Rachel Maddow called out for 'dangerous' rhetoric toward Supreme Court: 'Fueling the rage'
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow challenged the legitimacy of the Supreme Court Wednesday following its decision to take up former President Trump's immunity case. On "America's Newsroom" Thursday, Fox News contributor and constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley hit back at Maddow and other liberal voices for "fueling the rage" toward the justices.
JONATHAN TURLEY: This is why you have such anger. This is why people go to the homes of justices. This is what they hear in this echo chamber, that the court is a bunch of robotic, partisan hacks. You've had law school deans refer to them as hacks and what people hear about that, but they don't hear the truth that the Supreme Court has ruled against Donald Trump, against conservative causes regularly, including the conservatives on the court. You had one person yesterday say that, well, this just shows the court is part of the insurrection and the insurrection is ongoing. That type of rhetoric is what's fueling the rage in this country. The court accepted this for review. There are issues here. It's a long-standing debate. I think that Trump is at a disadvantage on the merits, but some of the justices may have serious questions of where to draw this line, that is to tell future presidents when they are not protected. So this rhetoric is dangerous and it's wrong.... (Read more)
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