he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
ironic it is that your the justice says when they re nominate and they re going through the confirmation process, they say we don t like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. that s a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to at-home for joining us tonight. alex has the night off. i m filling in for her this evening. but we begin tonight with the supreme court. and his name was jerome rebels he was born in 1827 he was a minister in the amy church. he served as a chaplain for the army for the american civil war. and in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislator to the united states senate believe it or not. the firs
for the first time yesterday and was like, what? it s been a while since the supreme court treated the constitution as anything but a paper towel for when biden. america banned slavery. here is an interesting fact that folks at reuters just dug up, i love reuters. powerful people in the u.s., supreme court justices, governors and legislatures descended from slave owners, including republican mitch mcconnell. i d say he took one on the chin, we all know that is not possible. [laughter] greg: lindsey graham, langford and tom cotton. cotton, his name gave that away. if he ran for president, he should use the slogan picked cotton. not going to work in the cities. [laughter] greg: i m sorry. i would not advise that either. greg: if old white men did not surprise you, how about dems, duckworth, sheehen, liz warren and maggie. liz warren must be asking how, how. how is this possible? fun part, every living president is descendent of slave owners, except one. can you guess wh
for the first time and he was like whoa! true, it s been a while since the supreme court treated the constitution as anything but a paper powell for when biden spills his ensure and the reason for the change is also the reason for tonight s monologue. it s been over 150 years since america banned slavery but here s an interesting fact that folks at reuters just dug up. i love reuters. a lot of powerful people descended from slave owners. that includes republicans, mitch mcconnell. i would say he took one on the chin, but we all know that s not possible. [laughter] greg: but also lindsey graham, james langford and tom cotton. his name sort of gave that away. [laughter] greg: if you ever run for president should not use the slogan pick cotton. not going to work in the cities. [laughter] i would not advise that either. greg: all right. if those old white men didn t surprise you, how about tammy duckworth, jean and liz warren, right? that s got to be tough for those wom
discussion it lasted about 35 minutes, during which time the chinese leader acknowledged that the two sides had candid and in-depth conversation and acknowledged common understanding. it appears that any talk regarding any more contentious topics may have happened away from cameras. remember, this visit was already delayed once after a chinese spy craft was found drifting over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that airspace intrusion silly. but blink s visit he said to the country could serve to ease tensions. the white house recently acknowledged that china had secured a i do buckeye base in china there had been tensions to sooth. this conversation between blinken and xi capped hours of high stakes meeting between the secretary and other chinese officials including top diplomat wang ye, according to the state department, the meeting with ye, quote, underscored the importance of importance and manageability competition between the united states and china through op