Tonight on the reidout and remember this, remember this, joe biden is a great threat to our democracy. Hes a tremendous threat to our democracy. Trump over the weekend doing his best George Orwell trying to turn the tables on his own autocratic plans by claiming joe biden is a threat to democracy. Meanwhile, the selfprofessed billionaire apparently doesnt have enough cash to secure a bond in his civil fraud case. Also tonight, the family of a liberal icon was furious that an award given in her name is be handed to the likes of elon musk and Rupert Murdoch, and tonight theres an update on this story. Plus, Nikole Hannahjones at the table tonight on how the right has hijacked the term color blindedness, not to advance racial progress but rather to reverse it. But we begin tonight with a sad and terrifying reality that we face in america. Namely that a mad man is running for president. And too many people are pretending that that is not the case. Americans seem to be numb to the ramblings
so whatever means there are to enforce it would suggest that they have to be federal national means. no, your honor, because ultimately it s this court that s going to decide that question of federal constitutional eligibility and settle the issue for the nation. sandra: all right, so any moment now we are expecting to hear directly from the white house. its first reaction to the landmark oral arguments at the supreme court that we all just heard moments ago that could alter the course of the country. hello, welcome everyone, a lot at stake. i m sandra smith in new york and yes, i did make it up to studio k. john: did you take the elevator or the stairs? sandra: i did, next time the stairs for sure, that would be a better idea. john: good to see you, sandra, john roberts in washington. this is america reports . court likes to say it s above politics but their interpretation over whether colorado can keep former president trump off the presidential ballot will have
a positive decision. we re working on a lot of things, including an executive order. joining me now is msnbc legal contributor katie fang, great to have you this morning. good morning. can an executive order by the president actually overturn a ruling by the supreme court? according to the census bureau, the constitution gives congress that power, not the president. yeah. you re absolutely right about that, dara. that s really in the constitutional pursue of congress. it is not something that belongs to the executive branch. in fact, chief justice john roberts on the supreme court said in its ruling about this particular case that the census has nothing to do with executive action unilaterally. trump will face an uphill battle if he decides to go that route for two major reasons. one, frankly, dare a, the supreme court itself, as well as a federal district court have found that there have been con