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constitution, section of the constitution, directly meant to address who trump is. it was meant to address insurrection and the 14th amendment itself was meant to address ongoing white supremacy. and there are many people who are willing to make that bargain to suggest that we can ignore that section of the constitution simply to make peace with trump supporters. and i think that would be a terrible step for this country. now, i think the supreme court has got lots of options to try and get around section three. but the reality is if they were using their own standards, history, text, intention, originalism, then they would be upholding the colorado supreme court s decision. the law. if you don t want to be to come to the law, you shouldn t be a part of an insurrection. i do want to ask, you sherrilyn, before i let you go. we have some breaking news, special counsel jack smith was a victim of a swatting call on christmas. there s been a trend of that of course. and it basically mea
amendment itself was meant to address ongoing white supremacy. and there are many people who are willing to make that bargain to suggest that we can ignore that section of the constitution simply to make peace with trump supporters. and i think that would be a terrible step for this country. now, i think the supreme court has got lots of options to try and get around section three. but the reality is if they were using their own standards, history, text, intention, originalism, then they would be upholding the colorado supreme court s decision. the law. if you don t want to be to come to the law, you shouldn t be a part of an insurrection. i do want to ask, you sherrilyn, before i let you go. we have some breaking news, special counsel jack smith was a victim of a swatting call on christmas. there s been a trend of that of course. and it basically means maybe you re watching i m not sure, someone made false emergency calls to prompt a large police presence at his home. this of co
disenfranchise the very people who struggle the most to gain an exercise their right to vote. joining me now is sherrilyn ifill. she s the former president and director of the naacp legal defense fund. she is now the vernon jordan distinguished professor of civil rights at howard law school. sherrilyn, it s great to see you. happy new year. i want to happy new year. you too. i m wondering, when you watch this speech, what you think about. if that bull comparison that president made. he compared to trump s big light to the aftermath of the civil war. you have been calling for more vocal action, from a lot of people on this point. but what did you make of his speech and that point specifically. i thought it was terrific, jen. in the sense that, you know, we ve come a long way. and maybe, we are kind of used to it now. but we did not use to have presidents who named white supremacy. we did not have presidents who talk about the lost cause. and frankly, we did not have a country in
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