Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew delve into the meat of Medicare For All and what it would mean for America. We need your help to keep providing free videos! Support the Majority Report's video content by going to http://www.Patreon.com/MajorityReport Watch the Majority Report live M–F at 12 p.m. EST at youtube.com/samseder or listen via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/SamSeder ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMj7DTLNaNk

Emma hosts Joanna Schwartz, professor at UCLA Law School, to discuss her recent book Shielded: How The Police Became Untouchable. Professor Schwartz zooms out to look at the history of qualified immunity, beginning with the passage of the Klu Klux Klan Act in 1871 which sought to grant the right of trial and due process to the recently freed Black population when it came to addressing justice for constitutional violations by the state, only for the Supreme Court to respond immediately by making various decisions to undermine and stunt these developments as the US continued into the Jim Crow era. Moving into the second half of the 20th Century, Joanna and Emma explore the Supreme Court’s decision to finally reverse this decision in 1968, then opening up lawsuits against local governments in ’71, only to – once again – launch various decisions that undermined this right, opening up local governments to passing qualified immunity and other measures that protect them from accountability and hinder victims of police brutalities’ quests for justice. Wrapping up the interview, they tackle the history and development of policing institutions in the US, coming out of the slave economy and settler-colonial structure of the early US, and discuss what policy measures can help bolster Americans’ right to justice in the face of state abuses. Sam Mellins then joins as he walks through Kathy Hochul’s failed nomination of Hector LaSalle to the Chief Judgeship of the NY Court of Appeals, why she embraced this loss so dearly, and where it leaves the future of this seat. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #politics #news #progressive #leftist #democrats #liberal SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://www.jointhemajorityreport.com/ Download TMR's FREE app: http://www.majorityapp.com TMR MERCH: http://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com CHECK OUT MORE from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning OTHER LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/ Check out more from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton THE DISCOURSE https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Joanna Schwartz is a law professor at UCLA and the book is called Shielded How the Police Became Untouchable. Joanna thanks so much for coming on. Thanks so much for having me. of course. So you open your book in Atlanta in the introduction. And that's been in the news for cop-related police-related reasons recently because of the construction of Cop City, the demonstrations, and the protest against it. And you tell the story of Henry Norris who was a 78-year-old grandfather who had this encounter with police. It was not a lethal encounter, right? But still a horrifying one. Why did you make the choice to start with that story as opposed to you know some of the more well-known Infamous stories of police brutality in this country? And that is for a reason. The cases that Garner National and international attention are cases where there's a lot of public pressure to get Justice for the victims of misconduct. And in those cases often justice of some sort is quickly given to the victims and their families. But the kinds of cases that I'm really focused on are the cases that don't get public attention. and those really are the cases where the various kinds of barriers that the Supreme Court and state and local governments have created make it very difficult for those people to seek Justice. And so I start the story with one of those people his name is Andre Norris as you mentioned. He was sitting at home watching the news as he did most nights when a group of over a dozen police officers stormed into his home they were looking for a drug dealer and had a warrant for a house that was 30 yards away and looked nothing like his home. But they came into his home anyway, busted down the doors, handcuffed him, put him to the floor, and ignored his calls for help. He had heart trouble and he was twice the age of the person they were looking for but was mistreated nonetheless. and when he wanted Justice through the system there was no chance that the officers were going to be prosecuted. They weren't disciplined by the department. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2YXPBXKRbY

Joe Biden and Democratic leadership falsely believe that the majority of Republicans are reasonable rational human beings who are held hostage by a group of crazy Trump loyalists. This seems to only apply to Republicans who are retiring like Adam Kinzinger. The rest of the are selling shirts that say "Ultra-MAGA". Watch the Majority Report live Monday – Friday at 12 p.m. EST at http://www.youtube.com/SamSeder or listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM #MajorityReport SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://www.jointhemajorityreport.com/ Download our FREE app: http://www.majorityapp.com Find TMR merchandise on our website: http://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com Spread the progressive message! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment to bring attention to the stories that matter to you. And SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with The Majority Report’s video content! Support The Majority Report by subscribing to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3jIAlnQmbbVMV6gR7K8aQ Follow us on Social Media: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/ Image Credit, Hudson Institute https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Representative_Adam_Kinzinger_at_Hudson_Institute.jpg https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ Image has been cropped and color has been altered. Joe Biden's out there today. he told CNN on Thursday that he met with I'm sorry Mitch McConnell said this. He met with John Cornyn and encouraged him to speak with Democrats to find a compromise on legislation. and somehow Joe Biden is buying this. and he is supposedly waiting for what he calls rational republicans. we have the tweet. just one second. this first off again. Again. The democrats can't seem to understand this concept. the democratic leadership. yeah, there's a story in business side insider. and I get it republicans are the problem. don't email me. because we're talking about the Democratic leadership not getting that. send your emails to them. yes, democrats have majorities in a very slim one to be fair but in the senate and the house as well as the presidency. so blaming republicans right now well. no I mean look joe Manchin's not going to do it I get it but the best that Democrats can do at this point is to be engaged in politics about it. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiVExb6muIs

Ladies and gentlemen, our doofus President. Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew discuss this. We need your help to keep providing free videos! Support the Majority Report's video content by going to http://www.Patreon.com/MajorityReport Watch the Majority Report live M–F at 12 p.m. EST at youtube.com/samseder or listen via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/SamSeder ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG0a3nYyO2I