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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. those are the kinds of things. how are we doing now? well put the school segregation folks in that corner. well put the jury selection folk...

To deal with. yeah. thats probably the big -- thats 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, a 10 to 12-year era when america truly had to reinvent itself. 14th amendment puts equal protection of the law into the u.s. constitution. and the right to vote for black men in the 15th amendment was a constituti...

1850s on slavery and thats what led to the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment, guaranteeing equal protection in every state. we heard states rights from pressie versus fergusson whunti the filibuster in 1964. the question is, what is the floor of nationwide rights that should be available to all americans, no matter what state they live in. that floor, by and large, has been getting stronger since the 1960s. as i say, now you are seeing red states with support of federal judges and justices becoming ...

Teenager and the suspect. lapds police chief promising there will be a thorough investigation. cnns lucy cavanaugh has more on this tragic story. louie, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, tragic and devastating is how the lapd police chief described this officer-involved shooting that led to the death of this 14-year-old girl. officers say they were responding to multiple calls of a possible active shooter at this north hollywood burlington store on thursday around noon. when they arrived,...

The Fifth Amendment implications of compelled password production has reverted from "somewhat settled" to "not settled at...

The key to determining Fifth Amendment protections against compelled production of passwords appears to be a court's definition of...

A new comic play by former White House aide Sidney Blumenthal opens with Trump and his loyal lieutenant in the Oval Office, discussing pardons.

Allegiance. and what you described is the minute donald trump said fake news, all of a sudden everything stops because theres a pledge of allegiance to donald trump above and beyond the constitution here, which really is frightening. 18 usc 115, which is why i think that were going to see the 5th amendment being played, whoever owing allegiance to the united states levees war against them or adheres to their enemies giving them aid and comfort within the united states or elsewhere is guilty of t...

0 defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, its going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but also saying that they did nothing to prevent him from unleashing this shooting, this attack. prosecutors saying the...

Seriousness of watergate koultd mean, how much trouble he could be in if the watergate unravelled. march 22nd, 1973, nixon was caught strategizing out loud how he thinks his henchman should do to try to make it all go away. he said on the white house tapes, theyre heard to hear. theres so much static. we have the transcripts of them. what he said on the tapes was this, i dont give a bleep what happens. i want you all to stone wall it. let them plead the 5th amendment. if it will save it, save th...