union that, is itself, at stake. this is a piece titled, u.s. versus trump will be the most important case in our nation s history. rick hassan writes, quote, it s not hyperbole to say that the conduct of this prosecution will greatly influence whether the u.s. remains a thriving democracy after 2024? ucla law repressor, director of safeguarding, democracy project, and one of the four most experts on election law in america, rick hassan joins me now. rick, i mean, this was a fascinating article. it s not a subtle headline that you have there and i think obviously, if you are trying to get people s attention with your words, and clearly it worked. there have been a lot of monumental cases, but what is it that stands out? why do you think this is the biggest one in the most important one? well, if you contrast it with the other cases against trump, the one about hush money, payments, one about the classified documents, neither of those implicate american democracy. the fact is that tru
other nations, and the idea that there are a lot of his supporters that won t believe this trial, that won t think it s fair. right, there is going to be some people that no matter what the facts are, not going to believe it. but for the vast majority of americans, they want to hear the facts. people were swayed somewhat by the evidence of the january six committee put on. even more people are going to be paying attention if there s a trial in the middle of a presidential election, where donald trump s state of mind and the actions he took in state after state to try to overturn the results of the democratic we conducted election are going to literally be put on trial and broadcast for the american people. that, i hope, will convince enough americans that you know, you ve got to vote thinking about whether or not we are going to have a future democracy in the united states. we will see if those trials happen before the election. rick hassan, thank you for joining us tonight. than
i think that s the significance. joan, one of the things that i think is giving some supporters this decision pause is what roberts wrote in that opinion about federal courts. rick hassan, election law expert at ucla, writes moore, cate the case has killed off the independently legislature theory but it gives the courts a license to do mischief. explain. that s exactly right and that s good to focus on as we go forward because while the supreme court said states can have the power to review, they do not state courts do not have free reign and what professional hassan and others have suggested is maybe this might give, frankly, federal courts and the supreme court itself free reign. what the opinion said is that state court themselves cannot go beyond the ordinary bounds of their judicial roles, but the people who will be deciding that will be federal court justices and ultimately the u.s. supreme court. so this is all going to end up
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do, is find a coalition of reasonable people from the left and the right to agree in principles of free and fair elections. i do have some hope of seeing some of the results tonight that the american people are going to reject the most extreme candidates and support those who want to continue american democracy. i like that. coalition of reasonable people. rick hassan, thank you very much for being here. and stay with us. more continuing election coverage is next. coverage is next