clarence thomas by his wealthy right-wing benefactors. but we begin tonight with a pop quiz. where did president abraham lincoln go to law school? the answer may surprise you. and the answer is nowhere. that is correct. he was a self-taught lawyer. and yet, his judgment that seceding from the union was unconstitutional shaped the country we live in today, more than almost any other action by a u.s. president. lincoln also had a big influence on the practice of law, writing notes for a law lecture in around 1850 that laid out guidelines for being a good lawyer. such as being among other things diligent, moral, a good businessman, and above all, honest. above all, honest. qualities the illinois state bar association says are what defines the term lincoln lawyer. the more you know. of course, if you want to be a lawyer today, it generally requires going to law school. only a handful of states allowia to do so without a law degree. but just because someone earns a degree doesn
celebrating the milestone with the four and oh. in other news, another player has made her mark on the history of she is playing her final home game right now. it just became the all-time leading scorer for both men and women s college basketball. she is celebrating her achievements today. she is already declared herself for the wnba draft next month. in moments, congresswoman, pramila joppa joins me. we re going to talk about the push for a cease-fire in gaza and the impact on the presidential campaign, and later on the redefined role of the first lady. the president s wife has more power behind the scenes that most people might think. hi everyone, good to see you once again. i m jasmine this again, joining you live from msnbc world headquarters in for alex wet. we ve got a lot going on this hour. we re going to start with the breaking news that we re hearing from the supreme court in the last 30 minutes or so. learning the supreme court is saying there will be released
closed in the d.c. republican primary. did we mention it is almost super tuesday? plus, the vice president calls for an immediate six-week cease- fire, as a u.s. diplomatic failure arrived by sky in gaza. and facing the facts, at what point will james comer and house republicans finally give up their big dreams of impeaching joe biden? i am ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. all right, so as we mentioned, we expect results in today s republican primary in washington d.c., at any moment. and we will of course let you know when that happens, and what it actually means for the race. but we must begin tonight with the high drama surrounding the nation s highest court. today, in an extremely unusual announcement, the supreme court stated that it will issue at least one decision on monday. while we do not know which case it will be, it is strongly believe that this ruling will be on former president donald trump s eligibility to appear on colorado s primary ballot. if you decision
ability to hold public office ever again based on a reading of the insurrection cause of the 14th amendment. it appears likely that trump will probably be allowed to remain on the ballot but we just don t know exactly how the justices will rule or what kind of implications that may have on both the primary and on trump s legal cases. speaking of which, the federal election interference trial in d.c. was supposed to start tomorrow we had it not been paused due to trump s appeal of the decisions against his ridiculous absolute presidential immunity claim. a supreme court hearing on that claim has just been added to trump s calendar for april. even though that trial has been delayed, trump will still find himself a criminal defendant this month. beginning on march 25th, manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, will be the first to bring his case to court against the former president. trump s former personal attorney, michael cohen, and the adult film actress, stormy daniels, ar
staying put. no matter what happens. if going forward, you get these indictments, their ends up, you got a jury in d.c., you get convicted and sentenced, does that stop your campaign from president? if you re sentenced? not at all. there is nothing in the constitution to say that it could and, not at all. meanwhile, president byline highlighting strong economic news in a visit to maine. he signed an executive order, aiming to prioritize american manufacturing, while saying bidenomics is working. unemployment in america is below 4%. the longest stretch in over 50 years. it s not just that we ve recovered all the jobs we lost during the pandemic, it s that we now have four more jobs than we did before the pandemic. and late friday statement, people magazine, the president, for the first, time now publicly acknowledging his seventh grandchild, four year old girl named navy. his son the president and first lady said they wanted the best for all of their grandchildre