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Lesbians under the equal protection law because this was not the intent or understanding of those who drafted the 14th amendment in 1868? >> senator, first of all, a good judge starts with precedent and doesnt reinvent the wheel. to the extent there are decisions on those topics, and there are, a good judge respects precedent. thats the first point. second point i would make is, it would be a mistake to suggest that originalism turns on the secret intentions of the drafters of the language of th...

Kevin mccarthy. abby: la la land. pete: on this day in 1868 president andrew johnson became the first president to be impeached in u.s. history. abby: and in 2011 the space shuttle discovery launched in space to begin its final flight. steve: and in 1978, i remember, this the begs were topping the charts with their number one hit "staying alive, staying alive" ♪ alive ♪ oh ♪ ♪ take one of those pillows and take a big smell. they smell really fresh. what if we told you we washed these she...

Dixiecrats, southern democrats, they protected slavery in all territories. that was their plan. the kkk was founded by southern democrats. general nathan bedford forrest. he spoke at the 1868 democratic convention. and this one, republicans, republicans passed the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments. 13th abolished slavery. 14th offered citizenship to all races. and the 15th gave voting rights to all races. >> bob: thats a good history lesson. voting rights in the housing act was more democrats and repu...

The bill is unconstitutional. there is this law thats been around since 1868, equal protection under the law for all. it does not say if youre not transgender, if youre white, black. for all. i think people should still consider how they come to north carolina. look at the last year, this is still a bad legislature. >> the fact charlotte had to repeal its ordinance -- >> hb 2 was bad. was the wrong bill. its unconstitutional. it wasnt just about bathrooms. this laejsly the shower have never pass...

And ocheti shokui, and if this is still a republic and governed by the constitution we will prevail. >> kyle, we know this pipeline was rerouted before to take away from the capital and nonnative american parts of that state and put it squarely on the land of this tribe, do you have any reporting on whether or not this reroute will stand? >> here is the problem. the problem is theres no geographical trick to get around the missouri river. right? theres just no way its going to have to cross at s...

Fighting for something bigger, fighting for promises that were made in treaties that have since been rolled back. how do you balance the two issues? >> we have over 33 specific treaties with the united states. and we are going to hold them to that. there are over 400 nations who came to us to ask for support. we have an historic relationship with the united states government and were going to hold them to that and one of the provisions is an 1868 treaty is the water. we hold the title to the mis...

15th amendments that were supposed to free the slaves, give everybody the right to vote, make men at least all equal in the south. despite those rights existing on paper, though, they absolutely didnt exist in real life and in a lot of places in the country, particularly in the former confederate states, it was a reign of terror. i dont mean that as a metaphor. literally thousands of americans were killed in political and racist violence after the end of the civil war in the lead-up to that 1868...

And part of the way grant tried to do that was a new set of laws called the enforcement acts. i mean, by that point, we had the emancipation proclamation, freeing the slaves, the 14th and 15th amendments that were supposed to free the slaves, give everybody the right to vote, make men at least all equal in the south. despite those rights existing on paper, though, they absolutely didnt exist in real life and in a lot of places in the country, particularly in the former confederate states, it was...

Washington, that he basically helped all of his opponents hold onto their seats. in the end, andrew johnson himself very narrowly avoided getting thrown out of office himself after impeached in the house. its a spooky thing about u.s. history, that we had this towering figure, abraham lincoln, the man who saved the country and his death gave us immediately thereafter maybe the worst president. we can take little comfort in the fact, though, that people knew at the time that andrew johnson was te...

In the end, andrew johnson himself very narrowly avoided getting thrown out of office himself after impeached in the house. its a spooky thing about u.s. history, that we had this towering figure, abraham lincoln, the man who saved the country and his death gave us immediately thereafter maybe the worst president. we can take little comfort in the fact, though, that people knew at the time that andrew johnson was terrible. when it came time in 1868 to hold the first presidential election after t...