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MSNBC Deadline White House June 4, 2024 22:34:00

you can t. not a thing. that was former arizona speaker of the house rusty bowers testifying under oath that the january 6th select committee about the twice impeached ex-president s and allies attempts to represent illegal theories in service of subverting free and fair elections. so fast forward to tomorrow when the united states supreme court will hear oral arguments in a case that has the potential to bring these kinds of theories. this one is known as the independent state legislature theory out of the shadows and into the mainstream, giving election deniers another shot at using the very same tactics they used to try to overturn the 2020 election in 2024. election law expert rick hassan writing in a friend of the court brief lays out this crisis and what would be created if the supreme court rules in favor of this theory. he describes it like this. quote, petitioner s expansive

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MSNBC Deadline White House June 4, 2024 22:44:00

several constitutional scholars have head over and over again. this is an attempt to empower one branch of government over the other two in states where they re supposed to be shared power. and that s why it s really terrifying to see potentially the power of democracy really pushed towards partisanship in the court. it s just amazing of another threat to democracy. one from the courts. it is the theme. rick, thank you very much for being part of our coverage and helping us understand everything that is at stake. we will continue to call on you on the story. michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson, thank you for being here at the table. it was such a treat. thanks for having me. it was wonderful. and basel, we drag you down here all the time. we re always thankful. as we head back to ukraine, as a new ability we think to strike russia where it helps. plus, the grim mission to uncover evidence of war crimes in ukraine and hold russia accountable for them. that s next.

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MSNBC Deadline White House June 4, 2024 22:37:00

these lines, and a democratic dominated state supreme court said what you did, you engaged in a partisan gerrymander against the state constitution. what that did essentially is it put the state court on a collision course with the state legislature. and i think the legislatures see this as a partisan battle. and they see we saw the same thing in pennsylvania. republican legislature, democratic-dominated supreme court. they see the state constitution to protect voting rights as a partisan attack on their power. that s why wee see this case here with lots of briefs filed on both sides because people understand the stakes are so high. rick, the new york sometimes is reporting that four supreme court justices have already expressed at least tentative support for the theory. how would you i know people don t like to handicap a final opinion by the supreme court. but what s your degree of worry heading into this? so here s what we know that. this issue has come up before. it came up

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CNN Democracy in Peril January 22, 2022 06:51:15

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CNN Democracy in Peril January 22, 2022 06:11:00

of businesses, unions, church groups, civic organizations to stand together for the rule of law and for fair elections and to for example, when texas tried to pass as part of its election law a provision that would have made it easier for a state judge to throw out the results of an election, there was pressure and that provision was removed. so i do think that even on the state by state level there s the ability to do that. and we have to agitate for transparency so that we can assure that votes are counted fairly, that we have real audits to make sure that the machines are counting the votes properly, and that there is a bipartisan opportunity to observe the whole process and make sure that our votes are being counted fairly. rick, thank you for being with us tonight. i have thoroughly appreciated this conversation with you, and i hope that our viewers learned a whole lot about it. thank you. thank you. so it shouldn t be dangerous. we were just talking about this. to help ru

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