For nearly three months, Israel has enjoyed virtual impunity for its atrocious crimes against the Palestinian people. That changed on December 29 when South
against a right wing organization that has ties to harlon crow. the decision was 8-1. now, i will make you name the eight justices that ruled against mr. crow s organization, but take a guess as to who ruled in favor of it. joining me now is marjorie cone, she s a profess earth thomas jefferson school of law and author of cowboy republic, six ways the bush gang has defied the law. welcome. great to have you was tonight. my pleasure, ed. what do you make of this? is thomas too politically connected? are there too many favors here? absolutely, ed. judges have a duty to refrain from any kind of behavior that has even the appearance of impropriety and remember the citizens united case? one of the worst cases in the history of the supreme court which gave corporations the right to put unlimited amounts
together at events with prominent republicans. two years ago in a voting rights case the supreme court ruled against a right wing organization that has ties to harlon crow. the decision was 8-1. now, i will make you name the eight justices that ruled against mr. crow s organization, but take a guess as to who ruled in favor of it. joining me now is marjorie cone, she s a profess earth thomas jefferson school of law and author of cowboy republic, six ways the bush gang has defied the law. welcome. great to have you was tonight. my pleasure, ed. what do you make of this? is thomas too politically connected? are there too many favors here? absolutely, ed. judges have a duty to refrain from any kind of behavior that has even the appearance of impropriety and remember the citizens united case? one of the worst cases in the history of the supreme court
rights are more important than property interests. everybody has a right to self-determination, other countries, women over their bodies, people about who they re going to marry. those are the kinds of things i would like to hear her say at the confirmation hearing and she s not going to. she has been hiding who she is all this time. when bush was overreaching in an unprecedented way law professors were speaking out, were writing, complaining, objecting. elena kagan was silent. that speaks volumes. professor marjorie cohn, author of cowboy republic. lawrence o donnell of msnbc and the huffington post. great thanks for the debate and for keeping it civil. thank you, keith. that was easy. remember, it could be worse. we could be dealing with the british elections, labor loses, conservatives don t win enough. the conservative lib dem deal
rights are more important than property interests. everybody has a right to self-determination, other countries, women over their bodies, people about who they re going to marry. those are the kinds of things i would like to hear her say at the confirmation hearing and she s not going to. she has been hiding who she is all this time. when bush was overreaching in an unprecedented way law professors were speaking out, were writing, complaining, objecting. elena kagan was silent. that speaks volumes. professor marjorie cohn, author of cowboy republic. lawrence o donnell of msnbc and the huffington post. great thanks for the debate and for keeping it civil. thank you, keith. that was easy. remember, it could be worse. we could be dealing with the british elections, labor loses, conservatives don t win enough. the conservative lib dem deal