The Court of History

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and public policy professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, on the rise of a new progressive generation, the sources of its politics, from Zohran Mamdani to James Talirico, where it might go, and what an agenda for the common good might look like. Subscribe: https://www...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and public policy professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, on democracy and oligarchy, big money in politics, and Supreme Court reform. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube....

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with David Blight, Yale historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author of “Frederick Douglass,” on the Trump family’s sketchy relationship to birthright citizenship, Trump’s nihilism, why MAGA is a Lost Cause, and the absurd Thomas and Alito dissents in the birthright citizenship case. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with David Blight, Yale historian and Plitzer Prize winning author of “Frederick Douglass,” on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sharp refuation of Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent in the birthright citizenship case. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak to Norm Ornstein, expert political scientist, about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s “protection” racket, Trump’s plan to prevent Democrats from taking seats that they win, the revolt of the Democratic voters against the establishment, and why the Democrats should start impeachment proceedings against Trump’s cabinet members now. Subscribe: https://www.youtube....

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak to Norm Ornstein, expert political scientist,  about how Trump will attempt to subvert the midterm elections, the malovent role of Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence, the Supreme Court as an enabler, the Republicans in Congress quaking in fear of Trump and willing to do his bidding. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmatio...

Sidney Blumenthal speaks with Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School and author of “Lawless,” about the Supreme Court decision giving Trump the authority to fire independent agency heads without cause, creating the basis for a totally corrupt spoils sytem and autocratic president, and the racist ruling givng Trump the power to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigran...

Sidney Blumenthal speaks with David Smith, the Washington bureau chief of The Guardian, about Sidney’s column on how Trump lost his war on day one, his disastrous capitulation, why presidents don’t survive politically from being defeated in wars, Trump’s resemblance to the cruel Roman emperor Caligula; and on David’s article in The Guardian on Trump’s fiasco in revamping the Reflecting Pool, now c...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Judge J. Michael Luttig, the distinguished jurist, on the meaning of July 4th and the Declaration of Independence today, why the Founding Fathers would denounce Trump, and how the Declaration’s statements against tyranny echo against the Trump regime. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Judge J. Michael Luttig, the distinguished jurist, on the organization of retired federal judges filing amicus briefs in cases against Trump policies from Trump’s slush fund to ICE, and why Luttig believes that Trump’s war on the Constitution dooms him. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTub...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz unmask the Trump symbolism of his Arch of Triumph, his Presidential Walk of Fame, his Garden of Heroes, his scam to put his face on a $250 bill, and the reason for his destructive impulse. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join B...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz explain how Trump’s proposed Arch of Trumph would destroy the congressionally mandated vista between the Lincoln Memorial and the Arlington National Cemetery, attempt to blot out the meaning of the Union victory in the Civil War, Trump’s manic vanity project to name everything after himself, and how his symbolism is reflected in his agenda against birthright citi...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Liaquat Ahamed, former World Bank investment chief and Pulitzer Prize winning author of “1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World,” , about the risks of a tech bubble, how bad economic policies created the Great Depression, the consequences of Trump’s tariffs and Iran War, and potential for economic fiasco....

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Liaquat Ahamed, former World Bank investment chief and Pulitzer Prize winning author of “1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World,” , about the old and new Gilded Ages, the original tech bubble, geopolitical economic warfare, and the brutual political aftershocks from the end of Reconstruction, rise of Jim C...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz dive deep with New York Times reporter Devlin Barrett into his new book, “The Department of Revenge: How Trump Took Control of American Justice,” on the destruction of the Public Integrity Section and the Civil Rights Division of DOJ, the fall of Pam Bondi and the rise of Todd Blanche, and how the lawyers have been steamrolled by the ideologues. Subscribe: https:...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz dive deep with New York Times reporter Devlin Barrett into his new book, “The Department of Revenge: How Trump Took Control of American Justice,” on FBI director Kash Patel’s lunatic search for a “Grand Conspiracy,” the firings at the FBI and DOJ, and the installation of incompetent stooges. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become...

TRUMP’S CLAW!  Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz expose Trump’s UFC fight on the White House South Lawn as a corrupt spectacle, the hidden history of Trump with the UFC, and the Trump DOJ claim that Trump can “bulldoze” the Statue of Liberty if he wishes. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channe...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz track the many secret Trump slush funds with international crime expert Jonathan Winer--the “anti-weaponization” slush fund, the Venezuelan oil slush fund, the White House ballroom slush funds, and the Freedom 250 slush fund--and how they can be investigated by a new Congress. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Le...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Ivy Meeropol, director and producer of the documentary, “Ask E. Jean,” about the extraordinary life and trials of E. Jean Carroll, Trump’s sexual assault, the trials, the vilent threats against her, Trump’s connection to Roy Cohn, and how the old McCarthyism flows into the new McCarthyism under Trump, including the difficulty of having “Ask E. Jean” fr...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Lisa Graves, who co-hosts the Court Accountability podcast and author of “Without Precedent, on the cases before the Supreme Court, how they may be decided--the MIssissippi write-in ballot case; the Republican dark money coordination case,;birthright citizenship; and the FTC Slaughter case that the Roberts court will likely use to reinforce its unitary...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Lisa Graves, who co-hosts the Court Accountability podcast and author of “Without Precedent,” on Trump’s slush fund for criminals, his IRS scam to avoid prosecution, Pam Bondi’s attempt to blame Todd Blanche for the Epstein files fiasco, the corrupt appointment of Bill Pulte, who has concocted false allegations against Trump’s perceived enemies, to be...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz discuss Sidney’s article in the Guardian on the rise and fall of John Cornyn as the rise and fall of the Republican Party, how the GOP in Texas was really built, Cornyn’s role in the building of the machine of Mitch McConnell, and how Trump and MAGA has trashed the party to exalt him. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a memb...

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Michael Wolff about his lawsuit against Melania and where it goes now after being tossed in federal court, the Epstein world he has explored, Trump’s spiral in a downfall from which he cannot escape, and what happens with the Epstein files if the Democrats capture the Congress. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a...

Sidney Blumenthal  interviews Andrew Weissmann, NYU Law and MS NOW expert, about how Trump targeted him and law firms, how to hold Trump legally accountable for his “Big Lie” about the 2020 election, and how Trump is corrupting the grand jury system and judicial appointees in a world of his lies. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube...

Sidney Blumenthal dissects the Trump slush fund with Andrew Weissmann, NYU Law and MS NOW expert, Todd Blanche’s “settlement” based on falsehoods, the truth from Weissmann about the Mueller investigation and Russian interference in tech 2016 election, and Trump’s political scam masquerading a grievance. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF Y...