Supreme Revenge: Ted Olson (interview) | FRONTLINE
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- Ted Olson is a lawyer who served as U.S. assistant attorney general under Reagan and solicitor general under George W. Bush. He has argued cases in front of the Supreme Court, including Bush v. Gore and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
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Disappointing, but have to say he’s technically correct. But life is more than technicalities.
"We don't have any corruption in our judiciary system "- I would argue that point with the arm of dark corporate money that is guiding the Supreme Court !
There is a serious debate that is happening which is does the first amendment allowed the freedom of speech for people or any speech should be able to be platformed without the regulation of the state. It is neither correct nor responsible for the future of our constitutional republic to blame it all on the money.
@@nathanli3024
Much of the lies coming from the media are bought and paid for by big money.
The right-wing pays propagandists to preach lies on the internet every day.
All of Fox Cable is propaganda to discredit the left. Money must play a large roll in that.
Many of the Federal judge appointments will be removed. A Citizens Brigade will be responsible for helping it along.
The Senate does not represent the people. I say give DC, Porta Rico, Samoa, Guam, give them all statehood and 2 senators each.
Depends on how you define term, corruption. I can think of nothing more corrupt than Bill Barr's making the federal judiciary and his position as attorney general privately supportive of Trump!
Ted is a great person
we have all gone through tough and difficult times.......
But but but it was so hard on the nominee 😭😭😭😭
Pesky checks and balances.
Heh heh good one.
Does anybody think Quesling Joe MSM will get any respect?
To say originalism is to merely say separation of powers.
I like this guy. And yes, the Dems are big name callers.
Pure blatant projection.
That is the Republican way.
Well...that's not untrue🤔😏 I think the best thing about this interview is that both sides have some dirt on their hands from throwing mud.
The bigger issue I have is how all those Republicans in the Senate and over government positions spoke out so vehemently against trup and then they are all for the guy and now that he is almost out they are like please leave the presidency guy. For me I just scream "BUT YOU GUYS KNEW WHO HE WAS...YOU HAD TO KNOW HE WOULD DO THIS!!!"
And who calls the left, snowflakes?
@vincent vargas You are correct, short memory, but the spelling is off~ lying, not lieying, and, etc, not ect.
@@cbryce9243 noice!!!
My father served for 30 years in the Army.....can you imagine what he went through.....no tears for Kavannah
@pamel jones My father served for 30 years and still works in the pentagon. What the crab does that have to do with anything? There is NO excuse for what they did to Kavannah. They threw his name through the mud with the help of their media friends. If that happened to your dad I bet you would have been furious. But hey, who cares about empathy if you can be a jerk to someone you disagree with politically, amirite?
I wonder how a court loaded with deeply religious people can render decisions that are right for a country where those beliefs have and are now declining. I am afraid being religious will be the ‘get out of jail’ card while the rest of us will not have our rights defended. Being religious now equals carte blanche freedom to do whatever they want including authoritarianism. Will they start punishing those of us who do not share the same beliefs?
Remember how women were ridiculed as being hysterical when they pointed to The Handmaid's Tale? I confess to feeling it was a bit over the top. Well fool me once....
If history is to be learned from.... Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
I'm not sure where you get this idea that religious people have a "get out of jail card"? The only thing that I can think of is that churches qualify for non-profit tax exemption status, but so do many other advocacy groups. I think Planned Parenthood is non-profit, for example. We just had a recent decision blocking NY Governor's restrictions on religious gatherings since he was allowing liquor stores and strip clubs to be open. Is that what you are referring to?
@@tomclark1213 what are you equating? Religious magical thinking is a choice of identity, medical procedures are a choice of security and mate. They are equally valid to the human experience, not one you should deny at the whim of an edict or identity proclamation.
I'll stay out of your parish if you stay out of my medical issues.
As far as tax exempt status, that is because traditionally, churches did good in the community, and therefore earned the exemption. I'm struggling with that notion every time a tax exempt church teaches the prosperity gospel and seeding the church to magically have favor returned from God. It's a scam. You and I both know this.
@@seeit360 Here we go again with your "magical thinking" mantra. What makes you think that I am religious? I am not. I don't pray. I don't go to church. I don't tithe.
I have no parish. I have no opinion regarding your medical issues other than your unclear yet dogmatic thinking.
As far as prosperity churches are considered, I think you are talking about God rewarding people financially for being faithful churchgoers? Yeah, that is antithetical to the teachings in the New Testament, but people have a right to believe that if they want to. Just like you believe the end is nigh. I just happen not to believe either of those things.
I think all non-profits and tax exemptions and tax credits, tax deductions, tax brackets, etc. are all scams. Indeed, the whole tax system is nothing but a web of scams. So I agree that organized churches are participating in the scam, but so is everyone else. People that call out the churches, but fail to call out everyone else and worse take exemptions, credits, and deductions for themselves are being hypocritical I would say.
This such Bull.....this is a person trying to change our democracy.......one vote per person and that is our democracy......end of the discussion
That is not our democracy. That is something you may want, but we have an [electoral] college. As well, we don't elect our Justices directly. This country is a Republic with some mix of popular voting especially for our legislatures, governors, and sheriffs. Some states allow ballot initiatives (which I think is a mistake as voters rarely know the details of initiatives so they are voting in the dark as it were). Anyway our system of governance is a fairly complex system of checks and balances *against* democracy or what the Founders would call "mob rule".
The founding fathers knew that our system could only work until the populace learned they could "vote themselves largess" and structured the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and electoral system to prevent mob rule. For the sake of mankind the discussion must always continue. You and your Cancel Culture think you have the right to claim "end of discussion" or "the science is settled" etc, which is a classic symptom of someone with an argument so weak they know they can't discuss it without losing.
Perfect Way to end The Interview
The interviewer can't get him to talk ” Smack & Stupid Negative Ignorant Comments” lol- He just looks pathetic. Clearly didn't bother to read his RESUME!
The person doing this interview needs to find another job. Truly amateur and obnoxious.
Agree, it was hard to listen.
we should have a random draw to pick supreme court justices from a pool
@Mark989 I absolutely have not been. The last time I looked outside my window people were setting trash cans on fire.
I'm sure she voted for biden.
This interviewer is terrible.
Amy is Trump's Revenge on America !!!
So glad the baby killer is dead, wouldn't you say? Trump 2020!
The "great contribution" she made to our system was to water down our Constitution. What a giant.
Water down? Be specific. What do you mean? What did she water down in a document that has been interpreted for generations?
All three pencil pushers and pencil heads from Bush administration.
They are not conservative enough, you should consider yourself lucky. Complain like an ignorant child when you don't have an argument. Pencil head Too funny
WE THE PEOPLE of USA , do not want ''powerful government ''clerks in our congress, we want people that keep the ''books'' and follow the word of OUR LAW. ''WE have been neglectful in our past, WE will now monitor en masse OUR government TOWN, STATE, FED.. and teach our children HOW. ''NO GROUP OF CRIMINALS WILL EVER COME IN OUR BACKDOOR AND CONTROL OUR ''FREEDOMS'' , AGAIN''
This guy is god-awfully conservative and he will admit to nothing. "It is what it is, what it is, what it is........" ad nausasium! I could only get to about half.
guess its time for the democrats to play hard ball. Dems if you are listening, stop being so fair.
I'd be interested to know how to know that the Dem's treatment of Bork, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, etc. has been fair. Or how, the Dem's getting rid of the 60 votes needed to appoint a federal judge was more fair than R's using less than 60 votes to appoint a Justice?
mark blue, yes the Democrats do need to play hardball. They need to start impeachment proceedings against the 4 Supreme Court judges who said they wouldn't repeal Roe vs Wade. But, then repealed it anyway. They LIED under oath.
Thomas. Gorsouch. Kavenaugh. Barrett.
These impeachments will be a good start.
That wig..jeez..this guy is what’s wrong about politics. Screw what the majority of the American people wants or needs..they got the senate and the presidents(till 1/21)..so take that right?? The self entitlement of the GOP ..
This guy has way too much faith in the integrity of the gop senate lmao
I disagree with his mindset that tries to focus us on democrats having voted in the most extreme numbers against Republican candidates historically. Perhaps its best to ask the "why" question.