Tonight on the readout.

If someone with those kinds of powers, the most powerful person in the world

with the greatest amount of authority could go into office knowing

that there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes.

I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is

from turning the Oval Office into,

you know, the seat of criminal activity in this country. The People's Justice. the people's

justice.

Justice Katanji Brown Jackson was right.

The six conservative justices have given Donald Trump carte blanche to unleash his worst instincts if he returns to the White House with no consequences

whatsoever in one of the most radical court rulings in our nation's history.

Plus, the systematic dismantling of the 20th century

by this court that does not believe

that the Constitution is a living document and is dead set on returning

us to the 19th century when they believe America was great.

Also tonight the threats ahead from Republicans and the court as we mark

exactly 60 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of

1964.

And we begin tonight with reality, which is sinking in in a really big way.

In the past week since the debate we've been treated to a flood of newspaper op-eds led by the New York Times of course

telling Joe Biden what to do, pundits telling him what to what to do, Democrats hand wringing behind the scenes and

leaking the hand wringing to political and the time, so donors can tell Joe Biden what to do.

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