Glimpse into the defenses lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin respo
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th
Every race. We will be the latest with david dayen. The Supreme Court unanimously rules trump cannot be barred from the ballot over january 6. On monday, the Supreme Court ruled donald trump can appear on the ballot in all 50 states despite his participation in the insurrection on january 6. The decision was widely touted by unanimous but it really wasnt. It was a deeply fractured 54 split that shows real division on the court. Amy mark joseph stern says the Supreme Courts unanimous ruling is actually a 54 disaster. And children continue to die of hunger in gaza as israel continues to block aid delivery to the north. We will go to cairo to speak with the bestselling author and activist susan abulhawa. She just returned from two weeks in gaza. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President biden and donald trump appear headed for a rematch in november after both candidates won nearly every race on super tue
Appellate court. By merely deciding to do this, though, the court has essentially upended the attempt to hold donald trump accountable for his actions to subvert democracy. In fact, the court may have ended that attempt entirely. This decision is also certain to reshape the 2024 president ial race, and it will likely play a Determinative Role in its outcome. As much as the significance of this ruling is already apparent, the full consequences here hinge on the timing. In it the Supreme Court said it would hear Oral Arguments in the case the week of april 22 nd. Now, april 22nd is not close to today, and well get into exactly why exactly the court didnt choose a date a lot sooner than that, but april 22nd also on its face sort of seems pretty far from the november election. Its not. Because when you start crunching the numbers and looking at how a trial could actually time out after the Supreme Court makes its decision here, the window in which trump could face trial, the window of that
Every race. We will be the latest with david dayen. The Supreme Court unanimously rules trump cannot be barred from the ballot over january 6. On monday, the Supreme Court ruled donald trump can appear on the ballot in all 50 states despite his participation in the insurrection on january 6. The decision was widely touted by unanimous but it really wasnt. It was a deeply fractured 54 split that shows real division on the court. Amy mark joseph stern says the Supreme Courts unanimous ruling is actually a 54 disaster. And children continue to die of hunger in gaza as israel continues to block aid delivery to the north. We will go to cairo to speak with the bestselling author and activist susan abulhawa. She just returned from two weeks in gaza. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President biden and donald trump appear headed for a rematch in november after both candidates won nearly every race on super tue