Party platform. It will be voted on and officially adopted next week at the republican convention, but trump is already publicly praising it, and theres a reason why. As The New York Times puts it today, the republican platform could read like a trump rally. Its a document that reads less like a list of Policy Proposals and more like the teleprompter at a trump rally. The Washington Post describing it as, quote, a full Trump Takeover of The Party. It proposes ending the department of education. Echoing several of the pillars of another conservative road map, the heritage Foundations Project 2025. These policies are so alarming to most americans that Donald Trump has sought to distance himself from project 2025 in recent day, claiming at various times that hes never heard of the blueprint for his potential second term and that he has nothing to do with any of the people involved, which would be a lot more believable if dozens of them had not worked in his own administration or if he was
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this event. our constitution s founding failures when it comes to race and inequality in this country. like all things that matter in the lives of americans, the courts have a tremendous impact. with a now deeply conservative federal bench we face the growing proliferation of state laws that restrict access to the ballot box and seek to rollback reproductive rights. calls for reforming both the supreme court and lower courts have grown in number. many of the reform proposals are promising. we at acs want to make sure we left those up and have them thoroughly considered. we know something has to be done soon. but what is possible in the current political climate? we are grateful to have our esteemed panelist with us today to share their insight on this question. we encourage you to follow acs on social media, including art ted twitter. you can also find us online at acslaw. org. it is my pleasure to introduce our moderator genta dairy jen. she is a senior editor for huff
trump indictments. i m melissa murray. i m andrew weissman. we are both nyu law professors, nbc legal analysts, now the co-authors of the new york times best selling book, the trump indictments. the hist forurge charging documents with commentary. donald trump is charged with 88 felony counts in four different jurisdictions. in this hour, we will cover the latest developments in donald trump s criminal cases starting with fulton county, georgia today. and we will also zoom out and reflect on whether the american justice system has so far proven whether to meet the challenges as we write in our book. the former president s attempt to politicize are corrupt, not only our elections, but the rule of law. january 6 committee member will join us. and later in the hour, we had flip the script. and ask an anchor the important questions. chris hayes will join us to weigh in on the media s role in the event that voters ultimately get to render a verdict on donald trump before a
good evening and welcome to a special episode of the trump indictments, donald trump is charged with 88 felony counts in four different jurisdictions. in this hour, we will cover the latest developments in donald trump s criminal cases starting with fulton county, georgia today. we will also zoom out and reflect on whether the american justice system has so far proven whether it can meet the challenges of, as we write in our book, the former president s attempt to politicize our corrupt not only elections, but american governance and the rule of law. jamie raskin will join us. later in the hour, we will flip the script and ask and msnbc anchor the important questions. chris hayes will join us to weigh in on the media s role in the event that voters ultimately get to render a verdict on donald trump before a jury does. our breaking news tonight comes out of fulton county, georgia for district attorney fani willis has learned that she will not be disqualified from her elect