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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Supreme Court justices can protect the Constitution or Trump

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: The Supreme Court hears arguments on Donald Trump’s immunity claim. Also, Democrats call on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from January 6-related cases. And prosecutors say Trump keeps breaking his gag order. Andrew Weissmann, Neal Katyal, Laurence Tribe, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, and Adam Klasfeld join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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Well, we learned today that the United States Supreme Court has two different kinds of justices,

0:04.6

justices who are trying to protect the Constitution and the law, and justices who appear

0:10.9

to be trying to protect the president, specifically the former president named

0:16.7

Trump.

0:18.2

That is the fundamental dividing line that seemed to emerge on the court today with Justice Samuel Alito as usual

0:25.0

running away with wild flights of fancy about what would happen to

0:30.2

presidents if the Supreme Court doesn't provide them with some form of new protection

0:37.4

that has never existed before.

0:39.7

Justice Alito was placed on the Supreme Court in effect by the Supreme Court.

0:45.1

When the Supreme Court decided in the 2000 presidential election in favor of George

0:49.6

W Bush, who came in second in the voting of the American people but came in first in a 5-4 decision

0:57.0

in the Supreme Court. Because George W Bush, who lost the popular vote and was awarded the Electoral College by the Supreme Court became

1:04.9

president, he was then able to put Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court.

1:09.9

Samuel Alito, in his opinion overturning Roe versus Wade, quoted judges in England.

1:16.4

Long before the United States of America existed who were prosecutors of witches, before

1:21.1

they became judges who were then in the business of sentencing

1:24.8

witches to death as judges. Samuel Lelito thought they were worthy of quoting in his opinion removing the right to safe health care

1:37.6

services in this country for women. Today Samuel Alito imagined that without some new form of immunity written by the United States

1:46.6

Supreme Court, every future president will be prosecuted by the new Justice Department that

1:52.3

takes over after the President leaves office.

1:55.0

In making that prediction, Samuel Alito was able to ignore the entire history of the United States of America

2:02.0

prior to the criminal rampaging of Donald Trump in the White House.

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