as donald trump makes a third bid for the white house and is the the first votes are to be cast in iowa in just under two weeks. trump s lawyers say the 234-year unbroken tradition of not prosecuting the presidents for official acts, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, provides powerl evidence. no president prior toth donald trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. had his attorneys point to the likelihood of mushrooming prosecutions. and future cycles. the ex-the president snlt prolsing retribution. his al lies aren t the ones plotting to end the independence of the justice department. the most audacious argument, one yesterday. on this program donald trump cannot be tri a criminal court for role in the january 6th insurrectn because heas acquitted by the senate during his second impeachment the new york times reports both legal perts have disdegreed with that position. not least because the federal charges he s facing are not analogous
ruled on two bases. one was that this federal officer immunity removal statute that mark meadows is relying on, it ruled it doesn t apply to former officers. only to current officers. no court has ever held that before. it s something they think even the department of justice before has asserted that former federal officer cans remove. so that s one legal argument that paul might have felt confidentable taking up or trying to take up to the full court, and potential thely on to the supreme court. the other is the issue of whether what mark meadows was doing fell within his official acts. that s a more dubious argument for mark meadows, but i could see somebody like paul thinking this principle of not what do you get immunity, but just can you remove it for purposes of litigating your immunity. it should be liberally construed and that s a legal principle worth fighting for.
choosing. christian, what can be done by the national civil rights legal community which you re one of the prominent leaders in? or by the civil rights community or by citizens, period, watching? what can be done to really stop this because if it gets done in north carolina, it will certainly be a template all over this country. and we re talking about undermining the judiciary. many of us are outlooking at movies of what thurgood marshall did and we need marshalism right now and we re not even paying attention it appears. that s right. fair courts is a principle worth fighting for and it s something that we have to make front and center. we re seeing the threats and the rollbacks not just at the state level but at the federal level as well. there are 150 court vacancies right now. and president trump is appointing radical fringe
i think those are powerful criticisms of the plan he had put out and will continue to be criticisms that we ll hear moving forward. if congress and the president is serious about moving forward with some sort of deficit and debt deal. i think both sides will get the criticism. the plan that is envisioned is one that will go after some of these associate safety net programs. certainly not the way the republicans will do it but it will hit exactly where sister simone is talking about. i think the media has the same sort of problem with its own. if you look at the coverage of sequestration and the fallout, the predominance of stories have been about the closing of the white house tours on the national level. on the local level it s been an incredibly difficult time for people in head start programs, for tuition assistance programs, for air traffic controllers. there s tons of stories of struggle out there. but the national media to a large part has been focused on the glitz and the glam
those at the margins of society. and all were welcomed. he welcomed everyone who hungered to be part of community and to live in love. love was his greatest message. so i think as we have newly leadership who sees the connection between the gospel and those at the margins, who sees the connection with living in love, how can we leave anyone out of our care? and therefore, i think that in our lived experience, a welcoming church is the spiritual need of our time. we need to welcome everyone in. well you know, sister simone, we have a little bit of sister simone for president caucus going on here at the panel. we think that you re great and we think that your message is great and i want to wish you a very happy easter and thank you so much for being here. thank you, it s an honor to do this work. thank you so much. i want to thank sister simone and i want to thank 0-panel, which is sam, evan, bob and carrie. that s all for now, i will be back on monday. noon eastern. when i ll be j