more frightening-
Who is pulling the strings of these corrupt judges on the Supreme Court???
@brightmoon4175
25 күн бұрын
Putin via Ttump
@silverman5707
24 күн бұрын
GOP donors.
@ennisdodd1888
24 күн бұрын
Leo Leonardo
@gireeshan-bd6hi
19 күн бұрын
@@brightmoon4175biden
I respect each one of these guys. I look for these guys when I need clarification. If they’re nervous - I’m nervous
The people of America should be very afraid.
@dwijon
25 күн бұрын
And angry. And ashamed.
@jannythomas3104
25 күн бұрын
Agree,Trump is bringing it down to it's knees. Shame.
@dorianshadesofgray2981
25 күн бұрын
Why afraid ? A president can be impeached and convicted in the senate and this be treated like any other citizen
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
Yes! We cannot afford 4 more years of Biden!!😂
@xelamercedes
25 күн бұрын
...and many of us are.
ITS NOT EVEN A QUESTION!!!!! there's nothing more dangerous than a rich criminal thats allowed to roam free especially a traitor!!!!
@latrelleogle5183
25 күн бұрын
Is he as rich as we may think?
@kenc7120
25 күн бұрын
That’s joe. Joe must go!
@savageusa8939
25 күн бұрын
When did Trump become a criminal and traitor? Last i checked he has not been convicted of anything, which still makes him innocent until proven guilty. Stop trying to put the cart before the horse. He will be convicted on false charges, the people will make him a martyr, and then he will definitely win in November. Let's watch it all play out
@DuaneHallinSD
25 күн бұрын
@@kenc7120 Hush troll. Worry about your own country comrade.
@jmb3608
25 күн бұрын
Imagine repeating the same BS, EVERY day, Kendra…
Why is it that the guests on the show tend to make better arguments than the prosecutors?
The SCOTUS confirmation process is useless. Appointees can lie their heads off during that process, and face zero real consequences after confirmation. This problem and the electoral college problem should have been dealt with long ago
As the kids say!!! "Mess around and find out!" Keep playing SCOTUS. A KING WILL FIRST DESTROY THE COURTS
@roberthicks5454
25 күн бұрын
No, a king would first pack the courts with their own people, just as the liberals are demanding.
@stanleyshannon4408
25 күн бұрын
Id iot.
@jameskbrimmagejbrimmage8224
25 күн бұрын
Just like the dems pushing to pack the court to 10-15-20 members. Because they don't like limits on power
@teeminator30
25 күн бұрын
We need to hold all previous presidents accountable. A crime is a crime. Charge them all.
@jameskbrimmagejbrimmage8224
25 күн бұрын
@teeminator30 have to go through the proper steps. And I 10000000% agree with you
"One Vote Away" should be our new campaign slogan. Because it's true. And it fits on a hat.
@richardowens9061
25 күн бұрын
And, a bumper sticker.
@sharonmickey
25 күн бұрын
Good idea!
@RA31A
25 күн бұрын
Has anyone asked Figurehead Biden about his uncle who was eaten by cannibals? I can't wait to vote him in for another 4 years as he is the most cogent one of them all.
@LivingtheDream67
25 күн бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@InfinityEightplus
25 күн бұрын
That won’t help Biden’s huge disapproval numbers on every issue 😆
That Alito’s asinine question/remark that presidents who are indicted after leaving office, forget about the LAW but is considered to be “bitter” if it’s from an opposing party’s justice dept. is the most craziest thing I’ve ever heard. What would he call it if the indictments were coming from the same party, a ‘bitter’ party member? The fact this notion of having a two tiered justice is coming from a justice of your country’s highest court is quite alarming and confirming in one. If that’s not a wake up call to EVERYONE of a failed justice system I don’t know what is…… Imagining the fact ANYONE as long as they’re American can run for presidency even if in jail and having this ‘absolute immunity’ to commit crimes while in presidency what that would do to your country???? Crazy crazy stuff…….
The idea that ANY judge could be appointed on political grounds is terrifying. It is an outrage. Only in America!
Time to impeach scotus.
@Bane97659
25 күн бұрын
💯💯
@jacobew2000
25 күн бұрын
Impeach Biden first.
@BrattyBetty
25 күн бұрын
SCOTUS knows that is an empty threat ..Time to start court packing .. Neither Congress nor President Biden, are powerless against an anti-democratic Supreme Court. The elected branches have broad powers to rein in a rogue judiciary, or to limit the scope of at least some of the Court’s decisions. The greatest of these powers is court-packing - adding additional seats to the Supreme Court to dilute the votes of Trump justices who lack democratic legitimacy.
@HyrulelinkDK
25 күн бұрын
@@jacobew2000For doing what? A good job?
@BrattyBetty
25 күн бұрын
@@jacobew2000 FOR WHAT ?? ahahahaha .. Washington Post : Biden's economy is booming GDP grew at an annual pace of 4.9% in the most recent quarter. That's the best three months of growth we've seen since the end of 2021. And it's all the more impressive coming at a time when interest rates are the highest they've been in more than two decades. We now have the greatest economy ever. Starting with unemployment, the current unemployment rate of 3.4 percent is the lowest in more than half a century. More than at any time in this period, people who want a job can get one. The unemployment rate for Black workers is at 4.7 percent, the lowest number on record. Reuters: US economy delivers blockbuster performance in third quarter NPR: Rising interest rates haven't slowed the economy. GDP numbers out Thursday show the economy grew more than twice as fast in July, August and September as in the previous quarter. Business Insider The US economy just grew at its fastest rate since 1984 The US economy grew 5.7% throughout last year, the fastest expansion since 1984. That puts Biden in the same ranks as Reagan The U.S. Economy Is Ripe for Strongest Growth in 40 Years ... Think 7.1% or More. The U.S. economy is primed to grow at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years thanks to pent-up consumer demand Forbes: U.S. Economy Grew At The Fastest Rate Since 1984 Last ... Jan 28, 2022 - For the year, economic growth accelerated at a rate of 5.7%-the highest showing since 1984 after a 3.4% decline in 2020
One vote from a dictatorship
@mitchhills4747
25 күн бұрын
Can the Judges be impeached??
@4rtivist
25 күн бұрын
Doesn’t matter who’s at the helm for the average folk especially not the communities the government has went out of their way with all that federal funding to assassinate leaders in….
@jacobew2000
25 күн бұрын
@@mitchhills4747 For what cause? You can not just impeach a judge because you disagree with them.
@elizasmith1229
25 күн бұрын
@@mitchhills4747 Yes..check out Judicial Impeachments/Conssstitution Annotated-Congres.gov.☮️🇺🇸
@lindaklein6426
25 күн бұрын
Ethicsviolation Roberts would have to initiate
I'm not a lawyer, but it not a requirement to uphold, obey, or break the laws
Is this really happening in America? Please pinch me and wake me up from this nightmare.
@rochellestarr9538
24 күн бұрын
YES people are believing a talk show that we are losing our DEMOCRACY and will not show up to vote...its happening!!!!!!!
@silverman5707
24 күн бұрын
Yes, beam me up Scotty.
The court should have never agreed to hear the case. This court is politically motivated and has to be purged of the right wing men and the handmaiden from the bench.
@NateWilliams190
25 күн бұрын
You're only upset with the SC because it's not ruling the way that you want it to rule. Maybe listen to the opinion, research the underlying rationale & then make an assessment instead of continuing to be fooled by Leftwing Propaganda.
@AlexaJane9091
25 күн бұрын
I can't believe this is even being heard and not laughed out of the court. It's a sick joke.
@drzaius1121
25 күн бұрын
The court simply follows the constitution, if you don't like it find a new country.
@jameskbrimmagejbrimmage8224
25 күн бұрын
ALL court cases involving POTUS or his sitting cabinet have to go through very special procedures. Look at what the house did against Homeland Sec. House voted to impeach. Senate shut it down. Nothing happens. We have a clear line in the constitution to deal with people that step out of line in office. Has been in place for over 200 years.
@donthatethemessenger777
25 күн бұрын
Purged of the right wing men...gotcha. 🤔 sounds kind of fascist to me, what about duh- mockery, I mean democracy? Tool...♟️🤤
The court doesn’t take Trump seriously the court is political and they are on his side no matter what
@belindalovins9036
25 күн бұрын
Bummer!
@kimthompson3846
25 күн бұрын
@@rude1527 Are you paid in rubles or rupees?
@jackdubz4247
25 күн бұрын
It's not that the SCOTUS doesn't take Trump seriously. It's more that the people who put the right wing justices on the bench. the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation, need Trump as POTUS in order to enact their master plan: The far right so-called Christian conservative takeover of the USA. Project 2025 all hinges on Trump becoming president and having absolute immunity from prosecution.
@mitchhills4747
25 күн бұрын
Yes, it looks that way but is disgraceful and will inevitably backfire. Why? Because most 'normal' Americans will be so REPULSED by this that the 'floating voters' will decided NOT to vote for him in November.
@jacobew2000
25 күн бұрын
The court has been "political" for centuries. You all do not complain about the progressive courts of the 1910s or 1930s.
I think that Thomas and aleta and possibly Robert should be impeached. Why hasn't somebody started an impeachment on them before?
I cannot believe this is where we are! One vote away from ending democracy! This is AMERICA, we do NOT have dictators and kings and I’m praying hard that we NEVER do!!! The 4 judges that are even taking this seriously should be impeached or forced to resign…period!
@brightmoon4175
25 күн бұрын
By even giving this immunity case any value, the men justices will be the first to go if a wanabe dictator comes into power. In a sense they are arguing for their own demise.
If these gangsters enjoy any benefit from this fiasco, every one of them should be indicted.
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
Because they disagree with you??😂😂 get a grip. You’re nobody 😂
@sorejack
25 күн бұрын
the lawyers should of made the argument that what stops them from ordering seal team six to take care of the supreme court for traitorous activity? to bundle alito amd thomas off to gitmo for the protection of the constitution?
@Kimberly-dt4ko
25 күн бұрын
Imagine the vacations Alito and Thomas will get for this from their owners. Will Gorsuch sell another house for more than it's worth?
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
@@Kimberly-dt4ko imagine getting your news from a leftist propaganda machine source like you are and thinking you know the truth!! :)
@b.t.2795
25 күн бұрын
@@edwardl.990 You threw a temper tantrum on January the 6th because you didn't get your way grandma. 😢
Again, I have to say that Allito seems to have no confidence in the judicial system by his hypothetical…being criminally prosecuted is not possible without a crime. Am I the only one hearing this? We watched the whole process these past 2 years. Prosecutors must provide evidence OF A CRIME to a grand jury, who must recommend indictment OF A CRIME. No crime, no possibility of prosecution. So all future Presidents need not fear prosecution, and therefore seek to stay in office by NOT COMMITTING CRIMES. Right?!?
@jmb3608
25 күн бұрын
It seems that you’re making a lot of sense, unlike those SCOTUS judges…
@vickivayda3145
25 күн бұрын
There will be no future Presidents if trump wins.
@oceanecastelnau9821
25 күн бұрын
My reaction exactly. Thank you!
@pken9814
25 күн бұрын
So, you would prefer criminals are prosecuted based on theory or opinion with no evidence of a crime?
@lindaklein6426
25 күн бұрын
There is plenty of evidence of crime
Omg! This un real. Scary. How can this happen?
And us taxpayers are going to pay these guys pensions?
Why the Trump-friendly appointed SCOTUS judges did not recuse themselves?!
@lindascott3973
24 күн бұрын
Because they're just like anything that comes from Trump: treasonous garbage. They all lied to get on SCOTUS
@t.k.1448
24 күн бұрын
Because they are as (un)ethical as their orange sponsor.
@TheChopf26
24 күн бұрын
Because they don't have to. They're doing their job.
@donufro
24 күн бұрын
If they recused themselves, they couldn't do their dear leader's bidding and stage the coup.
@Depthcharger
24 күн бұрын
Because then you'd just be celebrating your partisan justices doing as bid by Democrats
Time to reform SCOTUS and hold them accountable for being partisan instead of follow the law....
@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson
25 күн бұрын
Term limits would be the easiest fix. Lifetime appointments are just asking for corruption.
@darrylbradley
25 күн бұрын
What? Add a few more justices? Nope, not gonna pack the court.
@WikWar
25 күн бұрын
Poppycock
@skankhunt3624
25 күн бұрын
@@darrylbradleythe court has already been packed.
@guynorth3277
25 күн бұрын
@@darrylbradley; We could readily add four or another hundred - why not represent the People of the United States! These five, six drumpf people for drumpf DO NOT represent sane America.
If they rule that he’s immune, the court has no validity.
@brightmoon4175
24 күн бұрын
You mean like a "kangaroo court"? (No offence to Australia & the kangaroos there.)
Conservatives today rely on political institutions that brazenly undercut majority rule. The Senate, the courts, the Electoral College - all provide conservatives with structural advantages at the expense of the many. But the Right isn’t content to sit back and cash in on the tilted playing field. It actively labors to restrict voting rights, skew the census, gerrymander districts, and generally increase the sway of the country’s most anti-majoritarian institutions. When confronted with criticism, they resort to the nonsensical argument that “we’re a republic, not a democracy.” Free speech rights, civil rights, and other protections are essential to a flourishing democracy. But conservatives’ contempt for majority rule does not spring from a concern for a beleaguered minority (unless you think big business qualifies as an oppressed group). The truth is, the Right doesn’t expect a majority of Americans to support their policies, nor do they particularly care.. To defeat conservatism today, the main thing we have to do is to explain what it is, and what is wrong with it. Q: What is conservatism? A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy. Q: What is wrong with conservatism? A: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception, and has no place in the modern world..
@mr.e432
25 күн бұрын
I'd highly suggest you Google "tyranny of the majority"
@BidenIsGoingToPrison
25 күн бұрын
Winners focus on winning; losers focus on winners.
@TheoVosloo
25 күн бұрын
It is very sad that a once most powerful country have become so corrupt and more like a dictatorship and 3rd world country. The DOJ have become so corrupt and the judicial stinks with corrupt judges and prosecutors like Fanny Willis and Letitia James. The American circus is continuing and the world is watching. Mmmm i like the idea of no immunity for Biden, Obama, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Pencilneck, Dr Fauci, Fanny Willis, judge Edgerton, Letitia James and many more.....
@BidenIsGoingToPrison
25 күн бұрын
You seem to be focusing on winners Dave; is that because you’re not one?
@richardowens9061
25 күн бұрын
@@mr.e432 When has the US had a single example of "tyranny of the majority?" Your slippery slope is slippery.
Impeach Roberts and Thomas NOW!
@rude1527
25 күн бұрын
Keep 😭 me a river.. Oh ya!
@soulcrewblue8629
25 күн бұрын
Never gonna happen...unless they resign.
@michelez715
25 күн бұрын
And Alito. He's the worst of the lot.
@Whiskey.T.Foxtrot
25 күн бұрын
Alito is the greater danger.
@Jack-ci8be
25 күн бұрын
@@michelez715 Yeah I can't believe he's even entertaining the idea of making presidents completely immune from prosecution. That means Biden could seize control if he wanted to and there'd be nothing they can do about it.
We need a new reform in the Supreme Court judges should be changed every 10 years
Alito making that statement means that the President’s retirement is more important than the country as a whole…. Alito is sick in the head !
Unfortunately the founding fathers forgot to put checks and balances on the Supreme Court.
@StinkCabbage
25 күн бұрын
Best comment yet 💯
@wendyhardin5259
25 күн бұрын
Absolutely.
@alviverdeus
25 күн бұрын
No they didn’t. Biden just didn’t have the balls to push for it the last four years. Hopefully he sees the danger of this runaway Court now. It is absolutely within the power of the political branches to set the size of SCOTUS, and to limit its jurisdiction over the types of cases not enumerated to it in Article III.
@carolynsumners4915
25 күн бұрын
We didn't need these kinds of particulars before Trump!
@webportal6659
25 күн бұрын
@@carolynsumners4915We didn't have such a domestic enemy until democrats went off the rails due to Trump dismantling their plans and helping Americans.
So what? I get the alarm. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?! March on SCOTUS? They clearly think they have no accountability - judging from their behavior. So, YOU all need to propose what we can do!
@nomore6167
25 күн бұрын
"They clearly think they have no accountability" - That's because they don't. There is no longer any legal method to remove a Republican Supreme Court Justice, and there is nothing (legal) that WE (the people) can do about it.
@karenRowland-bk8tw
25 күн бұрын
Vote is such numbers that gives Biden the house and senate so they can expand the court. Also they will be able to write new law if the control the house and senate. Get rid of the filibuster.
@craigstevens8098
25 күн бұрын
Something must be done, no time to sleep walk corruption is out of hand right in are faces they can't even hide it anymore we stand or we fall
@winstonsmith6607
25 күн бұрын
Complain about it and vote for a guy with dementia
@slaughteredwolf
25 күн бұрын
This is a very fair and important question. I wish that there was something that could be done, but I just don’t know what can be done at this point. we can try to add justices to the bench which should be done, but at this point it’s going to look like politically motivated balancing which I guess it would be. It’s a scary situation that we’re in as a country, anyone who has had a malignant narcissist close to them in their lives, knows the damage and destruction that that kind of human being will wreak on everyone and everything around them. This time it’s on a national scale and it’s absolutely terrifying.
What justice alito postulates only applies, up to this point in history, former president trump. No other president would have entertained the idea of seeking revenge on his or her political rival. No other president would have entertained the idea of going after his or her critics in the press or media. To call his musings facetious and disingenuous would be a massive understatement.
Frightening alarming times we live in. Yes bonkers. No discussing the facts of the case but hypotheticals instead. 4 justices isn't enough.
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
You wouldn’t know a “ fact” if it bit you!!😂 You get your “ facts “ from leftist propaganda machine outlets like this one 😂😂😂
Do Americans not see that there Supreme Court making legal judgements with a political and financial bias has the world laughing and having a thing like trump as the best you can get as a president is bizarre
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
So how’s dementia Joe working out for you??😂
@jawstrock2215
25 күн бұрын
@@edwardl.990 he looks incredibly sane next to Trump&co. By himself(Biden) it might be a bit concerning. But seeing the opposition...
@MsBerries25
25 күн бұрын
We do. Then there are obtuse individuals such as @edward ☝🏾 who resort to name calling since they have no facts and no legitimate argument
@wgooetrik
25 күн бұрын
@@edwardl.990under almost every matrix biden is doing way better than trump ever did.
@edwardl.990
25 күн бұрын
@@wgooetrik really?? 39% approval rating and the poll was taken by the leftist propaganda machine “ news” outlet that call themselves cBS!! Get a clue
Why can’t Biden take out Trump then using “President immunity”
We've moved beyond giving a crap about our own futures and have diverted all attention to the fight between the major political parties. Feels like that's the point.
The women are the sane ones!! The answer is NO Btw Alito: yes, presidents will have to face prosecution IF they committed crimes, if not then no prosecution Why is this so difficult??
In the middle of The Handmaids Tale on Prime. 10 years ago that would have seemed so off the rails you couldn’t take it seriously. Today it’s feels scary to watch.
@NEbluefire
25 күн бұрын
I have to tell you, though that as a woman, that storyline would never have been incredible to me. Those of us who are awake, and actually see what's going on always knew that potential was there.
@smokeyhoodoo
25 күн бұрын
Just goes to show how much you people hate north-western europeans
@jacquelineheimburg9600
25 күн бұрын
Exactly.
@webportal6659
25 күн бұрын
No normal person thinks that way.
The only thing stopping the Court ruling in trumps favor at this time, is that it would convey the same power to Biden.
Have the Justices considered that Orange Hitler has no need for a Supreme Court? Have they considered he might disappear them…or worse?
We are losing our rights one by one, now 'Equal Justice for All" is gone! Vote Blue!
@ericklaus3972
25 күн бұрын
No thanks I know the difference between a man and a woman, I don't like Record illegals, Record inflation, incoherent President everyday.
@middle_of_the_road
25 күн бұрын
What rights are you losing?
@user-vv2wd9vm4l
25 күн бұрын
Vote trump
@bestfriend5600
25 күн бұрын
FJB!
@Kaleun14
25 күн бұрын
@@middle_of_the_roadit's a bot
I can't believe this is actually happening in the United States.
@gregbors8364
25 күн бұрын
I’m surprised it took this long 😊
@user-ie1tz5rm8x
25 күн бұрын
Out of respect for the office ,of the president of these United states : he was told , retire well leave you be: fight to get the job back - we'll see you in court.. .. .. he refused a wise offer..now he gets shafted in the assets ..at best.
How can anyone claim Allito is intelligent? It's beyond weird. The orange menace is always a threat with such a crazy court.
This is EXACTLY the conversation they want us to be having. There is no argument here. The fact they are taking this seriously is all you need to know.
Supreme Court?? More like Supreme Circus
That vote is clarence thomas who should have recused himself.he has no right to be sitting on the court.
@marksprague1280
25 күн бұрын
On what grounds? Thomas was nominated for the USSC by Bush, two decades before Trump took office.
@seanhall4098
25 күн бұрын
TRUMP 2024
@lindalovatt5799
25 күн бұрын
@@marksprague1280 on the grounds his wife was involved and his wife benefits
And the third thing that Alito ignored was that the judiciary is SUPPOSED to be ruled by LAW and would not agree to prosecuting a president if he had not broken the law. They can't argue that if a president made an unlawful order to the military, then the military would be obliged to disobey while also arguing that the judiciary would obey a president who was acting out of vindictiveness.
My question is, "Does Trump, or is Trump having any communication with these Justices presently?"
The lesson is don't let a criminal appoint the judges.
@MsBerries25
25 күн бұрын
We have Mitch McConnell to thank for that 😫
@alanhart2745
25 күн бұрын
@ALPHA_TRUMPI'm not. But what we will have is another replay of 2020. So if the numbers are there, like I truly believe they will be trump is going to lose by a landslide AGAIN ! And that was his own words.
@lisandroesterga1858
25 күн бұрын
Exactly!
@brightmoon4175
25 күн бұрын
Spot on,corrupt presidents can appoint corruptible judges. Guess we need to choose better qualified & ethical judges.
@brightmoon4175
25 күн бұрын
Spot on,corrupt presidents can appoint corruptible judges. Guess we need to choose better qualified & ethical judges.
Doesn`t make much sense. In a Trump monarchy, chief justice Ginni Thomas and her supreme court will be changed or gone.
@LadyElizondo
25 күн бұрын
EXACTLY! SCOTUS seems to forget that they're expendable to a president who is above the law, too.
@stevebrien1041
25 күн бұрын
Exactly. So why are they supporting him?
@paulgibbon5991
25 күн бұрын
No, they'll still be around to rubber-stamp the king's dictates. Check the rise of the modern dictator--the first step is always to subvert the courts.
@pauldavis4555
25 күн бұрын
Ie been saying this all along. There is NO NEED for a SCOTUS if trump or any president is immune from prosections
@tzarius78
25 күн бұрын
Ty for showing your delusional self
That statement by Alito amounts to a MAGA talking point. He is essentially trying to say Biden is going after Trump.
Only the corrupt SC could make a crime not a crime without changing any law.
@nomore6167
25 күн бұрын
"Only the corrupt SC could make a crime not a crime without changing any law" - It's worse than that. They wouldn't be saying that a crime is not a crime. They'd be saying that the law does not apply to the president (in other words, that the president is above the law, aka, a king).
@jmb3608
25 күн бұрын
@@nomore6167 No, actually that the law does not apply to that *former* president… As to the current one, we’re not so sure…
@joelyates2404
25 күн бұрын
The Supreme Court has nothing on Alvin Bragg.
@jacobew2000
25 күн бұрын
@@joelyates2404 Except that he is bringing a baloney of charges against Trump.
@lindaklein6426
25 күн бұрын
He is bringing a case against Trump for the crimes Trump committed
What is obscene is the highest court in the US is political. Lifetime appointments to the bench can lend to the idea that judges sometimes, really dont give a stuff. This is one where the so called Chief Justice just wants this to go away. Trump stikes yet again.
@silverman5707
24 күн бұрын
Yes and not even a vague attempt to hide the partisan bias.
No one should be exempt from prosecution when they are involved in money laundering, influence peddling, insider trading, or any number of crimes not in the duties as a President, Vice President, Senator, Representative, or any member of the Legal profession such as Attorney General, Judge or Lawyer.
RBG didn’t step down during a black president administration.
Sounds like he SC court needs to be arrested as well
@richardowens9061
25 күн бұрын
Who is going to hold them accountable? Merrick Garland from under his desk?
@mr.e432
25 күн бұрын
Spoken like a true authoritarian fascist
@IamNeighborlee
25 күн бұрын
@@mr.e432 he means I think, he has little faith in garland. Short of that...
@mr.e432
25 күн бұрын
@@IamNeighborlee Idk how you can misconstrue "sounds like SC court needs to be arrested as well"
@mr.e432
25 күн бұрын
@@IamNeighborlee nvm, I see what you mean. I mistakenly tagged that guy
Does Neal Katyal still claim that the US legal system is "the envy of the world" ?
@mr.e432
25 күн бұрын
It is as long as democrats don't get their way. They want to just jail or end trump and the conservative scotus, as evidenced by the comments in this thread and their support. Do you think Russia or China bother with due process?
@stephenrowe8352
25 күн бұрын
Probably not 😢
@nonya.bizness
25 күн бұрын
we'll watch the rest of the movie before we decide that.
@mitchhills4747
25 күн бұрын
I used to respect the USA (from the UK) but not now....
@damnthisuser
25 күн бұрын
Yeah, he's living in a dream world. He was so sure about Muller and the rules.
I never thought I would see the end of the united states' in my life time but now I wonder if it will be here after the next election
What a wonderful, knowledgeable panel. Thank you to ALL, for letting us know what is happening behind the scenes. There are crooks at all levels.
@jamespea76
24 күн бұрын
Yeah right. Theres a reason they dont sit on the bench and are merely 'commentators'..
Terrifying.
Nobody - NOBODY - can be above the law. And any “body” which dismantles law in order to place ANY individual beyond the reach of law is morally and ethically bankrupt and unfit. That this course of action is even "under consideration” is demonstrably insane.
@charlotteinfj4412
25 күн бұрын
I agree, they are morally, ethically bankrupt and unfit. Worse part is : they have no shame and don't care we can see their fillt+y tactics.
@roberthicks5454
25 күн бұрын
"Nobody - NOBODY - can be above the law. " Unless your a democrat, then no laws apply.
@mikegraver4792
25 күн бұрын
Well, Clinton and biden were not prosecuted.
@charlotteinfj4412
25 күн бұрын
@@roberthicks5454 Get your head out of your a&& and get a grip. You are on the wrong side of history, Putin's troll.
@silverman5707
24 күн бұрын
Have you seen GOP politicians show much interest in morals or ethics since Trump?
Why do you need a judiciary when only one voice matters in the questions of Justice?
What a shameful SCOTUS. Absolutely appalling.
SCOTUS should listen to Andrew Weissmann. He is a lot smarter than they are.
@rochellestarr9538
24 күн бұрын
HES A FEAR MONGERER!YOU SHOULD STOP LISTENING TO HIM!!!!!!!!!
It's shocking that some justices' remarks are pointedly making their arguments about "generics", unwilling to directly address the details of the current case. Hypotheticals have their place; but at some point, for the sake of clarity for the American people, the actual facts before them, from this case, specifically, need to be addressed.
It shouldn’t matter which side of politics you reside on. The fact that even one justice is contemplating that a president is completely immune to prosecution, forever and no matter the crime, should frighten anyone who loves democracy
'' Equal Justice Under Law.'' That inscription can be found above the front entrance of the Supreme Court Building. Most Americans today now know that it is not true.
Because of Trump and his sympathizers, our democracy AND our Rule of Law are already destabilized. What the He__ is Alito talking about? He and Thomas need to GO.
@chairmanofthebored6860
25 күн бұрын
We aren't a democracy. I'd say using the DoJ to try and persecute your political rivals is much worse than anything Trump ever did.
The amicus brief needs to be amended to include this: Pose a more extreme version of the SEAL Team 6 hypothetical to SCOTUS we heard in the Court of Appeals, where a judge asked if Trump's theory would absolve him if he used the military to take out political opponents. Take it a step further and tell the Court that if Trump has the immunity he claims he does, a president would be free to order the assassination of Supreme Court Justices who disagree with him, and could not be prosecuted for doing that. Make the impact of Trump's argument unmistakable. Let the examples of conduct that would be permissible under Trump's view of immunity drive home how essential it is for the Court to reject his appeal and send this case back on its way to trial. No president and no one is above the law. Source: Article written by Joyce Vance
@christophorfaust2457
25 күн бұрын
They are begging for Biden to do exactly that… the only problem is that Biden is a moral man who believes in the constitution and the rule of law!!!
@kdog2646
25 күн бұрын
@@christophorfaust2457biden has violated the constitution though? I see your morals are broken
@jawstrock2215
25 күн бұрын
@@kdog2646 when, and where?
@christophorfaust2457
24 күн бұрын
@@kdog2646 Kdog? Not sure this is worth my time, but how exactly did Biden violate the constitution???
@kdog2646
24 күн бұрын
@@christophorfaust2457 he ignored the Supreme court and violated their ruling. It was in relation to a freeze on rent payments.
As a Canadian watching this unfold, this group of corrupt justices in black robes remind me of an evil Council in a Star Wars movie.
If the NY case of election interference is the only trial before the election, the jurors and the judge have to make an important decision whether they stand for democracy or not.
The back and forth at the Supreme Court was useless chatter in relation to what the real issue was supposed to be before the court.
@beefninja7555
25 күн бұрын
Determining if presidential duties are a crime?
If we end up with a king or emperor, can we have one who is not a complete moreon?
@femaleonthewatch
25 күн бұрын
@mcemct: love your comment!
good luck America....the beginning of the end of a great nation.
Witch Hunt total waste of time.
We should all recognize that the courts will not save us from Chump. VOTE!
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.......... and with great power comes great responsibility, not NO responsibility
2 favorites: Katyal , Weissmann. And MSNBC. ❤