Liberals Feckless, Conservatives Reckless: Elie Mystal on SCOTUS Trump Ballot Ban Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a historic case Thursday to determine if Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is eligible to remain on the ballot for the 2024 election. The justices are reviewing a decision by Colorado's high court that found Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution makes Trump ineligible to run for office because he engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021. _The Nation_'s justice correspondent Elie Mystal responds to the first day of proceedings, saying he was disappointed to hear both liberal and conservative justices casting doubt on the Constitution's application in this case to avoid the political ramifications of keeping Trump from office. "They decided to lock hands and ignore that because it would be too messy for the country to apply the law to Donald Trump," says Mystal, who also explains Trump's far-fetched plan to claim immunity from prosecution until after the presidential election, the scandal surrounding Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis during Trump's prosecution in Georgia, and writer E. Jean Carroll's successful defamation suit against the former president.
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@tonytooshort 3 месяца назад

This country is completely lost. We have zero leaders. Not one. Our country has been completely turned over to lobbyists and giant corporations. We can't even get a platform to file the taxes we owe the government for free. We've been paying to pay back what we owe our own government while other countries have done it for free for 30 years. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤢🤡

@lapinchechismosa 3 месяца назад

The USA, land of the grift

@mad_cat_1st 3 месяца назад

True that! I'm buried in IRS BS and all I'm trying to do is pay my taxes, but not over pay. Due to the ACA and some other issues, moving 3 times in 5 years, amending my tax returns back to 2017 and some OTHER BS, I am now paying more in penalties and interest than I owe in actual taxes. I've been to three tax agencies, including H&R Block, AND a private tax CPA, and I'm still screwed. I'm going to file for tax amnesty and if I don't win, I'm leaving this BULL$H!T country.

@tyrarichburg164 3 месяца назад

BECAUSE WE THE PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE, WE BLINDLY VOTE CRIMINALS IN ON BOTH SIDES THEN WE SIT DOWN AND CRY LIKE CHILDREN ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T AND WON'T DO. IF WE DID OUT JOB THESE POLITICIANS WOULD BE TO SCARED TO PULL ANY STUNTS, IF THEY DO ANYTHING CRAZY THEY WOULD BE SNATCHED OUT OF OFFICE BY THEIR NECKS🤨 WE THE PEOPLE!!!!!

@beverlygunn4942 21 день назад

Whoever runs, if they are not talking about reparations can't get a vote.

@oughtssought1198 3 месяца назад

none of these so-called Justices that just spoke sounded like they could handle the English language, much less interpret the Constitution

@albertstephen2426 3 месяца назад

Its amazing how quickly people who get into positions of power adopt intellectually dishonest positions ti preserve their positions of power and lose their moral compass if the ever had one.

@davegreene8588 3 месяца назад

They're belatedly showing what they're REALLY about, which is both sad and disgusting.

@B_Bodziak 3 месяца назад

I would like to see a documentary that follows a member of Congress around for a month to see what perks come with their positions because I think there's an illusion of power but it must be the perks that come with these positions that makes them fight tooth and nail and often stoop to unethical behaviors. When they walk into the Capitol Grill for dinner, do employees there fall over themselves to treat them "extra special"? I know airlines have an unwritten policy of giving them complimentary upgrades to first class, even jumping ahead of everyone else on the paid upgrade list. It's so ingrained in the DCA gate agents, that I've seen them downgrade a paying first class passenger to coach just so they can put a Rep or Senator in First.

@martinwhalley3286 3 месяца назад

We do have a couple. Please, I don't know your particular politics, but I offer this. It takes money to get elected, and even more to get re-elected. Candidates and incumbents that accept corporate PAC monies are in the pockets of said "Generous contributors" on Day 1. Picture the "Lobbyist with his feet up on your desk, stack of your first day duties collated into priority stacks. "Get me a cup of coffee, and here's your gratuity check for coming to the common sense solution to support our cause. Get to work "! They are not YOUR representative. The few who do not accept that kind of contribution include Progressives, that wish to curtail the influence of the Almighty Dollar on our politics. That causes our induvidual power to meld into the pot of corporate power, influence over our "Duly elected representatives." The 1%, know the incompetence of these elected stooges and more recently, the 1% have run for or been appointed to cabinet positions, "To do the darned jobs ourselves, examples, Mnuchin, De Vos, Bloomberg (at least until he was sure Bernie was screwed). Progressives, it is in the name! Conservative, sounds like they arranged it the way they wanted it, and put a padlock on it to keep it that way! If all stays the same all will be well, BULL! Harsher and harsher methods are required when the facade is important. They are past all that and say, we do it in public, how can there be anything wrong about it. Right? Wrong!

@williamclayton4570 3 месяца назад

politricks.

@RichardOakley21 3 месяца назад

I only watch to hear the level of derangement. The tide is changing rapidly

@kipincharge2833 3 месяца назад

😅what will the anti Trump cult do when he gets elected😅they could be dangerous😮

@ironsolomontv 3 месяца назад

@@kipincharge2833womp womp

@RockStarNdia101 3 месяца назад

lol

@stellabrown909 3 месяца назад

I don’t even know what’s going on anymore, so God, help us all.

@melfhlzahlpd 3 месяца назад

In Dobbs SCOTUS said they weren't allowed to consider the impact of their ruling. And here??? The only argument that seems to be compelling them is the political impact.

@tansywelsh1636 3 месяца назад

Absolutely.

@tedmom3029 3 месяца назад

They are afraid. It is a sad reality of the “world” they helped create … from the moment they took on the Gore-Bush election their glow of impartiality was dimming … Clarence Thomas continues to diminish the court with his blatant money grab (flaunts his impunity) … and then there is is lack of recusal even when his wife Ginnie was at the Elipse on Jan 6th … and then there of Roe/Dobbs where they pissed off 80% of the American public in a show of just how out of touch they are.

@kennethdubard9065 3 месяца назад

Thank you.

@celestialtreetarot4260 3 месяца назад

They are hopeless. It’s up to unions (poor and working people) to stand up to powerful people because SCOTUS will do nothing

@markpeirson7832 3 месяца назад

The only reason Trump is in court is politics. Total clown show

@virginiashroyer2279 3 месяца назад

Great show! Great comment’s! Too many coward’s wanting to dictate every aspect of American life!

@GaiaMiranda 3 месяца назад

And yet not a single person was charged with the actual charge of insurrection SMH

@RonaldNolter-ih4ry 3 месяца назад

Yea ,but there doing se veral years in prison ,proves they did something ,right,how smart are those people,that Trump doesn't give a lick about...

@BighnicHnicBAWSESTATUS 3 месяца назад

@@RonaldNolter-ih4ryno that proves the DOJ is weaponized

@BighnicHnicBAWSESTATUS 3 месяца назад

Ah. The truth comes out. How much money will it take to keep Trumps mouth shut? 83 million. Never mind that the witch is a LIAR

@Calallenbrian84 3 месяца назад

Because he didn’t commit insurrection. This is a court of public opinion that’s completely one sided. If he committed insurrections then every Democrat that objected to his election in 2016 was guilty of insurrection.

@bethfox3503 3 месяца назад

FBI set up... doJ "blue no matter who"... there is no law, no integrity left in the US... if you don't like somebody, they're a criminal... screw the constitution...

@nilaja-itsmylife 3 месяца назад

My new goal in life is to take a joke like Sir Elie just did 🙏🏾✨🙌🏽🥰

@mikemcdermott1026 3 месяца назад

He should sell used cars 10:16

@mikemcdermott1026 3 месяца назад

Fanni took 600 thousand dollars and gave to her laywer boyfriend while the taxpayers get the bill

@williamrizzo1285 3 месяца назад

Let the people decide! TRUMP 2024!

@Fuwuzworsh 3 месяца назад

Elie Mystal needs a dictionary. If the President is an officer, what executive does he report to? This guys is just a straight moron.

@user-sl5ko8xe2t 3 месяца назад

Dumb Trump isn't going to save Us.@baddaddy8718

@user-rg2zc7yh1r 3 месяца назад

Assuming Judge KJB - in querying Trump’s attorney - wasn't just testing the water, she appeared to side with Trump's attorney in the belief that because the 14th amendment didn’t name the President or VP, it didn’t consider the President or VP as being bound by this amendment. How about this alternative reasoning: executives (e.g. President & VP) hold “offices,” whereas legislators hold “seats”?

@pumamanta1771 3 месяца назад

Right. I agree what is the definition of an officer is a basically ANY public officer/servant, including Executive officers.

@pineapplegirl8078 3 месяца назад

I heard in the questioning the position that President/VP are such significant offices that the fact the are not named is evidence they were not included.

@santyclause8034 3 месяца назад

They did also touch on Jefferson Davis as a persona non gratis included in the scope of the intent (of the Amendment). There would be a record of contemporaneous notes from debates, discussions and the bearing on how a general election poll would come under the effect of the Amendment per its intent, some historical context regarding Reconstruction after the Civil War, Amnesty, and stuff. Under this scope, the meaning is inclusive argues the one side, and the other (Trump party) argues it does not. The judges just wanted to hear the rationales argued pro and con, for and against, whether anything knowable in the contextual intent survives within the Present Day that is germane to the scope of their arbitration.

@lyndacoble9171 3 месяца назад

I expected so much more from her!

@pineapplegirl8078 3 месяца назад

@@lyndacoble9171 Like what exactly?

@Al-nd9ep 3 месяца назад

Was he convicted of insurrection? If not then why are they even arguing the law?

@Spiral.Dynamics 3 месяца назад

Constitution doesn’t say they have to be convicted. He gave them comfort.

@idontknowaboutthat1904 3 месяца назад

No convictions after the civil war either.

@walterturner1633 3 месяца назад

Is it necessary to CONVICT a dog, when it is OBVIOUS to anyone able to see and hear, that what they're looking at is a DOG? What averagely educated adult cannot recognize an insurrection when they witness it? What educated person cannot know that telling one's supporters: "go home, I love you" is giving COMFORT to those who vandalized OUR Capitol and killed law enforcement personnel?

@dennis3351 3 месяца назад

@@Spiral.Dynamics He said on jan 6 go to the Capital and protest ''peacefully'' , so can your bias.

@antoinebracy5718 3 месяца назад

@@idontknowaboutthat1904Amen!

@healthstartshere 3 месяца назад

So depressing. I commend Ellie & DN for not losing steam and keeping their journalistic integrity.

@nilaja-itsmylife 3 месяца назад

I said long ago, that if Trump was not held accountable IN January 2021 for his acts, he never would be. 1000% accurate

@OikPoinFive 3 месяца назад

I agree

@OikPoinFive 3 месяца назад

Hi ninja-itsmylifex8

@nilaja-itsmylife 3 месяца назад

@@OikPoinFive ummmmm hi? 🥷

@shel1102 3 месяца назад

So, what acts exactly are you talking about?

@Slizzysliz53 3 месяца назад

@@shel1102this person doesn’t actually think, let alone regard any facts

@dorisporis8 3 месяца назад

Right. States wouldn't be kicking anyone off the ballot who number one was at least 35 years old. Number two was born in the United States. Number three who did not engage himself or himself in an insurrection! They would never prove that on someone like Joe Biden with all his faults, so I found the supreme Court argument so weak and I myself am a lay person! Thank you for this broadcast. My heart is broken.

@_TheLONEwolf 3 месяца назад

Yea, just one problem. the analogy just dont work. First, being 35 or natural born citizen are issues the person themselves have the burden of proof showing. Its a question of qualifying, not being disqualified. Im sure the subtle difference will elude such an elite brain as you posses. Second, your two examples are able to be proven beyond doubt, simple birth cert. will prove both, whereas Insurrection by anyone other than a wartime event, cannot be proven beyond doubt, and in fact, where Trump committed insurrection or rebellion is not with no doubt, simply proven by the fact that there is such a debate about it.

@krumbleme2 3 месяца назад

Prove that he orchestrated an insurrection. This is the basis of the whole legal matter. You cannot prove it

@letsomethingshine 3 месяца назад

Trump is a talking snake. He SAID he would be in the front lines with his insurrectionists, HAS provided aid and comfort to them and their supporters, disappeared for 2-3 hours that the insurrection was violently occurring, and while disappeared he did not employ the national guard or military to mow down the insurrectionists like he would have if they were culturally progressive liberals or anti-liberal communists (historically the only type of communists that have been able to gain significant political power).

@jonhoskinson6441 3 месяца назад

They didn’t “ignore” insurrection! They don’t believe an insurrection happened and were careful to make that known.

@Flumazenil 3 месяца назад

Elie, take two Trumpenol and review the case. Trump has not even been charged with insurrection.

@billatnip6425 3 месяца назад

No charge required

@joofmagoof2841 3 месяца назад

What is the correct procedure for enforcing disqualification?

@kwatson4394 3 месяца назад

I think they are saying Congress has to deem the person ineligible (which the majority of our federal legislators did in January and February 2021.)

@jeepninja1 3 месяца назад

Maybe try crying even harder.

@will-vi9pk 3 месяца назад

No we mean how do we get around the pesky law and just throw our political opponents and political dissidents into prison for de peoples comrades da?

@elleaubry3772 3 месяца назад

@VF0011 That’s your personal rule of law. But that is not what the Constitution says. Clearly you do not believe in the Constitution.

@billewilde1 3 месяца назад

@@kwatson4394 If elected Congress can just refuse to seat him as President under the Law.

@spauley2133 3 месяца назад

Democracy doesn't mean you always getting what you want.

@black_sheep_nation 3 месяца назад

Democracy has been chipping away at democracy since Bush was handed the 2000 election. It's a minoritarian Supreme Court, appointed by a minoritarian ruling party. It doesn't actually reflect the public majority.

@KohalaLover 3 месяца назад

Thank you Nermeen, Amy & DN.

@24u684 3 месяца назад

I am wondering what copy of the consitution these Libs are using, must be a special edition?

@TimLawsonOverhomeDude 3 месяца назад

it's a fluid constitution like their brains are.

@ironsolomontv 3 месяца назад

😂😂😂 oh man, you know nothing about history

@anchovie_pizza 3 месяца назад

@@TimLawsonOverhomeDude the brains that make most of the money in these here United States? the brains that create the culture, the phone you use, the actual website you're complaining about them on?

@anchovie_pizza 3 месяца назад

considering libs are the most educated group in this country, that's a funny statement.... and also completely ignorant.

@gfys756 Месяц назад

@@anchovie_pizza So.... you're saying that libs are rich, privileged, bourgeois oligarchs and technocrats responsible for the further degradation of American culture? Not exactly a flex, mate....🤣🤦🏿‍♂️

@RonaldNolter-ih4ry 3 месяца назад

I' d like to know what you could do and not be able to be a president,does any body know.

@sherrydole1636 3 месяца назад

This proves you’re looking for any reason you can to try to have him removed!!

@marcphillips31 3 месяца назад

@@sherrydole1636 This proves you only care about the constitution when it applies to some something you care about. You are unamerican sherry dole! Trump is a criminal and should be treated as such.

@iamboborilee 3 месяца назад

You can't constantly be on fire because that would be a distraction and you wouldn't be able to do your job . That's why you can't constantly be on fire. They won't put up with that stuff .

@terirea7743 3 месяца назад

It seems that the Supreme(ly corrupt) Court believes there is no behavior that disqualifies a person from attaining the OFFICE of the presidency, not even fomenting an armed insurrection designed to prevent the passing of the presidency to the next duly elected OFFICER. Note that age, country of birth and number of terms are not behaviors.

@whatthebeepvideos 3 месяца назад

Be born outside of the USA.

@Qietman 3 месяца назад

It's hilarious how every tyrannical group or individual calls themselves "the people's democratic something. And of course, the exclamation point seals the deal...

@jp13119 3 месяца назад

Are you new to Democracy Now! Because your hilarious comment about 'every tyrannical group...'is hilarious! Yet, I'm glad you're here. It means you're branching out to hear other views or for the majority of Americans using your critical thinking skills. So, great comment for a simp especially since you believe the 81 MILLION Democratic voters are 'every tyrannical group'. Speech such as yours proves your intelligence. Vote Blue to Save Democracy!💙

@user-ql5yb2hs2p 3 месяца назад

♥️hey you!! Watch Roy Cohn documentary and “get me Roger Stone “!! That is what you call tyrannical democracy ‼️

@ShankarSivarajan 3 месяца назад

@@jp13119 Do you believe large groups are incapable of being tyrannical?

@lizwyatt8041 3 месяца назад

Presidents are immune why they’re in the office Trump was still in office when this happened last in the criminal code. There is such a thing called double Jeopardy and he qualifies for that that sushi. What kind of food you’re talking to you?

@lizwyatt8041 3 месяца назад

Hack anybody with a high school education can tell you about double jeopardy. It doesn’t take a genius it’s Gass not very smart at all that you’re talking to you.

@cyber-psych2503 3 месяца назад

Great work today for Democracy Now! ... and every day THANKS : )

@abigaildunn5169 3 месяца назад

Where is the White House where are the people in Congress stand by Trump where are they

@votemonty1815 3 месяца назад

That was Elena Kagan in the first soundbite, not Sonia Sotomayor.

@iadorenewyork1 3 месяца назад

I can't believe it -- Democracy Now made a mistake.

@margaretjohnson6259 3 месяца назад

it IS sotomayor. not kagan.

@ArleeStarr 3 месяца назад

@@margaretjohnson6259 The image on the screen was Sotomayor. The voice was Kagan. Elie confirmed it in the video.

@margaretjohnson6259 3 месяца назад

@@ArleeStarr thank you. that's what i get for not paying closer attention.

@jakeoo7tupperware 3 месяца назад

That's not the only mistake they made. They put DC court of appeals Immunicyt argument sketch for this SCOTUS argument about ballat acces for Trump. They showed some old guy in place of Jason Murray.

@---Tre--- 3 месяца назад

Because of the Electoral College, only a handful of states pick the President. We need to end the Electoral College for good.

@6411892 3 месяца назад

It’s actually the opposite educate yourself on the electoral college 😊

@ArleeStarr 3 месяца назад

@@6411892 Take your own advice about education. The other person is correct.

@devinw5150 3 месяца назад

If we end the electoral college, NY and CA will be the only 2 states that can elect a president. Go back to school and learn how the electoral college works

@joshuagharis9017 3 месяца назад

Ranked choice voting 🗳

@randyhardee7350 3 месяца назад

So you want only the big cities to elect the president and everybody else just be ruled out ...correct?.. Why do you think Our framers wrote it the way they did.

@shirleysmith2522 3 месяца назад

Great interview. I ❤ Ellie Mystal!

@dutchschaefer4983 3 месяца назад

I can’t believe they are gonna let Trump off the hook even though he’s been charged with insurrection… oh wait

@syourke3 3 месяца назад

He’s a clown. A political hack. Like Amy Goodman.

@jameskirk796 3 месяца назад

Imagine if the supreme court rules in favor of Colorado. States can determine who will, and will not be on ballots. Do we want to go there?

@donnavorce8856 3 месяца назад

The states will have affirmed their right to not allow INSURRECTIONISTS APPEAR ON THEIR BALLOT. It doesn't turn into a free for all. This is a specific situation.

@GGable 3 месяца назад

If Democrats can't win they want to destroy the system take their ball and go home.

@LogicalReasons 3 месяца назад

It's really not a decision that anyone makes because nobody's ever made in the past no one needs to make it now

@LogicalReasons 3 месяца назад

If anyone says the irony the only similar I circumstance I can think of is that Trump himself was trying to search for a reason to take Obama off the ballot because he wasn't eligible because of the birth certificate this isn't even weaker argument because you're saying that Trump disqualified under the exact same thing that Lincoln created in response to 850,000 Americans dying f****** idiots what did stupid f****** comparison

@GGable 3 месяца назад

@@LogicalReasons exactly

@bella42291 3 месяца назад

I think once it got to the supreme court it quit being a state matter and became a federal decision. The decision of if he is allowed on the ballot goes for all the states, if supreme court says he was responsible for insurrection he goes on no ballots.

@beezusHrist 3 месяца назад

It doesnt make sense for the federal government to be deciding who States put on their ballots. States are supposed to be able to run their own elections

@jdraven0890 3 месяца назад

I tend to agree, except that the SC couldn't make the determination that an individual committed insurrection per the intended meaning, that would likely be Congress and only after giving the accused individual some measure of due process

@santyclause8034 3 месяца назад

It did not determine yet, eg. does the Amendment proscribe the candidature from eligibility through disqualifications such as does automatically apply regardez Age, birth, citizenship, or allow a candidate to run for election then be dq'd at certification in Congress (not my recommendation), or does Congress pre-emptively vote to remove such disability upon review after the judgement of the courts (guilt or no guilt on the crime of Insurrection), or does the DoJ kick it back to Congress procedurally after SCotUS delivers a finding...

@abigailpew8383 3 месяца назад

thats really not how it works

@abigailpew8383 3 месяца назад

they are only deciding whether the state of CO is enabled to remove him from the ballot via CO law. it would set a precedent but it wouldn't determine what other states do

@considerthis7712 3 месяца назад

As an Australian, I like This platform because presentators are objective, balanced, comprehensive and avoids popularism and ignorance. As journalism should. ( Australia)

@typheran1 3 месяца назад

Lol. You must be new to DN. They ran the russia-gate hoax for years. When glenn greenwald pointed out their biased faulty journalism they stopped having him on. DN is heavily biased.

@a.j.ponder7029 3 месяца назад

Yup, as a Kiwi I really think Democracy Now is the best journalism I've found. Unless people are watching it they really don't know what's happening.

@typheran1 3 месяца назад

@@a.j.ponder7029 DN literally deleted my comment about them selectively reporting on the russia-gate hoax. How is that for objective journalism.

@junebrilly5302 3 месяца назад

As an American living ( thankfully) in Europe I wholeheartedly agree!

@6411892 3 месяца назад

You’ve got to be kidding

@rickferyok2462 3 месяца назад

I completely agree with Elie - the Supreme Court is contemptuous.

@ColinJamesredochre 3 месяца назад

What would happen if all the red states removed Biden from the ballet?

@RobertGibbs-iq4wp 3 месяца назад

He loses cause there are more red states than blue states

@idontknowaboutthat1904 3 месяца назад

They still might. Theyre already trying to suppress votes for him with no consequences.

@ramjetross 3 месяца назад

Literally one of the things that led to the civil war

@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419 3 месяца назад

Since he didn’t actively try to overturn the government I’d expect it not to go well.

@BoogieBoogsForever 3 месяца назад

Yeah do that. But wait until he attempts a coup.

@reginaerekson9139 3 месяца назад

Elie is SO cool, it’s nice to see him here

@johnconnors3962 3 месяца назад

He looks kinda frumpy in his suit and he needs a haircut.

@junebrilly5302 3 месяца назад

@@johnconnors3962WTF has that got to do with this conversation,!? How shallow

@6411892 3 месяца назад

I thought it was Professor Klump from the nutty Professor

@stellabrown909 3 месяца назад

@@johnconnors3962😂😂😂😂

@reginaerekson9139 3 месяца назад

@@johnconnors3962 his hair is cut - into a glorious Afro

@NZperrito 3 месяца назад

I think it was a good decision to keep Trump on the ballot, LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE, I hate Dump Trump but I think the people should decide

@donnavorce8856 3 месяца назад

We said NO in 2020. We can say NO again should the need arise. VOTE

@zanthonyhill8818 3 месяца назад

You "hate" Donald Trump? Umm......WHY?

@BighnicHnicBAWSESTATUS 3 месяца назад

@@zanthonyhill8818because he is mean

@pattieg2815 3 месяца назад

And what happened in 2020 when the “People Decided”? That works with normal candidates, but you do know you are not dealing with normal right?

@BighnicHnicBAWSESTATUS 3 месяца назад

@@pattieg2815 oh, do tell us what a “normal” is?

@deadmanprodinc 3 месяца назад

What and intelligent, inciteful and good humored fellow!

@iant4060 3 месяца назад

But plain wrong!

@deadmanprodinc 3 месяца назад

@@iant4060 Cry us a river..... 2-millon subscribers watched this and 4 people liked your petty, none evidence supported comment. Was that the point of the exclamation mark, a replacement to backing up the statement, ha.

@iant4060 3 месяца назад

@@deadmanprodinc actually the video has 81k views to this point so your 2m subscribers comment is a lie. And we'll see whose right and wrong when SCOTUS deliver their 9-0 verdict in favour of Trump!

@bevceccanti5301 3 месяца назад

Who is this jerk?

@krumbleme2 3 месяца назад

@@iant4060Not wrong, just steeped in opinion.

@mattkale7715 3 месяца назад

“Democracy Now” : don’t let anyone vote for the person I don’t like

@shaftomite007 3 месяца назад

Fox "News": just had to pay nearly a BILLION DOLLAR$ for straight up LYING to their ignorant viewers about the election being "stolen" Also their lawyers argued in court that Fox is NOT a "news" company it's an "entertainment" company, so it has ZERO requirement to tell the truth😂😂😂

@elleaubry3772 3 месяца назад

Please explain to me how that’s different from the MAGA. They even called their own who dare to merely disagree with the Orange Nero, “RINO” and threaten them. 🤫🙄😂

@Slizzysliz53 3 месяца назад

No republican has ever tried to suppress the ability for a political rival to run: that is anti-democratic and text book fascism. Delusions and lies are your truths

@Slizzysliz53 3 месяца назад

@@elleaubry3772^

@6411892 3 месяца назад

@@elleaubry3772 One year from now, President Trump will be back in office🎉

@igottaspeak 3 месяца назад

Wow, you mean the constitution is not the perfect document I've been hearing all my life.

@KaiserBlade 3 месяца назад

You should read it.

@waynebaker5720 3 месяца назад

It was written by imperfect man

@KaiserBlade 3 месяца назад

@@waynebaker5720 What was his name? You're hilarious.

@skameron831 3 месяца назад

It's making MILLIONS of people want to risk their lives to move here.. so it may not be "perfect" but it's good enough for millions of people to leave their country for ours.. that should say something.

@LynnLee-fs3dp 3 месяца назад

@@KaiserBlade”men” & imperfect meaning racist af!🤬

@tonytooshort 3 месяца назад

It's amazing that it's the lawyers who are following the constitution that are 'disenfranchising' voters and nott he guy who desperately attempted to disenfranchise voters 🥴

@1JOHNBARLEYCORN 3 месяца назад

Elie Mystal the meltdown Oh my god the 3 Liberals are going to side with the 6 Conservatives and give Trump a 9-0 win

@maggiealena 3 месяца назад

Why not rule with Colorado Supreme Court and support the US Condtitution 14th amendment and it can be federal support. It can be a federal court ruling to up hold the 14th amendment. SCOTUS is usless in supporting the UD Constitution but will support Citizens United. What a disgrace.

@stoopstified7376 3 месяца назад

I recommend a remedial course in basic civics. Should be available at your junior high school. You welcome in advance.

@kipincharge2833 3 месяца назад

😅if one reads the actual document it requires a 2/3 vote by Congress 😅and why do state leaders wish to take away this choice from their voters😝are we slaves or something😎do we have a Republic or a Police State😝

@billatnip6425 3 месяца назад

Requires a two third vote to remove the disqualification. But nice try

@beardedbeast1989 3 месяца назад

No offense to Elie, but when I saw his pic in the thumbnail for this video I thought it was a SNL sketch with Keenan Thompson

@seansmith3058 3 месяца назад

Unlike an SNL sketch he can be funny when he wants to be.

@goldilox369 3 месяца назад

I thought it was Keenan as well. I'm glad I'm not alone. 😂

@user-cx6br7tv8e 3 месяца назад

Trump had a valid point on immunity. A sitting president can't be criminaly charged , only impeached as per constitution.

@RockStarNdia101 3 месяца назад

The artwork of the trump in court made me smirk and laugh. lol Gotta love him.🤣

@rievans57 3 месяца назад

What I hate about these types of scenarios is that they do not take into account the opinion of the American people. As a taxpayer, citizen, and registered voter my main concern is the impression elected officials give me, not their guilt or innocence.

@ironsolomontv 3 месяца назад

That’s a major problem and the main reason we have a career grifter like Trump even in the national spotlight in the first place.

@PoliteBogWitch 3 месяца назад

Love to see Elie 👏❤

@luvroxie4589 3 месяца назад

Well done young man…we need you…keep doing what you do. Thank you so much!🎉👍🏾✅Elie Mystal

@orangemanbad 3 месяца назад

Trump 2024. Left and right together can’t be wrong

@user-ip8of3vq8n 3 месяца назад

Wow another trumpderaingement hhaaaa

@user-vo1ft9vn2n 3 месяца назад

Dear Mr. Mystal please run for office; president, senate, congress. PLEASE. my country needs you.

@Al-nd9ep 3 месяца назад

Let the “United States of America citizens “ decide.

@brianbeckett2310 3 месяца назад

Much love brother Elie

@markjohnson4217 3 месяца назад

Just a reminder Mr. Kavenagh, the American voters DO have every right to choose who is on the ballot and to choose who ultimately leads the country, but tbey also have tbe right to make informed decisions about who should NOT be included and the right to know the reasons for the disqualification and the great risks that keeping such a man in office would pose..

@6411892 3 месяца назад

One year from now, Trump will be back in the White House🎉

@markjohnson4217 3 месяца назад

Maybe we should just lock him in there...

@billatnip6425 3 месяца назад

@@6411892spelled big wrong

@lesliespann6420 3 месяца назад

Perhaps the framers didn’t specifically include the words “President” or “Vice President” in the language because never in a million years would they think they’d have to! Any person of reasonable intelligence and education knows that the President and Vice President hold office in, and are therefore officers of, our government! Come on!

@chatham2006 3 месяца назад

it's called the OFFICE of the United States

@jakepistolero 3 месяца назад

the liberal position was that you need to ADJUDICATE that he committed the crime of insurrection

@four4eyes 3 месяца назад

Do not believe you're lying eyes

@jakepistolero 3 месяца назад

@@four4eyes or your lying ears. Believe only in what makes you feel good and superior

@MCWAY1 3 месяца назад

Dems (and RINOs) are just butt-hurt because they can't just cherry-pick judges and AGs to declare Trump an insurrectionist. Even Justice Roberts asked the question as to what stops Republicans from returning the favor to DQ Biden. Why can't the Alabama Supreme Court rule Biden an insurrectionist? Why can't Mississippi's AG disqualify Bideb for insurrection?

@cwm2244 3 месяца назад

Big problem is that Trump has not been convicted of insufraction. Just because a bunch of liberal idiots claim that he has committed insurrection does not mean that he has committed insurrection. People are getting tired of this BULLSHIT When is it ever gonna F***ING end? More than likely it will end JANUARY,2025 when Donald J Trump is president of the united states again❗️.

@GGable 3 месяца назад

Yes that's the what it was I didn't realize that at first but that's what they wanted

@jenniferhampton5171 3 месяца назад

But isnt a supreme court ruling a "federal national means?" So, what is a federal way to address the fact that insurrectionist should not be allowed to be on the ballot? Yes, he should NOT be given another chance! It is so bizarre.

@greenhill004 3 месяца назад

Why shouldn't Trump be allowed? Who is to say what is an insurrection and what isn't? People like you are the reason the country is where it is.

@ronduranceau8457 3 месяца назад

You are right on elie.

@clearfield2009 3 месяца назад

There is no argument that can possibly make sense which discounts the President, who holds THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, which would be, uh, an Officer. For gods sake.

@Hands2HealNow 3 месяца назад

Being bright enough to clerk does not save a person from contortions of truth to serve their personal ambitions.

@krumbleme2 3 месяца назад

Well said

@erinmac4750 3 месяца назад

Love Elie Mystal! Great interview! It has to be said that sometimes smart people can overthink things. Our liberal justices need to go take a walk in the park, then come back to deliberation with a clear head and better perspective.

@6411892 3 месяца назад

One year from now, President Trump will be back in office🎉

@fredschnerbert1238 3 месяца назад

*The original JUDGE in the initial TRIAL in CO, SAID, it's UP TO CONGRESS not the STATE* *SHE can read the Constitution*

@nosondre 3 месяца назад

What is the oath of office if it’s not an office?

@timcrocker9018 3 месяца назад

Elie Mystal is a National treasure.

@denisefrenette1928 3 месяца назад

What if the Supreme Judges asked the questions they did to hear the argument needed for putting to rest the devil on their backs/ shoulder? Is there not room for some optimistic hope here?

@santyclause8034 3 месяца назад

Definitely. They have to weigh a whole ball of wax, not just which pole it is viewed from.

@donnavorce8856 3 месяца назад

A sliver. It's all I've got right now. A sliver of hope. My ultimate hope is in the voters. We said NO in 2020. We can say NO again in 2024 if we need to.

@GGable 3 месяца назад

@@donnavorce8856In reality the 2020 election had massive coordinated voter fraud and most people now believe it was illegitimate. There are several cases going on right now including 1 in GA thar recently showed the voting machines in GA are compromised. Also the J6 hoax is unraveling.

@user-vj9kp8sn4y 3 месяца назад

What do think when you are brought and paid my opinion

@jonniemae818 3 месяца назад

The Supreme Court I hope will do the right thing and stop Trump. The American people do not deserve to suffer Donald J. Trump again.

@patriot1382 3 месяца назад

Thank you for your interview with Mr. Elie Mystal an exceptional American master

@rosemariebredahl9519 3 месяца назад

Not only did Colorado's trial (& appeals court) find that Trump engaged in an insurrection, but so did the Jan 6th Special Committee (incl in their referral to the DOJ).

@jeepninja1 3 месяца назад

Cry harder

@moisesminaya4352 3 месяца назад

Bow to your orange king, he is inevitable at this point!

@p.w.7493 3 месяца назад

Let's hope that when the SCOTUS decides that he has no immunity against prosecution (hey Jack Smith), that he'll be held accountable for all the 91 counts against him, we all can move on.

@jasonsal6742 3 месяца назад

Lol, I have never seen or heard of an insurrection happening👉🏾 without guns involved have u?💯 And if so when in the history of our nation did this ever take place?🤔 Better yet.. How do u topple a government without firearms involved? Lmfaooo!! Go ahead, let me hear yur logic I'll wait. Smh..🤦🏾

@jasonsal6742 3 месяца назад

Ppl r so stupid in America. Makes sense now why America is almost dead bottom last in education in the world. The saddest thing about that is I'm American and know that. Smh🤦🏾

@shel1102 3 месяца назад

The irony that they are upset that democracy is working yet they call themselves Democracy Now 😂

@will-vi9pk 3 месяца назад

right lol they mean Democracy like stalin does it.

@nilaja-itsmylife 3 месяца назад

O yay!! The trolls are here!!! Let’s goooooooooooooo

@shel1102 3 месяца назад

@@nilaja-itsmylife where’s the lie? Or are you just enjoying being on the democrats plantation that much? All good, they will replace your votes with illegals and forget about you and your easily manipulated mind very quickly. 🤫 Also, as an old women.. why do you style your hair like a 7 year old?

@shel1102 3 месяца назад

@@nilaja-itsmylife hi troll! You made it! Yay! 😀 thanks for announcing your arrival.

@wandafossett846 3 месяца назад

💖💜💜🎉💯 Agree with Elie Mystal God Bless you for your Knowledge Concerning our country at Large !! Thanks Democracy Now😍🙏

@truthlogicrealitymatter 3 месяца назад

Thank you Elie for clarifying for me. What you said was my original opinion. Then I read a very persuasive argument that it should be declared an insurrection federally and it really made sense to me. After listening to you, I'm going back to my original opinion and staying there. Not that it will do much good as the SC seems to also be petrified of tfg. It's a damn shame that one man can use threats and violence to control some of the highest seats in the land and get away with it. We used to be a strong country. Now we cower to the whims and whines of a lifelong criminal. Isn't this how Hitler took power? I have to say - I have never been as disappointed in the SC as I have been this one. No backbone. No standing up for the laws and Constitution. Just whatever a sniveling old man wants. PATHETIC!

@SkiRedMtn 3 месяца назад

I’ve said for years that the problem with liberal politicians is how much they cater to conservative politics.

@judithwest4183 3 месяца назад

OMG, that works both ways.

@SkiRedMtn 3 месяца назад

@@judithwest4183 No it doesn’t. At all. When liberals cater to conservatives it looks like NOT removing a criminal, rapist, seditionist former president from an upcoming ballot. How do conservatives cater to liberals? When they say that same former president should be able to assassinate innocent people with no consequences? Give up the right-wing tit-for-tat horseshit that is your new retort for everything. If shame or hypocrisy were fatal, we’d instantaneously lose the entire Republican Party.

@SkiRedMtn 3 месяца назад

@@judithwest4183 actually maybe you’re correct. After all, you’re not allowed to have slaves. You’re definitely correct that the only reason that the Republican Party doesn’t advocate for slavery is because of liberals. Other than that I’m hard pressed to think of any examples of conservatives catering to liberals. CAN YOU?!

@Bodhi1satva 3 месяца назад

Yes treason should be taken seriously!

@jeepninja1 3 месяца назад

😂😂🤡

@AC-re9ee 3 месяца назад

I Agree Bidum needs to be dealt with 😂😂

@shaftomite007 3 месяца назад

@@jeepninja1👈🤡🤡🤡😂😂😂. MAGA takes TRE45ON very seriously... It's kinda their THING

@will-vi9pk 3 месяца назад

@@shaftomite007 < CCP wumao.

@michaeltudda8462 3 месяца назад

@@AC-re9ee - Brandon has been a farce.

@tammypritts8102 3 месяца назад

Let the people decide!! This country has gone down hill bad. We need Trump back now more than ever 🇺🇸 to save this country

@justmyopinion9883 Месяц назад

Elie Mystal is brilliant and funny. Thank you for having him on your program. 😊❤️

@richardmtl 3 месяца назад

The supreme court is not supreme anymore

@user-en1cv8vi1x 3 месяца назад

You've never been so wrong in your life.... Probably stupider, but not wronger.😂

@duketr1876 3 месяца назад

D you mean Colorado Supreme Court !???😅😅😅

@obg7 3 месяца назад

LET THE VOTING BEGIN and the chips can fall where they may. Let the people decide. That is the best court. The Lord knows whats coming next, and He said things will get darker for the world.

@6411892 3 месяца назад

One year from now, President Trump will be back in office🎉

@abigaildunn5169 3 месяца назад

These people in Colorado are crazy keep them in Colorado

@user-tp6xe5qc3g 3 месяца назад

Instead of disqualifying your opponent,become a very good president so voters will vote for you to stay in office.

@ridge7524 3 месяца назад

Instead of trying to disenfranchise 80,000,000 legal votes, learn how to lose gracefully to run again instead of lying and attacking the voters voice🇺🇸💙🗽💯

@user-tp6xe5qc3g 3 месяца назад

@ridge7524 the voters voices are changing, with the addition of millions of illegals. These new voices just gave us the bird.

@ridge7524 3 месяца назад

@@user-tp6xe5qc3g You have your thought,I have mine.When you try to come for my legal vote,silencing Americans because you are a sore as loser,I don't reward that behavior..Also,its pathetic that the people that cheated were gopers in red states voting multiple times,dead folks voting etc,blaming black people in blue states but you dont hear about that.I need to get back to this Judge Luttig(a conservative) interview talking about what the ex p did wrong and how dangerous he is to democracy.I dont excuse that.Thanks🇺🇲💙🗽

@franjkav 3 месяца назад

@@user-tp6xe5qc3g”illegals” can’t vote

@CribNotes 3 месяца назад

So that social justice stay puffed marshmallow guy thinks he knows better than the ENTIRE US Supreme Court? Isn't he the goofy guy who thinks we should rewrite the US Constitution in black face?

@nokandu5684 3 месяца назад

Trump ! Trump ! Trump ! Insurrection ! Insurrection ! Insurrection ! Even the liberal Supreme Court Justices are sick of your crap.

@darrylmartin60 3 месяца назад

Why would you ask for immunity from crimes in office😂

@Chulitatr 3 месяца назад

We love you Eli Mystal. Please take care of yourself, we need you to keep up your good work. 💙🗽💙

@user-ur5mt8fy5m 3 месяца назад

A president is the commander in chief. Seems to me that it is the officer in chief no?

@hansyali_ 3 месяца назад

No, you literally just said it dummy. He’s commander-in-chief, not officer and chief, like you literally just said it and tried to turn it into office.

@shaftomite007 3 месяца назад

Yes it's legally called "the OFFICE of the presidency".

@TheDirtchicken 3 месяца назад

The use of the word “officer” is tricky. For instance, not every member of the military is an officer. Being an officer requires additional training/schooling. While I realize they aren’t referring to the military, it does prove that officer has multiple meanings and does not always refer to everyone within a particular group.

@That_guy_mike. 3 месяца назад

Nope. Long standing court precedent has defined officer of the US as those appointed to authority within the government rather than voted into it. On top of that, the 14th never barred anyone from running for office and gave Congress sole responsibility for allowing them to take office. 63 confederates held legislative seats post civil war. All that being said, the definition of officer of the us is probably the least relevant thing regarding the problems with the Colorado decision

@6411892 3 месяца назад

No 😂

@POWERMINDS747 3 месяца назад

I think everyone was shocked to hear that Kentanji Brown Jackson was on the side of Trump in this case!😮😮😮😮😮

@nilaja-itsmylife 3 месяца назад

Man. 🤦🏽‍♀️ No one makes it to that height of power without playing the game. Sad.

@rdbeckett590 3 месяца назад

And she is flat wrong

@Slizzysliz53 3 месяца назад

@@nilaja-itsmylifeor maybe she understands the constitution and has the ability to think critically unlike others of her complexion

@nilaja-itsmylife 3 месяца назад

@@Slizzysliz53 ooooo yeah, let’s bring race into it. Fun. 🥴

@markunwin2313 3 месяца назад

I'm surprised too, but you fail to understand that justices aren't to take sides, but evaluate the law and constitution!

@prajnabala 3 месяца назад

I love this guy, Elie Mystal.

@robbiemitchell1601 3 месяца назад

Elie Mystal's commentary on the stance of the Justices in their questions is just about the best I have heard so far. He does not mince his words!

@DLFfitness1 3 месяца назад

How can anyone take any of this seriously? 😳😮😢

@6411892 3 месяца назад

I agree this show is ridiculous. One year from now, President Trump will be back in office🎉

@darrylmartin60 3 месяца назад

If trump had been banned INITIALLY THERE WOULD BE NO JANUARY 6TH😢

@abigaildunn5169 3 месяца назад

It always was the people's decision to vote someone and for president from the 1800s it was always the people who vote for men and it hasn't changed

@deidaraer 3 месяца назад

CORRECTION: It's Elena Kagan speaking at 0:53, NOT Sotomayor

@655irish 3 месяца назад

What if she wasn’t trying to agree that 45 was not an officer, but rather forcing him to articulate his absurd position So she can smack it down in her opinion

@jeepninja1 3 месяца назад

Cry harder🐈

@matts5362 3 месяца назад

An officer is appointed by the president. How can the president be an officer then? The context of this amendment is post civil war. Read some history and understand this does not apply to the presidential office.

@mozartchesson8377 3 месяца назад

Article 14/3 of the Constitution disqualifies from holding State or federal office those who engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution, but provides that the disqualification may be removed by 2/3 vote of each house of Congress. 1) where does it say that the removal of disqualification must be done AFTER such a person has been elected to office? The simplest, most obvious view is that, especially given the subsequent change to elections to office, the path for persons so disqualified is to seek removal of the disqualification BEFORE they actually run for office 2) No different than a felon, denied the right to vote, applying for removal of that disqualification BEFORE he tries to vote. 3) The supporters of those disqualified under 14/3 have no more Constitutional or legal standing than the supporters of felons orherwise disqualied from voting. 4) In the case of Colorado, Trump was afforded both a trial and an appeal by the State. 4) The only possible other "issue" is whether the Office of President of the US is intended to be included in the phrase of 14/3, " all other offices of the United States" - and that argument is, sorry to say, stupid, silly and very, very attenuated.

@dmann1115 3 месяца назад

Brilliant and succinct. Thank you. I really wish you were representing Colorado in this case...!

@josemorrasge8100 3 месяца назад

There is nothing sweeter than liberal tears.

@darrylmartin60 3 месяца назад

The supreme court cant give an advantage to any candidate 😂. Trump appointed several of these 🤡.

@adom9463 3 месяца назад

Democracy now!!! Unless it's someone we don't like.

@AlexisWenberg 3 месяца назад

huh? this literally doesn't apply to the video I just watched.

@YTPartyTonight 3 месяца назад

Yeah, Trump is all about democracy. 😑

@Kit-se3zs 3 месяца назад

True, that's literally the DNC mantra. Whereas the RNC skips democracy altogether in favor of authoritarianism and theocracy. Tell me how Republicans are different from the Taliban, Iran, or Saudi Arabia?

@maddogair 3 месяца назад

To her disservice, Justice Jackson is now forever tainted along with the eight other cowards on the court. APPARENTLY, THE LAW ISN'T THE TRUTH...

@AbeldeBetancourt 3 месяца назад

I was waiting for him to say: Live from New York it's Saturday Night Liveee!!!

@adek2989 3 месяца назад

This guy wants the court to rule on the political issues, not the Constitution!

@donnellmccauley9424 3 месяца назад

That was not justice brown asking “leading” questions. The Supreme Court is broken.

@allisonlatta5389 3 месяца назад

It's good take Elie out it ruins the truth which Trump has not been convicted

@user-dp4jg4wr3s 3 месяца назад

This is what is confusing to me. She said 45 did not take an oath. I thought that's what all President do when they put their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the laws of the United States, both foreign and domestic. Someone, please give me some clarity.