Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

Within 24 hours of having the Supreme Court return Donald Trump's DC criminal case to Judge Tanya Chutkan, she denies his motion to dismiss based on selective prosecution, AND highlights the ABSURDITY of Trump's argument and the complete lack of supporting evidence demonstrating he's being selectively prosecuted. Glenn discusses the legal test for proving selective prosecution and exposes why Trum...

President Joe Biden just proposed several critically necessary fixes for the corruption on the Supreme Court. As The Washington Post reported, "Biden endorses Supreme Court reforms, amendment to limit immunity." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As Huffpost just reported, "Trump Tells Crowd, 'You Won't Have To Vote' Again After Election in Bizarre Remarks." However, there is nothing "bizarre" about these comments. Trump has ben signaling - consistently, expressly, and repeatedly - that he intends to be a "dictator," as he said, "on day one." Glenn discusses why we MUST take Trump at his word when he says Americans will not vote again if t...

New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his team of prosecutors have filed a lengthy opposition to Donald Trump's motion to dismiss his 34 felony convictions as a result of the Supreme Court's new presidential immunity ruling. Glenn discusses why Judge Juan Merchan is likely to reject Trump's motion to dismiss and proceed to sentencing on September 18th. If you're interested in supporting our a...

Donald Trump's longtime flunky, Steve Bannon, presently is serving a four-month prison term for defying congressional subpoenas in an effort to hide incriminating evidence about Donald Trump from the January 6th House select committee. Bannon was also federally indicted previously for conspiracy to defraud Trump supporters our of their money with a bogus "We Build The Wall" foundation. And Trump h...

As a former prosecutor and a former state attorney general, it's clear that Vice President Kamala Harris is the right person for the moment AND the right person to defeat her opponent Donald Trump. Also, with Trump avoiding the criminal justice system and accountability - Kamala Harris has the legal know how to bring him to justice. If you're interested in supporting our all-volunteer efforts, you...

In the case of Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court quite literally ruled that portions of our Constitution are unconstitutional. This is a gross abuse of judicial power by six Supreme Court justices. Kim Wehle is a law professor, a constitutional law and separation of powers expert, an ABC News legal analyst, a former federal prosecutor and the author of three books (links below), and a four...

The Supreme Court has, in substance, converted American democracy into a monarchy. The court's holding in Trump v. United States enables a president to direct his attorney general to detain the president's political enemies without charges, without evidence, and without due process, and then pardon his attorney general for the crimes he committed at the president's direction. This destruction of t...

In the case of Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court quite literally ruled that portions of our Constitution are unconstitutional. This is a gross abuse of judicial power by six Supreme Court justices. Kim Wehle is a law professor, a constitutional law and separation of powers expert, an ABC News legal analyst, a former federal prosecutor, and the author of three books (links below). She also...

President Joe Biden made the historic decision to step aside and pass the leadership torch to the younger generation. In the event Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the nominee of the Democratic Party, the election will, in a very real sense, pit a former prosecutor against a current criminal defendant. Glenn says he likes the prosecutor's odds in this fight for the future of American democracy...

In a strange twist of events, Hunter Biden's attorneys have filed motions to dismiss his cases, citing as authority the recent ruling of Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon declaring that special counsel can not lawfully be used to prosecute cases. Glenn discusses why Hunter Biden's motions to dismiss are likely to be denied. If you're interested in supporting our all-volunteer efforts, you can be...

As Rolling Stone just reported, "Trump's RNC Hosts a Rowdy Celebration of Lawlessness and Crime." From Peter Navarro to Rudy Giuliani to the many criminally indicted fake electors who are attending, the RNC convention is a lawlessness-jamboree, a defendant-palooza. But there is one way to stop our government from morphing into one big criminal enterprise. And it involves November 5th . . . If you'...

Glenn discusses Judge Cannon's dismissal of Donald Trump's documents case and explains why it might not be all good news for Trump. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Glenn talks about Jack Smith's appeal of Judge Cannon's dismissal in the Trump documents case and details the reforms President Biden is proposing for the Supreme Court. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Political violence is never the answer to our nation's problems, disagreements, and divisions. Political violence was wrong when Donald Trump perpetrated it on January 6th, and it was wrong when it was perpetrated against him at his rally in Pennsylvania. There is no answer yet as to why a registered Republican decided to arm himself with an assault rifle and do what he did. But one thing is clear...

The New York Times Editorial Board has published a piece detailing why Donald Trump is unfit to retake the reigns of federal power and why he poses an extreme danger to American Democracy. The piece is broken down into five parts: "Moral Fitness Matters", "Principled Leadership Matters", "Character Matters", "A President's Words Matters," and "The Rule of Law Matters". Or, put another way Justice...

After long-enduring obvious corruption, conflicts, abuses and potential crimes by Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, members of Congress are finally trying to do something about it. Senators Whitehouse and Wyden have formally requested that Attorney General Merrick Garland appoint a special counsel to criminally investigate Thomas and Alito for potentially violating federal f...

In new reporting by Hugo Lowell of the Guardian, it turns out, "Trump plans to block Hearings in January 6 case before 2024 election." It's no surprise that Donald Trump desperately wants to stop the dozens of Republican witnesses who testified about his crimes to the DC grand jury - from testifying publicly at the hearings Judge Tanya Chutkan will hold now that the Supreme Court is returning the...

Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon continues to wear her Trump favoritism on her sleeve. A number of motions filed by Jack Smith have languished, remaining unresolved for months. As but one example, back in May, Smith filed a motion asking Judge Cannon to modify Trump's conditions of release to stop him from lying about and endangering FBI agents. Cannon has sat on that motion. However, Trump fil...

The Supreme Court didn't JUST rule that presidents have absolute presidential immunity. They actually ruled that presidents have absolute presidential immunity PLUS. Constitutional scholars left, right, and center are excoriating the new Supreme Court opinion that 1. contradicts the expressed language of our constitution, 2. actually repeals portions of our constitution, and, in essence, 3. declar...

Just days after his right-wing Supreme Court justices gave him presidential immunity, Donald Trump has endorsed a military tribunal prosecution for former Congresswoman Liz Cheney. Presumably, the Supreme Court will have Trump's back on that crime as well. Now that the Supreme Court has converted the lawless into the lawful, and given that Trump made clear he will use military tribunals to prosecu...

By granting Donald Trump immunity for the crimes he committed against the American people; the radical, right-wing block of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, actually encourages presidents to commit crimes. Eventually, this Supreme Court opinion will go the way of Dred Scott vs. Sanford, and Plessy vs. Ferguson - it will be reversed and will go down in American history as an op...

The Supreme Court just can't quit Donald Trump. Interestingly, the Supreme Court does nothing to help Trump's criminal flunkies: Steve Bannon just reported to prison; Peter Navarro is serving a prison term; and Rudy Giuliani was just disbarred in New York and is facing multiple criminal prosecutions. Yet the Supreme Court just bestowed absolute presidential immunity on presidents, unleashing them...

In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court disregards the plain language of a law by which Congress criminalized conduct that "obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding." Roberts and the majority then delivers a gift to Donald Trump and several dozen of his insurrectionists. Importantly, in a dissenting opinion, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, joined by justices Kaga...

July 1, 2024, is a dark day in American history. A captured, right-wing Supreme Court granted immunity to Donald Trump for the crimes he committed against the American people - crimes he committed to unlawfully and unconstitutionally retain the power of the presidency after losing the 2020 election. Now, the American people are left to be the jurors - and we will declare Trump guilty at the ballot...