Lawrence: Justice Kagan shares our crisis of faith in SCOTUS

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11 ай бұрын

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell shares his own crisis of faith in the Supreme Court that he revered before the Roberts Court corrupted legal scholarship to the point where he believes the Republican justices are “just making it up” and, as Justice Elena Kagan expressed in her dissent, are violating the Constitution.
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@mirjamkohler263 11 ай бұрын

SCOTUS has delegitimized itself. I have lost my respect for this institution.

@nancygibson604 6 күн бұрын

The world also😂😂😂😂

@kcuzz4091 11 ай бұрын

I’m with you Lawrence. I no longer have any faith in the Supreme Court.

@lolawants2008 11 ай бұрын

It’s been obvious the stacked Federalist Society installed judges have a mutual agenda, & it’s NOT to uphold the constitution.

@deepaklevin 11 ай бұрын

WHo ever had faith in it? How sad the left has become. Only when it serves you ,right

@Mike-kr4tq 10 ай бұрын

Why?? Because you libs didn't get your way?? Cry harder!

@shellimendoza7332 5 күн бұрын

Vote blue, so we can change laws 💙 😉

@SusannahD.Kirksey 12 күн бұрын

WOW! Lawrence you blew me away. I feel SO disillusioned by the corruption in the Supreme Court. We need more than ever your integrity, your courage, your leadership and your voice. 🙏 🇺🇸

@EileenCloonan-vo3vb 7 күн бұрын

Ditto ❤ what an exceptional reporter and a gentleman 😊

@shellibelli4387 6 күн бұрын

So eloquent.

@Karen-hl8hq 6 күн бұрын

You said it all. Thank you.

@neilizenberg9109 11 ай бұрын

Among the most knowledgeable, thoughtful, and eloquent voices out there. Thanks, Lawrence

@hapsate 11 ай бұрын

The lack of ethics and accountability for the Supreme Court is astonishing. I'm disgusted and scared.

@ellenfaulkner7616 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Mitch, Trump and corrupt republicans for the non ethical Supreme Court

@debpacheco662 11 ай бұрын

The fox is watching the hen house. And saying, ‘What are you gonna do about it?’

@Acccountable 11 ай бұрын

So give me an example.

@chasecorry2645 11 ай бұрын

Keep pushing the other half of the nation. You think you're scared now!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@debpacheco662 11 ай бұрын

@@Acccountable How about the Justices refusal to apply the same ethics rules and reporting to themselves that every other judge in the US must adhere to.

@julieanderson100 11 ай бұрын

Truly, Mitch McConnell deserves so much blame for many of the predicaments we find ourselves in.

@myriamkaye3418 11 ай бұрын

So does Donald J. Trump who stacked the supreme court with far-right extremists who constantly overstep their bounds.

@LAF.2 11 ай бұрын

Amen. Absolutely. People don't understand how important the leaders in the Congress are OR what a Blight McConnell has been.

@barrywassel3899 11 ай бұрын

He is an evil son-of-a-mitch !

@Idlewyld 11 ай бұрын

I remember how scared McConnell was on January 6th. He knew what was happening.

@corcaightowner8881 11 ай бұрын

Shares the blame with tfg! McConnell is a slacked-jawed pliable lapdog.

@peaceloveharmony7213 11 ай бұрын

Excellent job, Mr. O’Donnell. And Justice Kagan. ⚖️🇺🇸

@t.k3025 8 күн бұрын

Thank you Lawrence for speaking so eloquently on this runaway Supreme Court.

@belanteomero 11 ай бұрын

No one could have expressed what many of us are feeling more eloquently and as spot on than Lawrence. Bravo!

@moniquegrabrijan2898 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely true.

@georgecarlin9807 11 ай бұрын

Get a room

@NaturalJoy50 10 ай бұрын

He did a great job; because I couldn’t articulate what I’ve been feeling like he did!

@garylefevers 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely right.

@JJ-gz8cd 8 күн бұрын

Agreed!💪🇺🇸💙😎🌊🗽🙏

@lisarall9973 11 ай бұрын

Sad, sickening, and scary. I feel and share Lawrence's visible anger.

@eileen7966 11 ай бұрын

Mr O'Donnell, you are not alone. I, along with most likely tens of millions of our fellow Americans are suffering this same crisis of faith as well. Sadly, as these Supreme Court justices are appointed for life, it appears that our crisis of faith will be an ongoing affliction for quite some time.

@lisap3506 11 ай бұрын

Lawrence O'Donnell- This is a truly masterful critique of today's Supreme Court. I hope many people are able to hear this. Thank you!!

@sds5502 11 ай бұрын

Well said and truthful. The Supreme Court has lost all honor, dignity and trust of the majority of Americans.

@sangeet9100 11 ай бұрын

... and are still telling people what they can and can't do. A business that doesn't cater all clients should not be given any sort of incentives with public funds. It isn't any court's job to protect anyone's beliefs; only to uphold the law regardless of religion. Making up fictitious "cases"??!! ultimate loss of credibility

@John.Flower.Productions 11 ай бұрын

I am happy to see that the wannabe socialists/communists are finally experiencing what actual Americans have had to deal with for over twenty (20) years.

@cwg9238 11 ай бұрын

you dont speak for any "majority."

@cwg9238 11 ай бұрын

@@sangeet9100 you are not entitled to anyone elses labor, much less on their own property. full stop, end of, deal with it or feel free to move to a communist country.

@John.Flower.Productions 11 ай бұрын

@@cwg9238 Surely, the overwhelming majority of Americans feel that way. Getting one thing right does not overturn the ridiculousness of past decades.

@paulettecrockett4643 11 ай бұрын

I feel the same way. It actually "hurts" my heart. They all lied at their approval hearings. I don't know how you get rid of dishonorable Justices but I'd love to see it done.

@sharonmontag2389 Ай бұрын

Can they be impeached?

@feliciagaffney1998 10 күн бұрын

@@sharonmontag2389yes. It absolutely needs to be done.

@katem.8816 9 күн бұрын

The Maga members/the GOP would also have to join in an impeachment because it takes a majority. They won’t help.

@dandavis4469 6 күн бұрын

I don't believe the legal remedy of impeachment could happen, so Congress could expand the court to dilute the influence of the corrupters next year when the Dems hold the House majority!

@juresichj 6 күн бұрын

Pack the court, and make the trump appointees irrelevant.

@davkatjenn 9 күн бұрын

Thank you Justice Kagan for saying the quiet part out loud for all the world to hear. And thank you Mr O'Donnell for bringing it to our attention. There are three Justices on the Court that are worth saving, but otherwise, I would dump this Court onto a land fill.

@frogdogink4415 25 күн бұрын

The brilliance of Truth. Thank you Lawrence.❤️‍🔥

@donwilliams2858 11 ай бұрын

This is a profoundly moving personal "crisis of faith" that reflects our national crisis. Thank you Lawrence.

@chasecorry2645 11 ай бұрын

Yes. We have lost faith in the Demoncrats.

@gerald5175 11 ай бұрын

@@chasecorry2645 Thanks bottom feeding culty. Your sad corrosive opinion is duly noted.

@8088I 11 ай бұрын

Our Supreme Court, that is supposedly the ultimate backstop of our triumvirate government is Broken, allowing the guts of our system to spill, splat and splay out all over the floor - spleen, kidneys, sh🤫t and all. A Constitutional Crisis In-Deeed, brought upon by the Most Corrupt, None Accountable, Appointed, *For Life*, Captured "$💰ciopaths" - that hide behind sophistry from arcane language to generate Havoc and Mayhem upon "We, the People" and across our, now 🔥jeopardized🏭, Great Democracy🇺🇲 and Land🦅. Sadly, so, so, ..♾️, So Saa...ad!!...! Our bracing Branch is thoroughly Rotted! ..🤢🤢🤮🤮..♾️🤮!!...!

@KrazyKyle-ij9vb 11 ай бұрын

@@chasecorry2645 - no educated man ever

@MerelyGifted 11 ай бұрын

@@chasecorry2645 All of merkin von bankrupt's money's tied up b/c So Many Lawsuits. You trolls wouldn't have been paid anyway - he stiffs stiffs like you, and the real people who have worked for him, too, like builders.

@codeidentifier08 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Lawrence for pointing out (reminding) that none of this would be happening but for McConnell, none of it.

@MegaJustGeorge 11 ай бұрын

My friend, based on my experiences in dealing with Kentuckians, specifically, my old man's side of the family, who had little or no education, coupled with big, heaping doses of fundamentalist Christianity, I now believe that the only way that Mitch McConnell - or, as I call him, "Senator Inbred Jed" - will ever leave office, short of an uprising of an armed proletariat, will be when the collective IQ of the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky rises above 60, and I don't see that happening anytime soon.

@rwspal 11 ай бұрын

It is difficult to say who is the most evil, McConnell or Trump. Neither are interested in the Constitution.

@Dead-Not-Sleeping 11 ай бұрын

aaahh... Kentuckian here. I find your sweeping generalization to be... well, it's...oh, crap, for the most part accurate. Who says 'old man' anymore? 😊

@michelez715 11 ай бұрын

Not just McConnell. True, he used rules he made up to block Obama's nomination, but the true string pullers are Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, backed by the BILLIONS of dark money anonymous donations allowed by the Roberts court ruling in Citizens United. All the judges appointed by Trump, including 3 SC Justices, were handpicked and presented to Trump by the Federalist Society.

@odisseusrh 11 ай бұрын

Remember McConnell did a double dose, he delayed for year under Obama (let the voters decide) and then powered through one just days before the election

@nikkibaker4304 8 күн бұрын

I am a Canadian but I gleam hope for America because of people like you Lawrence.

@karenquehl6869 6 күн бұрын

I’m Canadian too. Lawrence is the only US voice I listen to. The future I’d democracy in the US is very scary. But even so in Canada.

@roberthanks1636 5 күн бұрын

As a Canadian myself, I echo these sentiments. What happens in the US affects the entire world, and what is going on now in the era of MAGA is profoundly disturbing. The Supreme Court is no longer an honest arbitrator of the law or the Constitution.

@donnareed3822 19 күн бұрын

You and the American people. Thank you for telling the truth

@JohnRosado-ts1jp 11 ай бұрын

Lawrence is absolutely right about the SCOTUS!!

@scorpio85 7 күн бұрын

He is a masterful orator one of the best if not THE BEST.If only we had more of his ilk.

@chrisoltman1253 11 ай бұрын

This is a sham of a court. How did the highest court in our country even hear a case without actual facts and actual harm? What a joke and what an embarrassment!

@mustikka-gk8xn 11 ай бұрын

They gave up even trying to appear legitimate. They've mocked the idea that rules, ethics, and the Constitution have any power over them. They only answer to the Federalist Society that put them there.

@brassman7599 11 ай бұрын

They heard a case without an actual plaintiff. It's not a court, it's a joke.

@chrisoltman1253 11 ай бұрын

@@noisyboy730 ... It's impossible to enlighten the dimwitted. How exactly does one make a finding without reviewing real facts or evidence of harm?

@DaenerysStormborn-cw5ws 11 ай бұрын

HOW? REPUBLICANS! Say their name and give them the BLAME.

@boltstrike2787 10 ай бұрын

Because they're corrupt. They have no sense of ethics, they only want to gain and wield power. High time to oust these corrupt officials and plug the loopholes that created this joke of a court in the first place.

@rogersonnenfeld7987 6 күн бұрын

"Unrelening ignorance" concerning the Supreme Court sums it up beautifully!

@becka_boo 11 ай бұрын

As a newly graduated Criminal Defense Paralegal, who is enthralled with Constitutional Law, I am HEARTBROKEN to see these fundamental concepts tossed out the window. Starry Decisis, precedent, and standing to sue are what make the system work! What an absolute shame to witness such disrespect and contempt for a nation.

@marvinmartin4692 10 ай бұрын

I have zero faith in our legal system! Zero!

@pinedelgado4743 10 ай бұрын

Here's wishing you an outstanding career, @beckafoster2633!!!

@becka_boo 10 ай бұрын

@@pinedelgado4743 Thank you so much! I love what I do and will always continue to use my powers for the good of all!!

@susanbradley3458 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Lawrence, for articulating so eloquently my deep disappointment in the Court

@DoahnKea_Tuber 11 ай бұрын

What an absolute shame intellect bears so little significance in our rights and protections.

@bonaface 11 ай бұрын

talk about boomers complaining about boomers lol. this is seriously all y'alls fault.

@JayBee-cr8jm 11 ай бұрын

@@DoahnKea_Tuber Asians aren't going anywhere. You will just have to get used to the idea that we are going to college and you can't keep us out.

@jimough2441 11 ай бұрын

@@bonafaceif all you do is profess failure of others, you are no better than,and just as responsible, for the crimes of the perpetrators.

@daytripper9222 11 ай бұрын

Oh yes thank-you Lawrence for being so articulate 🤣😆😂

@marianneb.7112 11 ай бұрын

This was a good essay, Lawrence. Thank you. 💙 It may be a hundred years before our country can overcome the evil and destruction Republicans have wrought. If we survive.

@Bakin13 11 ай бұрын

I couldn't have written any better. Indeed. 🙌🏽

@Wicky173 11 ай бұрын

Let us hope, "They" (ie The Republican Party, an indisputable Criminal Organisation!) don't! (ie Survive).

@alexandradaniele 11 ай бұрын

@katiew2234 Yes, it will be decades before we recover from the damage the Republicans have done, you are correct.

@ccsullivan9164 11 ай бұрын

As the song goes, we WILL survive.

@bonnieprice9482 11 ай бұрын

We will and fight back to make sure !!!

@tonyodalaigh7993 6 күн бұрын

Congratulations to Laurence O Donnell on his opinion about “Crisis of Faith”. One of his best comments I’ve ever heard. May God help America. Margaret from Ireland ☘️

@christinacoffman1843 11 ай бұрын

To hear that a MEMBER of the Supreme Court has lost faith in the very body to which she serves sent chills down my spine. What has happened to us? Where will we end up? Will we survive as a democracy? I am fearful. And, each succeeding blow against everything I have known and believed makes me want to weep.😢

@Arnold3135 11 ай бұрын

As painful as these observations are, they are absolutely necessary and appropriate for the moment we are living. Kudos to Lawrence O'Donnell for his courage in sharing these observations.

@billyrose2112 11 ай бұрын

Great Piece here Mr Odonell . I believe Justice Keagon captured the soul of many Americans . Thank you for your eloquence.

@terri241 Ай бұрын

Lawrence has added one of his most profoundly argued, masterfully expressed and philosophically significant essays to his opus. I am never disappointed in these reflective excursions into our shared historical heritage and his personal recollections. Thank you, Lawrence. Slaintje!

@chrisyacoback6320 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Lawrence... this couldn't have been said better. It's heartbreaking to remember the history of the supreme court and see what it has become. Let's not forget the influence of the federalist society with regards to the corruption of the court. The law must be stable. The Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the full body of the law and precedent gives us stability to build a nation. If the law isn't stable society isn't stable

@BlindSquirrel425 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Justice Kagan. Thank you.

@johndemeritt3460 11 ай бұрын

Wow! Just . . . wow! Rarely have I heard so masterful a critique delivered in so powerful a way. Mr. O'Donnell, you have my deepest respect. And I hope this reaches every American.

@deepaklevin 11 ай бұрын

So masterful ..he is on basic cable. Get out more often. South east dc isa fun place at night. Give it a whirl

@johndemeritt3460 11 ай бұрын

@@deepaklevin, personally, I don't mind D.C., but my wife's not too thrilled with the place. But if we're to make a few places on my pilgrimage list -- the National Air and Space Museum, for example -- we're going to have to hold our collective breath and take the plunge. And I have a question for the catalogers at the Library of Congress: why in the WORLD did they decide to put "The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge" in the Philosophy section!

@deepaklevin 11 ай бұрын

@@johndemeritt3460 be careful. Even the air and space museum in DC found young kids from the suburbs being accosted by the local thuglets preying on the doe eyes.

@Unkl_Bob 10 ай бұрын

Isnt this a wonderful narrative !!

@R_Hoefer 10 ай бұрын

For me too this is one of the most profound segments Lawrence has ever written and delivered. The foundation on which it is anchored is both scholarly and highly personal. A brilliant writer and analyst.

@Patrick-dn2cb 21 күн бұрын

Must confess to not often being moved to tears. Thank you. Lawrence, for helping me connect my feelings to my reality...

@annedebrams007 7 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for standing up fot TRUTH Lawrence People in general are sick of this corruption now in SCOTUS . Thanks also Justaice Kagan for her voice and alarm.

@saralynfosnight5139 11 ай бұрын

This presentation moved me to tears. Thanks you for presenting these facts.

@russianbluecat6865 11 ай бұрын

BRAVO, Lawrence!

@DivineMizE 10 ай бұрын

This is brilliantly written, Lawrence. Thank you! 👏👏👏

@cl9107 10 ай бұрын

Beautifully stated Lawrence thank you. ❤

@haraldsdalify 11 ай бұрын

This gives me goosebumps, I hope every American listen to this speech. You showed the cancer that makes your country so sick. I hope you people find a cure for this republican disease. 😢

@kpokpojiji 11 ай бұрын

Most Americans do not want this. The problem is that too many Americans are so drugged by their materialism that they aren't paying attention.

@TheChopf26 11 ай бұрын

Republicans are not the disease in this country, it's the democrats.

@XZITT 11 ай бұрын

@@kpokpojiji Exactly 🇺🇸 $$$$$ Nothing Else Matters. It will only get worse, before it ever gets better ever again

@notavailable3224 11 ай бұрын

@@kpokpojiji Your post only partly illuminates the problem, and i would add not likely the major one. for many Americans, the day-to-day struggle just to keep the lights on and the family fed is mission critical. Maslow informs us that a SC ruling - by rich, cloistered people you don't know, about issues which might affect you next month, or next year - are of little importance when your kids are hungry and foreclosure is just a missed paycheck away.

@jayfree850 11 ай бұрын

Your comment blaming republicans for how disgusting the system is, is itself a caricature of ridiculous selfishness and is the epitome of the blame game BS that has ruined our progress as a nation. We are pitted against each other while the emperors play in their colloseums and watch the world burn with happiness in their black hearts. Republican, democrat, all the same just different dooshiness

@philgroves7694 11 ай бұрын

Let us not forget that Neil Gorsuch's Mom is Anne Gorsuch. She was a Colorado state representative, and was part of a caucus known as the "House Crazies", because they wanted to fundamentally change government (into a far right-wing authoritarian regime). She was later the EPA administrator under Reagan, in the early 1980's, and she personally slashed that agency's budget by 22%. She also fired career employees (on her own whimsy) and hired industry puppets to cover those positions. And her legacy? Well, she became the FIRST cabinet member to ever be held in CONTEMPT of CONGRESS for illegal actions that benefited the owners of a $1.6 BILLION dollar Superfund site. Neil has an axe to grind ... and he's grinding it down to the handle ... taking it out on the citizens of the united States of America. Neil Gorsuch is not qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice. He was hand-picked by Mitch McConnell and the Federalist Society (who really aren't very 'federalist', at all) to lay waste to the U.S. justice system. He's the quintessential bull in the china shop. Or chimp with a loaded gun ... or grenade.

@randibgood 11 ай бұрын

Wow! That makes some of his decisions make so much sense. The republiCONS have been on the take by the fossil fuel industry and chemical companies for so long now. We will never be able to make up for what they have allowed to happen, just to fatten their wallets. It's despicable. Climate change deniers should be tied to a stake in Death Valley for a week in August every year. I just don't get how they can stand being around themselves KNOWING the destruction and consequences of their greed, and what that is going to mean for their descendants. I just don't get any of it.

@JayBee-cr8jm 11 ай бұрын

Let's not forget that Eric Holder was HelD IN cONtEMPt oF cONgReSS. OBAMA ave SOLYLNDAR 2 BILLION dollar THREE days BEFORE they WENT bankrupt. LOL. THAT WAS OUR MONEY. then HE spent 2 BILLION dollars ON a webSITE that DIDN'T evebn WORK! Cpa lock is CRUISE control for COOL! Later on, Joe BIDEN claimed to be a truck DRIVER, college PROFESSOR and civil RIGHTS marcher. Asians are not going away. YOU WILL SIT NEXT TO US AT COLLEGE.

@lynnallen1242 11 ай бұрын

Good Lord!! It's even worse than I thought...and I already thought the Devil owned these far right wing "Justices"🤦‍♀️🤬

@oscarwarren469 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the History.

@tja3495 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for that history of the Republican SCOTUS - Neil Gorsuch!

@paulabibb1116 8 күн бұрын

Lawrence O'Donnell , this presentation is one for the history books. It would be wonderful for a repeat of this in primetime on all stations ,just as a president's inspiring speech may be broadcast.

@user-dg6ju3en6p 5 күн бұрын

It is breaking my heart that that these corrupt judges are destroying our faith in our judicial system.😢😢😢

@carolfaberpeake857 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your Crisis of Faith with such heartfelt words. We need to bring so many things back into balance

@commonsense571 11 ай бұрын

My God Lawrence. As usual you absolutely nailed it. Thank you so much for your eloquence and important message.

@robcary2808 11 ай бұрын

Lawrence: SO SO SO important you gave this a voice. Of all the years I've been watching your MSNBC snippets on YT, you have always had integrity and presented specific topics every American should be aware of. This tops them all sir. Giving a voice to exactly what some other journalists shy away from just strengthens your integrity in my book.

@Shad77087 7 күн бұрын

Thank you for your reporting and your candidness! You are a brave man !!

@jeangriffith8017 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful journalism Mr. O'Donnell. This is why the Roberts's Court will live in infamy!

@joko09010 11 ай бұрын

On my first day in Constitutional Law as a second year law student, my professor, a judge, asked the class, “What is the Constitution?” There were so many excellent answers, but each was met with a “No.” After so many good answers, the class sat baffled. Our professor finally said, “The constitution is whatever 5 out of the 9 justices say it is.” Um what? During that year, he also kept drilling us to pay attention to who made up the court at the time a decision was made. That would usually predict the outcome. And here we are with a 6-3 Court that was Frankensteined together by the Federalist Society just doing their thing.

@mustikka-gk8xn 11 ай бұрын

🎯🎯"a 6-3 Court that was Frankensteined together by the Federalist Society" 🎯🎯

@RichardParker2008 11 ай бұрын

Well put, Bravo!!!!

@bbrowngrooms 11 ай бұрын

💔

@katem.8816 11 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for taking the time to comment as it’s a consuming study. And the comment is very appreciated. It has a bitter twinge, but I believe it 100%

@deepakfineberg 11 ай бұрын

why is Larry always so angry?

@mdavidlongval21 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for speaking the truth! BRAVO 👌

@songndance54 5 күн бұрын

Lawrence I am blown away by this video. I feel the same way and thank you for this. Crisis in Faith 🙁🙁

@pipermccool 11 ай бұрын

It used to be that “I’ll take it all the way to the Supreme Court” meant “I’ll get justice,” but not any longer. Terribly sad and frustrating.

@maryloulindquist7453 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SPEAKING TRUTH AND SANITY. We need to keep hearing it; and you present it to us with clarity, appropriate emotion , and facts. Bravo.

@martiwilliams4592 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Lawrence, from Denmark. The world is watching the USA in horror. Please continue to keep us informed.

@gnicholson4231 6 күн бұрын

As outside lawyer qualified in UK, but one who has always been interested in Constitutional Law wherever, I applaud all your legal analyses.

@EricRoss57 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Lawrence O'Donnell, for a brilliantly delivered critique of a disgraceful and disgraced Supreme Court.

@John.Flower.Productions 11 ай бұрын

He did not even critique the disgracefulness of the Supreme Court.

@JohnSmith-4U 11 ай бұрын

And a disgraceful Biden

@mustikka-gk8xn 11 ай бұрын

Hard agree. This resonated with millions of Americans concerned about our democracy. Btw, I love how this video documenting the illegitimacy of SCOTUS brings out the bots/trolls who offer nothing but weak attempts at distraction.

@EricRoss57 11 ай бұрын

@@mustikka-gk8xn Indeed. I tend to ignore the bots, trolls and nutcases, and let them spew among themselves!

@rachelgarber1423 11 ай бұрын

I feel sorry for Justice Kagen, can’t imagine what it must be like to serve with such corrupt people

@B_Bodziak 11 ай бұрын

And to not even really be able to speak out against your colleagues must be aggravating and infuriating.

@Dead-Not-Sleeping 11 ай бұрын

@@B_Bodziakagreed but she should anyway. I mean, they don't have any binding code of conduct, apparently. 😊

@glendabarton1914 11 ай бұрын

Also Sotomayor and Kendall

@B_Bodziak 11 ай бұрын

@@Dead-Not-Sleeping Apparently, she wouldn't even accept a box of bagels from her college girlfriends on her birthday because it may have been viewed as unethical in some way. Meanwhile, alito and Thomas are accepting lavish gifts.

@jabbermocky4520 11 ай бұрын

Justice Kagen actually serves. She has the grave misfortune to serve the law while 6 of her fellow Justices thumb their noses at the rule of law. Her 6 benchmates are mainly political operatives with cushy lifetime appointments. They serve only the rich men in the Federalist Society who procured those cushy appointments for them. Brown-Jackson and Sotomayor are similarly afflicted with REAL JOBS as serving Justices while their fellows piddle away with the "culture wars" their masters dictate to them. Crisis of faith? I can only imagine.

@ceciliaboys612 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for speaking the truth. It makes me want to weep.

@edwardzweiacher6005 5 күн бұрын

WOW!!! I sincerely enjoyed your history of your childhood observations and experiences. And, WOW, you laid it on them and did it so accurately, with emotion and conviction. Thank you.

@MartinFugitive 11 ай бұрын

Lawrence has a sense of history, a sense of justice and a deep understanding that the rule of law is the boundary between the civilized and uncivilized worlds. It is such a shame that that some members of the present SCOTUS do not share those values.

@awptsm 11 ай бұрын

It's a shame that the minorities on the court care more about playing good Ole boys than having character! Blacks and Italians should be absolutely ashamed of Alito and Clarence. Why aren't any of the white judges being caught in any of this?

@maharajjinkb7824 11 ай бұрын

No. It's just politics. The Dems would like to gain complete control of all three branches of government. Thank God that Trump was able to nominate and confirm three SC Justices, at a critical time to hold the balance for the Republic, to defend conservative principles and to block Leftist agendas.

@marjorieroses 11 ай бұрын

Well-said. Thank-you.

@naomibee8881 11 ай бұрын

It will be lifetimes before the Supreme Court ever has any respect again. I no longer recognize their authority.

@sheilawentworth6053 5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this, Lawrence ❤

@poorthing 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that very personal experience, you told it so eloquently that I felt the awe you felt when you were 11 years old in that sacred chamber, the US Supreme Court listening to your father arguing & winning a case in front of those legendary justices.

@garywait3231 11 ай бұрын

Writing as a professional Constitutional scholar and American historian, I emphatically commend Lawrence O'Donnell for his empassioned and spot-on commentary. I couldn't agree more!!!

@Unandajb 11 ай бұрын

O'Donnell is a national treasure.

@batmanforpresident9655 11 ай бұрын

😂😅😅😅😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@OmANnIe 11 ай бұрын

Agree

@ragganyc 11 ай бұрын

@@batmanforpresident9655 Are you OK.. it looks like you’re off your meds again🙀

@mike7721 11 ай бұрын

I agree and we should buried him like a national treasure 😂😂😂😂😂

@Batfan166 11 ай бұрын

His words lift my spirit and give me hope

@donnahicks3862 13 күн бұрын

Lawrence is a masterful journalist ❤. I always enjoy his insight 🎉 Fantastic!

@jakemcavoy2554 11 ай бұрын

A deeply moving presentation! Thank you, Mr O’Donnell

@tenak7278 11 ай бұрын

Very well said, Lawrence. And, the same for the Justice. President Biden needs to wake up to this reality and encourage the Senate to seriously consider legislation to help curb the Court's corrupt power. They are completely out of control and dangerous to us all.

@tanorr1 7 күн бұрын

I knew things were bad at the Supreme Court. Mr. O'Donnell's report makes me realize they're far worse than I thought.

@camillepotter9580 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for describing this historical significance and your own person connection as a child watching events take place. Very meaningful!

@cyphrTube 11 ай бұрын

Excellent monologue. Every student and voting citizen in America should be so lucky as to hear such truth. SCOTUS has held a magical place in my heart since college back in early 2000's. I'll never forget the prof redefining liberal and conservative as they were in regard to legal opinions, and in studying them it became obvious the intellectual prowess of that debate. The problem with most voters... and another accomplishment of the Republican Party.... is education; to keep the public illiterate and uninformed. 20 years ago the average American read at a 9th grade level and today the average American reads the 5th grade level. A 5th grader is not going to be able to dissect a Supreme Court decision... and therein... is why I drink.

@sharonnsmith81 11 ай бұрын

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@TwistedbutOptimistic 11 ай бұрын

Well said!

@libbyworkman3459 11 ай бұрын

@cyphrTube for many years now, Americans have chosen to fund the military at the expense of education. Those chickens have definitely come home to roost.

@benscratchin8014 11 ай бұрын

You do realize that Liberals control the U.S. Department of Education, right?

@awptsm 11 ай бұрын

Ha ha, old people used to be respected now we see them as hypocrites that don't hold true any of the values they had us place our hand over our hearts for. American Democracy is a joke and is showing always has been a fraud

@lillyfitzgerald4047 11 ай бұрын

Brilliantly stated, Lawrence O'Donnell. So respect your point of view and the way it has been presented.

@maureenbeckstead6407 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for a thoughtful, soul-searching, well-documented display of the shameful behavior and judicial mis-conduct of another one of our three branches of government. So sad.

@franciscoresto7707 10 ай бұрын

Well said! A Master of explaining and analyzing the conversation! Bravo great journalism!!

@JamesPetroff 11 ай бұрын

If cases are manufactured, and the court ignores this so they can make what they think is an important ruling, it really isn't a legal ruling.

@krazyjoe3162 11 ай бұрын

You are 100 % correct , but unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do about it.

@B_Bodziak 11 ай бұрын

Yep. There has to be an injured party -- an actual injured party.

@mustikka-gk8xn 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. The court is supposed to rule on REAL disputes, from REAL people, with REAL evidence. Not hypotheticals. Not lies. Those are the rules because otherwise they would be legislating from the bench. This court is violating the Constitution they swore to uphold.

@TheRealcdawg22 10 ай бұрын

Can someone sue the Supreme Court or could they just decline to take the case?

@marvinmartin4692 10 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

@janebishop5885 11 ай бұрын

You make me cry, Mr. O'Donnell. I too saw the court this way as I grew up. Now, as you say, they make things up to suit their agenda.

@katm5015 11 ай бұрын

Me too😢.

@vickirafferty2745 11 ай бұрын

Me too

@augusthome9860 11 ай бұрын

Me too!

@barbaramckee2028 6 күн бұрын

In my opinion, this is one of your best shows ever. I agree with everything you said.

@healthy-u-first 9 күн бұрын

A masterful piece, thank you!

@Idlewyld 11 ай бұрын

Just for a moment, take a deep breath and contemplate the fact our Supreme Court isn't competent enough to check a phone number.

@marvinmartin4692 10 ай бұрын

That’s just it! Even a lowly blue collar worker as myself would know to background check the plaintiffs! These are supposed to be the top intelligence law professionals???!

@0-0-0-2 10 ай бұрын

How does it even make it to a ruling? They just pass whatever the billionaires pay them to pay

@pjschmid2251 10 ай бұрын

In all fairness it is not up to the court to independently check the facts presented to it. This should’ve been done by the lawyers opposing this decision. It is a gross failure on their part that they didn’t bother to check the facts being put forth by the opposition. I would think that is a basic responsibility of any lawyer. As for those that presented the bogus facts there should be consequences; although let’s face it, there rarely are.

@clayoreilly4553 Ай бұрын

Not true. They just don't care.

@maxinemann2490 11 ай бұрын

My heart weeps for this country and the horrible place we find ourselves.

@tenak7278 11 ай бұрын

Same here, Maxine. It gives me great sorrow to see how this country has become especially in the last several years. My family escaped from Cuba when I was 5 years old and I'm 67 now. We left because of Communism. We left for democracy. This Court has fallen into the same hands as the Republican party. And, I'm scared to death.

@g11rfe87 11 ай бұрын

I agree, but don't worry, trump will be back. won't be long before this dem presidency nightmare is finally over and we can get our country back on track morally.

@MegaJustGeorge 11 ай бұрын

@@g11rfe87 You're kidding me, right?

@B_Bodziak 11 ай бұрын

@@g11rfe87How can you possibly trust Trump with our nation's most important defense secrets? EVERYONE who worked for his WH administration has said he's a literal danger to our national security and is not fit to hold any office. The only former official who has stuck by his side is Mike Flynn and I'm sure it has nothing to do with receiving a pardon.

@newts-gaming695 11 ай бұрын

Mine too :(

@The_Cali_Dude_88 7 күн бұрын

I wait every week night for 'Lawrence'... I absolutely love his completely eloquent take down of our GOP clowns and baboons...❤

@pamelaweber1286 Ай бұрын

❤ Lawrence this program was awesome, informative and intelligent ❤ Bless you ❤ Justice ⚖ Matters ❤

@omoroomoro 11 ай бұрын

Lawrence makes me proud to know that the truth still lives.

@alvathornhill7789 11 ай бұрын

Mr O'Donnell I stand in awe!! A masterful presentation I could not possible said it better. You sir are a true American!!

@Blair1Collins 10 ай бұрын

We are witnessing Wilful ignorance and .... Stolen Justice :-( Thank you for the work you do. Excellent.

@luciasciore9521 10 ай бұрын

This is the most profound statement that I’ve heard in ever! Keep going, Lawrence; you are right on target.

@RachelRampage88 11 ай бұрын

I just can't take this anymore. I'm so sick of this. How much more can we take?? These criminals are ruining lives! People will die!

@conniegrant939 11 ай бұрын

Have already died, unnecessarily.

@beenice9867 11 ай бұрын

Lawrence, this was one of the most powerful and insightful segments of your show that you have done.

@glnnchrstphr9717 11 ай бұрын

Being just a regular citizen of this country, I never had much thought about the people on the court. But when I was younger, I saw a movie called "The Talk of the Town " with Ronald Coleman and Cary Grant. It gave me something I hadn't had before then Respect for the people on the Supreme Court. After what McConnell did and rigging the court in their favor, I feel much like Lawrence does. I have lost any awe and faith I had for it. A real shame.

@fawziarahman3658 11 ай бұрын

LAWRENCE I love listening to you every night. YOU ARE AWESOME.

@ronniew3028 11 ай бұрын

It's even worse that these poor excuses for human beings have no remorse for their actions!

@anncata7368 11 ай бұрын

The have been bought and paid for handsomely.