This from the bench and have the same justices say federal law for some and bribery for some would shine a spotlight on the and we have amazing news to share about the story we first brought you about a little girl in gaza and the family working to save her life. Lets do it. Four words are engraved above the entrance of the supreme Court Building in washington, equal justice under law. A simple phrase that while america has certainly never achieved this goal charges the courts to strive for it and work for it. Monday inside of that building, the same one, the Conservative Super Majority made a mockery of it when the appropriately named Case Trump versus the united states the court essentially ruled that american president s dont have to obey the law when conducting official president ial ask and the ruling handed a huge win to Donald Trump giving him immunity for some of his conduct as president and his president ial Election Interference Case including putting the case in jeopardy. Wh
Thing called government. And then allowing that government to pass and enforce laws, which can incent and prevent individual acts and decisions. We are after all a nation of laws and not a nation of men and women as john adams famously said. Even as i pose that question, i m sure there are words and phrases going through your mind. You may believe that education is the primary function or responsibility of government, especially at the state and local level. Perhaps you believe it is regulating commerce or providing for our common national defense. Perhaps you believe the purpose of government is to safeguard your natural rights. Perhaps you believe it is to provide a common currency or build and maintain our roads and bridges and airports. When you look at government, across all three levels, local, state, and federal, all of those answers are correct. But i would list something else first. I would start with something else. I would list public safety number one. Public safety is the
far-right military gang, called the oath keepers. that s a big deal for a number of reasons. first, here is how the law defines seditious conspiracy. i ll quote for you. if two or more persons conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the united states, or to levy war against, them or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the united states. now, that law on that charge, the dishes conspiracy, was most notably use against puerto rican nationalists in the 20s it century. in fact, that moment they were charge, for was the most violent moment to happen to the capitol. four of them stormed in the capital, injuring five representatives. but, in recent decades, there is also the use against right-wing anti government groups. including, a group of white nationalists who were charged with sedition, ultimately acquitted by all white jury in the 1980s, after they tried to overthrow t
and welcome to hannity. and breaking tonight, all eyes they were on capitolll a today as james biden, that is president joe biden s brother,ms that he testified before lawmakers as part of the ongoins part of thg impeachmenta and his day got off to a well,s interesting before he even. began. at wellta, see,r smok i smoke crack at the whiteite hs house. excuse mee?. ources now, my sources have been telling mel that jim basicallyrd came off as an old person. gue if you ve heard thiss befoe with a faulty memory. well, probably a nice guy. sound familiar ?? sounds like the family excuse. now, according to a copy of hisd opening statement obtained by fox news, the president s brother tellin bfog lawmakers, h quote, i have had a 50 year career in a varietys of business ventures. oh, that s true. now, joe biden has neverventurey involvement or any directdirect involvement, indirect in financial interest in in those activities, in. really? and why did politico report this weeke
it will be the state s second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife, in a hired killing. tom bateman reports from southern alabama. a journey to the alabama jail where the first ever execution by nitrogen gas is due to happen. kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row. he s already dodged death once his executioners botched an attempt to kill him by lethal injection. and now he faces suffocation by the state. opponents see this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama s governor to stop it here led by smith s spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so, i need some assurance that this is safe. so this right here is an invitation to governor ivey to accompany me into the execution chamber. it was two weeks ago today, 45 year old. smith was convicted in 1989 for his part in the murder of elizabeth sennett, the wife of a preacher who paid smith $1,000. the jury said he should get life