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Harry Litman, former U.S. attorney, gives his take on the articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY.
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@revaatkinson2897 Месяц назад

why hasn't charges been brought up on Virginia Thomas?

@heemlo649 Месяц назад

Because she hasn't committed any crimes.

@OriginalPiMan Месяц назад

Was she actually involved in any of the logistics or organisation in subverting the 2020 election, or was she just doing news interviews and sending messages to congresspeople? (Honest question. I know she was involved in the messaging part, but I don't recall if she was involved in the criminal parts)

@user-pb7ig4sv2l Месяц назад

It should be assessed, put in front of a grand jury and if there’s enough evidence, go to trial

@user-lb3xg2jf1x Месяц назад

Thomas and Alito must go!!!!

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

Why?

@mb9326 Месяц назад

because msnbc told you so?

@PeterGriffin_3238 Месяц назад

@@JasonDrvmz👈🍼🐑🤡

@PeterGriffin_3238 Месяц назад

@@mb9326👈🍼🐑🤡

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

@@PeterGriffin_3238 and how long have you been interested in children?

@cindyyeager8627 Месяц назад

The supreme court is not holding themselves accountable so is that not a dereliction of their oath?

@auntymammalia9384 Месяц назад

Yes. That's why they can be impeached.

@larrygodbold3017 Месяц назад

Tax evasion is not ethical nor legal

@mb9326 Месяц назад

For hunterboi it is.

@Supras111 Месяц назад

Unless you're Hunter Biden of course.

@johnmartinez9893 Месяц назад

@mb9326 try donald trump and get off hunter biden, you talk about him so much beginning to think you are in love with him.

@mb9326 Месяц назад

@@johnmartinez9893 What tax evasion does trump have?

@scottmcaninch6255 Месяц назад

FDT @@mb9326

@4014Thugsy Месяц назад

TERM LIMITS NOW. Enough of lifetime appointments.

@mr-boo Месяц назад

Why term limits? I think an ethical committee is more effective. With term limits you can have an estafette of corrupt judges. With an ethical committee they get fired if and only if they step out of line. Keeps them honest!

@mikes6853 Месяц назад

@@mr-booboth would be best actually there should be no lifetime appointments for any government position

@4014Thugsy Месяц назад

@mr-boo a lifetime appointment means decades, Our founding fathers lived when the average life expectancy was around 50. And now, 200 years later, people live into their 70s 80s 90s+. I am not talking a fast term like other positions. But 18-20 years is reasonable to ask of PUBLIC SERVICE

@claudettefolsom1509 Месяц назад

The corruption court🎉

@bbernard1981 Месяц назад

Tyrants and Traitors

@TommyDixon-nu6cn Месяц назад

Indeed 😡😡

@uponcripplecreek1 Месяц назад

Exactly. We the people will not submit to these corrupt lawless traitors.

@TommyDixon-nu6cn Месяц назад

@@uponcripplecreek1 heck yeah 💙💪🇺🇸

@Vbluevital Месяц назад

Should be locked up now.

@GaryArmstrongmacgh Месяц назад

@@Vbluevital How?

@dougsimmon7460 Месяц назад

When the constitution is gone , so is the bill of rights . Think about that !?!

@olzt100 Месяц назад

Exactly! The Republican party is at war with the US Constitution and the people of the US because it gives we the people the power. The people that think they are elite and above the average citizens are Republicans. The Next republican President has only one mission and that is to dismantle the US Constitution and destroy the US as we know it.

@jaimefranco6410 Месяц назад

Impeach CORRUPTED JUDGES.

@margiehankins-jerde6094 Месяц назад

Corrupted judges or ones Standing up for our constitution that these far left liberals want to tear down. The only thing we have that is of value to keep our America. Are you seeing what is happening. You get rid of our constitution and what you will have is communism with the globalist controlling every part of your life. For Gods sake wake up!

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

For what?

@jaimefranco6410 Месяц назад

@@JasonDrvmz for TAX EVALUATION.

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

@@jaimefranco6410 evaluation?

@mb9326 Месяц назад

Wah the left can't have it's way/

@Arational Месяц назад

Tax evasion charges should be coming for Alito and Thomas.

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

For what?

@robertjackson272 Месяц назад

@@JasonDrvmz Paying taxes on gifts that they didn't report to the IRS...Duh!

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

@@robertjackson272 who says that’s a thing?

@francoisleveille409 Месяц назад

@@JasonDrvmz Compare the donations they received vs their normal salary and you'll know why. 🤣

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

@@francoisleveille409 what does that have to do with me or you?

@rebeccamd7903 Месяц назад

What ever happened to unchecked power??

@Max14163 Месяц назад

It's alive and well...

@mb9326 Месяц назад

The left twisted the system around ww1

@davtra Месяц назад

congress is weak to do anything. they're meant to check power between White House and Supreme Court. But whatever system can be corrupted.

@auntymammalia9384 Месяц назад

Every aspect of "our" government should be held 100% accountable. No person should be above the law.

@hhol.m Месяц назад

Including the attorney General- Apperenty he's above the law as well as the first familys- and they want to impeach judges because are corrupt them selves

@michelez715 Месяц назад

But the Supreme Court has just said one person IS above the law - the President.

@blondhairblackstrat Месяц назад

What has happened to our system of "Checks and Balances"?

@mb9326 Месяц назад

fed sur rection.

@robertjackson272 Месяц назад

@@blondhairblackstrat SCOTUS just abolished it!

@rhymereason3449 Месяц назад

Isn't tax evasion a "high crime or misdemeanor" ?

@janjr165 Месяц назад

It’s not the Supreme Court, it’s the MAGA court.

@curtisihegie13 Месяц назад

I guess the current president doesn't have immunity, right?

@abc33155 Месяц назад

@@curtisihegie13It’s whatever the SC says at the end, they will rule Trump can’t be prosecuted but Biden can be, they didn’t give clear definitions of official acts.

@mb9326 Месяц назад

@@abc33155 Biden hasn't been. he protected.

@mb9326 Месяц назад

@@curtisihegie13 He got immune, what you talking about?

@robertjackson272 Месяц назад

@@abc33155 Bingo

@LoveWins-xv9lm Месяц назад

💙💙💙 GET THEM *OUT,* CONGRESS!! 💙💙💙

@dwaynepoole2673 Месяц назад

IMPEACHMENT 🎯

@sildan1988 Месяц назад

No,we can hold them accountable. It's called impeachment. Vote blue 💙.

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

I’m voting Red…. Blue is 🌈

@mb9326 Месяц назад

No thanks

@angle8676 Месяц назад

Thanks to those supreme Court justice's, Olympus has fallen. American Justice has gone to the garbage

@omahanb1 Месяц назад

It's always been them against us an individual can get the best justice they can afford you might have to sue your lawyer to get it. That's the hard part after you (I) paid the lawyer and all he offers is a plea or 10 years in prison on the way into the courtroom that's a crime.

@nelliehosford722 Месяц назад

They definitely need to be held accountable for their actions

@raymondg7565 Месяц назад

Logic dictates that the body that appointed them can enforce a common and basic ethics code.

@michelez715 Месяц назад

Exactly what Senator Whitehouse has been saying.

@jeffreydahmersribshack9570 Месяц назад

Biden should have the Sergeant at Arms haul away Alito & Thomas now that Biden is King.

@alastairramsay2735 Месяц назад

If the judges had any honor,they would both resign.

@user-pb7ig4sv2l Месяц назад

Kinda how the USA got into this mess

@maleighjohnson7020 Месяц назад

The Supreme Court should’ve ALWAYS had equal representation of both political parties and term limits.

@claudettefolsom1509 Месяц назад

Corrupt 6 RESIGN🎉PUT CHECKS IN PLACE❤

@josephdowling4524 Месяц назад

The Legacy of Representative Senator Mitch McConnell in action

@rbmh Месяц назад

IT IS BEYOND OUTRAGOUS AND NOT ACCEPTABLE.

@elaineisabelle427 Месяц назад

Thomas is corrupt as they come.

@margiehankins-jerde6094 Месяц назад

Are you kidding. If you you want corrupt go after Biden and the criminals in Washington. These judges are the only ones standing for our constitution!

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

Proof? Other than your feelings

@lindalarkin-qf3rh Месяц назад

@@JasonDrvmzIf their last ruling doesn't convince you, get on some new meds or go back to sleep.

@JasonDrvmz Месяц назад

@@lindalarkin-qf3rh I don’t see it being relevant

@blazerebal6946 Месяц назад

Only congress can change this!

@Magik1369 Месяц назад

The Supreme Court exists as an insulated an rogue group of lifetime tenured judges. This is obviously not working anymore. Presidential lifetime appointments has become a toxic dead end for Americans. A lifetime appointment wrongly assumes that the justice is of such character that they will always act with integrity, without bias, and that they will always support the Constitution and the rule of law. The Roberts SC has failed in all of these areas. The 6 MAGA justices in the Robert;s court are indistinguishable from partisan politicians. Let them therefore run for term limited offices.

@4014Thugsy Месяц назад

Agreed, when the founders put that in place, lifespan was around 50 years old. We need TERM LIMITS NOW.

@ZonDog Месяц назад

We the people, hold them accountable. 😊

@Rustea314 Месяц назад

Corporations are unaccountable.

@kathiwilson1169 Месяц назад

Especially when the SJ are taking special trips and gifts for favors from billionaires. Where does it end?

@kevinoffuttisagirl259 Месяц назад

Only 6 of the SC justices seem to have a problem with much needed oversight regarding their corrupt shenanigans!

@wkelly02124 Месяц назад

SC TERM LIMITS ARE NEEDED NOW!!!!!

@davidschneider6306 Месяц назад

With Trump in office there is no limit to the damage Clarence and Sammy can do.

@KAMMD Месяц назад

🇺🇸💙 Vote for SCOTUS & Congressional reforms 💙🇺🇸

@KAMMD Месяц назад

🇺🇸💙 Vote for SCOTUS reform 💙🇺🇸

@alyates8789 Месяц назад

Now you know who's above the President and the Law

@michaelruggiero9065 Месяц назад

Why are all of these people giving the supreme Court a pass are there shameful activities

@davidwright2895 Месяц назад

Lock them both up. And investigate the rest

@mauricedalpe8899 Месяц назад

ne pas s attaquer seulement aux juges mais a ceux qui font des cadeaux pour tentative de corruption

@katfrog98 Месяц назад

Based on Roberts ruling, the President might find the justices "domestic enemies," and take whatever action is "necessary and proper" to protect the constitution.

@deborahpitcher7723 Месяц назад

The corruption that he is enjoyed corruption

@tomhorsley6566 Месяц назад

Their logic was: Hey guys! No one can hold us accountable for anything, wouldn't it be fun if Trump wasn't accountable either?

@michelez715 Месяц назад

I blame this situation on Roberts. He is as bad as Alito and Thomas, and his wife has received money for her activities. Even now, Roberts has refused to say anything. He declined to appear in the Senate, and had the gall to say it was on grounds of separation of powers. As Harry Littman says, the SC has just hijacked various Congressional powers, so Roberts is a hypocrite, as well as being pathetically weak.

@Simo-nk1oq Месяц назад

The notion is ridiculous, the highest court in the land cannot be questioned.

@hirozhen7475 Месяц назад

Actually with their immunity decision they made themselves vulnerable. POTUS could order the DOJ, FBI, and IRS to investigate them. He won't but he could.

@alexanderpendleton5856 Месяц назад

That goes against the whole checks and balances that the branches are based on. How can they not be questioned?

@alexanderpendleton5856 Месяц назад

That goes against the checks and balances how can they not be questioned?

@emilyalice1 Месяц назад

1 Billion % wrong. A court does not get authority from God or the Cosmos. . A court gets its authority by the willingness of the people to follow its decisions. When those decisions are so ridiculous and in clear contravention of the Constitutional rules the Court is supposed to abide by, the court can and must be questioned. Only in America (an uncivilized country) are the rules so loose that a Supreme Court can act as if it it is above the law. In all other Western countries, Judges gone rogue, as Thomas and Alito have, would be hauled before the Bar association and asked to explain their clearly prejudicial actions. Clarence Thomas has received close to $$M from various people he subsequently judged.. Alito has taken a political situation. Both are a disgrace to the legal profession. Stop confusing your politics with the operation of law. ( and read up on what constitutes 'Legal Bias).

@mb9326 Месяц назад

@@alexanderpendleton5856 That system went bye bye by polarized politics.

@jenniferschramn4095 Месяц назад

Will Thomas have to have IRS involved.

@daisydy5741 Месяц назад

Why didn't they bring this impeachment proceeding way back then before the immunity ruling? One corrupt justice would have been gone...

@abc33155 Месяц назад

There is no way to remove them, the Republicans would never agree.

@deborahpitcher7723 Месяц назад

And the thing is, we’re taking those bribes. He is not being a judge. He is taking sides, so therefore it should disqualify a message judge.

@mightycirus Месяц назад

The 6 sludges of the Supreme Court

@nitrox58 Месяц назад

Sorry....but the people can always hold those on the SCOTUS accountable.

@GameLover-pz5zc Месяц назад

How? Other than Democrats & Independents expanding the court, how else can they hold them accountable?

@Cool5380 Месяц назад

I got to say some supremes seem to have lost their ethics/morals and replaced it with green!

@kenphillips7594 Месяц назад

Maybe they could have a bit of a think about their "contribution" to today's incident.

@wyskass861 Месяц назад

It's the duty of Congress to check and balance the Judiciary. They are not unaccountable, and impeachment can be made for any reason as long as the votes are there. It's not a legal trial. If Congress which is really The People wants to remove a judge they can. Simple as that.

@larryhuston8433 Месяц назад

No personal shame or personal responsibility playing all the loopholes for personal gain just pathetic

@hecticway Месяц назад

Why doesn't Litman give clear concise answers of what should be done for change instead of just basically saying "Yea I know that sucks but what can you do".

@kevinkevin4985 Месяц назад

"Shall hold their offices during good behavior." Ain't nothing unclear to me in that article 3 text. At least two of them, for sure, ain't been behaving right.

@dlewis895 Месяц назад

THOMAS KNOWN FOR DISRESPECT IN MANY AREAS SEEMS PERMEATES EVEN MORE

@artoffderidikulous3009 Месяц назад

On the other hand, avoiding any responsibility has become a very American trait.

@GaryArmstrongmacgh Месяц назад

RU-vid community standards be damned! The truth is the truth.

@floydhutcherson1732 Месяц назад

We need to get the last three of the bench.

@chadgrabner4136 Месяц назад

I love Harry

@mariag.8242 Месяц назад

The Constitution empowers Congress to regulate the judiciary, including the Supreme Court. With Republicans holding the House and the Senate filibuster not reformed, this Congress won’t do anything to restrain a rogue SCOTUS. Voting for President is also voting for about 200 new federal judges, and voting for Congress is also voting on whether SCOTUS has any accountability.

@vikkiskinner5357 Месяц назад

Behaviour like this by people with power would have been called the underbelly

@Evad-xp7xz Месяц назад

Send them to a prison name after trump

@4dpeepscom Месяц назад

So I guess the supreme Court of the kings of America because nobody can get them off and nobody can stop them from committing crimes how awesome is that

@SC-su6cn Месяц назад

Not for long! I think they will see Justice by the American people! Ohh my lord what could possibly happen….🇺🇸

@patcomerford5596 Месяц назад

Rep.AOC is doing great work, thank you.❤

@lennardcovarrubias5950 Месяц назад

What message do the six Maga judges send. To us do what you want to do till you get caught..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👕🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@biscotty6669 Месяц назад

Why isn't he just audited by the IRS?

@andrewdegiovanni8109 Месяц назад

Yes it's an outrageous statement, sadly I present government don't seem to care.

@wkelly02124 Месяц назад

FINALLY 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@berniesbend Месяц назад

Oh you think Garland has some balls, think again!

@markcalhoun8219 Месяц назад

I would not ask the Supreme Court to decide whether the DOJ can hold them accountable for breaking the law, Congress can impeach them and the individuals on the court are subject to criminal charges for conduct just like any other person. This "actually we are above the law and so is anyone we decide" crap is insane.

@Segalmed Месяц назад

Impeaching needs a 2/3 vote in both chambers (while getting someone on the courts only needs 50% in the senate). It has been a while since any party had that. It's like with California where until recently tax cuts needed 50% but any tax increase 2/3. It was the people that overturned that by plebiscite not the state congress.

@abc33155 Месяц назад

@@SegalmedSimple majority in the House, that’s how Trump was impeached, but couldn’t be convicted in the Senate, where it requires 2/3.

@Segalmed Месяц назад

@@abc33155 Thanks for the correction.

@Paulo-1999 Месяц назад

Actually, congress can hold the SC accountable. But will they? AOC is one of the very few trying! And she deserves major respect for this.

@curtisihegie13 Месяц назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 keep dreaming 😂😂😂

@monochromaticspider Месяц назад

@@curtisihegie13 None of us are expecting her to get anywhere with it. Too many spineless MAGA wimps who love dictatorships. But trying and failing is better than doing nothing.

@jasonrbrooks1810 Месяц назад

It’s been like that for years and now everyone is talking about it because they are but hurt on common sense

@barbaragdisis4606 Месяц назад

Forced Sabathia Sunday's Tucked away on page 589, in the section focused on reforming the Department of Labor, is a breathtaking proposal to use American laws to support religious doctrine. The section begins: “God ordained the Sabbath [Sunday] as a day of rest, and until very recently the Judeo-Christian tradition sought to honor that mandate by moral and legal regulation of work on that day.” This is followed by a few sentences on why a regular day off is beneficial, and then the proposal that “Congress should encourage communal rest by amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require that workers be paid time and a half for hours worked on the Sabbath.” Here we glimpse a key assumption behind Project 2025: that America is first and foremost for those who embrace, not just Christianity, but the particular type of Christianity that prioritizes Sunday rest. We probably shouldn’t be surprised by this assertion. Some on the religious right have signaled this-or said it outright-for decades.

@just-looking430 Месяц назад

Very true! I have a copy downloaded and able to read it as I get time. Take religion away from politics!

@barbaragdisis4606 Месяц назад

@@just-looking430 absolutely 💯

@seanmccartney5177 Месяц назад

SPIN! SPIN! SPIN! SPIN!

@AM-fs1je Месяц назад

They have pardonned themselves.

@marielacharite-io5iq Месяц назад

Judges are not above the law

@timothylee9621 Месяц назад

Really ????? How about if the effing taxpayers hold these thieves accountable ........

@michaelc821 Месяц назад

Disband the court. Not fit for purpose.

@RichardDoker-op6py Месяц назад

This court has only created its own quandry.

@williamkane6155 Месяц назад

They think they are kings !

@Segalmed Месяц назад

Above the kings

@Julesong Месяц назад

28 U.S. Code § 455 - Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge: (a)Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned. (4)He knows that he, individually or as a fiduciary, or his spouse or minor child residing in his household, has a financial interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding, or any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding; (5)He or his spouse, or a person within the third degree of relationship to either of them, or the spouse of such a person: (i)Is a party to the proceeding, or an officer, director, or trustee of a party; (ii)Is acting as a lawyer in the proceeding; (iii)Is known by the judge to have an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding; (iv)Is to the judge’s knowledge likely to be a material witness in the proceeding.

@DellikkilleD Месяц назад

lol, the 2a gives us exactly what we need to hold *any* branch of the government accountable

@MegaHellsy Месяц назад

I would disagree. It won't do much against a military......

@jewulo Месяц назад

@@MegaHellsy That is why your military is not centralised but a highly distributed force. Army, Airforce, Navy and National Guard. Not to forget the Police.

@jerryjerry7561 Месяц назад

@@MegaHellsy when your in the military, they teach you all about legal Action, and illegal action. the more the rank, the more the education.

@emilyalice1 Месяц назад

You are a knuckle dragger

@datpat8776 Месяц назад

No one is above the Law, that goes for Supreme Court Judges too. The DOJ is obliged to take Action, when blatent corruption becomes public knowledge.

@claudettefolsom1509 Месяц назад

It's SOO grossly STUPID😊

@gary094 Месяц назад

You would never be able to fix it cause you need the majority of 75% of the House, Senate and Presidency to make changes to the Supreme Court.

@mysmith7 Месяц назад

A stinch indeed and everybody can smell it emanating from the far- right end of the SCOTUS. 😖🤧

@kevinlatham5661 Месяц назад

the term ''American Justice '' is an oxymoron.

@shaystern2453 Месяц назад

stench on da bench

@Kritiker313 Месяц назад

I wonder if Thomas has a clue about what selling out on his honor for extravagant perks will mean for fellow members of the black community.

@LaraineBarrow-zu6ni Месяц назад

OhMG. Yet another former prosecutor giving his expert advise on anyblaform that he can reach.

@RelyOnA30.06 Месяц назад

It's time to abolish political appointments for life in the Justice system...The SC & Federal Judges should be elected by their peers, not by politicians... It's time for an Executive Decision President Biden...DISSOLVE THE SUPREME COURT & start all over again...

@petermartell568 Месяц назад

if Justices do not recognize corruption they should not be on the bench

@OlsonCox-uu7ob Месяц назад

Theh love this ststur

@ferodfriend792 Месяц назад

Why these judges are not elected by We the people and why they don’t have a limited time to stay there? Congress prople must to change the law and justice rules soon as possible

@claudettefolsom1509 Месяц назад

Roberts A ROBOT😂