the scope of hurricane ian s devastation is becoming clearer for days after the category four storm slammed into the coast of southwest florida, with record-breaking strength. 85 people are dead, 81 in florida, and four in north carolina. the death toll rises each time rescue crews reached new areas. and searches are going on around the clock. but some people are still stranded and waiting for help, like these residents of sanibel island. there has been no communication, nobody official has come on to the island to tell us what is going on. we don t have places to go, we have no cars to get their. lack of food, medicine, clean water, and electricity. these are all on the list of tops concerns. more than 1 million people are still without power across four states. now, president biden says he and the first lady will travel tomorrow to puerto rico, which is still reeling from hurricane fiona, and tour damage in florida on wednesday. our hearts, to state the obvious, it
good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we ve actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program s popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation s highest court, over the years, fdr watched as the supreme court, led by a group
conservative justices are going to use to eradicate all color conscious remedies to real civil rights violations. if anybody thinks we are live in a color blind society, i want to remind them to the racist backlash to the first black president. i want to move to more of the harper. this is a case that revolves around the so-called independent legislature doctrine. and it could severely limit the ability of state courts to rule on any matter involving federal election. okay? that is key. leaving that power solely to the tape state legislature, and whichever party controls it. maya, state court oversight or federal elections. that is essential inspiring us from a constitutional crisis back in 2020. doesn t this case threat to remove that barrier, or that protection? it certainly does. look, this is a case where the court did the right thing and said, look, we re not going to have these kinds of shenanigans. and so, interesting lee, the supreme court said okay, okay, and we re going t
that ruling, arguing that the u.s. constitution s elections clause gives state legislatures to determine how congressional elections are conducted. without any checks or balances from chased a constitutions or courts. you may have heard this referred to as the independent state legislature theory. it is the bunkers theory that trump lawyer john eastman was pushing on 16. right now, republicans control both legislative houses in 30 states. meaning, if this theory is enshrines by the supreme court, those republican state lawmakers will have the ability to choose their own congressional districts look like, but who should run in them, and how election both congressional and presidential is decided. they will have the parted throats foes in swing states like georgia and michigan, without any state court oversight, and all with the blessing of the supreme court. to be clear, the conservative justices on the highest bench in the land, having overturn roe v. wade, are now only months away fro