SCOTUS hears Trump’s attempts to rewrite the 14th Amendment

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The Supreme Court hears arguments for orders blocking Trump’s Birthright Citizenship ban. Plus, Putin skips out on peace talks with Ukraine. And Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump in the first show of his new tour. Laurence Tribe and Lt. General Mark Hertling join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.
0:02.6	Hey, Lawrence.
0:03.2	Jen, always impressive to see math on live television.
0:06.8	I wouldn't have dared tried that myself.
0:09.3	Hey, I'm not a mathematician.
0:10.9	Big New Jersey night on your show tonight.
0:14.6	And it was a big New Jersey day in the United States Supreme Court.
0:19.2	And when it's a big day in the Supreme Court,
0:21.2	that means Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Tribe
0:23.5	will start us off tonight.
0:26.2	Nothing better than two Lawrence's,
0:28.0	explaining what just happened in the Supreme Court today.
0:31.0	Lots of legal minds and expertise there.
0:33.3	Yeah, and for once, one of them knows what he's talking about.
0:36.1	Here we go.
0:37.3	Perfect. Have a great show, Lawrence. Thanks, Jen. Thank you. Well, the Trump lawyer who has made the most
0:43.0	absurd arguments the Supreme Court has ever heard on behalf of Donald Trump was back in front
0:47.6	of the Supreme Court today for Donald Trump. And this time, Donald Trump had a very, very bad day
0:53.6	with not a single member of the Supreme Court taking
0:56.8	Donald Trump's side of the argument or trying to help Donald Trump's lawyer in any way.
1:03.7	Remember Samuel Alito, the author of The Repeal of Roe versus Wade, which cited the legal opinions of British judges who presided
1:14.6	over which trials in that overturning Roe versus Wade opinion. Remember the way Samuel
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