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Transcripts for MSNBC Velshi 20240604 15:55:00

Michael paulson worked with mcconnell. constitutional scholars actually disagree about this. in fact, since you mentioned podcasts, i had bowed and paulson, my law school, roommate on americas constitution podcast next week. i ll give them hard arguments on one side, and they ll give their counter-arguments, and will let american voters, american citizens, decide. and that s in the tradition of jeff rosen, who always at the national constitution center brings the best people on both sides and have the make their arguments. jeff always says, even when we discuss a decision, jeff, you always say, read the dissent. very few things come out of the supreme court where they are professional interpreters of the constitution that are unanimous. so, i want to go back to what i thought i would start this conversation with. jeff, the second amendment. which is probably one of the most disagreed upon amendments in the constitution. ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Velshi 20240604 15:52:00

Donald trump and why the constitution may allow for accountability for donald trump. i want to just first read what section three of amendment 14 says. it says no person shall be a senator or representative in congress, or elector of vice president and then vice president, or hold any office, civil or military, under the united states, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of congress or as an officer of the united states or as a member of any state legislature, or is an executive or traditional officer of any state, to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. but congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each house, remove such disability. here is what lawrence tribe had to say about that. the constitution says a lot of things. but it takes people to honor it ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Velshi 20240604 15:04:00

By the retired former federal judge, jay michael luttig, and legal scholar, lawrence tribe. they voiced their support for paper, while also adding their own arguments for why trump is constitutionally disqualified from the presidential race. quote. if donald trump or to be reelected, how could any citizen trust that he would uphold the oath of office he would take upon his inauguration? as recently as last december, the former president posted on truth social, his persistent view that the last presidential election was a, quote, massive fraud, and quote. one that allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the constitution. and quote. no person who sought to overthrow our constitution and thereafter declared that it should be terminated and that he be immediately returned to the presidency can, in good faith, take the oath that article two section one demands of any president elect, quote, before he and tours on the ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Velshi 20240604 15:51:00

Michael luttig and laurence tribe. i m now joined by two more of the best people to whom to have a conversation about the constitution. akil reid amar, is a sterling professor of law and political silence at yale university. he is the host of the podcast, america s constitution and the author of the book, the words that made. us america s constitutional conversation also joining us is jeffrey rosen president and ceo of the national constitutional center americas leading platform for constitutional education, and debate. these two guys are not just, friends but people i turn to for some real guidance on the constitution, you are probably the two guys ever gonna do a literary conversation about the constitution to have here because you both love it so. professor omar, let me start with you. this wasn t part of the plan, when we ask you to be here. at the beginning of the show, i spoke with lawrence tribe and a former federal judge, michael luttig. we discussed the way in which the 14th a ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Velshi 20240604 15:43:00

Critical amendments like the 13th, which of all abolished slavery, and the 19th, which granted women the way to vote. after years of history lessons an episode of schoolhouse rock, it s easy to, forget the constitution is nothing short of an audacious act of political radicalism in its time. hardly any written constitutions exist it at the time for the founding fathers to study. now, centuries later, in an america that bears little resemblance to the ones that the founding fathers knew, the document is still controversial. i ve said before on the velshi banned book club, the writing can make an impact for three particular reasons. the words, the story, or the author. in this case of the constitution? it unequivocally all three. let s start with the words. although, at its core, the constitution is a landmark legal document, the writing is simply put, quite beautiful. take the preamble, no stranger to meaningful unnecessary debate, in a modern context, it begins with the three most refe ....

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