ivanka trump. joining our discussion, now ej dion i comments from washington post, he s a co-author the new book 100% democracy, the case for universal voting. also with us, charles blow, an opinion columnist for the new york times, who is joining us tonight in his first appearance as an msnbc political analyst, and so charles, the first question of course goes to you. here we have clarence thomas involving himself in a case that involves his wife, which is of course a violation of law. and the best anyone is really asking for is, would he please recuse himself, since it s entirely up to him, would he please recuse himself in the future. right, lawrence, as i ve said, there are regulations, but there is no enforcement mechanism. as you just put it, it s completely up to him. and i heard the previous bit of sound of people saying, we need
and if warranted, there should be an impeachment hearing for justice thomas. even if it is not going to lead to his removal, because the senate would not go along with the removal, it will be very much like trump and his two impeachments. but i m a very big proponent of impeachment on principle. i think it should have to accord for history with something a rages, and egregious, has happened. someone has to make an official action. and an impeachment is that, it marks, it creates a scarlet letter that lasts. it doesn t necessarily lead to removal, but it means something. charles blow, great to have you back, thank you for joining us tonight. ej dion s new book is 100% democracy. thank you both very much for joining our discussion tonight. coming up, we will get a live report from ukraine, with a los
players is obviously senator joe manchin, but he is frequently treated by the news media as if he is the only important player in this draw. our next guest have been talking to two key players in the legislative drama who have more power over the process that senator joe manchin. joining us now is ej dion, a columnist for the washington post and a senior fellow at the brookings institution. you ve spoken to the chairman of the house with the first outline of the democrats only bill will be written. what are you learning from the budget committee chairman, john yarmouth in the house who appeared on this program last week? one of the things i m learning, as one of them said, is that in this process, everybody is joe manchin. we used to say that the margins in both houses are so small and the senate is 50/50 and the house. they only have a couple of votes to spare. so that every member with a
during this administration. it is frustrating because i think as americans we would want to know those things in realtime. and so you see a lot of people who have left the administration and who now all of a sudden out spoken. you have to wonder because they see a president in a weaken state and now they feel they can start this. right. what s interesting is i would argue that the president is always imparrale. we are ones who are faced with consequences when we have a president who s not upholding the constitution. i wish we could keep talking, guys. ej dion and timothy l.
the first time in eight years while shattering glass ceilings and ushering in the most diverse congress in u.s. history with more than 100 women elected to congress. the new house majority will take over in january, which means that a large number of committees like judiciary where the power of impeachment resides, intelligence where devin nunes and republicans did the most to protect the president, including releases sensitive intelligence. ways and means, where the power of the purse lies, soon to be headed by maxine waters which happens to have the power to subpoena donald trump s tax returns. all those committees will be chaired by democrats. joining me is republican strategist, ej dion, and move on.org. evan, i m going to come to you first, you have these house and senate victories that include this incredibly diverse state of