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Sen. Booker Outraged at Sen. Padilla Being Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed
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- Sen. Booker Outraged at Sen. Padilla Being Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sen. Booker (D-NJ) and other senators took to the floor to express their outrage at their colleague Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles.
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- BREAKING: Sen. Padilla Handcuffed After Attending Kristi Noem's Press Conference in Los Angeles
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles earlier today.
The Senator's office said, "He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information.”
This is a developing story.
Video credit:@Elex_Michaelson/X from Sen. Padilla's staff
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- Rep. Maxwell Frost: Calls to Arrest Gov. Newsom Are NOT Empty Threats
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- During a House Oversight Committee hearing today, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) says calls to arrest California Gov. Gavin Newsom are not just empty threats because Trump knows his biggest opposition is Democratic officials.
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- Gov. Gavin Newsom: "Other States Are Next. Democracy is Next."
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- “California may be first, but it clearly won’t end here,” Newsom said. “Other states are next. Democracy is next.”
Donald Trump’s government isn’t protecting communities — they’re traumatizing communities. Right now, they’re targeting vulnerable individuals, but that’s just where authoritarian regimes start — that’s not where they end. The Trump administration will try to sow division so they can further encroach on our rights and take control.
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- House Speaker Mike Johnson (R): Gavin Newsom "Ought to Be Tarred and Feathered"
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- When asked today if California Gov. Gavin Newsom should face legal consequences given the ongoing protests in Los Angeles, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) said he couldn’t comment on that but suggested the governor "ought to be tarred and feathered."
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- BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Down GOP Rules Meant to Delay Election Certification
- Runtime
- 11:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the Republican-led State Elections Board (SEB) exceeded its authority in passing a handful of controversial anti-voting rules last year.
The unanimous decision by the state’s highest court upholds a lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked several rules passed by the SEB last year, including ones requiring counting ballots by hand and for voters to provide a signature and ID at ballot drop boxes. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/georgia-supreme-court-blocks-state-election-boards-anti-voting-rules/
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- BREAKING: California to Sue Trump for Sending Troops to Los Angeles ICE Protests
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- BREAKING: California will sue President Donald Trump over his move to federalize the state’s National Guard, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Monday.
In an extreme move, Trump over the weekend bypassed Newsom’s authority to deploy at least 300 California National Guard troops to counter largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles over aggressive immigration raids in the city led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Trump federalized the state troops through vague and rarely used federal powers. It marked the first time since 1965 that a president activated a state’s National Guard force without a request from that state’s governor.
“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted,” Newsom said in a social media post. “He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard.”
“The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing. We’re suing him,” h...
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- Russell Vought — Trump’s budget hawk and architect of Project 2025 — to lead DOGE
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- 0:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- While Elon Musk and Donald Trump continue their public break up and tear down, the real story is the man replacing Musk at DOGE: Russell Vought.
Vought — Trump’s budget hawk and one of the chief architects of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 — is stepping in to become DOGE’s new power broker.
With Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist, at the helm, the slash-and-burn effort against the federal government may be on the cusp of an even darker turn.
Last year, Vought told undercover journalists with the Centre for Climate Reporting that he wants “to make sure that we can say we are a Christian nation.”
“And my viewpoint is mostly that I would probably be Christian nation-ism,” Vought said. “That’s pretty close to Christian nationalism because I also believe in nationalism.”
To achieve that, Vought said in the interview he seeks to replace the non-partisan and merit-based federal civ...
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- What Democrats Must Do to Win in 2028 | Sen. Claire McCaskill
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- 38:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Republicans work on betraying the American people, Democrats are finding a path forward. Former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill sits down with Marc to discuss Elon Musk’s failure at DOGE, Trump’s obsession with tariffs, and the future of the Democratic Party.
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- Sen. Booker (D-NJ): I Am Sick and Tired of this Kind of Heated Partisan Rhetoric
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- During a Senate hearing Tuesday on federal judges ruling against Trump, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said in response to statements from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), “I am sick and tired of hearing this kind of heated partisan rhetoric, which is one of the reasons we have divisions in this country. The attacks we see from POTUS, trolling and dragging judges is what we should be talking about that puts people in danger.”
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- We “Can’t Give Up” on Democracy | Professor Michael Klarman
- Runtime
- 48:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Lawyers are on the frontlines of the fight for democracy. Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman joins the podcast to discuss law firms bending the knee to Trump, the administration’s attacks on Harvard, and advice for law students. Find Professor Klarman’s Last Lecture talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyMzV26ofY
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- The Fight for a Pro-Democracy Agenda | Rep. Ritchie Torres
- Runtime
- 37:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Trump is a grave threat to our freedom and due process. New York Congressman Ritchie Torres sits down with Marc Elias to discuss the GOP’s threat to his district, the importance of passing the SAFE Act and expanding our pro-democracy agenda.
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- BREAKING: DOJ Files Anti-Voter Lawsuit in North Carolina
- Runtime
- 16:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Department of Justice filed a new lawsuit in North Carolina claiming that the state's voter rolls do not comply with federal law. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain the DOJ's first new voting lawsuit of the Trump administration, how it put thousands of voter registrations at risk and echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin.
Learn more about the lawsuit: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-carolina-voter-roll-maintenance-challenge-doj/
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- Democrats’ Plan to Stop the SAVE Act, DOGE | Sen. Alex Padilla
- Runtime
- 28:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- California Senator Alex Padilla foiled Republicans’ attempt to pass the SAVE Act this week. Sen. Padilla joins Marc Elias to discuss protecting voters’ information from DOGE, his experience expanding ballot access as California’s secretary of state and the work Senate Democrats are doing to fight voter suppression. ----
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Covering election and democracy litigation is central to our mission. But today’s battles over democracy — access to voting, gerrymandering, executive overreach, the rule of law, and more — also play out in Congress, in the administration, and in states around the country. Through our comprehensive coverage, we’re committed to the fight to protect and strengthen U.S. democracy at a time when it faces grave dangers.
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- Kristi Noem Does Not In Fact Know What Habeas Corpus Is
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem offered an incorrect definition of habeas corpus when questioned by Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) in the Senate today.
Noem said, “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.”
This is not true. Habeas corpus is a fundamental constitutional right that allows individuals in custody to challenge the legality of their detention. It can only be suspended during a rebellion or invasion.
Conversations around habeas corpus have gained prominence following controversial remarks earlier this month from Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller. Miller said the administration is looking into suspending habeas corpus after the White House's mass deportation efforts using an 18th century law were stymied by federal courts.
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- Why Trump is the “Most Corrupt” President Ever | Rep. Greg Landsman
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- 33:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Ohio Congressman Greg Landsman joins Marc Elias to discuss why Trump is the most corrupt president ever, how the Republicans' budget would gut healthcare for millions and how to remove extremism from Congress.
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- This is a “Dangerous Moment” for All of Our Civil Rights | Sen. Chris Van Hollen
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- 39:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen joins Marc Elias to discuss his trip to El Salvador to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration's attacks on the rule of law and why all of our civil rights are at risk.
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- Chuck Schumer: SAVE Act Will Not Pass the Senate. Period.
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- During a Democratic-led hearing on the SAVE Act, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “this SAVE Act is one of the most despicable acts of legislation that I’ve ever seen... and it’s not going to pass the Senate. Period.”
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- IT’S OVER: Republican Jefferson Griffin Concedes in North Carolina Supreme Court Race
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- 16:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the 2024 North Carolina state Supreme Court election, finally conceded six months after losing the race to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz discuss.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/its-over-republican-jefferson-griffin-concedes-in-north-carolina-supreme-court-race/
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- Redistricting, the Supreme Court and the Fight for Fair Maps | Marina Jenkins
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- 36:16
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, joined Marc Elias to discuss the state of redistricting, the Supreme Court and how the fight for fair maps is going.
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- BREAKING: Federal Court Blocks GOP Effort to Overturn North Carolina Supreme Court Election
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- 11:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In a victory for voters, a federal court has halted Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin’s efforts to overturn an election and disenfranchise thousands of voters and ordered the state to certify Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ victory. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
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- Marc Elias: Trump's Attacks on the Rule of Law and Democracy
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- 6:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias was featured on 60 Minutes to discuss President Trump's attacks on the rule of law. Elias was the only lawyer targeted by Trump who was willing to appear on the program.
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- Sen. Chris Murphy: This is a "Dire" Moment for Democracy
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- 37:24
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy joins Marc Elias to discuss Trump's first 100 days back in office, the threats facing democracy and what Senator Murphy is hearing from voters in deep-red districts across the country.
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- BREAKING: Settlement Approved to End North Carolina Voter Suppression Law
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- 9:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In a win for voters, North Carolina settles with voting rights groups and DNC to permanently block part of SB 747. The law required officials to reject some voters' ballots due to address verification issues and offered no remedy to fix the problem. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
Read more about the case: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-carolina-s-b-747-undeliverable-mail-provision-challenge/
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- BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Elections Executive Order
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- 12:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A U.S. judge Thursday blocked federal agencies from carrying out key parts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on elections. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
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- BREAKING: 4th Circuit Pauses North Carolina Ballot Rejections
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- 20:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals voted Tuesday 2-1 to order the state not to mail any notices to the roughly 1,400 voters whose ballots are included in the state’s cure process while litigation over Democrat Allison Riggs’ narrow victory continues in federal court. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain the order and what happens next.
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- Trump Targets Officials Who Opposed His Election Lies
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- 14:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top officials to investigate two of his former first-term officials who publicly refuted his baseless claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent and criticized his chaotic administration from within. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-probe-krebs-taylor-officials-opposed-election-lies/
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- Trump DOJ Drops Voting Rights Lawsuits
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- 12:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- In the past few weeks, the Trump Justice Department dropped or withdrew its involvement in 7 voting rights cases filed under the Biden Administration. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain these cases and what they mean about the future of voting rights and federal election law enforcement.
These are the lawsuits dropped:
-Alabama voter purge: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabama-naturalized-citizen-voter-purge-challenge-doj/
-Arizona proof of citizenship: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-citizenship-requirement-challenge-doj/
-Georgia SB 202: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-voter-suppression-law-doj/
-Georgia Houston County redistricting: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-houston-county-board-of-commissioners-at-large-electoral-method-challenge/
-Louisiana redistricting: https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisiana-congressional-redistricting-challenge-callais/
-Texas redistricting: ...
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- BREAKING: Judge Starts Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Trump Admin
- Runtime
- 16:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Federal Judge James Boasberg said he’d found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for showing “a willful disregard” toward his March 15 orders requiring it return to the U.S. the hundreds of Venezuelan migrants it sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador using an 18th-century wartime law. Marc Elias explains what happens now.
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- BREAKING: North Carolina's GOP Supreme Court OKs Disenfranchisement of Military Voters
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- 15:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- North Carolina’s highest court issued a ruling to disenfranchise voters Friday in the ongoing legal saga over the 2024 election between state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs (D) and her Republican challenger, appeals court judge Jefferson Griffin.
Per today’s ruling, around 60,000 ballots with incomplete registrations cast in the 2024 state Supreme Court election will be counted. The Court also issued a 30-day cure period for roughly 5,000 overseas military voters, or risk disenfranchisement.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-supreme-court-rules-to-count-some-ballots-reject-others/
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- Don’t Believe That Trump Will Follow Court Orders | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
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- 35:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joins Marc to discuss the ongoing influence of dark money in the courts, how the Trump administration is tearing apart the Justice Department and Elon Musk-led threats against judges.
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- BREAKING: House Passes SAVE Act, Major Voting Suppression Bill
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- 17:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy.
The vote count was 220 to 208, with four Democrats voting for the bill and zero Republicans opposing it.
Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz break it down.
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- Elon Musk Helped Democrats Win in Wisconsin | Ben Wikler
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- 31:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler joins Marc Elias to discuss the state Supreme Court victory, why even Republicans hate Musk right now and Wikler's advice to Democrats running nationwide.
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- BREAKING: North Carolina Court Says 65k Ballots Can Be Tossed Out | Justice Allison Riggs
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- 37:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A three-judge panel in the North Carolina appeals court ruled Friday to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in the state’s Supreme Court election unless they can fix their ballots in 15 days. The decision comes from Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin’s election contest. Incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs, whose victory Griffin challenged, joins Marc Elias to discuss what it means.
Griffin claims about 60k ballots came from voters whose registrations are incomplete because they are missing driver's license or social security numbers. He claims another 5k ballots came from military and overseas voters who did not provide photo ID with their mail-in ballots. The North Carolina State Board of Elections and a lower state court rejected these arguments.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/nc-voters-must-fix-ballots-in-15-days-court-rules/
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- The GOP is Full of "Cowards" and "Crazies" | Sen. Andy Kim
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- 34:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim hosted a series of town halls in Republican congressional districts after the local representatives refused to do so. Sen. Kim joins Marc Elias to discuss what he heard from voters at these events, his co-Senator Cory Booker's historic speech and why he believes the GOP is no longer a political party.
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- Rep. Jamie Raskin: Executive Orders Do Not Trump the Constitution
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Today, House Judiciary Subcommittees debated whether the record number of federal court blocks against Trump’s executive orders constitutes “judicial overreach.” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) argued it’s the courts’ inherent duty to uphold the Constitution.
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- Trump’s Growing Threats to Judges | Rep. Dan Goldman
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- 30:27
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- New York Congressman Dan Goldman sits down with Marc Elias to discuss President Trump’s growing threats to the federal judiciary and the rule of law, the politicization of the Justice Department and the president’s latest election executive order.
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- Trump’s Latest Order Will Disenfranchise Millions | Sec. of State Adrian Fontes
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- 27:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes joins Marc Elias to discuss President Trump's latest executive order targeting elections and explains how the action will disenfranchise voters, cause chaos and make it impossible for states to run free and fair elections.
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- We're in a Constitutional Crisis | Rep. Robert Garcia
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- 33:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- California Congressman Robert Garcia joins Marc Elias to discuss what it's like to be targeted by the DOJ and Trump officials, whether the U.S. is in a constitutional crisis and more.
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- Marc Elias: Trump's Judicial Impeachment Threats are Intimidation
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Trump and other Republicans have called for federal judges who have ruled against the administration to be impeached. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement pushing back on the president. Marc Elias shares his thoughts on why the GOP is making public calls for impeachment.
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- The Lawyers Surrendering to Trump | George Conway
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- 48:19
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Lawyers George Conway and Marc Elias discuss how Trump is targeting law firms, why major parts of the legal community aren't fighting back and whether the courts can hold Trump accountable.
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- What Every American Can Do To Fight DOGE | Rep. Jamie Raskin
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- 26:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin joins Defending Democracy to discuss the state of democracy, how Republicans are ceding their constitutional powers and the one action every American should do to protest DOGE.
Learn more about Rep. Raskin’s DOGE FOIA request: https://jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-act-requests/
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- The United States is in a "Soft Coup" | Joyce Vance
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- 37:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Former U.S. Attorney and legal expert Joyce Vance talks with Marc Elias about whether the court system can hold Trump accountable, how Trump loyalists are trying to transform the DOJ and why Vance is describing our current political state as a "soft coup."
Check out Joyce's Substack: https://substack.com/@joycevance
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- The Radical Unitary Executive Theory and Trump, Explained
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- 17:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Donald Trump is taking unprecedented actions to assert his control over the federal government. Behind these efforts is the unitary of executive theory, a once-fringe legal idea that asserts that the president has unlimited power to control the actions of the four million people who make up the executive branch.
Read more about the unitary executive theory: https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-is-unitary-executive-theory-how-is-trump-using-it-to-push-his-agenda/
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- Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) grilled Trump nominee on anti-voting history
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, California Sen. Alex Padilla asked Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s pick to lead the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, how we could trust Dhillon to enforce the nation’s voting rights laws given her track record of anti-voting litigation.
Through her work with the law firm that she founded in 2006, Dhillon has become one of the leading legal figures working to roll back voting rights across the country. In the past few years, Dhillon — or an attorney from her law firm — has been involved in more than a dozen different lawsuits across the country challenging voting rights laws, redistricting, election processes or Trump’s efforts to appear on the ballot in the 2024 election.
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- Trump picks Jan. 6 defender to lead agency that investigated insurrection
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Ed Martin was part of the mob at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, he’s one of the top attorneys in the country, running the agency that successfully prosecuted over 1,500 insurrectionists.
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- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sues Trump administration to release over $3 billion in federal funds
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) sued President Donald Trump’s administration to get them to unfreeze over $3 billion of federal funding allocated to his state’s agencies over the next several years.
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- Republican Explains Why Musk is Trump's Biggest Liability | Sarah Longwell
- Runtime
- 39:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sarah Longwell — Republican political strategist, publisher of The Bulwark and host of The Focus Group Podcast — joins Marc Elias to discuss the cowardice of so-called moderate Republicans, why Elon Musk is one of the GOP's biggest liabilities and the media landscape.
Check out The Bulwark: https://www.thebulwark.com/
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- 14 states sue to block DOGE’s unconstitutional actions
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- 14 states filed a lawsuit to nullify the unconstitutional actions of Elon Musk’s DOGE and prevent them from performing any future actions like freezing federal funding, accessing agency data and taking over agencies.
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- Georgia Secretary of State Asks DOJ, DHS to Suppress Voters
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- 10:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Shortly after the new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asked her to drop the Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging the state’s 2021 voter suppression law, S.B. 202. Raffensperger also asked newly minted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for greater access to immigration data to verify voter registrations. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/raffensperger-asks-federal-government-for-help-suppressing-voters/
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