Landmark cases produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr chief justice. Good evening, welcome to see spencers landmark cases. Tonights case is the New York Times Company Versus the United States, in this 1971 case, the Supreme Court ruled six to three against the knicks this Nixon Administration in a big win for journalism. The decision upheld the New York Times in the Washington Post, which you just saw depicted in this recent movie, the right to project published classified information on the history of the vietnam war over significant objections from the pentagon and the white house. We have to terrific guests at the table tonight, to help us understand how this case unfolded. And what it means for us today in our society. Let me introduce you to flloyd abrams, the bestknown First Amendment lawyer counsel in the New York Times case and he is the attorney in new y
Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti
well, it s been one of those weekends where we kind of need for hours to talk about everything that has happened. we will do our best to fit it all into one. on friday night, there is a much anticipated round of retaliatory airstrikes against iranian- backed militias. serious as there are more on the way. there is nobody better to talk to the national security advisor jake sullivan. he will join me in just a few minutes. there is also a big development this weekend, jack smith s election interference case as it slid off of the calendar. in large part, we still don t have a decision on trump s should we be freaking out? should we not be freaking out? everybody s favorite cocktail is going to tell us how we should be feeling. and later this hour, we will shocking level of hypocrisy for republicans in the house this week. congressman dan goldman has certainly not held back in calling it out. i m looking forward to breaking it all down with him. and later, president biden won
to fit it all into one. so on friday night, there was a much anticipated round of retail tory airstrikes against iranian back militias. the u.s. also says there are more on the way. at a time like this, there is literally no one better to talk to the national security advisor jake sullivan, and he s going to join me in just a few minutes. there was also a big development this week in jack smith s election interference case, as it slid off the march calendar. in a large part, because we still don t have a decision on trump s claim of presidential immunity. should we be freaking, out should we not be freaking out? everyone s favorite law firm of weissmann and cocktail is going to tell us how we should be feeling. and later this, our wriggling to dig into the absolutely shocking level of hypocrisy for republicans in the house this week. congressman dan goldman has certainly not held back in calling it out. i m looking forward to breaking it all down with him. and later, presiden