Murder, coup, bribery: Trump team stands by extreme hypotheticals in Supreme Court immunity case

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Ай бұрын

Rachel Maddow recaps the day's arguments before the Supreme Court on "presidential immunity" and the lengths to which justices devoted to Donald Trump and the Republican Party went to accommodate Trump's audacious argument that he should be impervious from prosecution for his role in the January 6 insurrection.
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@kathleenaustin327 Ай бұрын

I listened to the hearing. I was sick with what I was hearing!!! What is going on with our Democracy?!! Frightening!!! Sad!! Vote blue for everything!!!

@nauman5599 Ай бұрын

Vote for Trump, so our country can be saved! You middle aged Karen!

@kenc7120 Ай бұрын

We warned y’all that you would be very disappointed in the end but you were blinded by your extreme TDS. 🤣

@terryoquinn8199 Ай бұрын

I couldn’t agree with you more Kathleen , and neither could 85 % of Americans !

@LDaw_96 Ай бұрын

We are not and never intended to be a democracy. Vote blue if you like open boarders, wars, one world order, Marxism….. vote blue if you hate America.

@jasonvoorhees7288 Ай бұрын

Vote red. ❤

@katecopplestone5888 Ай бұрын

lt's staggering that such a cheap conman could bring America to it's knees. Utter madness!

@edeledeledel5490 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, a lot of US citizens don't have much common sense, even the Democrats.

@jandunn169 Ай бұрын

Perhaps he is a puppet

@nankerphelge3771 Ай бұрын

@@jandunn169 It is quite obvious that the rest of the Republican party is the puppet of Donald Trump. If the Supreme Court joins the other lickspittles in Congress, we are doomed.

@Mr.Canuck Ай бұрын

Evidently critical thinking and deductive reasoning are in very short supply.

@dianedelello5906 Ай бұрын

Maybe we all who care about the country will wake up and realize that we have a duty to vote for sanity

@MREWOKONE Ай бұрын

THIS supreme court is an absolute EMBARRASSMENT. SHAMEFUL.

@222aztek Ай бұрын

Not 'THIS' Supreme Court. The conservative Justices are an EMBARRASSMENT and SHAMEFUL.

@user-te6un6zp6t Ай бұрын

Waaaaaaaa

@user-te6un6zp6t Ай бұрын

Keep crying and whining after trump is elected in november

@darrylmudge9285 Ай бұрын

Hahahahaha, twit!

@rosehooker2245 Ай бұрын

@@user-te6un6zp6t You will be the one crying after the game show host is defeated a second time.

@mgage12292 Ай бұрын

I don’t think that we can trust the Supreme Court anymore

@thegreatselkie6009 Ай бұрын

I KNOW we can’t!

@karenherrera3961 27 күн бұрын

Obviously 🙄

@MrDeplorable-sw9cz 23 күн бұрын

We don't trust your corrupt DOJ either.

@Tcb0835 Ай бұрын

Shameful and shameless.

@MrDeplorable-sw9cz 23 күн бұрын

You'll believe anything they tell you

@DaveBoofhead1972 Ай бұрын

As an Australian with a keen interest in American politics, I can say that from a distance, the US is looking more and more like a failed state. The fact that they would even consider this ridiculous theory in the Supreme Court is insane.

@fenderblue9485 Ай бұрын

Our supreme Court is loaded with traitors from Trump.

@penelopesimpsonadams624 Ай бұрын

We have a corrupt supreme court appointed by their king,.

@rebeccacarlson9166 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your observations, Dave. It's nice to know that people around the world are seeing what is happening in the USA. It's important to hear from our Allies.

@LMM7880 Ай бұрын

I live just north of these traitors. Scares the death out of me that it could happen in my country too.

@troubadour1562 Ай бұрын

I'm watching from the UK and cannot believe how far your once great country has fallen. It seems like the GOP won't be satisfied until women are treat like those in the Handmaid's Tale, Jim Crowe laws are introduced for non whites, and the Bible supercedes the constitution.

@whenwedecay Ай бұрын

The fact that the Supreme Court is entertaining this insanity is incredible

@3rdcoasttoast201 Ай бұрын

Entertain yourself with listening to the oral arguments. They're here on Yt

@whenwedecay Ай бұрын

@@3rdcoasttoast201 the Supreme Court is corrupt. I'll entertain myself by voting blue across the board

@cheriewolfsen2491 Ай бұрын

How can this Supreme Court EVER be taken seriously again? Shameful!

@starradelowokan7843 Ай бұрын

This is insanity that the Supreme Court would even talk about such craziness

@chriskelly6559 Ай бұрын

They never should have taken this up.

@glendalangley6754 Ай бұрын

They refused to hear that very same case when Smith asked for them to do so, BEFORE trump did!!! They need to go.....

@annebiggins7180 Ай бұрын

He put them in! 👂👂👂👂👂

@dianelengyel568 Ай бұрын

All tRumps butt kisses who owe him

@dianelengyel568 Ай бұрын

All tRumps butt kissers who owe him

@aubreydavis8822 Ай бұрын

I can't believe how blatantly biased the judges are. Not even trying to hide it. You Americans are in real trouble

@t.e.8084 Ай бұрын

We know.

@vedagower-my5wy Ай бұрын

You are correct.

@melaniegodwin8791 Ай бұрын

Where do you live? Do you need a live in maid? I'm available!!! Please get me out of here!!!!!

@AnnaD-ro9sc Ай бұрын

Your country has gone down the drain

@Clayton1968 Ай бұрын

@@AnnaD-ro9scall over Hitler

@rrr46060 Ай бұрын

our country has gone completely and totally off the deep end of insanity . its like a sci-fi movie of an alternate earth, where up is down, and right is wrong

@artjohnLagas-gk6mg Ай бұрын

it's 1984 on steroids i George Orwell nailed it

@user-ih9du8oe5v Ай бұрын

It's definitely unreal.

@MichaelWilliams-mt4hu 28 күн бұрын

Not our whole country, just half of it.

@dennisbeaver5958 Ай бұрын

Another excellent analysis Rachel! This whole situation is just sickening!

@dancingpixie6120 Ай бұрын

Mitch McConnell could have stopped this, and didn’t. His legacy. He must be so proud of what his Grand Old Party has become under his watch. Reptile that he is. 🐢

@tnbrfller Ай бұрын

Pence should have stopped this with the 25th amendment. A hopelessly unqualified, and compromised buffoon squatting in the office.

@1colinb Ай бұрын

Moscow Mitch must be made permanently infamous after this.

@lindalarkin-qf3rh Ай бұрын

A Disgrace to his office and his country.

@emmapeel4259 Ай бұрын

Mitch McConnell is not a reptile, he is lower than that. How does he sleep at night.

@thepilot2023 Ай бұрын

The US is highly corrupt - how dare it swaggers around the world calling other countries corrupt.

@stiglagerfeld9151 Ай бұрын

Listening to Trump’s vile mouthpiece John Sauer, was completely infuriating. Listening to him make these arguments in favour of fascism *in front of the US Supreme Court* was mind boggling. A complete and utter disgrace.

@jasongray6341 Ай бұрын

Infuriating wow maybe take a break lol take a Trump break

@Bonnie-rj2jz Ай бұрын

@@jasongray6341 Huh. So, hypothetically, Trump gets back in office. And for whatever reason, he decides you are a problem. Doesn't need a reason, just one day he gets up, and says, hmm, I don't like this Jason Gray person. And, hypothetically, he sends an assassin to your house, knocks on the door and you open it. This person shoots you dead in front of your family. And there's nothing that will be done about it. This is what you are supporting. Perhaps it is YOU that's needs a break from your sick opinion that this is what we need in our country. Because that's what you'll get, Trump acting any way he so chooses with no accountability. Do you need time to rethink your position? My God, I hope so.

@chonqmonk Ай бұрын

@@jasongray6341 American patriots don't take breaks from being patriots, especially when American Democracy and the rule of law are threatened.

@wally3586 Ай бұрын

@@jasongray6341 Tell everybody how easily you are duped!

@TylerDurden-yk4dh Ай бұрын

@@jasongray6341naw, that’s exactly Trumps tactic… throw so much crap out there and tire us all out, until we grow too fatigued to care what he does.. and when we do… he uses the loopholes to delay delay delay until we lose interest.

@user-qu3em4iq3v Ай бұрын

50 years ago if somebody would tell us all these crap was going to take place. We would think it was impossibly crazy. Yet today it is for real thanks to one despicable madman.

@MM2PuppyDog Ай бұрын

Can the supreme court be held accountable for their dishonesty?

@uniqdzign2 Ай бұрын

As a non American, observing what is happening to America and it's constitution, especially those who should have no doubt as to what is lawful or not, I see nothing but a disgraceful sham.

@penelopesimpsonadams624 Ай бұрын

It is the depth of the coup against our country to have to listen to this BS.

@terryfier Ай бұрын

Calling these people Justices is a joke. Justice is the last thing on their mind. They are clearly unelected politicians. A disgrace to the rule of law.

@dylanwatts9344 Ай бұрын

Get ready for US refugees...

@WarmasterJoshmaul Ай бұрын

Speaking as an American, I think "disgraceful sham" is something of an understatement.

@lindas-k5766 Ай бұрын

As an American citizen, I am horrified and disgusted by this. I am likely to only have another 20 years (if that) left in this life and am more concerned about the country my children and grandchildren will live in if this "immunity" claim is granted and the _Republicans_ are able to fully roll out the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025!

@chrisbabaero5147 Ай бұрын

USA. Your justice system used to be admired and looked up to by the world. Today it is a joke 😔😔😔

@wizrad2099 Ай бұрын

You don't have to tell us, we know.

@Magni_Prime Ай бұрын

The citizens, the "have nots" of power, are well aware. None of this is our will.

@tnbrfller Ай бұрын

@chrisbab- when, and why ? I am 57 years old and have travelled the globe.

@Scapegrace74 Ай бұрын

Tell us something we don't know. What country are you from?

@vedagower-my5wy Ай бұрын

Sad but true.

@fredrickcarter4632 Ай бұрын

I never heard a judge say they don't want to talk about the facts. Pack the court

@therealrhodiemx Ай бұрын

Or get rid of the Supreme court entirely

@tamimcfarland1351 Ай бұрын

Rachel, you are so very talented. Your broadcasts are thoughtful and intelligent. Your voice inflections give meaning to the facts you are reporting. History has been reflected through you in your writing. And You will be reflected in history.

@bwmcelya Ай бұрын

I’ve never heard such wigged out arguments in a court of law, and in the Supreme Court no less. This whole affair is absolutely absurd and couldn’t make muster in even a traffic court. I laugh, with sardonic intent. That’s right Justices, you are a laughing stock. Do you just like talking to be important? Well you’re not. Your buffoonery is beyond the pale.

@mind_of_a_darkhorse Ай бұрын

These "justices" need to go!

@blueberry-ri7eb Ай бұрын

If they rule immunity Biden can remove them from the bench

@bbintheclouds Ай бұрын

@mind_of_a_darkhorse Let's start with ThomASS, aka Uncle Ruckus.🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@Tammy_4 Ай бұрын

They will trump has another term

@rrzx14 Ай бұрын

Instead of suggesting a political rival be assassinated, Justice Sotomayor should have said "a member of the federal judiciary" and see how the other members reacted.

@nonelost1 28 күн бұрын

Even if she had suggested members of the federal judiciary to be on Trump's presidential hit list during a second Trump term, those in sympathy with Trump would only be thinking to themselves "we don't have to worry about ourselves being put out on contract by Führer Trump, it's only the lefties among us, including Sotomayer, who need to worry about that."

@bernadettetibazi7893 Ай бұрын

It’s all crazy!! Thank you Rachel!

@CMusica Ай бұрын

This is scary, Americans be very scared of what you are hearing.

@JJKillerElite Ай бұрын

Not afraid in the least, Furious, Enraged, Prepared are the words that describe myself and actual American Loyalists

@purrungas2012 Ай бұрын

Trumpublicans will be the fall of Democracy

@kathleenjeffrey8467 Ай бұрын

Beyond scared, especially for the children that will be also living this nightmare for decades!

@Martin-dk9wv Ай бұрын

Look what's happened to the country the last four years, that is what you should be scared of !!

@travisbrown9761 Ай бұрын

How does this news hack not know what a hypothetical action means? And this isn’t about an attempted overthrow of the government bc that would also be a hypothetical. Claiming that it is a fact is dishonest and I hope she is sued for defamation. If you all are eating the crap she is feeding y’all will enjoying grasshoppers.

@waiotahi52 Ай бұрын

Trump isn't arguing he's innocent,he's arguing he has the right to be a criminal.

@BudFudlacker Ай бұрын

Wat, Is that the only thought you have in your sheep 🐑 head 🤔 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@FishandHunt Ай бұрын

@@BudFudlacker Kyiv in 3 days botski! 😂

@shihtzusrule9115 Ай бұрын

and the supreme court are going to uphold it.

@BudFudlacker Ай бұрын

@@FishandHunt Ukraine 🇺🇦 has already won 🏆 the war!!!!! OHH MY GOD THAT IS FUNNY 😁 😂!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@BudFudlacker Ай бұрын

@@FishandHunt Don't you guys support Putin??? He endorsed Dementia Joe Teleprompter and you guys run 🏃‍♂️ elections exactly 💯 the same way!!!!!!

@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve Ай бұрын

I thought the whole point was to have checks and balances on each branch, which seem to be absent

@Hunter_Jumpr Ай бұрын

Time to vote in the Judges as we the people.

@jessicachandler5136 Ай бұрын

It is psychotic that the court is even considering this.

@minutemeditations14All Ай бұрын

Yes it is. Truly it is. It's like a horror movie come to life.

@Mark_Brooks Ай бұрын

@@basketballman1854 "Wah! My orange king is getting picked on and is going to prison! Wahhh!"

@wendyhardin5259 Ай бұрын

The conservative justices have be bought and paid for.

@Jenna.A. Ай бұрын

Yes. It's also psychotic that their lifetime appointments haven't been withdrawn when the average lifespan nearly tripled!!

@michaelhughes743 Ай бұрын

Have you seen that movie "Idiocracy" that's were we are headed 😳

@sshaw4429 Ай бұрын

Shame, shame and shame on SCOTUS!!!

@Chikeluezeh Ай бұрын

SCOTUS is doing just fine ❤

@jefferyfarr6542 Ай бұрын

Shame, Shame, Shame on the Republicans on SCOTUS.

@thedoc1461 Ай бұрын

@@Chikeluezeh You're living in an alternate universe pal, and it's sad

@aussiegrandpa Ай бұрын

They are just two letters short of being a bunch of SCrOTUms.

@steviewonderland2630 Ай бұрын

They have no shame, presently.

@countrygirl1006 Ай бұрын

We should be able to vote the judges in the high court in or out of office. No appointment for life ! Because you endup with a bunch of crooks like now!!!!!!😤💨💩

@bretEdwards Ай бұрын

yES Perfectly stated.

@gailhall3684 Ай бұрын

Absolutely

@samsmom1491 Ай бұрын

Except that the general public does not understand what qualifications a Supreme Court judge should have. I don't think our Congress does either. Honestly, maybe the Supreme Court should be replaced by AI. No bias.

@kurman4749 Ай бұрын

That would be the sensible way. Life appointments are a very dangerous idea in any walk of life, particularly in politics. It can lead to all kinds of contentious and disreputable decisions, as we are seeing from the current group of SCOTUS incumbents.

@countrygirl1006 Ай бұрын

Sam's mom, I think the general public can do better than them. And if they realize they can be voted out. Maybe they will work for the interest of the people instead of an individual. Now they work for a individual.

@nicolehernandez11 Ай бұрын

Hearing this,….. is wild. Why would one want any person to have that type of power. Crazy.

@kurman4749 Ай бұрын

Trump has given EVERY indication that he wants the same kind of power in politics as that of Putin in Russia. If he should win the presidency in November then don't be surprised to see him abolishing the US Constitution and ruling the US as a totalitarian autocrat.

@ricalina4371 Ай бұрын

It‘s mindblowing that this degree of moral corruption gets this amount of „serious“ consideration.

@rbh1236 Ай бұрын

Please VOTE! This is ridiculous!

@johnemanolis Ай бұрын

Vote Blue, PERIOD

@mc.9- Ай бұрын

Yes, the scenario we all witnessed was extremely unlikely

@justinarchiquette7591 Ай бұрын

What's the point of law school, if you make arguments like this in the "supreme" court?

@flugsven Ай бұрын

No institution seems to be immune to the Trump Corruption. Because this whole thing is Trump Corruption on dsplay for all to see. I hope beyond hope that enough (R) scotuses will find their moral compass.

@richardthurmond7103 Ай бұрын

Exactly

@dibaldgyfm9933 Ай бұрын

But have these judges any education? I am not sarcastic. I think it is not a requirement to be a law professor to become a member of SCOTUS.

@What_do_I_Think Ай бұрын

@@dibaldgyfm9933 It is not about education. It seems that you are not required to even consider the Constitution to be in this circle of "sacred ppl" Just need a president and a senat appointing you.

@Earlmontgomery-me7tv Ай бұрын

Peckerwoods. Simple as that.

@denisegrantham104 Ай бұрын

I can't wrap my head around that this is even being discussed! The US is walking head long into an authoritarian regime! It is a sad day in history.😢

@SizzleMoonSong Ай бұрын

Hypothetically, If granted it will be remembered throughout all global history as the day the great experiment in democracy died.

@hamishstewart5188 Ай бұрын

@@SizzleMoonSong The US has held itself up as the world's prime democracy but who can believe that now?

@neo7759 Ай бұрын

Uhhhh no we are already in one now, complete draconian totalitarian government going on now with Biden. Trump is the only shot we have to get out of this mess.

@lanceash Ай бұрын

That's the way the Christians want it. Democracy is incompatible with fundamentalist Christianity. They want a king and they're about to get one. Prepare yourself for Don jr. to be coronated in a few years. It's over, folks.

@dibaldgyfm9933 Ай бұрын

This leads to a demand for another SCOTUS organization.

@sewuesebitto9677 Ай бұрын

How do humans even decide to study Law?!!!! It's the most confusing professional course of study on the planet!!! In short, there's no perfect law!!! Great job to Justice Jackson!!! Sound thinking and line of questioning.❤❤❤

@davezwick5539 Ай бұрын

Rachel, your insights and reporting are more important now than ever. I SO wish you'd go back to 5 nights per week, at least until November!

@Eras538 Ай бұрын

Nothing is beneath Alito and Uncle Clarence. Nothing.

@Upper-cr1kh Ай бұрын

Another racist Democrat

@blueberry-ri7eb Ай бұрын

Impeach them

@jeremiahpattillo2932 Ай бұрын

The lower they go, the better they like it. “Never wrestle with a pig because you'll both get dirty and the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

@marywallace4086 Ай бұрын

@@blueberry-ri7ebif only we could.

@Tourist_McGee Ай бұрын

That SCOTUS is even entertaining this at all is obscene.

@blueberry-ri7eb Ай бұрын

Grounds for impeachment

@saffieification Ай бұрын

outrageous unbelievable

@foodchoicemattersandmore616 Ай бұрын

We as the American public need to vote for Biden. We need to make sure Trump does not get back in the White House. I’m getting the feeling that the court system is full of corrupt people.

@johndillon9791 Ай бұрын

scotus is beyond DEPLORABLE

@AM-fs1je Ай бұрын

Billionaire-owned Extreme Court

@dougkester8952 Ай бұрын

George W Bush made a ton of mistakes. But perhaps the biggest was appointing Roberts Chief Justice. The Supreme Court has become so corrupt under him. He's done nothing about it.

@KnialPiper Ай бұрын

Vote. We can’t count on anyone. We have to vote.

@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse Ай бұрын

I wanna make it harder to vote

@sandyd3686 Ай бұрын

Absolutely 💙 🌊 💙 🌊 💙 🌊 down ballot all the way 💙 💪 🇺🇸⚖️🎉🎉

@minutemeditations14All Ай бұрын

If they have the right folks in place. And it HIGHLY appears that they do. Voting isn't gonna save us sis. It's just not gonna work.

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Ай бұрын

We tried that, and they threw out our votes, remember? That's the whole core of the problem now, ain't it?

@johnorbegozo685 Ай бұрын

democrats that voted for Biden our country is now invaded by criminal Venezuelans many living in 5 star hotels meanwhile me and you work to house and feed them !! pathetic !!! not to mention the 3 wars going on now all because we have a weak vegetable in power!!!

@katherineblakely7142 Ай бұрын

This is surreal.

@edithzeeb7102 Ай бұрын

This is America. We don’t have a monarch!

@susanfuchsman5693 Ай бұрын

Time to hold enablers of criminals accountable too

@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse Ай бұрын

Am I a criminal ? I’m orange

@Northman1963 Ай бұрын

@@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuseAre you an orangutan?

@donkey3187 Ай бұрын

Criminals? Trumps never been convicted of a crime. You are presumed innocent in America Fidel.

@josephgonzalez4380 Ай бұрын

Nope, KGB…@@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse

@AuAu1212 Ай бұрын

Yes, Hunter Biden & all democrats need to be in jail.

@carolynchristy Ай бұрын

There is nothing hypothetical about any of this. It's their plan. They have said so all along.

@WWZenaDo Ай бұрын

Yes. This tracks right along with Project 2025.

@jorgegustavoortiz7717 Ай бұрын

Absolutely...

@charlottejohnson5508 Ай бұрын

This so called Supreme Court makes me nauseated!

@Richard-od7yd Ай бұрын

Hypotheticals in the Supine Court !? Who would have guessed 😂😂😂😂

@LandyAndy62 Ай бұрын

When the highest legal council in the land doesn’t know if an immoral act is illegal……. Sad😢

@blueberry-ri7eb Ай бұрын

Begin Impeachment on Justices who rule yes.

@hugogreen13 Ай бұрын

President has immunity for any act. So….

@RaggedyHobo Ай бұрын

Why? If they say presidents are immune then Biden will be immune also. So SEAL team 6 can deal with them as well as anyone trying to impeach.

@monicaluketich6913 Ай бұрын

@@hugogreen13You mean the PRESENT PRESIDENT has immunity. 😊😊 And Trump ain't the present president.

@JD-ww4nl Ай бұрын

It’s unbelievable how far and wide this corruption goes. All the way to the very top legal authorities in the country… It’s shameful.

@patrichards8855 Ай бұрын

...and very frightening.

@suehowie152 Ай бұрын

It's deep and it's dirty..

@idaeglantinedoyle5577 Ай бұрын

Exactly

@user-uw1cn9dt6y Ай бұрын

"conservatism" is a disease.

@jmb3608 Ай бұрын

Unbridled capitalism, the Federalist Society, the evangelicals and far-right groups have finally won?

@user-ol1np8cd7j Ай бұрын

This just makes me absolutely sick. How can these people rationalize the folly of this presidential immunity behavior? This is America we are a government with laws that make sense. They are complicating the issue. This is beyond reason

@alfredgeorge3186 Ай бұрын

The best way to resolve this part of trumps coup....vote in a democrat majority of both House and Senate... Give President Biden the support he needs to fix the SCOTUS problem.

@KarenCruce Ай бұрын

They never addressed what is before then. This is NOT a hypothetical. It happened!

@Angelina.. Ай бұрын

Excellent point!

@melissabruhn1429 Ай бұрын

Completely downplaying...not even mentioning Jan 6th or Trump was the conservative Justices whole strategy. Delaying this DC court case until after election a complete sham miscarriage of justice and denial of their oaths to The Constitution.

@thatguyjoe4348 Ай бұрын

Wasn't the whole point that the president wasn't a monarch. No truer statement...

@ClaudiusCaelum Ай бұрын

As a History major, i can tell you your founding fathers were inspired by Europe's Enlightenment philosophy: - "The central doctrines of the Enlightenment were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in opposition to an absolute monarchy and the power of religious authorities." Philosophers Rousseau and Locke, and your founding fathers, were against absolute power of Leaders ( or Kings ) The idea those so-called "originalists" Justices even considering to listen to that absurd case is like spitting on your founders' graves...

@margaretmac50 Ай бұрын

The British Monarch could not carry out half the things that Trump has done.

@toveirenbecker2471 Ай бұрын

Neither in the three Scandinavian kingdoms - Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

@KernowekTim Ай бұрын

As a Brit: Yes. And when one studies the heinous acts of long succession British Kings and Queens to advance their own wealth, it becomes clear as to why: Dictator monarchs.

@nicolaasstempels8207 Ай бұрын

@@toveirenbecker2471nor in the Netherlands or Belgium.

@craigjackson8898 Ай бұрын

We the people do not have a SCOTUS.

@catherinerheaume8522 Ай бұрын

Oddly their only task is to rule on the case in front of them. They are not concocting new legislation to cover future scenarios. NOT their job.

@leestimson12 Ай бұрын

We are backing slowly and with eyes wide open to the end of the United States even without trump. The door has opened and we moving to go through it and when it slams shut it will take decades to get back what we all had. So sickeningly sad.

@bpmosby Ай бұрын

Not even decades it will be gone for good.

@stephanieolds7608 Ай бұрын

Is this really happening??? Oh my dear God help us from these evil men and women.

@user-uw1cn9dt6y Ай бұрын

help yourselves. it is called the 2nd amendment. use it or lose it.

@hamishstewart5188 Ай бұрын

@@user-uw1cn9dt6y Well said

@usmcequality611 Ай бұрын

I mean you didn't let him actually finish his clarification. You cut off his answer to the hypothetical question

@rontweedale3133 Ай бұрын

Money talks how sad where is the justice in this country. Thanks. Get rid of the Supreme Court. All corupt.😢

@Jenna.A. Ай бұрын

Sounds to me like Biden can off Trump with no repercussions...

@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse Ай бұрын

U wanna off me ?

@irenegalvan7996 Ай бұрын

You nailed it

@reason6835 Ай бұрын

He’d still have to assert immunity in court if he was ever charged for doing that. And they might not give it to him.

@Jenna.A. Ай бұрын

@@reason6835 Biden would never get immunity. The law only doesn't apply to Drowsy Don the Con...

@Article95 Ай бұрын

@@reason6835Not for an official act.

@dlrmadison Ай бұрын

Speechless and disgusted at the Supreme Court’s action on this case.

@TheBlessingsOfJesus-pr6yx Ай бұрын

Good. That means they are doing their job and you liars will not win.

@lesleyphillips8146 Ай бұрын

@@TheBlessingsOfJesus-pr6yx Grow up.

@patricktaylor8173 Ай бұрын

I wonder if these judges understand that means them as well?

@ginagoulart5968 Ай бұрын

This is a gross and embarrassing chapter in our legal system. I've never been so disgusted in my life. I do not trust them.

@carolwilliams7052 Ай бұрын

👉 Couldn't stand listening to Sauer !!! 😮 💙💙💙 VOTE BLUE !!!!!!! 💙💙💙

@bonzrh68 Ай бұрын

he is sick, he is sick person! Sauer and Trump needs to go jail for betraying the country!

@paulfranklin4870 Ай бұрын

I know right? He sounds like gravel. Audible abuse.

@billyboy1093 Ай бұрын

Sounds like he's working on his best RFK Jr imitation.

@ClaudiusCaelum Ай бұрын

Wish i could, lol ( Canadian )

@jasonvoorhees7288 Ай бұрын

TRUMP 2024

@bob2shred894 Ай бұрын

I cant understand how they even entertained this nonsense for even 1 minute

@einherjar8585 Ай бұрын

Corruption.

@mammawlee Ай бұрын

I agree. It's like we are in a Trilight Zone episode. Or something scarier!

@superdog412 Ай бұрын

Time for a complete NEW Supreme Court. Total clean out! Send this lot of shockers to the unemployment queue.

@g2gris29 Ай бұрын

Has anyone ever heard of what absolute power does? 🙄🤦

@neokarma5736 Ай бұрын

The lawyers who argue such absurd propositions should be disbared because they didn't even learn the law.

@DddDddd-wc7tf Ай бұрын

Trump 2024 😂

@tiffanyb.7596 Ай бұрын

When Trump loses the election he will immediately say the new president can not have presidential absolute immunity. 😂

@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse Ай бұрын

I’ll say anything to win

@marleneboothe657 Ай бұрын

So truth. SMH.

@ALT-vz3jn Ай бұрын

Loses. Not looses.

@MichaelWarlock Ай бұрын

Along with saying it was rigged again lol

@chrisbabaero5147 Ай бұрын

Uhhh why do you say he will even acknowledge the new president? If he loses he won't concede ❗❗❗

@loricrane5315 Ай бұрын

I wish some other leaders felt that way about one particular human.

@chancelane4416 Ай бұрын

Next they need to work on their timeframe. The people deserve transparency so that they can make an informed decision in November.

@oliviajones1407 Ай бұрын

How can this be happening in America! I'm very afraid for OUR DEMOCRACY!

@rossrogers7058 Ай бұрын

AMERICA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC NOT A DEMOCRACY!!!

@hamishstewart5188 Ай бұрын

I think you have very good cause to be afraid

@user-uw1cn9dt6y Ай бұрын

@WayneShoemakerSr-ts3yr Ай бұрын

@@user-uw1cn9dt6y blue all the way.

@kellieconnolly4642 Ай бұрын

Beyond corrupt...what country are we in now?

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Ай бұрын

I dunno, but there sure are a helluva lotta bananas here, all of a sudden

@AM-lz6bk Ай бұрын

Bananas Republic

@WWZenaDo Ай бұрын

Yemen crossed with Haiti.

@nanarose8537 Ай бұрын

My compass says we've crossed the Outer Limits and tripped into the Twilight Zone.

@shondrawhite9317 Ай бұрын

Feels like the beginning of Russia 💙

@deborahlukovich8006 Ай бұрын

I can’t believe this is happening.

@russellparker3219 Ай бұрын

Madness in our country and courts. So sad.

@fuzzy6006 Ай бұрын

Even "entertaining" these questions, shows what a joke the "Supreme" Court is. The answer to all of these questions, is NOOOOOOOOOO!! PERIOD! FULL STOP! There are no exceptions!!!

@nauman5599 Ай бұрын

Sad Sad Times. Lets make sure we all vote for Trump, so our country can be saved from Illegals, Criminals, Thugs, Trans-Ginger Predators, etc etc. Lets Make America Great Again! Lets GO Brandon!

@SizzleMoonSong Ай бұрын

One would think there would be no exceptions under law true. But with a stacked deck of hand picked cronies posing as judges put into those chambers by the very person wishing to overthrow it and all of democracy & destroy the constitution -hypothetically- does it really inspire anyone to support a system so corrupt and clearly fractured. I'm most curious as to Whatever happened to "together we stand / divided we fall"

@2greenify Ай бұрын

@@nauman5599Trump is only lining his own pockets, they all say so. So no to stinky sleepy Donald

@iansampson7663 Ай бұрын

@@nauman5599 Enjoy your dictatorship, that becomes the end of a free country.

@pzh3334 Ай бұрын

Agree that Supreme Court is a TOTALLY corrupt, moral lacking, wet blanket so deep into the pockets of"powerful" people that they can't even look at issues with common sense. This is the dumbest use of their time.

@simplymenowandever6355 Ай бұрын

How can this be for the Supreme Court to even listen and address this BS !

@willowmoon5063 Ай бұрын

Simple, it's over run by Trump appointed justices. Every one of them are corrupt and complicit to allowing Trump full dictatorship and power of our country.

@richard2720 Ай бұрын

Bought and payed for.

@cbgee674 Ай бұрын

Wonder if it occurs to them that the current President, by that logic, would be able to 'remove' a couple of 'inconvenient' Justices ..😮

@nancybrown8912 Ай бұрын

@@cbgee674 i would guess that it hasn’t.

@peteguitarmartin9613 Ай бұрын

Impeach Thomas and Alido

@monian2877 Ай бұрын

sad to watch how US Supreme come to now - watching from afar! based on what we have just witnessed, even if he is found guilty of of all the charges - his supreme court justices will acquit him!

@melwhyte6381 Ай бұрын

I live in New Zealand and I can’t believe what is happening in America. This is just crazy talk. I’m shocked 😮

@janetmccusker9185 Ай бұрын

This is what happens when you elect a mob boss they like the money you know he stole a lot of money from America here and they're not doing nothing about that either this is ridiculous the whole thing is ridiculous he should be in jail case closed

@dilsadmeraler Ай бұрын

I am so very scared . I have never could imagine we are listening these at Supreme Court of this country 😢 This is just how democracy dies

@WWZenaDo Ай бұрын

Yes, the SCOTUS has their knees on the throat of Lady Liberty and the American democracy.

@Annaisse3112 Ай бұрын

I’m scared too. And I’m not even an American. I’m Australian and can see clearly how doomed your country is at the moment

@hamishstewart5188 Ай бұрын

@@Annaisse3112 Me too.

@scottfoster8551 29 күн бұрын

We should eliminate all the hypothetical situations and view things just as they are, the facts of what was done and have a ruling on that explicitly

@sachung Ай бұрын

and treason!

@kdub1242 Ай бұрын

SCOTUS is actually having a serious discussion about this. Our country is doomed.

@flugsven Ай бұрын

Next the (R) scotuses will sing with the 6 January rioters.

@kissmedeadlyok Ай бұрын

Yes you are...

@kissmedeadlyok Ай бұрын

@flugsven Oh, say can you sing?

@flugsven Ай бұрын

@@kissmedeadlyok 🙈😄

@marciadryburgh8285 Ай бұрын

Holy crap !! Thats like turning America over to Putin !! That's crazy !!

@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse Ай бұрын

Putin owns me

@barbarasmith4675 Ай бұрын

The country became Russia West in 2016.

@michelemarr76 Ай бұрын

Yep! When someone tells you who they are, believe them. Voting for Biden! 🇺🇲

@donkey3187 Ай бұрын

rofl...are you really defaulting back to fake Russia collusion?

@AuAu1212 Ай бұрын

No it’s not.

@OKmusic21 Ай бұрын

It seems to me, that the lawyer with no voice, might persuade the SCOTUS. He might be smarter than them. In that case they, or some of them, should be replaced, as feeble-minded.

@Liliika Ай бұрын

Never thought I’d be living in a time like this…..

@chrisisaac5897 Ай бұрын

Their argument that it's too crazy of a hypothetical belies the question of why are you seeking immunity if it's hypothetical and unlikely? He did attempt a coup. It's not hypothetical.

@jnaught1358 Ай бұрын

Remember.. (THAT) is the part they did (not) want to discuss at today’s proceedings.. It’s getting pretty sad outside Sir..

@maharajjinkb7824 Ай бұрын

No attempted coup. Reality -- Trump won 2020. The Jan 6 protest rally was infiltrated and hijacked by anti-Trump people, including FBI operatives, who were at the Capitol to help foment a riot,.. a riot which would then be used in an 'Attack on the Capitol' disinformation campaign. It was a set-up, a trap laid. This is the evil we face.

@jasonsmith4560 Ай бұрын

So a bunch of unarmed people are going to take down a nuclear nation who are armed to the teeth. Shows your stupidity in this matter

@sheliasmith233 Ай бұрын

😮 unbelievable 🤬

@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse Ай бұрын

I’m unbelievable baby

@josephgonzalez4380 Ай бұрын

Nah, KGB…@@91feloniesGuiltyofsexAbuse

@kumasledge 29 күн бұрын

Hypothetical actions and alternative facts seems to be the new norm in the US judicial system ... shame.

@sher2880 Ай бұрын

Sadly they didn't really discuss the direct issue of Jan 6th. Lawrence O'Donnell, had Laurence tribe, law professor, Weissman & Neil Katel. They explained there is a possible chance for judge Roberts to make the ultimate decision. That he can do that if he chose to. That would be the proper thing to do sit in precedent for the future. The Supreme Court truly needs to be so SERIOUS play making this decision! It's really sad that they took so long to address this and may push it back down to a lower court. Yes, another delay. It's so VERY WRONG! TY Rachel & ALL host, you are all phenomenal you presented after hearing, I did tune into. Thanks TRULY!