WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A TWO-TIER JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Cosby got Trump's Sweetheart Deal- We should not have a two-tier justice system like this in the United States; America should hold the rich to the same level of accountability as the rest of us. Prof. Richard Wolff explains how The Supreme Court showed us how dark money can change the rules of an economy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.6 | And greetings, my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers |
| 0:20.7 | and peace freedom in the American way, Tom Hartman here with you. |
| 0:24.4 | A couple of Supreme Court decisions that are just, I'm just bug-eyed over these things. |
| 0:29.0 | I mean, it's just, it's, whoa. |
| 0:31.6 | And of course, the progressives on the court are the democratic nominees, shall we say, on |
| 0:35.3 | the court. |
| 0:36.3 | I'm not sure that you can call any of them genuine. |
| 0:39.1 | Well, who knows? |
| 0:40.1 | Anyhow, the three democratic nominees on the court all vigorously dissented, essentially |
| 0:45.3 | saying that the six conservatives on the court have gutted now section two of the voting |
| 0:50.8 | rights act. |
| 0:51.8 | Back when John Roberts gutted section five, the pre-clearance part, he said, well, you |
| 0:56.2 | always have section two. |
| 0:57.2 | I mean, literally in the decision, it said that. |
| 0:59.4 | And now they're gutting that. |
| 1:00.8 | So there's that. |
| 1:02.2 | They also backed up the Koch network and other right wing billionaires saying, hey, if you |
| 1:06.5 | want to buy politicians, or if you want to buy public opinion, by carpet bombing, you |
| 1:10.3 | know, the land with Facebook ads or television ads or whatever it may be, or if you want |
| 1:14.9 | to just pour money down the throat to your favorite politician and keep secret, keep your |
| 1:19.4 | identity hidden. |
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