Welcome back to the weekend. This week, the Supreme Court ruled that donald trump can stay on 2024 ballots and next month on april 25th, the same court will review trumps president ial Immunity Claim and that federal election interference case. Now this was the case that was supposed to begin this past monday. Well, that was before the high court effectively endorsed Donald Trumps delay tactics. Next guest says the courts should act as soon as they are allowed to in order to hold trump accountable. Regardless of how close it is to election day. Quote, trumps criminal trials should begin as soon as the Supreme Court dispatches with his absurd Immunity Claim and theres no legal reason why they cannot start in august, september, or even october. Well, joining us now is the author of those words, election lawyer mark elias and he is the founder of Democracy Docket and chair of the Elias Law Group and i would argue one of the chief defenders of you know, our democracy in this country. To th
oh my goodness happy thursday everyone. his june 1 and you know if that means? pat boone s birthday. everyone right now do a shot of relief factor. it s pride month and you will be happy about it or else just ask toronto blue jays pitcher, anthony bass. who knew that toronto had sports?this week he posted a pro-christian video to his account. bud light supports men with junk entering women s locker rooms armed with their own built in towel hanger. [laughter] so after some blowback. [laughter] i didn t mean it that way. the one time you didn t. after some blowback did he hold his ground and stick to his christian beliefs? no. like joy behar sucking down a proven mojito he released a hot steaming pile of crap. i recognize yesterday i had a post was hurtful to the pride community which includes friends and family members of mine and i am truly sorry for that. and i just hope my teammate share within my actions yesterday and i apologize with them and i m using the blue ja
oh my goodness happy thursday everyone. his june 1 and you know if that means? pat boone s birthday. everyone right now do a shot of relief factor. it s pride month and you will be happy about it or else just ask toronto blue jays pitcher, anthony bass. who knew that toronto had sports?this week he posted a pro-christian video to his account. bud light supports men with junk entering women s locker rooms armed with their own built in towel hanger. [laughter] so after some blowback. [laughter] i didn t mean it that way. the one time you didn t. after some blowback did he hold his ground and stick to his christian beliefs? no. like joy behar sucking down a proven mojito he released a hot steaming pile of crap. i recognize yesterday i had a post was hurtful to the pride community which includes friends and family members of mine and i am truly sorry for that. and i just hope my teammate share within my actions yesterday and i apologize with them and i m using the blue ja
moscow has dismissed the move as political and a significant number of governments and people around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed overfor. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i
the weekend trail derailment poiseoned an entire town in ohio, the transportation secretary the man in charge of preventing train derailments held a press conference attacking white construction workers because they re the problem. it s 1952. our 80 year old president, meanwhile, 80 years old, he seems convinced it s 1915 and we re all living in rural alabama burning crosses in the front yard of terrified share croppers to amuse ourselves. we don t have tv. biden gave a speech the other day, in 2023, to denounce lynching. as if lynching is still happening in the united states. this all seems a little delusional. so it was with genuine relief that we saw today one of biden s to be cabinet officials janet yellen, sign off her twitter account leave washington and meet with actual flesh and blood human beings who are suffering. and not only did she meet with them, janet yellen brought with her a check for a billion dollars. and we were happy to see that, finally someone from t