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Inner circle. The memo which was obtained by the New York Times and has not been verified by nbc news, was allegedly sent in early December 2020 by trump lawyer kenneth chesebro, who is one of the coconspirators identified but not charged in the Justice Departments latest indictment, of the former president. In the note, chesebro details the fake elector scheme which falsely claims former Vice President mike pence had the power to block the certification of the states votes on january 6th. All j...

repercussions for the election this year and also for the future of american democracy. it is arguably the most important election case to reach the supreme court since bush v gore nearly a quarter century ago. the question before the court is pretty simple actually. does section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars, quote, an officer of the united states who, quote, engaged in insurrection from holding public office actually apply to the man who incited the january 6th riot, who tried ...

I think the option that you said is right now. It is so early in the process. I mean ive been through my share of elections for over the years. At this point i could just give you one quick anecdote that tells the whole story. I want to the debate there in milwaukee. And the next morning i got in the cabin asked the cabdriver, now tell me who do you think when the debate. He sort of paused and said, you know i think it was that indian guy. E the couple of, women i think the womany of course ther...

Civics but also how our cybersecurity, social media, conventional media contribute to or detract from our democracy. to the very manner in which we elect candidates for federal office in our country. weve put together a really extraordinary distinguished, non partisan, bipartisan group of americans to look at this with us. retired former judges like judge luttig, including the former chief justice of the ohio supreme court two former candidates for president, carli fiorina and they kept part, hi...

Occupies the white house there has been a seismic cultural shift that has meant allegations of sexual misconduct by powerful men are now taken more seriously than they were in 1991 when anita hills credible accusations against clarence thomas were greeted by skepticism and scorned by members of the all male members of the senate judicialery committee. some things havent changed. christine ford was ee luck tant to come forward for fear of being dragged through the mud and like anita hill she will...

Ailes sexual harassment there. shine denies doing so. while donald trump still occupies the white house there has been a seismic cultural shift that has meant allegations of sexual misconduct by powerful men are now taken more seriously than they were in 1991 when anita hills credible accusations against clarence thomas were greeted by skepticism and scorned by members of the all male members of the senate judicialery committee. some things havent changed. christine ford was ee luck tant to come...

Much. >> what would you say your position today is on a womans right to choose? >> as a judge. >> as a judge. >> as a judge it is an important precedent of the supreme court. by it, i mean roe v. wade and planned parenthood versus casey, its been reaffirmed many times. casey is precedent on precedent. >> precedent on precedent. i am joined by people who know their way around precedents, sharon eiffel, elise hope, and my favorite legal eagle nprs nina totenberg who is still covering the hearing t...

At this point. republicans have been turned away as well. and it seems to me that congress should be holding hearings where hhs and where nielsen and azar have to come before and actually tell the truth about what is going on. >> absolutely. obviously, one of the problems that we see is that the republican leadership in this congress have their arms so tightly wrapped around donald trumps ankles that they will not do anything that upsets him. >> ankles. congressman dan kildee, thank you very muc...

Accountability. i wanted to sit and talk to him face-to-face and challenge him on whether they were going to continue in terms of training, whether they were going to deal with the corporate culture of doing business with blacks, of helping youth. i mean, real across the board things or was this a one-day thing and i think they put a lot of serious thought into it, the proof will be in the pudding. well see where it goes but i think that he wanted to put on the record the commitment that they ar...

Investigated paranormal activity. okay. joining me now is sharon eiffel, the president and director council of the naacp legal defense fund. theres people, theres personnel. the old saying is personnel can be policy. judges arent supposed to make policy, but this complete step backwards in diversity, not only from the obama administration, but even from other republican administration tells us what? >> ari, i think we have to focus on the nature of the candidates that are being nominated by this...