Lawrence: Justice Kagan shares our crisis of faith in SCOTUS
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2023
- MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell shares his own crisis of faith in the Supreme Court that he revered before the Roberts Court corrupted legal scholarship to the point where he believes the Republican justices are “just making it up” and, as Justice Elena Kagan expressed in her dissent, are violating the Constitution.
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I’m with you Lawrence. I no longer have any faith in the Supreme Court.
It’s been obvious the stacked Federalist Society installed judges have a mutual agenda, & it’s NOT to uphold the constitution.
WHo ever had faith in it? How sad the left has become. Only when it serves you ,right
Why?? Because you libs didn't get your way?? Cry harder!
The lack of ethics and accountability for the Supreme Court is astonishing. I'm disgusted and scared.
Thanks Mitch, Trump and corrupt republicans for the non ethical Supreme Court
The fox is watching the hen house. And saying, ‘What are you gonna do about it?’
So give me an example.
Keep pushing the other half of the nation. You think you're scared now!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Acccountable How about the Justices refusal to apply the same ethics rules and reporting to themselves that every other judge in the US must adhere to.
This is a sham of a court. How did the highest court in our country even hear a case without actual facts and actual harm? What a joke and what an embarrassment!
They gave up even trying to appear legitimate. They've mocked the idea that rules, ethics, and the Constitution have any power over them. They only answer to the Federalist Society that put them there.
They heard a case without an actual plaintiff. It's not a court, it's a joke.
@@noisyboy730 ... It's impossible to enlighten the dimwitted. How exactly does one make a finding without reviewing real facts or evidence of harm?
HOW? REPUBLICANS! Say their name and give them the BLAME.
Because they're corrupt. They have no sense of ethics, they only want to gain and wield power. High time to oust these corrupt officials and plug the loopholes that created this joke of a court in the first place.
I feel the same way. It actually "hurts" my heart. They all lied at their approval hearings. I don't know how you get rid of dishonorable Justices but I'd love to see it done.
Can they be impeached?
Well said and truthful. The Supreme Court has lost all honor, dignity and trust of the majority of Americans.
... and are still telling people what they can and can't do. A business that doesn't cater all clients should not be given any sort of incentives with public funds. It isn't any court's job to protect anyone's beliefs; only to uphold the law regardless of religion. Making up fictitious "cases"??!! ultimate loss of credibility
I am happy to see that the wannabe socialists/communists are finally experiencing what actual Americans have had to deal with for over twenty (20) years.
you dont speak for any "majority."
@@sangeet9100 you are not entitled to anyone elses labor, much less on their own property. full stop, end of, deal with it or feel free to move to a communist country.
@@cwg9238 Surely, the overwhelming majority of Americans feel that way.
Getting one thing right does not overturn the ridiculousness of past decades.
Truly, Mitch McConnell deserves so much blame for many of the predicaments we find ourselves in.
So does Donald J. Trump who stacked the supreme court with far-right extremists who constantly overstep their bounds.
Amen. Absolutely. People don't understand how important the leaders in the Congress are OR what a Blight McConnell has been.
He is an evil son-of-a-mitch !
I remember how scared McConnell was on January 6th. He knew what was happening.
Shares the blame with tfg! McConnell is a slacked-jawed pliable lapdog.
SCOTUS has delegitimized itself. I have lost my respect for this institution.
Wow! Just . . . wow! Rarely have I heard so masterful a critique delivered in so powerful a way. Mr. O'Donnell, you have my deepest respect. And I hope this reaches every American.
So masterful ..he is on basic cable. Get out more often. South east dc isa fun place at night. Give it a whirl
@@deepaklevin, personally, I don't mind D.C., but my wife's not too thrilled with the place. But if we're to make a few places on my pilgrimage list -- the National Air and Space Museum, for example -- we're going to have to hold our collective breath and take the plunge. And I have a question for the catalogers at the Library of Congress: why in the WORLD did they decide to put "The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge" in the Philosophy section!
@@johndemeritt3460 be careful. Even the air and space museum in DC found young kids from the suburbs being accosted by the local thuglets preying on the doe eyes.
Isnt this a wonderful narrative !!
For me too this is one of the most profound segments Lawrence has ever written and delivered. The foundation on which it is anchored is both scholarly and highly personal. A brilliant writer and analyst.
This was a good essay, Lawrence. Thank you. 💙 It may be a hundred years before our country can overcome the evil and destruction Republicans have wrought. If we survive.
I couldn't have written any better. Indeed. 🙌🏽
Let us hope, "They" (ie The Republican Party, an indisputable Criminal Organisation!) don't! (ie Survive).
@katiew2234 Yes, it will be decades before we recover from the damage the Republicans have done, you are correct.
As the song goes, we WILL survive.
We will and fight back to make sure !!!
It will be lifetimes before the Supreme Court ever has any respect again. I no longer recognize their authority.
Just for a moment, take a deep breath and contemplate the fact our Supreme Court isn't competent enough to check a phone number.
That’s just it! Even a lowly blue collar worker as myself would know to background check the plaintiffs! These are supposed to be the top intelligence law professionals???!
How does it even make it to a ruling? They just pass whatever the billionaires pay them to pay
In all fairness it is not up to the court to independently check the facts presented to it. This should’ve been done by the lawyers opposing this decision. It is a gross failure on their part that they didn’t bother to check the facts being put forth by the opposition. I would think that is a basic responsibility of any lawyer. As for those that presented the bogus facts there should be consequences; although let’s face it, there rarely are.
Not true. They just don't care.
Among the most knowledgeable, thoughtful, and eloquent voices out there. Thanks, Lawrence
It used to be that “I’ll take it all the way to the Supreme Court” meant “I’ll get justice,” but not any longer. Terribly sad and frustrating.
This is a profoundly moving personal "crisis of faith" that reflects our national crisis. Thank you Lawrence.
Yes. We have lost faith in the Demoncrats.
@@chasecorry2645 Thanks bottom feeding culty. Your sad corrosive opinion is duly noted.
Our Supreme Court, that is
supposedly the ultimate backstop
of our triumvirate government is
Broken, allowing the guts of our
system to spill, splat and splay out
all over the floor - spleen, kidneys,
sh🤫t and all. A Constitutional Crisis
In-Deeed, brought upon by the Most
Corrupt, None Accountable, Appointed,
*For Life*, Captured "$💰ciopaths"
- that hide behind sophistry from
arcane language to generate Havoc
and Mayhem upon "We, the People"
and across our, now 🔥jeopardized🏭,
Great Democracy🇺🇲 and Land🦅.
Sadly, so, so, ..♾️, So Saa...ad!!...!
Our bracing Branch is thoroughly
Rotted! ..🤢🤢🤮🤮..♾️🤮!!...!
@@chasecorry2645 - no educated man ever
@@chasecorry2645 All of merkin von bankrupt's money's tied up b/c So Many Lawsuits. You trolls wouldn't have been paid anyway - he stiffs stiffs like you, and the real people who have worked for him, too, like builders.
Very well said, Lawrence. And, the same for the Justice. President Biden needs to wake up to this reality and encourage the Senate to seriously consider legislation to help curb the Court's corrupt power. They are completely out of control and dangerous to us all.
Lawrence makes me proud to know that the truth still lives.
Sad, sickening, and scary. I feel and share Lawrence's visible anger.
Thanks Lawrence for pointing out (reminding) that none of this would be happening but for McConnell, none of it.
My friend, based on my experiences in dealing with Kentuckians, specifically, my old man's side of the family, who had little or no education, coupled with big, heaping doses of fundamentalist Christianity, I now believe that the only way that Mitch McConnell - or, as I call him, "Senator Inbred Jed" - will ever leave office, short of an uprising of an armed proletariat, will be when the collective IQ of the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky rises above 60, and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
It is difficult to say who is the most evil, McConnell or Trump. Neither are interested in the Constitution.
aaahh... Kentuckian here.
I find your sweeping generalization to be... well, it's...oh, crap, for the most part accurate.
Who says 'old man' anymore? 😊
Not just McConnell. True, he used rules he made up to block Obama's nomination, but the true string pullers are Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, backed by the BILLIONS of dark money anonymous donations allowed by the Roberts court ruling in Citizens United. All the judges appointed by Trump, including 3 SC Justices, were handpicked and presented to Trump by the Federalist Society.
Remember McConnell did a double dose, he delayed for year under Obama (let the voters decide) and then powered through one just days before the election
This presentation moved me to tears. Thanks you for presenting these facts.
As painful as these observations are, they are absolutely necessary and appropriate for the moment we are living. Kudos to Lawrence O'Donnell for his courage in sharing these observations.
On my first day in Constitutional Law as a second year law student, my professor, a judge, asked the class, “What is the Constitution?” There were so many excellent answers, but each was met with a “No.” After so many good answers, the class sat baffled. Our professor finally said, “The constitution is whatever 5 out of the 9 justices say it is.” Um what? During that year, he also kept drilling us to pay attention to who made up the court at the time a decision was made. That would usually predict the outcome. And here we are with a 6-3 Court that was Frankensteined together by the Federalist Society just doing their thing.
🎯🎯"a 6-3 Court that was Frankensteined together by the Federalist Society" 🎯🎯
Well put, Bravo!!!!
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Thank YOU for taking the time to comment as it’s a consuming study. And the comment is very appreciated. It has a bitter twinge, but I believe it 100%
why is Larry always so angry?
No one could have expressed what many of us are feeling more eloquently and as spot on than Lawrence. Bravo!
Absolutely true.
Get a room
He did a great job; because I couldn’t articulate what I’ve been feeling like he did!
Absolutely right.
Mr O'Donnell I stand in awe!! A masterful presentation I could not possible said it better. You sir are a true American!!
Very well said! This is an illegitimate court! Can this country survive thru this? I wonder.
I would argue that the "United States" is in terrible jeopardy. The movie "Idiocracy" was way too optimistic. The average citizen is dumbed down to the point where they despise anyone who is smarter than them. They mistake differences of opinion for betrayals of bed rock principles. I would be surprised if they even understand the thousands of years of human progress, let alone the US Constitution. And most often, if called upon to listen to others make a point, or to think about a point just made, will get an intolerable headache and abandon the conversation (in my recent experience).
Thank you, Lawrence, for articulating so eloquently my deep disappointment in the Court
What an absolute shame intellect bears so little significance in our rights and protections.
talk about boomers complaining about boomers lol. this is seriously all y'alls fault.
@@DoahnKea_Tuber Asians aren't going anywhere. You will just have to get used to the idea that we are going to college and you can't keep us out.
@@bonafaceif all you do is profess failure of others, you are no better than,and just as responsible, for the crimes of the perpetrators.
Oh yes thank-you Lawrence for being so articulate 🤣😆😂
This gives me goosebumps, I hope every American listen to this speech. You showed the cancer that makes your country so sick. I hope you people find a cure for this republican disease. 😢
Most Americans do not want this. The problem is that too many Americans are so drugged by their materialism that they aren't paying attention.
Republicans are not the disease in this country, it's the democrats.
@@kpokpojiji Exactly 🇺🇸 $$$$$ Nothing Else Matters. It will only get worse, before it ever gets better ever again
@@kpokpojiji Your post only partly illuminates the problem, and i would add not likely the major one. for many Americans, the day-to-day struggle just to keep the lights on and the family fed is mission critical. Maslow informs us that a SC ruling - by rich, cloistered people you don't know, about issues which might affect you next month, or next year - are of little importance when your kids are hungry and foreclosure is just a missed paycheck away.
Your comment blaming republicans for how disgusting the system is, is itself a caricature of ridiculous selfishness and is the epitome of the blame game BS that has ruined our progress as a nation. We are pitted against each other while the emperors play in their colloseums and watch the world burn with happiness in their black hearts. Republican, democrat, all the same just different dooshiness
Thank you for sharing your Crisis of Faith with such heartfelt words. We need to bring so many things back into balance
At this point we need to disregard all decisions by this Supreme Court
That implies we can ignore the executive and legislative branches as well...
@@JohnPublic-dk7zd No, it does not !
@@nancylee6649 you can't have it both ways...
Lawrence is absolutely right about the SCOTUS!!
Lawrence has a sense of history, a sense of justice and a deep understanding that the rule of law is the boundary between the civilized and uncivilized worlds. It is such a shame that that some members of the present SCOTUS do not share those values.
It's a shame that the minorities on the court care more about playing good Ole boys than having character! Blacks and Italians should be absolutely ashamed of Alito and Clarence. Why aren't any of the white judges being caught in any of this?
No. It's just politics. The Dems would like to gain complete control of all three branches of government. Thank God that Trump was able to nominate and confirm three SC Justices, at a critical time to hold the balance for the Republic, to defend conservative principles and to block Leftist agendas.
Well-said. Thank-you.
Mr O'Donnell, you are not alone. I, along with most likely tens of millions of our fellow Americans are suffering this same crisis of faith as well. Sadly, as these Supreme Court justices are appointed for life, it appears that our crisis of faith will be an ongoing affliction for quite some time.
Must confess to not often being moved to tears. Thank you. Lawrence, for helping me connect my feelings to my reality...
The unsupreme court has shown itself to be pure garbage 🗑️, and deserves zero respect (except for 3 of them)
Great Piece here Mr Odonell . I believe Justice Keagon captured the soul of many Americans . Thank you for your eloquence.
A critical story, powerfully told. Kudos to Lawrence and the team at Last Word.
You and the American people. Thank you for telling the truth
If cases are manufactured, and the court ignores this so they can make what they think is an important ruling, it really isn't a legal ruling.
You are 100 % correct , but unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Yep. There has to be an injured party -- an actual injured party.
Exactly. The court is supposed to rule on REAL disputes, from REAL people, with REAL evidence. Not hypotheticals. Not lies. Those are the rules because otherwise they would be legislating from the bench. This court is violating the Constitution they swore to uphold.
Can someone sue the Supreme Court or could they just decline to take the case?
My thoughts exactly!
Beautiful journalism Mr. O'Donnell. This is why the Roberts's Court will live in infamy!
Thank you, Justice Kagan. Thank you.
I too have been experiencing a crisis of faith in SCOTUS without realizing until now that’s what it is. Your words have perfectly described how I have been feeling. What can we do to fix this?
Don't lawyers get in trouble for false/fraudulent filings? Why was this allowed to get to the supreme Court?
Not if they’re republicans! Apparently!
you don't get into trouble if you are a member of the GOP since they are allowed to lie it seems.
Raid roaded.
SCOTUS is exempt from the rules that apply to other courts. They themselves have found that.
SCOTUS is exempt from pretty much any accountability. It is designed to be untouchable. I’m honestly surprised it took this long for it to go bad.
Thank you so much for making me realize why I have been SO upset the last six years-I've lost my faith. I've lost my faith in America and every "system" we have, thanks to the crooks .
Ikr? Keep trying to figure if there's anything we can do. So far nada. Don't like gloom and doom, but hope some scholar can do SOMETHING!
america has to be willing to right this wrong. unfortunately, history has shown she's not very willing to fix her mistakes.
Lawrence O'Donnell- This is a truly masterful critique of today's Supreme Court. I hope many people are able to hear this. Thank you!!
Writing as a professional Constitutional scholar and American historian, I emphatically commend Lawrence O'Donnell for his empassioned and spot-on commentary. I couldn't agree more!!!
BRAVO, Lawrence!
Thank you, Lawrence O'Donnell, for a brilliantly delivered critique of a disgraceful and disgraced Supreme Court.
He did not even critique the disgracefulness of the Supreme Court.
And a disgraceful Biden
Hard agree. This resonated with millions of Americans concerned about our democracy. Btw, I love how this video documenting the illegitimacy of SCOTUS brings out the bots/trolls who offer nothing but weak attempts at distraction.
@@mustikka-gk8xn Indeed. I tend to ignore the bots, trolls and nutcases, and let them spew among themselves!
The lawsuits filer's should be charged with Perjury!!!!!
I think we will find more nefarious right-wing organizations were behind this.
I like this idea
This is a wonderful report. Anyone could understand the crisis we are in.
It's even worse that these poor excuses for human beings have no remorse for their actions!
The have been bought and paid for handsomely.
Priests or Trumpies ???
Crisis of faith
Remember that Trump was indicted for us like Jesus H.???"The middle initial should be a dead giveaway!!!"Trump carries his cross...
His own crisis of faith...A Trump in a hard place...
Granting ANY governing group "tenure for life" is a recipe for disaster. Corruption is hard-wired into Humanity.
Greed can't be cured.
Its not hardwired folks like Marshall served without being corrupt. Please do not confuse rethuglicans gift for picking corrupt people as hard wired in humanity. It's not the length of time served its who they chose. We on the left need to identify the actual problem if we aspire to fix. People don't get corrupt as they age. They always were
The constitution specifically and purposefully avoided term limits for the Supreme Court so that they could rise above partisan politics. This way their decisions are not so easily swayed by fickle public opinion. That was also what 1/2 of Lawrences monologue was addressing. The court has only become corrupted because the selection process was corrupted by Mitch McConnell. Put the blame where it belongs!
It has worked for 234 years
@@stevenseul361
Works still today.
The brilliance of Truth. Thank you Lawrence.❤️🔥
We need a mechanism that oversees the Supreme Court. First, the court needs rules - If a justice perjures themselves or does anything to compromise their judgement on cases that come before them they need to recuse themselves or resign. If that doesn't happen, they need to be thrown out. But now that corruption has penetrated our highest court, I have no idea how we're going to do that.
@ToniGlick The people will have to remove them, as the powers that be will let this kangaroo court continue on.
Impeachment. Why is compromise acceptable for those that are supposed to uphold the law?
The mechanism to adjust the court is in the appointment process (executive branch), and confirmation/impeachment (legislative branch)...you sheeple really need to take a civics class...
I feel sorry for Justice Kagen, can’t imagine what it must be like to serve with such corrupt people
And to not even really be able to speak out against your colleagues must be aggravating and infuriating.
@@B_Bodziakagreed but she should anyway. I mean, they don't have any binding code of conduct, apparently. 😊
Also Sotomayor and Kendall
@@Dead-Not-Sleeping Apparently, she wouldn't even accept a box of bagels from her college girlfriends on her birthday because it may have been viewed as unethical in some way. Meanwhile, alito and Thomas are accepting lavish gifts.
Justice Kagen actually serves. She has the grave misfortune to serve the law while 6 of her fellow Justices thumb their noses at the rule of law. Her 6 benchmates are mainly political operatives with cushy lifetime appointments. They serve only the rich men in the Federalist Society who procured those cushy appointments for them. Brown-Jackson and Sotomayor are similarly afflicted with REAL JOBS as serving Justices while their fellows piddle away with the "culture wars" their masters dictate to them. Crisis of faith? I can only imagine.
I'm horrified by the present corruption in the court(s).
From lived life experiences, thank you Lawrence for continuing to do the work on behalf of truth and justice and this country's principles! We are lucky to have you!
Question. How did this case even reach the Supreme Court without someone realizing that the whole case was bogus?
That’s what baffles me! They are supposed to be the smart ones! Wouldn’t you think they would have staff researching and verifying these cases?!
@@marvinmartin4692 In my mind, a lot of people completely dropped the ball either from incompetency or with intent. I can almost forgive the Supreme Court for assuming that the facts of the case were there before them, if only because the case had to have made it through lower courts, (though you would still think they had staff that helped them really look into a case before they took it). It makes me wonder if they had any intent to undermine the rule of law, if only because so many people had to either lie or be completely oblivious to the fact that the case was a fantasy. I feel like I either must be misunderstanding something or this corruption really does run crazy deep. And, if it was corruption, why include the name and number of someone in the case that could so easily deny his involvement? I really don't get it. Some part of this isn't adding up.
They knew it was bogus. They were just hoping that the rest of us didn’t find out.
Let us not forget that Neil Gorsuch's Mom is Anne Gorsuch. She was a Colorado state representative, and was part of a caucus known as the "House Crazies", because they wanted to fundamentally change government (into a far right-wing authoritarian regime). She was later the EPA administrator under Reagan, in the early 1980's, and she personally slashed that agency's budget by 22%. She also fired career employees (on her own whimsy) and hired industry puppets to cover those positions. And her legacy? Well, she became the FIRST cabinet member to ever be held in CONTEMPT of CONGRESS for illegal actions that benefited the owners of a $1.6 BILLION dollar Superfund site. Neil has an axe to grind ... and he's grinding it down to the handle ... taking it out on the citizens of the united States of America. Neil Gorsuch is not qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice. He was hand-picked by Mitch McConnell and the Federalist Society (who really aren't very 'federalist', at all) to lay waste to the U.S. justice system. He's the quintessential bull in the china shop. Or chimp with a loaded gun ... or grenade.
Wow! That makes some of his decisions make so much sense. The republiCONS have been on the take by the fossil fuel industry and chemical companies for so long now. We will never be able to make up for what they have allowed to happen, just to fatten their wallets. It's despicable. Climate change deniers should be tied to a stake in Death Valley for a week in August every year. I just don't get how they can stand being around themselves KNOWING the destruction and consequences of their greed, and what that is going to mean for their descendants. I just don't get any of it.
Let's not forget that Eric Holder was HelD IN cONtEMPt oF cONgReSS. OBAMA ave SOLYLNDAR 2 BILLION dollar THREE days BEFORE they WENT bankrupt. LOL. THAT WAS OUR MONEY. then HE spent 2 BILLION dollars ON a webSITE that DIDN'T evebn WORK! Cpa lock is CRUISE control for COOL! Later on, Joe BIDEN claimed to be a truck DRIVER, college PROFESSOR and civil RIGHTS marcher. Asians are not going away. YOU WILL SIT NEXT TO US AT COLLEGE.
Good Lord!! It's even worse than I thought...and I already thought the Devil owned these far right wing "Justices"🤦♀️🤬
Thank you for the History.
Thank you for that history of the Republican SCOTUS - Neil Gorsuch!
I just can't take this anymore. I'm so sick of this. How much more can we take?? These criminals are ruining lives! People will die!
Have already died, unnecessarily.
Thank You Lawrence O’donnell….. I RESPECT YOU so much! Your WORDS are so MEANINGFUL,WELL THOUGHT OUT,and SO TRUE. I have totally lost all respect or belief in the Supreme Court….and that is very unsettling,it should not get swept under the rug. It needs to be DEALT WITH PROPERLY! And SWIFTLY! Otherwise ALL is LOST😔
The SCOTUS needs an ethics committee. This has to be the most unethical court ever.
Well, its the conservative judges it seems where the corruption lies, not the liberal ones.
explain how it is "unethical" to enforce the constitution. ill wait.
@@cwg9238 it's unethical to make up rules. Several have taken bribes over the years.
How would you feel going to court knowing the other side gave the judge expensive gifts? You might feel the judge could be biased against you.
@@JonR_1138 ok then therefore its ethical for me to just come over and help myself to your fridge, any time i want. no rules bro. grow up and get real.
@@JonR_1138 thats what i thought, coward. you dont have the courage of your convictions.
Thank you, sir, for your eloquent words. I am ashamed that our country has come to this low point in our history. I ask myself what more must we tolerate as Americans. We are a laughing stock on the world stage, and I don't know how or if we will ever be able to be the guiding light we once were.
This country has been exposed for what it really is… sad to say!
First world countries do not follow a second world country aka ' Murica.
They just need us as Cops of the World .
@@Slo-rydeAbsolutely! Most of us around the world already knew this fact! Glad the curtain has been pulled back, so the American people can see.
Sorry to say that ship has sailed! Americans are mostly blind to other Countries sufferimg caused by America. Americans are even blind to half their own citizens sufferimg caused by their own people! School Mass shootings happens no where else in the world on a regular basis & the people accepts NO accountability from congress for decades! I guess its because they see it as a problem that does not affect them, until it does.
This is just 1 example in a host of unsolved craziness!
The power is with the people! So USE it!
Excellent monologue. Every student and voting citizen in America should be so lucky as to hear such truth. SCOTUS has held a magical place in my heart since college back in early 2000's. I'll never forget the prof redefining liberal and conservative as they were in regard to legal opinions, and in studying them it became obvious the intellectual prowess of that debate. The problem with most voters... and another accomplishment of the Republican Party.... is education; to keep the public illiterate and uninformed. 20 years ago the average American read at a 9th grade level and today the average American reads the 5th grade level. A 5th grader is not going to be able to dissect a Supreme Court decision... and therein... is why I drink.
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Well said!
@cyphrTube for many years now, Americans have chosen to fund the military at the expense of education. Those chickens have definitely come home to roost.
You do realize that Liberals control the U.S. Department of Education, right?
Ha ha, old people used to be respected now we see them as hypocrites that don't hold true any of the values they had us place our hand over our hearts for. American Democracy is a joke and is showing always has been a fraud
Thank you Lawrence... this couldn't have been said better. It's heartbreaking to remember the history of the supreme court and see what it has become. Let's not forget the influence of the federalist society with regards to the corruption of the court. The law must be stable. The Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the full body of the law and precedent gives us stability to build a nation. If the law isn't stable society isn't stable
To hear that a MEMBER of the Supreme Court has lost faith in the very body to which she serves sent chills down my spine. What has happened to us? Where will we end up? Will we survive as a democracy? I am fearful. And, each succeeding blow against everything I have known and believed makes me want to weep.😢
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SPEAKING TRUTH AND SANITY. We need to keep hearing it; and you present it to us with clarity, appropriate emotion , and facts. Bravo.
Brilliantly stated, Lawrence O'Donnell. So respect your point of view and the way it has been presented.
Thank you Lawrence. You have truly expressed how I feel about the current SCOTUS. Thanks for all you do.
As a newly graduated Criminal Defense Paralegal, who is enthralled with Constitutional Law, I am HEARTBROKEN to see these fundamental concepts tossed out the window. Starry Decisis, precedent, and standing to sue are what make the system work! What an absolute shame to witness such disrespect and contempt for a nation.
I have zero faith in our legal system! Zero!
Here's wishing you an outstanding career, @beckafoster2633!!!
@@pinedelgado4743 Thank you so much! I love what I do and will always continue to use my powers for the good of all!!
This is the good old boy system at its highest level!
For sure
Thank you Lawrence for an excellent report…you make it very clear that they do not deserve respect from any of us! Nor will they get it!
When I was young my father told me "respect is earned". Unfortunately I had not fully realized how valuable his advice was and have given far too many people "automatic respect" ( especially Drs recently in caring for my wife ).
Bwhahaha.
America: the most propagandized country in the world. Lap it up much? 😀
This is brilliantly written, Lawrence. Thank you! 👏👏👏
Lawrence has added one of his most profoundly argued, masterfully expressed and philosophically significant essays to his opus.
I am never disappointed in these reflective excursions into our shared historical heritage and his personal recollections.
Thank you, Lawrence. Slaintje!
Thank you! I've been experiencing this crisis since McConnell refused to allow garland be affirmed to the court, and that crisis increased when Trump became president. I question my faith in God and my faith in our country daily.
Politicians come and go.Your faith in God is what is important.
The Supreme Court has been a disappointment, failing to uphold justice and protect the rights of all citizens. Its decisions have often been biased and influenced by political agendas, undermining the very principles it is meant to uphold. The Court's conservative majority has consistently rolled back essential protections, allowing corporate interests to prevail over the needs of the people. It has ignored the cries for equality, perpetuating systemic injustices. The Court's lack of accountability and transparency erodes public trust in the judiciary, leaving many disillusioned and feeling powerless in the face of injustice. Its decisions have far-reaching and detrimental consequences for the future of our democracy.
❤ Lawrence this program was awesome, informative and intelligent ❤
Bless you ❤
Justice ⚖ Matters ❤
Excellent job, Mr. O’Donnell. And Justice Kagan. ⚖️🇺🇸
A deeply moving presentation! Thank you, Mr O’Donnell
Thank you for this 'confession', Lawrence. That kind of vulnerability creates space for the rest of us to find our own courage to admit to ourselves such disturbing truths.
Huh?
Then get the 💙💙💙💙votes to change Congress and every election to save democracy
Oh Lawrence. You made me cry this morning. Great segment.
Thank you for this! It is so important to make these points to the public.
Lawrence, you're one of MSNBC's MVPs. In fact you're one of contemporary journalism's MVPs.
True, true.
You make me cry, Mr. O'Donnell. I too saw the court this way as I grew up. Now, as you say, they make things up to suit their agenda.
Me too😢.
Me too
Me too!
Thank you for the most honest, most personal opinion I have ever seen on the news.
No matter what they do to you for saying this, you will always be a true American hero to me.
I could not agree with you more.
Beautifully stated Lawrence thank you. ❤
I too have lost faith in the Supreme Court. Worse, I see our Constitution being set aside and trampled.
I've loved the country I grew up in, but now I see Americans and politicians willing to end the balance of power, and have our courts, as well as our voting process so change, that it now bows to a single party. An extreme portion of that party now clamors for an end to democracy.
I no longer live in the United States of my youth.
I am thankful that we are dual nationals. For once, thinking purely selfishly, I am glad my sons have an out.
My heart weeps for this country and the horrible place we find ourselves.
Same here, Maxine. It gives me great sorrow to see how this country has become especially in the last several years. My family escaped from Cuba when I was 5 years old and I'm 67 now. We left because of Communism. We left for democracy. This Court has fallen into the same hands as the Republican party. And, I'm scared to death.
I agree, but don't worry, trump will be back. won't be long before this dem presidency nightmare is finally over and we can get our country back on track morally.
@@g11rfe87 You're kidding me, right?
@@g11rfe87How can you possibly trust Trump with our nation's most important defense secrets? EVERYONE who worked for his WH administration has said he's a literal danger to our national security and is not fit to hold any office. The only former official who has stuck by his side is Mike Flynn and I'm sure it has nothing to do with receiving a pardon.
Mine too :(
Thank you for describing this historical significance and your own person connection as a child watching events take place. Very meaningful!
On point. I used to believe them regardless of whom appointed them...because I believed the upholding of the Constitution was their duty and pride. Thomas case was a sticky point though. I no longer believe in any of the ones appointed by the GOP. So unthinkable...and so disappointing.
My God Lawrence. As usual you absolutely nailed it. Thank you so much for your eloquence and important message.
This was a powerful (and deeply troubling) segment. SCOTUS must undergo deep reforms!
This is an amazing piece Lawrence! Thank you.
Lawrence: SO SO SO important you gave this a voice. Of all the years I've been watching your MSNBC snippets on YT, you have always had integrity and presented specific topics every American should be aware of. This tops them all sir. Giving a voice to exactly what some other journalists shy away from just strengthens your integrity in my book.
It truly is sad that the court is now populated by such small, petty, corrupt creatures.
I concur.
Appointing those three tokens to serve as justices is not only sad, it is the despicable actions of an entirely disgusting sect within our population.
@@John.Flower.Productions You mean Cheater Gorsuch, "I Like Beer" Kavanaugh and what's her face? Sure, I respect them all.
Very moving monologue tonight, and as true as can be. Lawrence O’Donnell, you are a national treasure. Much gratitude and many blessings to you. 🙏🏼
Not as miving as Edgar Bergans new project Kevin McCarthy...this is a moving experience like Kevin buying the Ginzu knife and making sushi for Trumps stunt double the Flex seal guy who doesn't look an awful lot like Trump but has never met the My Pillow guy
Kevin is living proof that Charlie McCarthy us Trumps alter ego the Good Trump and of course Alfred E Newman his bad Trump alter ego...
"As true as can be?" Wow|! You're hopelessly lost. You allow O'Donnell lie to your face, and then congratulate him. You're why we're stuck with those two morons in the White House (Biden and Harris).
Except for Rachel nobody is better.
Thank you, Lawrence, from Denmark. The world is watching the USA in horror. Please continue to keep us informed.
Well said! A Master of explaining and analyzing the conversation! Bravo great journalism!!
I refuse to believe that nothing can be done about this court. Come on, this is outrageous! We need bold action.
And it can’t be a life appointment … term limits!!
We need to do it ourselves. Congress is too corrupt, too much a failed institution, to be of any legitimate value.
I remember when the right used to complain about "activist judges" and say that they wanted "strict constructionists". Some, perhaps, were telling the truth but it is now abundantly clear that most simply wanted activist judges of their own.
With them, every accusation is a confession.
Ha remember back in the day when republicans used to whine about “frivolous lawsuits?” They love them now.
You are 💯% correct
Fantastic presentation, Laurence! ❤
Thank you for sharing that very personal experience, you told it so eloquently that I felt the awe you felt when you were 11 years old in that sacred chamber, the US Supreme Court listening to your father arguing & winning a case in front of those legendary justices.