governor jay inslee saying the american psyche has not recognized we were one vice president away from a coup. leading off our discussion tonight is laurence tribe, university professor of constitutional law emeritus at harvard law school. he has won 35 cases in the united states supreme court. professor tribe, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i ve been wondering this what the revelations of the week add to your assessment made back in august that the justice department should be running a criminal investigation of what donald trump was doing. this week, the house select committee released a cascade of information that confirms what i believed and other people i think joined me in believing back in august, and that is the department of justice really needs to look into the crimes
of varying political backgrounds. now the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in mississippi, said we re doing it because we have new justices. the newest ban mississippi has put in place, the six-week ban, the senate sponsor said we are doing it because we have new justices on the supreme court. will this institution survive the stench this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts. i don t see how it is possible. leading off our discussion tonight is lawrence tribe university professor of constitutional law emeritus at harvard law school. he has won 35 cases in the united states supreme court.
reproduction is a basic fundamental human rights, and we need bold strategies. we need i don t know, i m not a politician. where s an executive order to decriminalize abortion right now? what can we do right now without waiting for the courts to save us, without waiting for congress to save us, people s lives are on the line this moment. thank you very, very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. thank you for having me. thank you. and joining us now is lawrence tribe, university professor of constitutional law emeritus at harvard law school. he has won 35 cases in the united states supreme court. professor tribe, i know you re at adam loup tech reader, it s rare that just what the supreme court might do becomes the lead story in the new york times as we saw today on a few different points, but on abortion, where do you expect the challenge to come? which state will probably make
election and to injure members of congress and inciting the riot at the capitol. alleged action to attack congress and disrupt its official functions is not conduct a member of congress is employed to perform. joining our discussion now, laurence tribe, university professor of constitutional law emeritus at harvard law school. he has won 35 cases in the united states supreme court. professor tribe, thank you very much for joining us tonight. the justice department s decision on the brooks case, does that have any impact on how they might approach donald trump as a civil defendant in the same kind of lawsuit? it certainly does, lawrence. the justice department s brief not only said that it is no part of the job of any congressperson to attack congress, to incite