thank, you ali. this issue is always destined for the supreme court of united states, and of the court itself understands the momentous importance of the colorado case for the country. this will be one of the most consequential supreme court decisions for both american democracy and for american politics since the founding of the nation. ali, the genius of the constitution is that it belongs to the people of the united states. it belongs to the american people. the constitution is the great charter of our self government, and it majestically guns, we the people of the united states. in order to form a more perfect union do ordain and establish this constitution. this is one of the rarest moments in constitutional history where literally millions upon millions of
insurrectionists broke into the capitol with a mission to stop democracy in its tracks, americas elected lawmakers, members of the house and the senate, were inside. they came out, physically unscathed that day, thanks, in part, to the law enforcement heroes who defended the capitol. the capital police and other nearby police departments ran into the danger that day. they faced violence and hatred and chaos. they lost colleagues. and after the insurrection, those officers returned to the halls of congress, forced to revisit those horrifying memories. you came to know several of those officers in their stories. when they testified before the house january 6th committee, recalling the worst of what they endured that day. one of those officers was sergeant harry dunn. he delivered powerful testimony about his experience. allowing the nation to see the insurrection through his eyes. i sat down on a bench in the rotunda with a friend of mine, he was also a black capitol
told you about a tweet thread that may have preserved at least one facet of democracy on january six. the tweet was posted by judge michael luttig, a former federal judge at the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit. he joins me now. judge luttig, so much has happened since then. i thank you again for your service to the country, but it has evolved, right? back then you are talking about what the constitution allows the vice president to do as it related to the transition of power. now, you have recently since i think august 19th taken at the cause of section three of the 14th amendment of the nine states constitution about whether or not donald trump is eligible to run for the presidency of the united states, and then a couple of weeks and see what i have last talked, so much has happened. you may have just heard my conversation with the colorado secretary of state. the supreme court s on february 8th going to take up this matter. i would love your thoughts on that.
countries that have long histories of democracy. perhaps not as long as the united states, but india s been a democracy for decades. so too has been israel. hungary was considered one the most stable post communist dates. all of these countries are experiencing, to varying degrees, hungry is gone altogether into authoritarian camp, breakdowns of democracy. so, what s happening in the united states, it feels impossible to a lot of people. that s where you get those attitudes that it s not that big a deal. this can t possibly happen here. except it is happening. it s the same set of patterns. to a lesser degree, it s not as bad as it is in some other countries. but the way that trump is talking about a second term? it means that it could get that bad. very quickly. and we need to be really vigilant about the kind of policies that he. interesting, point where i would take a quick break, we ll take a interesting point when you bring up israel, india, and hungry. all of them have th
scholars of democracy, not democratic party scholars, have an important message for all of. us if you are not yet alarmed about the future of american democracy, you re simply not paying enough attention. the same scholars say that part of the blame rests with us, us meaning the media. for years, some of my colleagues in the press have minimized in trivialized the democratic threat posed by donald trump and his followers. dismissing it as hyperbole, as entertainment, as antics. and while he is a very large threat, he s not close to being the only threat. our democracy has been under assault for sometime. from judicial overreach, and routine book bans, to attacks on civil liberties, diversity programs and abortion rights. mega assault is striking antidemocratic foundations at every level. local, state, federal, on top of, that we re not seeing an uptick and political violence