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Transitions, madisonian democracy, and my god, even the constitution itself, the supremacy clause, she says shes going to send arizona sheriffs to the border to arrest fbi agents. you do that, kari. you do that. lets see who wins that, right? like you may have to actually follow the law. and i will say, willie, when democrats say we must win every election or democracy is at risk, it bothers me. it bothers me because sometimes people are just voting their wallets. sometimes people are just votin...

They want to talk about protocols. but, of course, all those are really sub serveian to the u.s. constitution and the reason thats so incredibly important rachel is because article two of the u.s. constitution declares that the president of the united states, which was donald trump, is the commander in chief of the military, and that means he has the ultimate discretion and authority under the law, under the constitution itself, to make decisions about what is top secret, what is classified, wha...

Hearing from the government and the law minister himself since the law minister himself since the engagement in march of this year. we are still hoping for the details, we hope the government will not be going further than the definition of marriage in the constitution itself, but we look forward to a very robust debate in the coming months. is a serious business. for many, spiderman is an entertaining fantasy but for some, climbing buildings in cities is a serious business. young parisian alexi...

Think the details are not out yet, we do not know exactly what will be the details, but it is very much in line with what we will hear from the government and the minister, so again we are still waiting for the details, we hope that the government will not be going further to enshrine the definition of marriage and the constitution itself, but we look forward to a very robust debate in the coming months.— in the coming months. thank you so much forjoining _ in the coming months. thank you so m...

Conservative majority, how they approach analyzing the law. they make it explicit throughout the opinion that the goal is to look their analysis is to look at the text of the constitution itself, and to look at historical ways that that should be interpreted. so looking at history, and analyzing it from there. not looking at what one might assess is as a matter of public policy in the current public interest, given our current environment with mass shootings. thats what this majority rejects in ...

Then, that reflects directly on the court itself. >> thats absolutely right. so lets remember when the 150 justices who served on the united states supreme court, not one has been indigenous. not one has been asian, not one has been a black woman ever in its history. only five has been woman, period. and over 230 years. and we have an institution where right now, one last blast of segregation would live on. but what we saw on the senate was not only an attack on her, but an attack on the constit...

Institution that americans are question inning. and i guess by the situation, talk about the supreme court, but you can also say this about the u.s. senate and congress. this all further undermines, its not just that theyre undermining her. its that she will most likely be confirmed to the court, and then, that reflects directly on the court itself. >> thats absolutely right. so lets remember when the 150 justices who served on the united states supreme court, not one has been indigenous. not on...

Justices have been circled through over the past 50 years, this entire time reaffirming the constitutional right to get an abortion. justice sotomayor also talked about the fact that there are other rights that the court has recognized that havent been specifically mentioned in the constitution itself, equating that with the fact that abortion rights have not also been mentioned in the constitution, but the solicitor general saying thats a reason that they shouldnt be recognized. so the liberal ...

Abortion ban is now in the hands of a federal appeals court. texas just responding this afternoon to the justice departments request to put that law on hold while courts figure out whether it is legal or not. pete williams is joining us. and among other things the state says abortion is not a constitutional right but is, quote, court invented right. >> right, texas takes the position in this filing, they say that the states are bound by the text of the constitution but they dont have to follow s...

Our colleague glenn kirschner from this station has complained that garland should be doing more. it does look like he could be more front and center, protecting democracy in this moment. and absolutely these subpoenas have to be enforced, either criminally, civilly would take too long. jamie raskin has said publicly he hasnt ruled out the age-old notion of calling the sergeant at arms and having the congress itself enforce their subpoenas. this has to happen or the constitution itself becomes j...