I want to start tonights show, by asking you at home, to take a look at where you are in this very minute. Where are you sitting . What are you doing . Are you sitting on the couch tucked under a blanket, maybe you will doze off there before you can make it to bed. Look, honestly, we have all been there. Now imagine that in the comfort of that moment, you wake up in the early hours of the morning to a group of armed men barging into your home. You are confused, you are scared. What are you going to do . How are you going to react . For 22yearold amir locke, a black man in minneapolis, this was not some imaginative scenario. No it was not. Early wednesday morning, Police Killed lock well executing a No Knock Warrant. And until we get into the circumstances surrounding his death, i want to take a step back for a moment. I want to tell you a little bit about his life. Because once again, we have to learn about another black man in america, not because of how he lived, or what he wanted to
I want to start tonights show, by asking you at home, to take a look at where you are in this very minute. Where are you sitting . What are you doing . Are you sitting on the couch tucked under a blanket, maybe you will doze off there before you can make it to bed. Look, honestly, we have all been there. Now imagine that in the comfort of that moment, you wake up in the early hours of the morning to a group of armed men barging into your home. You are confused, you are scared. What are you going to do . How are you going to react . For 22yearold amir locke, a black man in minneapolis, this was not some imaginative scenario. No it was not. Early wednesday morning, Police Killed lock well executing a No Knock Warrant. And until we get into the circumstances surrounding his death, i want to take a step back for a moment. I want to tell you a little bit about his life. Because once again, we have to learn about another black man in america, not because of how he lived, or what he wanted to
I want to start tonights show, by asking you at home, to take a look at where you are in this very minute. Where are you sitting . What are you doing . Are you sitting on the couch tucked under a blanket, maybe you will doze off there before you can make it to bed. Look, honestly, we have all been there. Now imagine that in the comfort of that moment, you wake up in the early hours of the morning to a group of armed men barging into your home. You are confused, you are scared. What are you going to do . How are you going to react . For 22yearold amir locke, a black man in minneapolis, this was not some imaginative scenario. No it was not. Early wednesday morning, Police Killed lock well executing a No Knock Warrant. And until we get into the circumstances surrounding his death, i want to take a step back for a moment. I want to tell you a little bit about his life. Because once again, we have to learn about another black man in america, not because of how he lived, or what he wanted to
I want to start tonights show, by asking you at home, to take a look at where you are in this very minute. Where are you sitting . What are you doing . Are you sitting on the couch tucked under a blanket, maybe you will doze off there before you can make it to bed. Look, honestly, we have all been there. Now imagine that in the comfort of that moment, you wake up in the early hours of the morning to a group of armed men barging into your home. You are confused, you are scared. What are you going to do . How are you going to react . For 22yearold amir locke, a black man in minneapolis, this was not some imaginative scenario. No it was not. Early wednesday morning, Police Killed lock well executing a No Knock Warrant. And until we get into the circumstances surrounding his death, i want to take a step back for a moment. I want to tell you a little bit about his life. Because once again, we have to learn about another black man in america, not because of how he lived, or what he wanted to
text in a dramatic departure from previous amendments sought to bring justice to millions of formerly enslaved black americans and to insure that the formerly elected officials who waged war against the united states would not be allowed to serve in elected office again. that is the purpose of section 3. now, knowing all that, at issue today before the court were some key questions. one, do states have the right to enforce section 3 or can only congress do that? two, did the drafters intend to include presidents and vice presidents when they drafted this punishment? and three, is this section self-executing, which is technical jargon for this thing goes into effect without any other mechanisms such as anoct of congress. trump s lawyer jonathan mitchell who happens to be the guy who wrote the texas abortion bounty law, kept referring to something known as the griffin case. what is the griffin case, you ask. if you read any recent stories about the 14th amendment, it s possible