Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
The question is, does he have a defense for the actual charge against him . Plus Kevin Mccarthy meets with Marjorie Taylor greene as pressure grows to have her stripped of her committee assigns, the question is whether mccarthy is ready to take action. And a major shakeup in the tech world as jeff bezos prepares to step down. But does he plan to step away . It is way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early. The show that really just show that its delivers stay on time. And we start with the news. House Impeachment Managers are arguing that Donald Trumps responsibility for the events of january 6 is, quote, unmistakable. While the former president s lawyers countered by denying the allegations and calling the whole trial unconstitutional. In detailing their case for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office, the legal briefs linked trumps faufls claims that the election was stolen and his baseless efforts to overturn the resul
Starts right now. Today was the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to file their brief with the senate for trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial. And it looks like trumps lawyers will be arguing that the trial is unconstitutional because trump is no longer president. Im going to use this. Im going to use this next time a cop pulls me over. Im going to be like, well, im no longer speeding. I was. I was. Im not now. Therefore this ticket is unconstitutional. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 3rd, along with joe, will li and me, we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire, former u. S. Senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst Claire Mccaskill and politics and Journalism Professor at Morgan State University and msnbc political contributor Jason Johnson is with us. So Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial kicks off next week. And according to the case against him, the former president s role in the capitol hill riot is,
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