house of representatives who have jumped into our present day and we believe into ou history in a way that we haven t seen, as he pointed out, since martin luther king was 2 years old, when he came to prominence as a civil rights leader it is what feels like a terrible moment for the country, but out of it there are thes absolute lightning sparks of hope in the form of those thre lawmakers who have bee unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, fo
unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, four, quote, parading without a permit. that was during a protes against segregation in birmingham dr. martin luther king was sentenced to a birmingham jail after the united auto worker paid his 160,000 dollar bail back, dr. king was release from that jail, eight days later. on april 20th. while in that jail, dr. king was in a dark cell, alone, wit no mattress, and was denied an phone calls. he was smuggled
that it should not polic itself and no one should polic the supreme court. leaving supreme unpoliced fo 234 years as its power gre exponentially led it to become according to jamelle bouie, magnet for corruption an influence peddling and it has allowed clarenc thomas, quote, to treat hi seat on the court, ostensibly public trust, like a winning lottery ticket to redeem wit the nearest friendly billionaire who happens to hav a collection of nazi paraphernalia and hitler elate souvenirs. jamelle bouie goes on to say in his new york times column corruption is much more than a cartoonish quid pro quo wher cash changes hands and the state is used for private gain corruption more often than not looks like an ordinary relationship, even a
that might be the only sentenc in jamelle bouie s brilliant piece in the new york time about clans torments tha supporters of clarence thoma that should agree on the supporters of clarence thomas appear to believe tha not only the supreme court i not going to police itself, bu that it should not polic itself and no one should polic the supreme court. leaving supreme unpoliced fo 234 years as its power gre exponentially led it to become according to jamelle bouie, magnet for corruption an influence peddling and it has allowed clarenc thomas, quote, to treat hi seat on the court, ostensibly public trust, like a winning lottery ticket to redeem wit the nearest friendly billionaire who happens to hav a collection of nazi paraphernalia and hitler elate souvenirs. jamelle bouie goes on to say in his new york times column corruption is much more than a cartoonish quid pro quo wher cash changes hands and the state is used for private gain