CBS Slams ‘Conservative Court’ and ‘Race-Conscious’ Policy Rulings
On CBS News Sunday Morning, CBS chief Washington analyst Robert Costa presented a story with comparisons of the recent Supreme Court’s Callais v. Louisiana decision to the civil rights movement, and predicted the Court, led by Justice John Roberts, would be remembered for its decisions on “race-conscious” policies.
Oliver's Supreme Court 'Reform' Proposals Include Court Packing
The weekend of bad Supreme Court hot takes on late night comedy shows continued on HBO on Sunday as Last Week Tonight host John Oliver tackled the concept of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket, also known as its emergency docket or interim relief docket. At the end of his lengthy anti-SCOTUS monologue, Oliver declared that “we” need to start preparing voters for “court reform,” which…
SNL's Kavanaugh Claims Court Is Going To Let Trump Ignore Constitution
Actor Matt Damon stopped by NBC and Saturday Night Live over the weekend to reprise his role as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and suggest that he and his colleagues have a secret plan to let President Trump ignore the Constitution and run for a third term. Fake Kavanaugh revealed his secret while at a bar during a bro session with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost)…
MS NOW Analyst: GOP Moves = 'American Version of Apartheid'
In a wildly inflammatory segment on Saturday's edition of The Weekend: Primetime, MS NOW analyst Basil Smikle declared Republican-led redistricting and other moves tantamount to “an American version of apartheid.” Earlier in the segment, law professor James Sample admitted that the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Democrat mid-decade power grab was “probably right on the law…
Crazy Claims on MS NOW: Roberts Court Among ‘Most Racist’ in History
In a stunning segment on Saturday's edition of MS NOW’s The Weekend, Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) unleashed an unhinged attack on the Supreme Court and its recent Voting Rights Act decision — comparing it to the Taney Court’s infamous Dred Scott ruling and declaring the Roberts Court “one of the most racist courts in American history.”
CBS Paints Alabama Redistricting As Civil Rights Vs. GOP 'Power Grab'
CBS senior White House and national correspondent Ed O’Keefe traveled to Alabama on Thursday for CBS Mornings to cover that state’s redistricting efforts after the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on majority-minority districts. According to O’Keefe, the battle was between those who are fighting to maintain the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and power-hungry Republicans.
Louisiana Redistricting to Begin Friday Due to Supreme Court Ruling
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court denied a last-ditch effort to stop Louisiana from immediately complying with the High Court’s ruling requiring redistricting to erase the state's race-based map, setting the stage for the redistricting effort to begin on Friday.
Katy Tur Wants to Be Constitutional Activist After Retirement
During the first hour of Katy Tur Reports, a supposed timeslot for hard news, the MS NOW daytime host described her possible future retirement plans as an activist for changing of the Constitution. The discloser of her fantasy came while in discussion with Melissa Murray about her new book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.
Oliver Dubs Alito 'Segregation Sammy' For 'Horse****' VRA Ruling
HBO’s John Oliver went on an especially nasty rant against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight for his recent majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais. Oliver declared that Alito’s claim that the South isn’t as racist as it was in the 60s is “obviously horseshit” and suggested Alito supports segregation multiple times.
SNL Claims Supreme Court Turned 'A Firehose' On Black People
The late night comedy shows’ desire to trash the Supreme Court for its recent ruling that paved the way for the elimination of mandated majority-minority districts continued on NBC’s Saturday Night Live when Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che compared the decision to the days of the Civil Rights Movement when protestors were attacked with firehoses.
Stewart Laughs At The Idea Racism Isn't What It Was In The 60s
Comedy Central’s Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, welcomed lawyer and professor Sherrilyn Ifill to the program to react to the Supreme Court’s latest ruling regarding the Voting Rights Act. However, Stewart also invited Ifill to give a larger history lesson, which led him to laugh at the Court’s 2013 ruling that got rid of the need for DOJ preclearance for southern states…
MS NOW: SCOTUS Ruling Shows Black Voters Have No 'Rights It Respects'
On last night’s The Weekend: Primetime on MS NOW, legal analyst and law professor Paul Butler delivered an astonishing assessment of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the Voting Rights Act. Analogizing it to the Dred Scott decision, Butler made the absurd claim: “It’s like the Dred Scott decision, where the Court said that the black man has no rights that the…
Abrams on MS NOW: 'Racist Fascist' Republicans Bringing Back Jim Crow
On Saturday’s The Weekend on MS NOW, Stacey Abrams was given the full VIP treatment. Co-host Eugene Daniels introduced her as “Madam Leader,” and the panel kept the unctuous title going throughout the segment — even though her time as minority leader in the Georgia House ended nine years ago. Abrams accused Republicans of trying to “legalize the restoration of Jim Crow,” compared the…
Capehart Insists Assassination Attempt Was Just Common Gun Violence
MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart had a rough Friday night on PBS News Hour. For one thing, he got triggered when the usually amenable The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks pointed out that progressives are more likely to support political violence than conservatives, which hurt his ability to argue the Saturday assassination attempt against President Trump was just another…
