Time that i introduced the bill, in april of 2021. of course, the american people are on our side, when you look at poll after poll. and thankfully, we do have about 58 has members who are supportive of adding four seats to the supreme court, but that is not nearly enough. we can t pass the women s health protection act, after getting rid of the filibuster, which we obviously need to do. but this supreme court has shown a willingness to strike down newly enacted laws by congress, they did so with the decision after decision of the voting rights act, which have been authorized nearly unanimously. i m under no illusions anything short of court reform, specifically adding seats to the supreme court, is going to preserve fundamental rights permanently. i keep asking on the show, what is to stop the supreme court from shooting down a codified roe? nothing. i want to read you a quote from a recent reuters article, based on white house sources. it says, quote, biden and officials are concer
In our willingness to serve. hope is a verb as much as a virtue. it s not some kind of abstract optimism. i am not optimistic about america. i am a prisoner of hope, because i believe that within the american empire, within the america red american democratic spirit, there s always courageous and visionary human beings of all colors who are willing to fight for justice. yes. yes, indeed. well said. cornell west, we will have to leave it there, but thank you for coming on the show. always a pleasure, especially on weekend like this one. absolutely. i salute you, my dear brother. thank you for watching. have a great fourth of july. tomorrow we will be right back here next sunday 8 pm eastern. for now, for me, goodnight. trelegy for copd. birds flyin high you know how i feel (coughing) breeze driftin on by you know how i feel
It would be a smart move for him, after all, it s much harder and much more controversial for attorney general merrick garland to prosecute a potential nominee, then it is to prosecute a private citizen, isn t it? joining me now is former deputy assistant to the clinton administration, lisa graves. thanks so much for coming on the show. i want to start by playing a clip of congresswoman liz cheney speaking this morning. let s have a listen. will make a decision as a committee about it. so there s probably probable that there will be a criminal referral? the justice department doesn t have to wait for the committee to make a criminal referral, there can be more than one criminal referral. you were a senior official in the clinton doj. if you were the attorney general today, if you were merrick garland, which you refer donald trump for a crime or multiple crimes? i think there is a lot of evidence that has been produced at the january 6th hearings that showed that donald trump
Tomorrow marks americas to hitch but it comes when the country seems to be in a never-ending set of crises from the crisis of a democracy to climate change, to race relations. on the eve of independence day, where does the u.s. go from here and what does that collective future look like? who better to talk to about all of this and philosopher, author, public intellectual cornell west, professor at the union theological seminary, and award-winning author, i spoke with earlier. cornell west, thank you for joining me on this show. on monday, independence day will mark 246 years of this union, of these united states. what is the state of the unions on this independence day, do you think? how existential is a moment as this far democracy right now? i think very much like the 1890s. we are at a low point.
Before we saw justice alito s draft opinion overturning roe v. wade. because, i knew that we would arrive at this point. my colleague scoffed me at the time that i introduced the bill, in april of 2021. of course, the american people are on our side, when you look at poll after poll. and thankfully, we do have about 58 has members who are supportive of adding four seats to the supreme court, but that is not nearly enough. we can t pass the women s health protection act, after getting rid of the filibuster, which we obviously need to do. but this supreme court has shown a willingness to strike down newly enacted laws by congress, they did so with the decision after decision of the voting rights act, which have been authorized nearly unanimously. i m under no illusions anything short of court reform, specifically adding seats to the supreme court, is going to preserve fundamental rights permanently. i keep asking on the show, what is to stop the supreme court from shooting down a