Lawrence: Justice Kavanaugh destroyed Trump immunity claim 25 years ago

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After Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to take up Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes a 25-year-old filing from Brett Kavanaugh that shoots down the legal arguments of the president who would go on to appoint him to the Supreme Court.
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@KathleenHammett-hr1gy 5 месяцев назад

Our problem is, these people have no problem going back on their word and have no shame or conscience when doing so.

@mikejankowski6321 5 месяцев назад

While I agree with your point, for him to "change his mind" on this would further diminish the authority of SCOTUS and set up a situation where they would all be out of a job on day one of a T* dictatorship. If they want to keep their Supreme jobs, they must keep the orange maniac out of the WH.

@ryanw1433 5 месяцев назад

Their problem is that Dark Brandon will start imploding heads if he's granted absolute criminal immunity powers.

@albertdeleon6272 5 месяцев назад

Europe didn't send their very best

@mikejankowski6321 5 месяцев назад

@@ryanw1433 Sadly, it is coming to a "do unto others BEFORE they do unto you" when facing the Rethugs.

@mikemartin3204 5 месяцев назад

@@ryanw1433 I don't think Biden would want or except immunity powers.

@eurotimexph5640 5 месяцев назад

I wouldn't trust what Kavanaugh has said in the past and what he would do in the future. Remember what he told the senate about his stand on Roe v Wade?

@frederickmcdougall3734 5 месяцев назад

Lawrence is holding Kav to his word.

@b3ntl33 5 месяцев назад

If the Democratic party was ever worried about Roe V. Wade's overturning, they would have ratified it as an actual Right. What they did for the last ump-teen years was campaign on the fear of it's protection being eliminated. The Right was never eliminated, because it was never established as a Right. The ethical and moral dilemma of allowing abortion was brought to the state level. What your state determines to do there-after is up to state lawmakers. Hopefully whoever you vote for actually has your interests at heart.

@danilopompey754 5 месяцев назад

You are right about Kavanaugh, but it is worse. Lawerence is making a misread; there was a this or that. Trump was impeached for the crime, but was not convicted. Therefore, he cannot be subject to double jeopardy because he certainly did not leave office voluntarily; he was voted out. Ende. Nice try, Lawerence. QED

@ponytailalogginalong6605 5 месяцев назад

Also remember the exchange of money in envelopes given amongst the Democrats in the MKultraBlaisey fiasco

@ponytailalogginalong6605 5 месяцев назад

Eye roll. Don't act like it even matters seriously. The democratic party as well as Rhinos AND DO NOT FORGET EVERY PRESIDENT RELATED TO EACH OTHER except D.T. has done to this country that HAS BEEN REVEALED with evidence- except these deceitful paid media puppets won't show the brainwashed following they have left. Get your factual news from outlets who SHOW you the receipts BEFORE GPT existed! You can bring the horses to the water, but they're going to have to learn how to ingest it on their own. Or just be the dead horse & get out of the web they've pinned you in

@user-oc6sh9pz8w 5 месяцев назад

The Supreme Court needs to be held accountable!. The Supreme Court needs to be held accountable!.

@user-sv2sg4rm9n 3 месяца назад

The Supreme Court was DESIGNED not to be accountable to anything. They are independend for a reason

@sammyobryant4099 5 месяцев назад

In that case, Trump should be prosecuted and lock away for his crimes and not allowed to continue to make a fool out of the justice system

@susankratz7443 5 месяцев назад

What crime ,???

@Nick-mq9on 5 месяцев назад

@@susankratz7443 Are you taking your meds as you promised?

@mammawlee 5 месяцев назад

Uh. Insurrection. Money laudering, Islamophobia, etc.@@susankratz7443

@bernardlaster2361 5 месяцев назад

Lock him up. No one is above the law and Donnie needs to pay the piper.

@bernardlaster2361 5 месяцев назад

Evidently you are one of the lost souls that can be lead to the slaughter because, you are follower. @susankratz7443

@AZbluedot196 5 месяцев назад

he also testified before congress that roe was settled law, he's a liar just like the rest.

@u2u4ic 5 месяцев назад

exactly.. this means nothing.. he’ll deny it or say it was taken out of context

@bettyjones113 5 месяцев назад

K likes beer

@hemlockVape 5 месяцев назад

I'm not sure I'm as trusting of Kavanaugh as Lawrence appears to be. 😂 These people have already broken my trust.

@LibbyRal 5 месяцев назад

Exactly. O'Donnell thinks we're a special kind of stupid. Or maybe he is.

@christians6734 5 месяцев назад

O'Donnell does not believe K either, he is just trying to raise the bar for the corrupt SCOTUS.

@kakhipudhi 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, but Kavanaugh also said that he would respect the precedence of Roe v Wade and then changed his mind.

@ObakuZenCenter 5 месяцев назад

He didn't change his mind. He just lied.

@davidbecker2107 5 месяцев назад

R v W and "abortion" are not in the Constitution. Holding an x-president liable for their crimes is!

@TheMangoMussolini 5 месяцев назад

When someone says "it's settled law", it's a legal ambiguity. Settled law does not mean set in concrete. Laws change, settled law changes. Saying "it's settled law" merely means you accept it as law TODAY, but it does not bind you to adherence forever. You'll note they never say "I will (or will not) change X settled law. THAT would be possibly perjury should they then later go opposite to which they testified.

@jamesvonborcke 5 месяцев назад

At the time of the original writing, Clinton was president; By putting this in front of SCOTUS now, they'll have to answer this question while Biden is president. Think they'll declare presidents to be above the law while a Dem holds office? I'd wager good money that the Traitor King's outrage over this is because he was _hoping_ to be back in office before this happened, as they'd be giving him power; Now their partisan demands will force them to keep that power away from Biden. I'm actually quite pleased with this, and watching all the MAGAts going nuts over it has been most delightful.

@cassandraortiz321 5 месяцев назад

Clearly Kavanaugh is referencing a situation where the president is impeached and removed for that crime first by the senate or voluntarily resigns which neither happened; you seem to suggest that just because a judge believe something 25 years ago he couldnt possibly have experienced anything that can lead to a change of mind in certain situations, seems like a stretch for a journalist to get all 7:58 7:58 7:58 excited over these writings like a little kid who just saw Santa clause on Christmas Eve.

@sydnidowney3598 5 месяцев назад

judge CANNON SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND AIDING AND ABETTING A CRIMINAL TRAITOR.

@garyncoa 5 месяцев назад

No one is above the law whether holding an office position or not, before, during or after.

@jmulvey371 5 месяцев назад

When Kavanaugh wrote that article, he was talking about prosecuting Clinton. What on earth would lead anyone to think he'd apply the same rule to a Republican?

@anniejuan1817 5 месяцев назад

But a Republican isn't in office right now. If they rule that the president (current or former) is immune from criminal prosecution, that means Biden gets to exercise that right first, before any Republican has a chance.

@Bewefau 5 месяцев назад

he clearly says removed too which Clinton was not and Trump was not.

@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 5 месяцев назад

“On both sides!”

@marionhope7506 5 месяцев назад

Agreed! It ought to be well noted by now, that Republicans have shown and proven their loyalty is NOT with the country, as they would have us to think, with all of their patriotic rhetoric drivel! Rather, they have pledged their fidelity to the party of CHUMP, as evidenced through their willfully traitorous actions against our democracy!!!

@marionhope7506 5 месяцев назад

Agreed! It ought to be well noted by now that (MAGA) Republicans loyalty is not with the country as they would have us think with all of their phony, patriotic postering. Rather, they have pledged their fidelity to the Party of CHUMP, as evidenced through their willfully traitorous actions against our democracy and its institutions.

@gregpotts7 5 месяцев назад

I remember three members of the Supreme Court on their word and oath of office saying they would not touch Roe versus Wade. We saw how far that went

@rainmanjr2007 5 месяцев назад

That's not what they said and this is continually pointed out. I'm a liberal and I think it discredits liberal values when folks act tribal.

@Contrarymary-pc9hm 5 месяцев назад

They said that it was "settled law" and they saw no reason to touch it until the most impoverished state of Mississippi caused it to be unsettled law again. This was the plan for 50 yrs.

@hebercloward1695 5 месяцев назад

@@rainmanjr2007 "It is settled as a precedent of the Supreme Court, entitled the respect under principles of stare decisis," he said. "The Supreme Court has recognized the right to abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade case. It has reaffirmed it many times."-------- Judge Rapey-McRapeface Google it.

@thomascampbell5633 5 месяцев назад

@@Contrarymary-pc9hm Right. "No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up." (Lily Tomlin).

@rainmanjr2007 5 месяцев назад

And unless changed it was. They changed it. I'm a liberal so also don't like it but they did not commit to leaving it alone. @@Whogivsafukaboutmagatears

@Astrobrant2 5 месяцев назад

It's very important that Lawrence has revealed this on his show. Millions of people and all the news media will know what Kavanaugh wrote, now. And Kavanaugh now knows that he can't rule in favor of Trump on Presidential immunity. Super kudos to whoever discovered that. His/her name should be mentioned and due credit given.

@Zomby_Woof 5 месяцев назад

There is absolutely nothing to prevent Justice McDrunkie form holding an opinion completely incompatible with an opinion he held 25 years ago. Or this morning, for that matter. SCOTUS has an unlimited supply of Retcon.

@akusantafe 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for a crystal-clear explication of this issue, and for uncovering the Kavanaugh article.

@mylaschorsch7516 5 месяцев назад

Kavanaugh also said Roe vs Wade was law in his statement before being placed on the Supreme Court. How many years did it take to undo that?

@KimBTown 5 месяцев назад

Really? I don’t remember that. At least not that way. I recall that he said the only way to guarantee the right to abortion was to make it law. It never was. It was just a judicial decision that was a landmark case. Referred to a bunch but not a real law.

@mikejankowski6321 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, he lied on a job application. Setting a bar there, you see.

@adriaandeleeuw8339 5 месяцев назад

The difference between a written opinion and a verbal hearing in the Senate

@michaeljohnangel6359 5 месяцев назад

@@boatnikdog It's not that simple. Kavanaugh was voted in, to a great extent, on the basis of his support for Roe vs Wade. He betrayed our trust.

@Trump2Prison 5 месяцев назад

@@boatnikdog Wonder how long it will be before they change their mind about Scalia's judicial activism on excising the first 13 words of the 2nd. Not long after Trump-ii. Despots have two things they always, always do: 1. Go after their supporters first. Those that give them power can take it away too. 2. Ensure the people cannot cause trouble. Trump has already said "Get the guns first, find a legal reason later."

@dougjardine8545 5 месяцев назад

What they say in 1998 matters no more than what they said at their Senate confirmation hearings.

@busterbrown446 5 месяцев назад

Or yesterday. Lawrence is dreaming.

@UpnorthHere 5 месяцев назад

The same words are actually in the same constitution where they were in 1998, unlike the fuzzy basis for the fabrication underlying Roe v Wade.

@teresagarrisonbieritz6459 5 месяцев назад

@@UpnorthHere Not so fuzzy for nearly 50 years!!! You'd think Republicans would have learned something from the disastrous Midterms for them!! Yet they just keep on repeating their same mistakes & expect a different result!! They'll STILL claim to be the party of freedom & against government interference...but ONLY for themselves!! And certainly NOT for women!!!!

@paulgoudfrooij6561 5 месяцев назад

Well this is in official writing. That should mean something. If not, we’d be living in a banana republic.

@daydays12 5 месяцев назад

Kavanaugh is a weasel ( I'm sorry to denigrate weasels in nature).

@DM-ro2kb 5 месяцев назад

My only question is do these two elements have to be present: Impeached by the House and removed by the Senate, because that did not happen with Trump.

@jimvein3134 5 месяцев назад

Totally agreed, and then the impeachments were reversed..

@spideyaes849 5 месяцев назад

No, out of office voluntarily or impeached. Nixon, voluntarily then pardoned.

@DNA350ppm 5 месяцев назад

Lawrence O'Donnell - thank you for your memory, experience, fact finding, and rational mind. Brilliant episode!

@mytinyjourney 5 месяцев назад

Great but I wouldnt put it past him to vote differently.

@conlogood1959 5 месяцев назад

Me too! As a matter of fact I would be very surprised if they don't.

@sassouusasoo3607 5 месяцев назад

Exactly!

@sassouusasoo3607 5 месяцев назад

That was before he became Maga. Never say Never .

@bronxprpapi 5 месяцев назад

They would be giving their power 3 equal branches of government so no way he gets immunity if they did he would have more power then them and would be giving it to Biden and they don’t want to do that he’s not getting immunity

@jarhead4801 5 месяцев назад

Unfortunately you are spot on. This Supreme Court had already demonstrated that they do not follow precedent. The last 10 years has proven that.

@cheryla3958 5 месяцев назад

Let’s see if he still believes this or has “changed” his mind. I will be pleasantly surprised if he still believes this and acts accordingly. I don’t trust any of them .

@Bewefau 5 месяцев назад

Hmm okay So you are saying IF you say something 25 year's ago YOU SHOULDN'T change your mind? What if what you said or believed was 100% wrong? Should I still "believe" it's right ? What if I believed slavery was right 25 year's ago I shouldn't change my mind about it and think its wrong? I should keep what I said as fact? Kind of sounds like this is what your asking everybody should do.

@Slo-ryde 5 месяцев назад

@@Bewefauexcept that he referenced the USC…. And the USC hasn’t changed in that regard!

@SuprousOxide 5 месяцев назад

@@Bewefau yeah. 25 years ago I was a conservative Republican. I got better

@SuprousOxide 5 месяцев назад

@@Slo-ryde Nothing relevant changed in the USC since Roe v Wade, either

@darryldixon5794 5 месяцев назад

Good point.🤔

@jpdemer5 5 месяцев назад

"Precedent means nothing . . . not even my own." -- Kavanaugh

@jgar611 4 месяца назад

This guy will follow the leader. HE has a lot to learn after he sobers up to the reality of the prison he has made for himself if he fails as a judge to follow President.

@jgar611 4 месяца назад

It was p r e c i d e n t.

@WakingDreamer01 5 месяцев назад

*_"Lock him up! Lock him up!"_*

@pattibramley3911 5 месяцев назад

Well, it would not surprise me if Brett Cavanaugh were to say he changed his mind!!!

@Nick-mq9on 5 месяцев назад

He'll simply say: "My thinking has evolved", "That was misinterpreted " or the old favorite "I never said that".

@jacky3227 5 месяцев назад

Lol 😂 the stinky republican way lol 😂

@MrBubyV 5 месяцев назад

🥴He was inebriated when he wrote it.🤣

@abrahamdozer6273 5 месяцев назад

... maybe with tears streaking down his cheeks ...

@hezigler 5 месяцев назад

Fun fantasy that Brett would soil his own reputation for Trump. The "Trump" justices don't owe Trump. They owe the Heritage Foundation. If you don't understand why, you've little understanding of how those three justices got themselves on the list Trump was given to choose from.

@mjeffn2 5 месяцев назад

If absolute presidential immunity was a real thing then why did Ford pardon Nixon?

@elwood_diggler 5 месяцев назад

SCOTUS ruled that Nixon did not have absolute immunity with regard to his tapes and forced him to turn them over

@daviddrake5991 5 месяцев назад

@@elwood_diggler Nobody is talking about the tapes here. We are talking about Nixon's part in Watergate.

@reggieInside2023 5 месяцев назад

Ford did it to prevent any possibility of criminal charges being laid against Nixon. Nixon was never indicted.

@bunnyslippers191 5 месяцев назад

@@daviddrake5991 Those tapes were part of the prosecution in the Watergate case and the fact SCOTUS ruled the President of the United States does *not* have absolute immunity is relevant to this discussion. It's more evidence TFG does *not* have immunity for any actions he took during or after he leaves the office of the President. TFG is declaring he has absolute immunity from any sort of prosecution, civil or criminal for anything and everything he does, legal or illegal, during or after he left the office of the President of the United States.

@jeffbutterfield241 5 месяцев назад

The fact that Ford pardoned Nixon is exactly why there is no absolute presidential immunity. A pardon doesn't exonerate, it simply waives punishment.

@tjmul3381 5 месяцев назад

My guess....SCOTUS will not touch this. It will do a quick review and decide not to hear it. Sending this case back down to the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court is already speeding up in anticipation of getting this case. Let's see what actually happens 🤞

@chocolab3014 5 месяцев назад

But the supreme court has surprised us in negative ways many times. So I will hold my breath.

@gangstarapmademedoit1 5 месяцев назад

It’s cute thinking conservative judges have the dignity of not flipping on their own opinions

@mytruecrimelibrary 5 месяцев назад

Trump's SCOTUS picks lied under oath to get the job.

@kfl611 5 месяцев назад

It is not cute when you loose your constitutional rights.

@mytruecrimelibrary 5 месяцев назад

@@kfl611 *lose

@susanford2388 5 месяцев назад

@@kfl611 Amen

@SuprousOxide 5 месяцев назад

@@kfl611where are you loosing them to?

@Sendu7 5 месяцев назад

But what is to stop Brett Kavanaugh 'changing his mind' ? Remember he had to 'change his mind' on the settled precedent of Roe V Wade just to get onto the Supreme Court.

@sparkledragon6216 5 месяцев назад

Anyone who thinks Justice Kegstand will stick by his old paper is kidding themselves.

@sweetsubversion 5 месяцев назад

This brought a smile to my face.

@joelbrittain6379 5 месяцев назад

Kavanaugh has already established (in writing) that he is MORE than willing to "change his mind upon considered reflection" if it is advantageous for him to do so. He already did this when he was against unitary powers for a President (during the Clinton administration, when he wrote the article cited) after which he promptly executed a perfect "Republican 180" when "Dubya" was the President. Do you think a conservative would change their mind so drastically if it was politically expediently to do so? I dunno, ask Mitch McConnell or Lindsay Graham.

@jeremiahsjohnson2641 5 месяцев назад

You know the Demo-Fascists lead the world record for hypocrisy, right?

@TheMisterGuy 5 месяцев назад

It's not politically expedient for Kavanaugh, though. For one thing, he doesn't like Trump or need him for anything. For another thing, if Trump becomes a dictator, what use would he have for a Supreme Court? It doesn't benefit Kavanaugh to help Trump with this.

@ricf9592 5 месяцев назад

One reason why the judiciary and politics should be totally and diametrically separate. Judges chosen under the auspices of political orientation is a fundamentally flawed process and open to corruption and bias on every level.

@user-zq4fv8sj6v 5 месяцев назад

Glad msnbc finally support a Republican even though they can’t see the imminent danger this puts Biden in very soon. 😂😂😂😂😂

@TheMangoMussolini 5 месяцев назад

@cman86s 5 месяцев назад

Brett Kavanaugh probably wrote that in relation to the then president Bill Clinton, and now this has come back to bite him!

@le_th_ 5 месяцев назад

Kavanaugh has no conscience, he'll just state he changed his mind.

@cassandraortiz321 5 месяцев назад

Clearly Kavanaugh is referencing a situation where the president is impeached and removed for that crime first by the senate or voluntarily resigns which neither happened; you seem to suggest that just because a judge believe something 25 years ago he couldnt possibly have experienced anything that can lead to a change of mind in certain situations, seems like a stretch for a journalist to get all excited over these writings like a little kid who just saw Santa clause on Christmas Eve.

@denniswinters3096 5 месяцев назад

Exactly !

@terryreynolds200 5 месяцев назад

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything". Mark Twain

@longislanddriver6336 5 месяцев назад

I love the way Lawrence sticks it right up the t Rump's Rump...😂

@neotheboxer 5 месяцев назад

Are we expected to trust Kavanaugh's words?

@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 5 месяцев назад

Supreme Court justice known for crimes, lies and corruption

@momanamc 5 месяцев назад

He made it impossible to trust him

@jaimeortiz6208 5 месяцев назад

Yes. Of course

@nunyabusiness979 5 месяцев назад

That was like so 25 years ago.

@shawnwales696 5 месяцев назад

He lied to the Senate during their review of his qualifications, saying Roe V Wade was established precedent. Why wouldn't he lie again, exactly?

@lightwillprevail 5 месяцев назад

Great news, thank you Laurence 👍 Trump should end up in jail and never again in our Whitehouse!

@Adrian-kh1xq 5 месяцев назад

From the white house to the big house!!! !!! !!! 👍👌👍👌👍👌👍

@garydavidson2367 5 месяцев назад

Dude has earned my respect great reporting

@nstark1066 5 месяцев назад

Jail or not, just keep this monster out of office!

@sandilo60 5 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@lightwillprevail 5 месяцев назад

@@nstark1066 please 🙏

@xtalviper 5 месяцев назад

"I like criminally charging ex-presidents. And beer. I like beer."

@patriciatinkey2677 5 месяцев назад

Now we will see if Kavanaugh has a shred of intregrity, 25 years later!

@jeris33 5 месяцев назад

Just because he said that 25 years ago doesn’t mean anything. It’s the Supreme Court - these aren’t principled people.

@UrielUzziel 5 месяцев назад

actually they are vetted pretty hard to make sure their beliefs align with the constitution so i`d say they are pretty based...and principaled. that is why when a judge gets appointed they put them thru all sorts of questioning...to make sure they are principaled....and trump did nothing wrong yall are crazy......

@jeffreynolt1710 5 месяцев назад

What??? Get a grip.

@jeris33 5 месяцев назад

@@jeffreynolt1710 Ok I'll get a grip. The Supreme Court is populated by principled public servants who respect established precedent and interpret law objectively for the good of the people! Good one!

@rathertiredofthemess2841 5 месяцев назад

No they are not!

@rathertiredofthemess2841 5 месяцев назад

@@jeffreynolt1710are you drunk at this hour?

@leoroldan3283 5 месяцев назад

That's what mitch McConnell suggested that they do to Trump after he leaves the presidency.

@cathiehutcheson6556 5 месяцев назад

McConnell is the sole reason Trump is still in politics. Had McConnell had any morals, he would have voted to impeach Trump after the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol.

@aliceputt3133 5 месяцев назад

You’re right. McConnell said the President could be criminally charged after he left office.

@karensayer6079 5 месяцев назад

Should never be any appointees bypolitical favouritism.. Justice and politics should be illigal.America has a lot of growing up.

@cgash1 5 месяцев назад

It is absolutely sickening to see how some people relesh in their attempts to destroy another fellow human . evil surrounds us wherever we look.

@Christie_Love 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, trump is a sick person.

@KB-ct7th 5 месяцев назад

That is because the Devil walks among us. You don’t think evil could surround us so completely without the Devil’s presence, or do you?

@mvvpro8688 5 месяцев назад

You see what the Republicans did there? Kavanaugh says that Congress needs to remove a president who has committed serious crimes. McConnell refused to do that and said that a court should do it. But Kavanaugh represents the highest court and he says McConnell should have done it.

@lmarislmarislmaris4271 5 месяцев назад

Actually, McConnell said their orange jesus would be out of office and could be prosecuted then.

@larryyoder4861 5 месяцев назад

They are slimy maga beings

@mytruecrimelibrary 5 месяцев назад

Yup.

@Slo-ryde 5 месяцев назад

That’s if you assume Mitch was ever an honest broker!

@Smedley1947 5 месяцев назад

But McConnell would have to have time traveled back to when Kavanaugh may have had some semblance of respectability. Have we already forgotten that he threatened the Democrats with retribution during his confirmation? For that alone he should not have been confirmed because that shows the absolute antithesis of judicial temperament. All I saw during his confirmation was judicial temper tantrum.

@tommytunes303 5 месяцев назад

Brett Kavanaugh also lied under Oath about Roe vs Wade, to get that Supreme Court position. I wouldn't put too much into anything he's said before.

@thomastolbert6184 5 месяцев назад

They will even use God if that's what it takes to stop Trump! Vote the entire mafia out!

@bobdenis5649 5 месяцев назад

Do you seriously believe that he will remember that? He wouldn't even remember what he had said about Roe v Wade being a settled precedent...

@BunnyLang 5 месяцев назад

Wow, almost unbelievable. How life can change in the blink of an eye.

@dodsonjodiel 5 месяцев назад

If presidents enjoyed absolute immunity, it seems like there would never be a need for impeachment proceedings.

@gabye. 5 месяцев назад

AND Joe Biden could do whatever he wants without consequences. He could be President until he dies, and he could prosecute any of the wackos who tried to overturned the 2020 election. Wouldn't that be nice?

@debbiestorrs8457 5 месяцев назад

Exactly!

@Slo-ryde 5 месяцев назад

Except that Trump doesn’t just see himself as president…. In his eyes he is the supreme leader!

@seandowney5549 5 месяцев назад

Ta Da ! Touche ! Indubitably !

@stillme9171 5 месяцев назад

There you are: presidents don't have immunity. Nor do they have executive privilege.

@josephgarza467 5 месяцев назад

Thank Lawrence for bringing this out for ALL Americans to hear. Thank you founders for the foresight to include Article 1, Section 3. Clause 7 in our Constitution.

@rosemarie20 5 месяцев назад

Kavanaugh's writing 25 years ago doesn't mean squat for today's SCOTUS as we all well know. Remember Roe?!

@RobertoNeumann 5 месяцев назад

I like to listen to you. you are very concise, very clear, very knowledgeable and have no fear to tell things the way they are. Congratulation!! It is so enjoyable to listen to you

@dennyworthington6641 5 месяцев назад

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

@user-zm4qd4yr3t 5 месяцев назад

👍📜🌊⚖️🗽

@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh 5 месяцев назад

The lawless Trump violated the Fourteenth Amendment. He was sworn to uphold the Constitution. LAWLESS!

@SARCASTICLES 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for posting this, just maybe it'll get some of these "Too jaded and self-absorbed to vote" young folks off their clouds long enough to show up at the polls. Winston Smith wrote, "If there is hope, it lies in the proles". I hope for their sake they realize that not voting directly affects whatever future they face......old coots like me won't be around in fifty years, but they will. VOTE!

@lynettedaniel3718 5 месяцев назад

@@SARCASTICLESThey do vote, they will vote and they vote Blue. Stop bashing the young. The young people I know are smart!

@JohnC3POlerud 5 месяцев назад

history repeats....unfortunately

@timothydelaney9436 5 месяцев назад

Did you pay any attention to what these people said at their Job interview? Anyone else would be fired the moment it was discovered that they lied at their job interview.

@Zomby_Woof 5 месяцев назад

So why wasn't Garland, who promised an investigation that followed evidence without fear or favor, but declined to prosecute Trump and block all Federal criminal investigations of Trump for two years?

@lordplagus02 5 месяцев назад

Since when do they care about precedent?

@gerapeldoorn8283 5 месяцев назад

His approvement hearing told us, he is not above taking another position now that is is on the bench.

@MetaphorUB 5 месяцев назад

This is all well and good, and I hope it’s true, but I wouldn’t put too much stock in any conservative being the slightest bit bothered by public hypocrisy.

@Lotusfan11 5 месяцев назад

its all hear say till found guilty. next you will be in line if you think you believe in fascim like the natzis did lol

@russmack7910 5 месяцев назад

They're not already.

@albertdeleon6272 5 месяцев назад

Europe didn't send their very best

@jeremiahsjohnson2641 5 месяцев назад

You know the Demo-Fascists lead the world record for hypocrisy, right?

@deborahedelman2659 5 месяцев назад

So true Metaphor!!!

@Rmc3591 5 месяцев назад

More importantly, WHEN do we get rid of these CORRUPT judges? This is ridiculous

@MrBubyV 5 месяцев назад

unfortunately…Not in our lifetime 😞

@kgs2280 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, Lawrence! This is beautiful.

@teannettemajor1609 5 месяцев назад

Problem is, he already chose to overturn 50 years of precedent. Who's to say he won't flip flip on this?

@coryjackson6944 5 месяцев назад

Imagine putting someone on the bench who you thought you had in your pocket only to find out they wrote an opinion contrary to your current legal predicament? 🤔

@SuprousOxide 5 месяцев назад

Why would you think Brett cares about previous opinions?

@Stonehorn 5 месяцев назад

Read the opinion. Impeach THEN convicted.

@SuprousOxide 5 месяцев назад

@@Stonehorn Trump was impeached, so the courts are free to convict him, I guess.

@FREEDUMISNTFREE 5 месяцев назад

Lol did y'all hear the same thing I did? Constitution is clear. Only way a President can be indicted outside of office for things done in office is a full impeachment from BOTH houses. The house indicted Trump the Senate acquitted Trump. Therefore immunity sticks and double jeopardy kicks in because he's already been acquitted. SCOTUS is going to do one of 2 things either make it go through the whole appeals process or they'll stop all this BS in it's tracks!

@susanpolityka4612 5 месяцев назад

Mofo is going down ❤

@Crackalacking_Z 5 месяцев назад

I'm not holding my breath for Brett to do the right thing ...

@kenyonbissett3512 5 месяцев назад

He’ll probably recuse himself or abstain.

@juanitaross5492 5 месяцев назад

I'm holding my breath that Clarence Thomas does the right thing and recuses himself.

@richardfrawley3661 5 месяцев назад

Article 1 clause 3 section 7 done!!!!!!

@richardfrawley3661 5 месяцев назад

1 3 7 play daily

@bhmptn2006 5 месяцев назад

@Crackalacking_Z & @juanitaross5492 I’ll have O2 on standby just in case 😊

@maryriley6163 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, Lawrence, you always see the important things that others try to dismiss. I didn’t picture Kavanaugh ever being of much use, but there are surprises every day.

@annem.parent8580 4 месяца назад

This is wild news!!!. Thanks Lawrence!!!

@EileenWest-vl8ov 5 месяцев назад

Thank god for good reporters!!! We would never know anything if it were not for our good and true reporting

@jsim5572 5 месяцев назад

Hehehehe

@denisedanel7062 5 месяцев назад

You truly cannot be talking about MSNBC???? You are a J O K E

@rgruenhaus 5 месяцев назад

Ha! No god we trust! No evidence no gods!

@davidclark573 5 месяцев назад

Don't worry the crying beer drinker will change his mind because it involves Trump who appointed him.

@shawnbowser9934 5 месяцев назад

@@davidclark573That is a factor....That means Clinton get reversed😉... BILL IS BACK IN💪🇺🇲💪😄😆😆😆

@moorefacts6605 5 месяцев назад

Which brings to our attention the long delay of accountability. Trump was allowed to escape early prosecution because the republican senate did not hold him accountable during his first impeachment. Then the republican senate would not vote to investigate him either.

@albertdeleon6272 5 месяцев назад

Europe didn't send their very best

@neale3871 5 месяцев назад

Republicans voted not to impeach Trump as he'd left office and it was a job for the courts. Then it gets to the courts and they set up Weaponizing Committees to fight the DoJ. In a normal world this speculative defence would be laughed out of court by the Defence Team.

@Rainmaker2 5 месяцев назад

House is going to squash both illegal impeachments.If you paid attention you would already know the reasons why. MSM will not ever speak truth.

@eternallyminded7 5 месяцев назад

Yea, and I guess it's Republicans faults for the last 3 disasterous years we've had too. 🙄 We've got bigger issues to worry about than the mean orange man's petty crimes.

@flakesinyershoe8137 5 месяцев назад

What crime did he commit the first time?

@fishingwithdrupydog5547 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Brett and God bless you you’ve made my holiday, more joyous and restored. Hope in our democracy again God bless you.

@heinzwasner2583 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for telling us and expalin.

@Ladythyme 5 месяцев назад

I wish I had all of the confidence in this as Lawrence seems to have. 🤞🏻

@waynemacomson6448 5 месяцев назад

I like your style.

@douglasbrianford3667 5 месяцев назад

Lawrence isn't confident, he's a propagandist.

@quickstaz 5 месяцев назад

Delusion is more like it.

@robb1165 5 месяцев назад

Lawrence is a clown. The quotes he read do not support his commentary. Kavanagh's position in those quotes is the standard reading of the Constitution of immunity until after impeachment and conviction.

@nigeltufnel9525 5 месяцев назад

The sooner we put trump in prison for life, the sooner we can ALL move on.

@richardhorn7688 5 месяцев назад

Worry about your own country

@andym4695 5 месяцев назад

But, why? What goes on in the USA is everyone's business, right? It's like telling me, an American, "don't worry about Putin, because you don't live in Russia". @@richardhorn7688

@chilibeans7772 5 месяцев назад

@@richardhorn7688absolutely Russia needs all the help it can get 😂

@chiefbigskydrinkfirewater5308 5 месяцев назад

Name his specific crime, i.e. the specific law broken. Trump's free speech to do with election integrity isn't a crime and neither is paying back bank loans. Please be specific in your answer and don't just say "read the charges" because I have and they're all predicated on free speech Fascism and attempts to STEAL Trump's properties in NYC, something history from the Russian Revolution of 1917 until today proves all Marxists/Fascists/Leftists do. So go ahead, name his specific crime please.

@brandon3525 5 месяцев назад

you will never move on... you're broken.

@ktmurphy3096 5 месяцев назад

Real research, real reporting. Thanks.

@edhart9409 5 месяцев назад

Don’t forget what he said about a woman’s choice. This one’s sly for sure. Vote blue 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦

@ObakuZenCenter 5 месяцев назад

Do not support Biden. Biden will lose to Trump. Pressure the DNC to replace Biden with a viable candidate instead.

@jeremiahsjohnson2641 5 месяцев назад

I'm sure you've blue lots of things.

@cynthiashaw45 5 месяцев назад

While you are wasting your time going blue in the primary …I will be voting Chris Christie in the republican primary and purging MAGA from local, state, and federal reelection. Wake up and exercise your right to vote about all of it. My Republican family is begging for you to wake up and show up to stop this drama.

@portmantologist 5 месяцев назад

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Kavanaugh having written that 25 years ago tells us nothing about how he will rule when this comes in front of the court.

@jeffreynolt1710 5 месяцев назад

As should be the case!

@cynthiashaw45 5 месяцев назад

In a 38 page finding he eloquently ticks off all the reasons he can’t change his mind and remain credible. The law and constitution hasn’t changed in 25 years. The points he made are still there. If it was correct then ….it is correct now. 👀let’s see what he does now…..

@daydays12 5 месяцев назад

He'll vote in favour of Trump. He is sleazy. @@cynthiashaw45

@garybraden4337 5 месяцев назад

@@cynthiashaw45 I agree but mark my words, Trump and his lawyers will hang onto the word "voluntarily" in the part of Kavanaugh's writing that says "the president can be indicted only after he leaves office VOLUNTARILY or is impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted and removed by the Senate." The latter definitely didn't happen and they'll argue the former that Trump didn't "voluntarily" leave, which to a degree is true and is apparent by the fact he tried to illegally remain in power. It's a stupid argument for sure but one they'll make and it may end up being a loophole that Kavanaugh may use to justify a vote that presidents are immune if he wants to help Trump.

@freespeech01621 5 месяцев назад

Look at what Senator Biden has said and done in the past. He has changed his beliefs according to current actions. Heck Trump used to be a Democrat and he changed too. Hold the Constitution true.

@mammawlee 5 месяцев назад

The whole idea of Presidential immunity is just silly. If a President was immune, that would be insane!

@maxymax8312 5 месяцев назад

No one is above the law.

@user-zq4fv8sj6v 5 месяцев назад

This leaves Bill Clinton and Barack Obama open for prosecution as well. Mazeltov!!!!! 😂😂😂

@danlee2191 5 месяцев назад

Unless you have money, if not lessen its effects, this will never change...

@balrog322 5 месяцев назад

@@user-zq4fv8sj6v. Prosecuted for what?

@sarahbarrett1247 5 месяцев назад

@@user-zq4fv8sj6vif you could find any crimes they are guilty of, go ahead. Dem supporters, unlike Cons, will be first in line to hold their leaders accountable if they have committed any crimes.

@dolesncmor 5 месяцев назад

@user-zq4fv8sj6v Hope you have proof of any wrongdoing for any one of them. Or are you spreading 🐂💩 the other idiots.

@pwarren180 5 месяцев назад

This segment was magnificent, informative, and restorative. Thank you Mr. O’Donnell and guests.

@user-zq4fv8sj6v 5 месяцев назад

Isn’t it wonderful that MSNBC is now supporting a REPUBLICAN?!?! 😂😂😂

@harryjove6725 5 месяцев назад

Another partican hack

@Mark_Brooks 5 месяцев назад

@@harryjove6725 Had to put the other sockpuppet away for the night?

@Patrick-lq1yi 5 месяцев назад

Same guy who said Roe vs Wade is presidance

@Alma1826 5 месяцев назад

@@user-zq4fv8sj6vNo MSNBC is supporting Justice!!

@paintr21207 5 месяцев назад

But they will say the Senate didn’t vote to convict. 😥

@paulseitz672 5 месяцев назад

Isn’t he one of the justices who stated on camera that he would uphold Roe v Wade? Do we really think that he will honour a 25 year old article? He’ll probably claim that he was drinking beers when he wrote that…

@jeffreyenglish1815 5 месяцев назад

He’ll just say he said that 25 years ago and has changed his mind. Keep in mind he’s a liar and thats how he became a judge. Counting on this Supreme Court to do the right thing is foolish.

@jeremiahsjohnson2641 5 месяцев назад

OK , When you're done playing on the free computer at the library, you still need to look for a job.

@MorningDew85 5 месяцев назад

@@jeremiahsjohnson2641what? Like really what is this?

@jamesvonborcke 5 месяцев назад

Justice Kegger: After 25 years, I have changed my opinion. Faux Views: A Democrat is currently president. Justice Kegger: After 25 years, I still stand by this opinion.

@dontKNOW3741 5 месяцев назад

Wow! Lawrence is actually attempting to box kavanaugh in to an opinion that he gave what was it 25 years ago? I mean I hope he hasn't changed his mind he has had a few beers since then I would guess.

@kenteague4802 5 месяцев назад

A few beers more like a brewery 😂😂😂

@nomenclature9373 5 месяцев назад

Hopefully he stopped boofing.

@KimBTown 5 месяцев назад

@@nomenclature9373 😂🤣😅

@williamcesario1579 5 месяцев назад

"Crushing" is a wonderful word. Let's keep following the CRUSH!!!

@sarahkoch7694 5 месяцев назад

... and this is why I tune in Lawrence O'Donnell: for the most intelligent and informed analysis of political matters.

@AnthonyWade-xe4rb 5 месяцев назад

The Supreme Court needs to be held accountable!

@rosievela9909 5 месяцев назад

Yes boy do they ever. John Roberts & Every GOP Judge In SCOTUS have Shown Themselves to Destroy the Constitution to serve Trump/Putin & They are Corrupt & Compromised by Trump

@cerberus2881 5 месяцев назад

No more appointments for Life! Plus only 2 terms in the senate.

@ShirleyBizjak 5 месяцев назад

For what?? He appointed his own 3 stooges and now he's afraid how they will vote! It's the Constitute or his OPINIONS.

@kenyonbissett3512 5 месяцев назад

If wishes were cars, beggars would ride. Loosely taken from, “if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”

@dylanhunt3855 5 месяцев назад

How about a Supreme Jury?

@urkiddingme6254 5 месяцев назад

I don't know how Lawrence pulls it off, but he frequently provide gems of information no other news source has.

@whatnow5313 5 месяцев назад

You're correct. He manufacturers BS.

@yelhsasnave2464 5 месяцев назад

Many many years of experience. A professional 🐂💩ER. Sadly, People eat it up with a spoon.

@marceybull 5 месяцев назад

What’s BS about this? It’s relevant.

@urkiddingme6254 5 месяцев назад

it's just a troll who finds capable reporting a scary thing. @@marceybull

@OmarHernandez-yz4fj 5 месяцев назад

@@marceybull The BS is that Lawrence simply glosses over Kavanaugh's requirement that the President must be not only impeached by the House, but also convicted by the Senate. Lawrence ignores the fact that President Trump was not convicted by the Senate.

@beewa8840 21 день назад

That's what he believed 25 years ago. What he believes now? We'll have to wait and see.

@smeyer9507 3 месяца назад

Thank YOU, Lawrence !

@KimBTown 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Robert Mueller. A road map to justice. Document, document, document. Get it in writing and on record.

@shondrawhite9317 5 месяцев назад

Agreed 💯🏆 thank you

@ObakuZenCenter 5 месяцев назад

And...nothing will be done. How long have the gullible been telling themselves that Trump will face justice? Years and nothing substantive has been done. Time to wake up and stop believing in fairy tales. The US is an oligarchy remember.

@mamia9659 5 месяцев назад

And you trust your scotus not to bend and weave….Roe v Wade???

@u2u4ic 5 месяцев назад

exactly! he’ll deny or say it was taken out of context.

@TheMangoMussolini 5 месяцев назад

@liztodd9638 5 месяцев назад

Kavanaugh will definitely try to back petal.

@q.e.d.9112 5 месяцев назад

Brett Kavagnaugh said Row v Wade was “settled law”. Didn’t stop him overturning it.

@jo-anbryson466 5 месяцев назад

we will see how honest or corrupt the scotus is!

@cassandraortiz321 5 месяцев назад

Clearly Kavanaugh is referencing a situation where the president is impeached and removed for that crime first by the senate or voluntarily resigns which neither happened; you seem to suggest that just because a judge believe something 25 years ago he couldnt possibly have experienced anything that can lead to a change of mind in certain situations, seems like a stretch for a journalist to get all excited over these writings like a little kid who just saw Santa clause on Christmas Eve.

@patcomerford5596 5 месяцев назад

I am sure that Mr. Smith is aware of this filing by Justice Kavanaugh.😁❤

@user-zm4qd4yr3t 5 месяцев назад

NO ONE is above the Law 🗽⚖️📜🌊

@jerryvanbuskirk7454 5 месяцев назад

Wait... Isn't this the same Brett Kavanaugh that during his confirmation hearings said that Roe v Wade was settled law? You see how that turned out...

@roberthowell7095 4 месяца назад

Agree. But let's see how he tap dances around this. You can bet he will try.

@mecheleccorp2564 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for doing homework for all of us. You give us hope that America will one day return to normalcy.

@user-oo1rt5zg8s 4 месяца назад

Well done, Judge Brett kavanaugh! You have done a great service to US over your wise decision!👏

@happybergner9832 5 месяцев назад

Oh,my!!!!!!!I HOPE they don't find a way around this.

@cassandraortiz321 5 месяцев назад

Clearly Kavanaugh is referencing a situation where the president is impeached and removed for that crime first by the senate or voluntarily resigns which neither happened; you seem to suggest that just because a judge believe something 25 years ago he couldnt possibly have experienced anything that can lead to a change of mind in certain situations, seems like a stretch for a journalist to get all excited over these writings like a little kid who just saw Santa clause on Christmas Eve.

@happybergner9832 5 месяцев назад

@@cassandraortiz321 don't lawyers use precedent s upon which to base current rulings, that were set 50, 75 years ago?

@mrsansen8619 5 месяцев назад

We are pretending the law applies to Supreme Court Crooks? Since when?

@voraciousreader3341 5 месяцев назад

Yes, but does Kavanagh feel that way *_NOW?!?*_* That concerns me.

@fuzzfacelogic789 5 месяцев назад

A few of the Supremes will first need to wake up from their casual attitudes over particular matters.

@TMercan31 5 месяцев назад

I can't believe that Lawrence is naïve enough to believe that Justice Brewski won't just say that doesn't apply to tfg - he also said Roe was settled precedent and then backtracked on that too.....