That really good conversation. We appreciate it. That will do it for me on this edition of alex witt reports. Ill see you tomorrow again at one pm eastern. Up next, the beat weekend. He b. Welcome to the beat weekend. I am ari melber. Lets get right into the headlines. Jack smith making new pitch on behalf of the doj on what donald trump must be put on trial before the election. If that sounds like a familiar issue, just remember, jack smith has more than one case against Defendant Trump. The defendant was done and in Federal Court today watching as doj prosecutors argued for a july beginning to a trial and the other jack smith case. Billy and the way, we discussed a big coup case and the Supreme Court slowing that down. This is the classified documents case. You probably remember. Both and they are saying over at the doj there is nothing in their roles or process which prevents this trial, on the documents, from occurring and weeks even days before the election. Remember, it is trump
Major new developments as this week Have Cast Out On Wetherell sea trials of any kind anytime soon, in three of the four criminal cases against donald trump. Throughout his, life this now twice impeached, four times indicted express it, it has been known as able to just man who used every possible legal tactic to his advantage. And it may be working again. On whats, say the Supreme Court announced it will take up trumps appeal regarding his claims of absolute immunity. A motion filed in an effort to squash some of the criminal charges against him. Thats a claim that has little precedent in american history. Many legal experts have thrown cold water on the idea, and more importantly, all the Lower Court Judges who have heard the case so far have shot down trumps farfetched argument that the president is above the law. Nonetheless, the Supreme Court is scheduled hearings for april 22nd. 51 days from now. For some perspective on the timing, consider this. In april of 1974, Richard Nixon w
text in a dramatic departure from previous amendments sought to bring justice to millions of formerly enslaved black americans and to insure that the formerly elected officials who waged war against the united states would not be allowed to serve in elected office again. that is the purpose of section 3. now, knowing all that, at issue today before the court were some key questions. one, do states have the right to enforce section 3 or can only congress do that? two, did the drafters intend to include presidents and vice presidents when they drafted this punishment? and three, is this section self-executing, which is technical jargon for this thing goes into effect without any other mechanisms such as anoct of congress. trump s lawyer jonathan mitchell who happens to be the guy who wrote the texas abortion bounty law, kept referring to something known as the griffin case. what is the griffin case, you ask. if you read any recent stories about the 14th amendment, it s possible
fall from when the arguments start live at 10 am eastern thursday morning, thursday night starting at eight pm eastern all be here with all my beloved colleagues. we will have a primetime recap of all those oral arguments, i ll see you then. that does it for us tonight, now it s time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. gave, nothing i ll join you at eight pm thursday night and at some point don t look, i will sneak out to the side. i will have to prepare for the ten pm hour where i will be a growing here as usual after your two hour session. i realized today in a fifth of panic that i had planned to do other things on thursday, like a normal things like coconut dental cleaning and walk the dog s, and then i realized in a full panic oh, i m not doing anything. i ve got to be up at 8:00 heading refresh because it s going to go for an hour to, half for two hours on thursday morning and then we ve got a recap the whole thing and sound
just a little note for your calendar before we go, the this thursday, 10 am eastern, the supreme court is gonna live stream the oral arguments on whether donald trump is disqualified from holding federal court in the united states. here at msnbc, we will have that audio alive and in full from one of the arguments start live at ten 8 am eastern thursday morning, thursday night starting at eight pm eastern all be here with all my beloved colleagues. we will have a primetime recap of all those oral arguments, we will see you then. that does it for us tonight, now it s time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening, rachel. i will join you at eight pm thursday night and at some point don t look, i will sneak out to the side. the cause i will have to prepare for the ten pm hour where i will be a anchoring here as usual after your two hour session. i realized today in a fifth of panic that i had planned to do other things on thur