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Dont really care about precedent, theyre going to stomp all over precedent because they have a political agenda. it is the same political agenda of donald trump and right-wingers, and theyre just going to do it. they dont really care. >> joy, i dont know what to tell people. this is no longer like jim crow. this is jim crow. this is what the court did back during the jim crow era. my mother is 70 years old. she was born in 1950 -- more than 70 years old. born in 1950 in mississippi. she has live...

Actually speak to the issues on the ground. in san francisco, it is more complicated. there was a whole bunch of outside money that came into this. in san francisco, there is a debate about whether the mayor is engaged in a power grab. these three would go up for election in november. we begin to chart the money. we see the money is not necessarily local. it is part of a concerted campaign around the country by folks who are targeting school boards, who are connected to crt. mind you -- >> san f...

Trump and company. >> looking ahead, how could this impact the criminal probe into the trump organization? >> so, it probably wont. heres why, chris. when you invoke your 5th amendment right against self-incrimination, if you do it at a civil deposition, which is what is being conducted by a.g. james, that can be used against you at the civil trial. the jury sitting in the civil case can actually get that evidence and can draw negative inferences against you. but that information that you invoke...

Forcefully for the democratic constitution, thats a small d, democratic constitution. just as scully did for a right-wing conservative prosecution. if you look at a majority of the constitutional amendments adopted since the bill of rights, theyve been about democracy expanding, suffrage extending movement and the country. women suffrage, and the 15th amendment to dismantle race barriers, and the 17th amendment to allow for direct election of u.s. senators, and so on. thats the meaning of our co...

Black. the city council says they violated 15th amendment by approving the measure in december with the discrimina intent to -- discriminatory intent. >> the previous mayor, bill de blasio, was hesitant to support the law. he supported it, but he very much said im not sure this passes muster with the state constitution which says you need to be a citizen in order to vote in new york state and clearly this is a law that violates that. >> shannon: ok, so this is what a mayor up in vermont had to s...

>> oh, man. >> you are a legend there. >> morehouse is not ivory tower. >> its a great school. >> as a student of history though -- appreciate that. as a student of history, one of the things i see as one of the most dangerous combinations to thwart american progress is the combination of those who are explicitly bigoted and those who are worried about going too far. you can have someone actually co-write, co-author the 13th amendment, but think the 15th amendment goes too far. >> right. >> you ...

Yeah, thats probably the biggest one. >> its like youre not getting fully seen? >> right. yeah. >> reconstruction has been the most contested question in americas historical memory. reconstruction is a period of time that begins immediately after the war. 10 to 12 years, when america had to truly reinvent itself. 14th amendment puts equal protection of the law into the u.s. constitution. and the right to vote for black men and the 15th amendment, was a constitutional and illegal revolution. and ...

That are really on the front lines saying, well, we dont need the 13th, 14th, 15th amendment. we need to do away with everything. thats easy for them to say in theory. thats what im saying. tomorrow, im going to minneapolis to do the eulogy of a funeral of a young man. 2 years old, killed in a no knock gun warrant. no knock warrant, right? were saying you have to change the law. youve got others that claim theyre more woke than us and say, we dont need no law at all. then how do we protect that ...

This country plays out today. and i think its really difficult to talk about race. how do you actually help kids to be different than us, our generation, who doesnt really know how to do this very well? how do you -- the only way you do that is by having them do it. >> okay. i want to know what went into place after reconstruction. look at integration of schools, fair treatment by juries, right? those are the kinds of things. how are we doing now? well put the school segregation folks in that co...

A new book is shedding light on Sen. Lindsey Grahams (R-SC) push back against former President Donald Trump while an angry mob of far-right Trump supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol on January 6.