propaganda, disinformation by forces. we told the story that penetrated the national consciousness. i think it got people ready for these very dramatic charges, which are completely fitting for donald trump s crimes. you are somebody who are a constitutional scholar. i think that you think a lot about the nation s second founding, the reconstruction era amendments, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. and the lies associated with that time. and they ve cited lincoln particularly a bit and his thoughts about the insurrection, because that s what he was facing. were you surprised, what was your reaction to seeing one of
and by what she s been able to do in this court is to be able to show and expose that the court s originalism is really opportunistic. it is quiet selective. when the court says that it is looking at texts from the 13th, 14th amendment, it is looking at it with a very narrow view. and she s called them out, including by exposing, which we all know, that the reconstruction amendments were a direct response to american slavery and dismantling that system, which was a race based system in the united states that discriminated against enslaved black people. this is the thing that i found so thrilling, honestly, about ketanji brown jackson s time in the court so far, which is the project of a kind of reconstruction era, originalism, around those foundational amendments, 13th, 14th, 15th amendments, where she says, hey, you want to talk about the founders? you want to talk about the amendments? let s talk about the reconstruction amendments, who wrote them, and why, and what they were tryin
when the court says that it is looking at texts from the 13th, 14th amendment, it is looking at it with a very narrow view. and she s called them out, including by exposing, which we all know, that the reconstruction amendments were a direct response to american slavery and dismantling that system, which was a race based system in the united states that discriminated against enslaved black people. this is the thing that i found so thrilling, honestly, about ketanji brown jackson s time in the court so far, which is the project of a kind of reconstruction era, originalism, around those foundational amendments, 13th, 14th, 15th amendments, where she says, hey, you want to talk about the founders? you want to talk about the amendments? let s talk about the reconstruction amendments, who wrote them, and why, and what they were trying to do. and the notion that those amendments were colour-blind, it is farcical on its face. jamal, you wrote this today, and i thought it was really insightf
and the failure to even connect the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments with reconstruction and also originalism. so, we see trump saying get rid of the constitution, but the reality is that there are members of the supreme court, and members of the republican party who are not so interested in constitutional rights for all. certainly, they are not acting like they are truly committed to a constitution for all. rachel, molly, please stick around, we have more to discuss. up next, kristen sinema s big announcement this week. what is really behind her move the putter self above everyone else? everyone else get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium.
me. should they expect and adherence to the constitution be a nonnegotiable qualifier for presidential candidates? it s an excellent question that you have asked, and why we have seen a constitution for me but not for the? we have seen that with regard to the hard right and the first amendment, wanting to amplify and weaponize the first amendment to deny people the opportunity to get wedding cakes and to protest in front of abortion clinics, to stop people from using the term abortion if they re librarians and so much more, but yet, none interested in making sure that all americans have access to that when they disagree with republican platforms. we have seen the attack on the 14th amendment and substantive due process. in fact, what is really interesting is given the cases that are before the supreme court, this term, how there is so much talk about originalism and the failure to even connect the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments with reconstruction and also