Watched your interview with President Biden. What a remarkable man with integrity and a commendable political history. It makes me furious that Trump will come in to office and try to take credit for the success of Biden’s administration. We must call him out when he does.
It will be infuriating because Trump and the Republicans will take credit for Biden's successes and the MSM will go along with the farce. Hopefully, now with the rise of MeidasTouch and other podcasters and Substackers, we can seriously challenge this lie.
I really enjoy your work, and I'm sorry I can't afford a yearly subscription. I'm in my late 80's, and on Social Security and Teacher Retirement. But I'll keep on reading your columns every day. I wish you a blessed holiday season.
Agreed, Jean B. I was thinking about the same thing, you bet me to it. We've fallen so far from the rule of laws this country was founded on, and dreading this next administration. Thank You,Ben and the MeidasTouch Network for sharing this podcast today, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍
What kinda upsets me Is that the Dems didn't do any aggressive messaging. like to consistently put out to the public of all the accomplishments of the Biden/Harris admin. for one. Also I didn't understand how _rump was permitted to run in the 1st place & why did it seem like there was no push back about it. Mostly though, why didn't P.Biden start Months ago to do as much as he could to protect a lot of his work & the Constitution+the Laws.etc of the US. JMO
I am hoping that Judge Merchan goes with option A. Sentence and then stay the sentence until he is officially out of office. Get it on the record and into the history books.
I honestly don't think that he will live through these next four years if he doesn't get impeached or have the 25th ammendment enacted before then. I feel like Vance is a Trojan Horse and there's going to be a hostile takeover. That's my gut talking and my gut is usually never wrong.
I hope you're wrong too. Merchan needs to consider what his legacy will look like in history books too. At least, I hope that he is thinking about that.
I’d like to see him lying in state as RBG did. All his Magats would come, possibly showing some dignity. Most likely tho, we’d be inundated with accusations and conspiracies.
Vance would do whatever his daddy Peter Thiel told him to. And if, god forbid, anything happened to him,
Maga Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, would be next in line. Mikey hears voices in his head that he believes is god talking to him.
No good choices. We’ll just have to watch trump make a fool of himself, then fight like hell to make him not seek a 3rd term.
I love the Biden interview, great job by Ben. I follow you as a free subscriber because I only live on my Social Security and half of it goes to my rent. Thank you.
I also live on soc Sec. I signed up with Patron bc MTN told me to, without telling me it came with another cost. I’ve tried to delete it, but with no luck. My son told me the 35$ goes directly to them so you can talk to them. I don’t want that bc I’m an introvert, its taken me years to speak to people I worked with daily.
I enjoy the weekly show that we can comment on, and I’d hate to delete that one, bc it’s fun. I just can’t afford 60$. This is a complete bummer. I’ve never used Patron. Never will.
I hope that all of us who love our country that we have the courage to wait as these Republicans burn themselves up because I do trust that what goes around comes around.
Yeah Jean B., this country has really dipped upside down. Now it’s basically whoever has the most money can buy the presidency, and these kinds of people will not handle power in a responsible way. Rather they will flaunt their money and power all the time, not knowing they’re allowing outside opponents to get reads on them and look into not only how to counter them, but also be able to manipulate them.
Meidas Touch host and law professor Ben Meiselas is one of my favorite legal analysts on YouTube along with Glen Kirshner. Today I listened to Ben offer his analysis of the unanimous decision of the US Supreme court on the Colorado attempt to keep Trump off their state ballot. Ben interprets that decision to mean that congress needs to pass a law saying what section 3 of the 14thamendment says, for section three to be enforcable.
Hold on Ben... I get that you think the US Supreme Court got it wrong in their response to the Colorado suit (which was about whether or not Trump's name had to be on the state ballot, NOT whether our not Trump could be sworn in). And I get that your intent here was to attempt to explain the court ruling even though you disagree with it. However, I take some issue with your explanation. My understanding of that ruling is that it applied to Colorado (states) keeping Trump off the ballot there, and that their ruling did not really or completely address the issue of whether or not Trump was disqualified from being sworn in. My take is that they said that IF congress wanted the 3rd section of the 14th amendment to be ENFORCEABLE BY STATES, Congress would need to pass legislation allowing for this. But I do not see where this allows Trump to be sworn in as President on January 20th. Most constitutional scholars (like Lawrence Tribe & Harry Litman) reviewed the decision and still say the 3rd section IS still clearly self-executing the same as the minimum age requirement is self executing. Any legislation that might be proposed to enforce section 3 would be therefore be redundant legislation, so it is unnecessary and THAT is where the Supreme Court confuses the issue. If one presumes the constitution to be a legal document then the 3rd section definitely prevents Trump from being sworn in and it therefore stands to reason that any justice who does swear him in would be violating this clause and therefore be in violation of the law.
I do agree with you, Ben that it is looking like Trump will be sworn in regardless of all this. So my next question would be, what will we who trust the Constitution and the law be able to do to defend both if Trump IS sworn in? I suppose the next step would need to be filing articles of impeachment against Trump for being an illegitimate president in violation of the 14thamendment. I would also support impeachment proceedings against the Justice who swore Trump into office.
WRT- Supreme Court Decision re: Fourteenth Amendment. I understood that the Supreme Court only said Colorado could not remove the “Felon” from the ballot. I did not understand that the Supreme Court agreed that “Felon” did NOT incite an insurrection. AND IF “we the people” don’t agree with the Supreme Court’s decision about the fourteenth amendment then I understand our only last recourse is to request our Representatives in Congress to hear from us that we don’t want an insurrectionist to take the office of the Presidency!! And hear from me- they will!!
I really can’t see how a convicted felon can be president. It blows my mind how it ever was allowed for him to run…
Scotus gave trump the ability to run for president for one reason, corruption rules the court thanks to McTurtle, and Drumpf.
The court has too many pathetic
ass-kissers.
I’m wondering if Justice Roberts is related to Kevin Roberts, of the Heritage Foundation, and Project 2025 fame.
Watched your interview with President Biden. What a remarkable man with integrity and a commendable political history. It makes me furious that Trump will come in to office and try to take credit for the success of Biden’s administration. We must call him out when he does.
It will be infuriating because Trump and the Republicans will take credit for Biden's successes and the MSM will go along with the farce. Hopefully, now with the rise of MeidasTouch and other podcasters and Substackers, we can seriously challenge this lie.
I’m
Hoping lightning strikes and poof he’s gone along w Mr Zillionaire from South Africa.
Musk will appropriate anything that appeals to him… much worse than trumps dimwitted soeeches
I really enjoy your work, and I'm sorry I can't afford a yearly subscription. I'm in my late 80's, and on Social Security and Teacher Retirement. But I'll keep on reading your columns every day. I wish you a blessed holiday season.
Agreed, Jean B. I was thinking about the same thing, you bet me to it. We've fallen so far from the rule of laws this country was founded on, and dreading this next administration. Thank You,Ben and the MeidasTouch Network for sharing this podcast today, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍
The accordion hands are his tell.
hahahahhahahahhaha
tell for what? serious question. that he is lying? but he is always doing that.
What kinda upsets me Is that the Dems didn't do any aggressive messaging. like to consistently put out to the public of all the accomplishments of the Biden/Harris admin. for one. Also I didn't understand how _rump was permitted to run in the 1st place & why did it seem like there was no push back about it. Mostly though, why didn't P.Biden start Months ago to do as much as he could to protect a lot of his work & the Constitution+the Laws.etc of the US. JMO
What “kinda upsets” you, totally pisses me off.
The R districts that gained advantage from what President Biden got passed, immediately started
taking credit for it after they vetoed the bill.
Pathetically the D’s were mute.
IMHO , we need some new leadership, with Fire.
I am hoping that Judge Merchan goes with option A. Sentence and then stay the sentence until he is officially out of office. Get it on the record and into the history books.
I honestly don't think that he will live through these next four years if he doesn't get impeached or have the 25th ammendment enacted before then. I feel like Vance is a Trojan Horse and there's going to be a hostile takeover. That's my gut talking and my gut is usually never wrong.
i'm seeing how sentencing won't be likely but I hope i'm wrong!
I hope you're wrong too. Merchan needs to consider what his legacy will look like in history books too. At least, I hope that he is thinking about that.
Agreed!!!! It’s like you got this far, don’t stop!! Haha sigh
No one trump’s selected will invoke the 25th.
I’d like to see him lying in state as RBG did. All his Magats would come, possibly showing some dignity. Most likely tho, we’d be inundated with accusations and conspiracies.
Vance would do whatever his daddy Peter Thiel told him to. And if, god forbid, anything happened to him,
Maga Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, would be next in line. Mikey hears voices in his head that he believes is god talking to him.
No good choices. We’ll just have to watch trump make a fool of himself, then fight like hell to make him not seek a 3rd term.
I love the Biden interview, great job by Ben. I follow you as a free subscriber because I only live on my Social Security and half of it goes to my rent. Thank you.
Thanks, I’m pretty internet illiterate. Very limited knowledge with “platforms “.
I also live on soc Sec. I signed up with Patron bc MTN told me to, without telling me it came with another cost. I’ve tried to delete it, but with no luck. My son told me the 35$ goes directly to them so you can talk to them. I don’t want that bc I’m an introvert, its taken me years to speak to people I worked with daily.
I enjoy the weekly show that we can comment on, and I’d hate to delete that one, bc it’s fun. I just can’t afford 60$. This is a complete bummer. I’ve never used Patron. Never will.
I don’t know what patron is?
I think she’s referring to Patreon, another online platform.
Did you get the reply? I just sent that stated I have very little knowledge about platforms?
I think Patron is like a base camp and Midas is one branch if networking. Legal AF is also part of this network.
Michael, Thank you for taking on the Article V issue, and the ERA. I can not wait. Best regards.
I hope that all of us who love our country that we have the courage to wait as these Republicans burn themselves up because I do trust that what goes around comes around.
Yeah Jean B., this country has really dipped upside down. Now it’s basically whoever has the most money can buy the presidency, and these kinds of people will not handle power in a responsible way. Rather they will flaunt their money and power all the time, not knowing they’re allowing outside opponents to get reads on them and look into not only how to counter them, but also be able to manipulate them.
Ben's/MTN's interview with President Biden and MTN's growing influence is like "The Mouse That Roared."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/
We need sound legal minds now more than ever as we enter this incoming Felon administration. DEMOCRATS need to stay fed up!!!!
Meidas Touch host and law professor Ben Meiselas is one of my favorite legal analysts on YouTube along with Glen Kirshner. Today I listened to Ben offer his analysis of the unanimous decision of the US Supreme court on the Colorado attempt to keep Trump off their state ballot. Ben interprets that decision to mean that congress needs to pass a law saying what section 3 of the 14thamendment says, for section three to be enforcable.
Hold on Ben... I get that you think the US Supreme Court got it wrong in their response to the Colorado suit (which was about whether or not Trump's name had to be on the state ballot, NOT whether our not Trump could be sworn in). And I get that your intent here was to attempt to explain the court ruling even though you disagree with it. However, I take some issue with your explanation. My understanding of that ruling is that it applied to Colorado (states) keeping Trump off the ballot there, and that their ruling did not really or completely address the issue of whether or not Trump was disqualified from being sworn in. My take is that they said that IF congress wanted the 3rd section of the 14th amendment to be ENFORCEABLE BY STATES, Congress would need to pass legislation allowing for this. But I do not see where this allows Trump to be sworn in as President on January 20th. Most constitutional scholars (like Lawrence Tribe & Harry Litman) reviewed the decision and still say the 3rd section IS still clearly self-executing the same as the minimum age requirement is self executing. Any legislation that might be proposed to enforce section 3 would be therefore be redundant legislation, so it is unnecessary and THAT is where the Supreme Court confuses the issue. If one presumes the constitution to be a legal document then the 3rd section definitely prevents Trump from being sworn in and it therefore stands to reason that any justice who does swear him in would be violating this clause and therefore be in violation of the law.
I do agree with you, Ben that it is looking like Trump will be sworn in regardless of all this. So my next question would be, what will we who trust the Constitution and the law be able to do to defend both if Trump IS sworn in? I suppose the next step would need to be filing articles of impeachment against Trump for being an illegitimate president in violation of the 14thamendment. I would also support impeachment proceedings against the Justice who swore Trump into office.
14th amendment is clear. How is Trump President-elect?
WRT- Supreme Court Decision re: Fourteenth Amendment. I understood that the Supreme Court only said Colorado could not remove the “Felon” from the ballot. I did not understand that the Supreme Court agreed that “Felon” did NOT incite an insurrection. AND IF “we the people” don’t agree with the Supreme Court’s decision about the fourteenth amendment then I understand our only last recourse is to request our Representatives in Congress to hear from us that we don’t want an insurrectionist to take the office of the Presidency!! And hear from me- they will!!