he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
ironic it is that your the justice says when they re nominate and they re going through the confirmation process, they say we don t like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. that s a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to at-home for joining us tonight. alex has the night off. i m filling in for her this evening. but we begin tonight with the supreme court. and his name was jerome rebels he was born in 1827 he was a minister in the amy church. he served as a chaplain for the army for the american civil war. and in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislator to the united states senate believe it or not. the firs
conviction. why so many voters know the ex president did something criminal but still plan to vote for him anyway. for the most part even if he was found guilty i would still vote for him. she s here on that. just hours after the colorado supreme court kick to trump off the ballot, the threats started pouring in. ryan riley has the latest. plus language meant to divide us. it is language that i think people have rightly found similar to the language of hitler. the biden campaign now explicitly calling out what donald trump is doing. i never read mein kampf. and rudy giuliani declares bankruptcy rather than pay out millions in lawsuits. just who he owes money to when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. are very polarized country where it s hard to achieve consensus on just about anything, a strong majority of americans believe that donald trump is a crook. this comes from new polling by the new york times which found that 58%
conviction. why so many voters know the ex president did something criminal but still plan to vote for him anyway. for the most part even if he was found guilty i would still vote for him. she s here on that. just hours after the colorado supreme court kicked trump off the ballot, the threats started pouring in. ryan riley has the latest. plus it is language meant to divide us. it is language that i think people have rightly found similar to the language of hitler. the biden campaign now explicitly calling out what donald trump is doing. i never read mein kampf. and rudy giuliani declares bankruptcy rather than pay out millions in lawsuits. just who he owes money to when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. are very polarized country where it s hard to achieve consensus on just about anything, a strong majority of americans believe that donald trump is a crook. this comes from new polling by the new york times which found that
weak on crime policies. finally this city, this state, will hear from the victims, their voices will be heard. jim jordan will join us in a minute. we ll go over all the details as republicans fight back against the democrats witch hunts. later, the great one any great one fans? lashing mark levine is here to weigh in on how biden is making the world a more dangerous place. russia, china, iran is filling that void guaranteeing a less safe america, a less safe world. let me tell you what the left wing media, democrats, they want you to talk about today. they have an agenda. before we get into the real monologue, they really should be covering, that they re not covering. the left is crying racism over the expulsion of two tennessee lawmakers after they led a group of protesters through the state capitol with bull horns. let me be clear. at this point it s a nonstory. when they became state legislate tors they agreed to the rules of the house which clearly state, quote, membe