good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
Tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, the supreme court s conservatives are trying to overturn american democracy. why aren t democrats doing enough to stop them? i will ask congressman mondale jones. plus, should the justice department work the working harder to indict donald trump, as former lisa graves. then, looking at the state of our union on the eve of america s birthday. my conversation with scholar and intellectual, cornell west.