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Public relations front, but i dont think thats going to in any way stop merrick garland. >> and right, and first of all, just, were going to do a quick constitution 101. what is the legal difference in status between reality winner at a citizen and donald trump as a former president? whats the difference between the two of them legally speaking? just in terms of how theyre treated by the law. >> zero. >> none, thank you. >> zero, exactly. >> so right. donald trump and me, donald trump and you. w...

That we are all created equal. lincoln elevated the declaration of independence, one of a singular contributions, when he said four score and seven years ago, he was going back to the declaration, not the constitution. he was going back to the mistaken, not to the compromise manual to make concessions to the slave power. that commitment was essential. >> let me express my intense jealousy that i was not at your democracys on it. ta-nehisi coates -- a few people there. i covered my presence at th...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently took a wrong turn when he launched the first ever...

Insurrection, you cant serve in congress. voters in georgia challenged marjorie greenes ability to be on the ballot. what theyre doing is now she has gone into federal court to try to say that those voters dont have the ability to challenge her candidacy. thats what is coming up in the air. the federal court has said the state can go ahead, there will be a hearing on friday. interestingly in north carolina, where the courts had originally said that voters couldnt challenge representative madison...

>> what about historical precedent? >> do we know if any air force members were staying there before this president? >> exactly. >> is that something they could take into consideration? not like do you know whether or not any air force people stayed in trump properties. >> they should absolutely take that into consideration. especially because emoluments clause litigation has almost never happened in our countrys history. there are about three precedents and none of them have any relationship to...

Critical word in the constitution. it is something we should know. >> im glad youre helping us with constitutional law. >> i dont want to admit that i knew what emolument was, five years ago, i didnt say that, how dare you. >> thanks for joining us. with that, we switch gears now and bring in nbc meteorologist michelle grossman with a quick update on the weather. turning on the heat in the south. the south is going to be baking today. an area of high pressure pumping in the heat. and the jet...

The constitution 101 on the -- in the powers of the article i branch, which nancy pelosi is putting on a clinic. as you said, shes wielding her power so thoroughly and so efficiently and so publicly in a way that we dont normally see women, you know, do. shes not doing it with the sort of demure way we expect women to do. shes just wielding her power period. keir so used to weak speakers. were not used to it. donald trump is getting this lesson with the rest of the country. clearly he knows noth...

His father has done a lot of evictions. they know from their end of it how that works. and mitch mcconnell is the person who now will be as responsible as donald trump for faye smith getting evicted if she does. >> yeah, and not only doing evictions. if you follow history as tony schwarz and others have laid out, using tactic like not fixing the heat, making the apartment so unlivable that people essentially self-evict and leave in order to redevelop properties into luxury condominium. hes used ...

This is like constitution 101. right? branches of government. you dont get to just ignore the word of the congress. and judges dont get to ignore what is an obvious and an everyday person reading of the statute. but remember that donald trump, not only did he like set us up and set the supreme court up, the supreme court has been bending over backwards to remind americans they are going to work together even though we have the brett kavanaugh hearings, that they are going to see each other as co...