who doesn t want internet that helps ai do your homework even faster? come again? -sorry, what was that? uhhhhh. the next generation 10g network. only from xfinity. welcome to a second hour o the future starts now. ayman. coming up, conservative elites want to play by a different se of rules, enter clarence thomas, donald trump and gop megadonor lee honored all seem to thin you should be held accountable but not them then, the trump trial collidin with the campaign trail, 202 is becoming a referendum among the rule of law and th potential gift to presiden biden. and silencing their critics, tennessee republicans just expelled to democrats of color from the state house over a gu control protest. why are they so threatened b the scent? i am ayman mohyeldin let s get started. summer is just around the corner, and you might be starting to consider som vacation plans, maybe a trip t an amusement park with the kids, or i don t know, maybe a weekend get away, you know just
ayman. coming up, conservative elites want to play by a different se of rules, enter clarence thomas, donald trump and gop megadonor leonard leo honored all seem t think you should be held accountable, but not them. then, the trump trial collidin with the campaign trail, 202 is becoming a referendum among the rule of law and th potential gift to presiden biden. and silencing their critics, tennessee republicans just expelled to democrats of color from the state house over a gu control protest. why are they so threatened b the scent? i am ayman mohyeldin let s get started. summer is just around the corner, and you might be starting to consider som vacation plans, maybe a trip t an amusement park with the kids, or i don t know, maybe a weekend get away, you know just you and your partner, maybe even a trip to the beach with your friends. or if you are a supreme cour justice like clarence thomas you might be planning to jum on a friend s private jet, and spent the weeken
talking about the loss o disclosure and to the extent that someone doesn t realize what a big dea this is, he knows the minute h stops being their conservative icon, all these perks go away. absolutely, and dahlia, in new piece for slate, you argue that thomas did break the law, but it probably won t matter even though it should, you r right, without the stron threat of enforcement, a punitive public servant like thomas would thumb his nose at the law. what impact does the lack of a binding ethics code have on th court s legitimacy i think most of our viewer would be surprised to know tha the court does not operate under the same kind of ethic rules as other federal courts. it is staggering to b
battle between state republicans. get ready for tennessee versus north carolina first, let s head to tennessee after six people, including tw children were killed i nashville. state democrats called for meaningful gun reform, and faced with an action from th gop, three state representatives, justin jones, justin pearson, and gloria johnson protested on the house floor. that was against the rules apparently, but the hous speaker went further saying, without evidence, the thre lawmakers were trying to, quote, incite violence. republicans responded by expelling jones and pearson, both black men, along part lines. johnson, who is white, survive her expulsion vote next up, north carolin republicans who welcomed a new member into their club, hous representative trisha kaufman.
handed the every other article three life tenure federal judg has binding statutes, ethi rules, cannons that guide them and the nine justices on the u.s. supreme court take thos rules as advisory. chief justice john roberts likes to say, we consult them, the way you would consult like a menu, or a map so, here we have allowed eac of the justices to enforce the rules as they seek it. none of the justices can sor of do anything to enforce rule against anyone else. the chief justice has no enforcement power. and so, we ve got this staggering statement fro justice thomas, after this whole story blew up, saying, you know, i don t know, when i started at the court, i aske