congress, and democracy itself. this is another member of the ex presidents inner circle. he was indicted, and republicans are caught on tape planning to dispatch an army of activists to polling sites to target and potentially overturn votes in democratic precincts. the reporter who understood those tapes joins me later in the show. plus, the lawyer who scored an unprecedented victory for sandy hook families against the gunmaker in that case has turned his attentions to the gun maker in the uvalde texas massacre. i will talk to him about that legal strategy that could be the turning point in the war over guns in america, and what you might not know about how the gun industry markets directly to young men. then, day 101 of the war that vladimir putin plans to wrap up in three days. i will talk to lieutenant colonel vindman about how russia s war of choice in ukraine has changed. what is likely to come next, and likely, today, by the way, is the first day of the general electio
convention. they also note that quote, four times between 1876 and 1939, the u.s. security supreme court denied gun ownership outside of the context of a militia. some might be surprised that it was not until 2008, only 14 years, ago that the supreme court guaranteed an individual right to own a gun in the landmark district of columbia, the hillard case. it struck down a law effectively banning handguns in the home, delivering gun rights advocates a major legal victory. by 2000, eight the conversation around guns and gun rights had already been saturated by the nra and the wider gun lobby. 18 years before that, the very conservative chief justice of the supreme court, lauren berke, or who was appointed by richard nixon, famously, said quote, the gun lobbyist interpretation of the second amendment was one of the greatest pieces of