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Transcripts For MSNBCW Trump 20240705



suggest that. is there any evidence to suggest that the presidency was what they were focused on? there is some evidence of that. there were people saying we don t want jefferson davis to be elected president and there was also one of the drafts of section 3 specifically mentioned the presidency and the vice president. but it wasn t the final enactment. right. it wasn t the final enactment, but it shows there was some concern about some people about confederate insurrectionists ascending to the presidency. we look at the historical evidence and pick the evidence we like and interpret is tan den shally because you can throw this counterveiling evidence back in our face. we wanted to focus on the text of the constitution, this was a compromised provision that was enacted in section 3. let me ask you another question about the states. you have forcefully made an argument about the states not being able to enforce section 3, so if we agree with you on that, what h ....

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Transcripts For MSNBCW Deadline 20240705



classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of th ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN This Morning 20240604 11:05:00

The eyes of the law and the constitution grants them that right. this morning there is a new balance of power, republicans have flipped the house by a slim majority. it s a victory that falls short of their red wave hope. president biden wasted no time saying he s ready to work with republican lawmakers, congratulating kevin mccarthy for winning control. here is how kevin mccarthy reacted. we are the only republican entity that can stop this disastrous biden agenda. think for one moment, it is official. one party democrat rule in washington is finished. we have fired nancy pelosi. the victory allows house republicans to claim subpoena power, set the agenda, and they have already promised to make investigations into the biden administration a top priority. former vice president mike pence is weighing in on trump s ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 02:35:00

Times editorial board was widely criticized. you might even say shamed for writing this. americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions and public without fear of being shamed or shunned. there is of course no such a fundamental right. the constitution grants to the right to say whatever you want, but it does not grant you any control at all over other people s reactions to what you say. and there is no constitutional guarantee that you are going to feel good about what you say after you have said it. this week, in her debut essay as an opinion columnist for the new york times titled what s shame got to do with it, this ....

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