Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
michelle goldberg, thank you for your time tonight, my friend. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening, lawrence. o donnell, good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex, we will be joined by a yale law professor who won t be elaborating on what hillary told you, what the supreme court might be doing, exactly about hillary clinton s idea in detail. it s of course on the supreme court argument. we have senator sheldon whitehouse but also, we have senator jon tester, and, alex, we know him as the mild mannered and, of course, toughest person in the united states senate, because he s an actual farmer. he has a majorly huge tractor, yes. he sent out an email today that begins with, i am sick of this bs. . so, i don t know. we might be getting gloves off. sounds testy. we ll find out what bs he s exactly into. that s coming up. keep it a family program tonight, lawrence, we ll be watching. thank you, alex
thank you as always for being with us tonight. yes, we re really winning. that s the focus of tonight s angle. we re going to win. we re going to win! you re gonna win you re going to lose. ha ha ha ha. got him. laura: even the newspaper that spent the past seven years trying to tear apart donald trump is beginning to see the writing on the wall. now, the colorado supreme court decision to strike him from the primary ballot was the bridge too far even for judicial activists. senior writer ruth marcus considered one of the washington post s most senior and really well respected writers put it bluntly. the best outcome for the court and the country would be for a anonymous court to clear the way for trump to run. look. they know trump is going to win the case through the colorado supreme court and any other outcome would set a match to already freeing national fabric. i made that point last night. even the uber liberal website i love this slate says the case should be
ingraham angle. thank you as always for being with us tonight. yes, we re really winning. that s the focus of tonight s angle. we re going to win. we re going to wen. we re going to win. you re going to win. you re going to win. you re gonna stink. you re gonna lose. lose. ha ha ha ha. got him. laura: even the newspaper that spent the past seven years trying to tear apart donald trump is beginning to see the writing on the wall. now, the colorado supreme court decision to strike him from the primary ballot was the bridge too far even for judicial activists. senior writer ruth marcus considered one of the washington post s most senior and really well respected writers put it bluntly. the best outcome for the court and the country would be for a anonymous court to clear the way for trump to run. look. they know trump is going to win the case through the colorado supreme court and any other outcome would set a match to already freeing national fabric. i made that
michael luttig and laurence tribe. i m now joined by two more of the best people to whom to have a conversation about the constitution. akil reid amar, is a sterling professor of law and political silence at yale university. he is the host of the podcast, america s constitution and the author of the book, the words that made. us america s constitutional conversation also joining us is jeffrey rosen president and ceo of the national constitutional center americas leading platform for constitutional education, and debate. these two guys are not just, friends but people i turn to for some real guidance on the constitution, you are probably the two guys ever gonna do a literary conversation about the constitution to have here because you both love it so. professor omar, let me start with you. this wasn t part of the plan, when we ask you to be here. at the beginning of the show, i spoke with lawrence tribe and a former federal judge, michael luttig. we discussed the way in which the 14th a