Meet the Press NOW — Dec. 22



The Supreme Court declines Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to make an expedited ruling in his 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump. NBC News Correspondents Josh Lederman and Monica Alba report the latest on the movement of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the White House’s plans to funnel more aid into the region. As apprehensions at the southern border reach new records, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner calls on Congress to take action on immigration.

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48 comments

  1. Hey liberals, you do know if you guys had not indicted Trump and left things alone, Joe Biden wiuld be cruising to reelection, right?
    Thats where you Fk'd up. You guys have gone and made ole Donnie a martyr. I'm afraid there's no turning back now.

  2. All of this is to block a politic opponent.
    It's just a disgrace. And mainstream media like you is complicit to this treat of the democracy.
    Shame on you ⚖️🤮

  3. Supreme Court, should look at that Trump took “oath” to protect democracy etc. Jan 6 was not only the 14th Amendment or questions of the word “officer”. Taking an oath should override that he didn’t do his job.

  4. No resolution…??…unless he is cleared ..he shouldn't be the nominee

  5. Have to ask all the trump supporters if they ever wonder why trump continues to fight so hard not to clear his name if he is so innocent on all the charges stop fighting the trials and prove it to all of us that he did nothing wrong. While he is at it he can show us all the proof he has that he won the 2020 election, to this day none of them have shown us that proof.

  6. how come the downloaded file for this show is about 1/3 the usual average size..even though about same play-length?

  7. Biden stole the election. He knows, I know ,you know democrats know and the whole world knows‼️

  8. These people have become extremely dishonest during their obsession to hate a man.

  9. Reminds me of “The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.”

  10. Israel is doing to HAMAS what Biden eventually be forced to do against MAGA-NUT'S if Trump keeps using them for ''Domestic Terrorism'' huh?

  11. To the people who believe this bs, you will be held into account for your narcissistic ignorance.

  12. It is very unfortunate that our country's media is slanted to one-side only – the Democrats. Think about that – do we live in a dictatorship ?

  13. The Supreme Court is pushing us against the importance of rule of law. Meaning the president IS ABOVE the rule of law

  14. We call Greg Abbott Governor stupid because he is.

  15. We reject the rejects (democrats) such a horrible president and administration in office now along with the democrats msm that protects the democrats which included 44

  16. The bottom line is we the people want Trump. The court messing with the people's choice is election interference. Trump 2024 and he is going to clean house and that is what frighten them.

  17. 😂 AMERICA DON'T HAVE LAWS 😂

  18. 😂 AMERICA DON'T HAVE a DEMOCRACY😂

  19. Mayor: *There's enough blame to go around FOR everyone.

  20. Monica Alba: *send their condolences FOR

    CUT OUT THE YEAHS

  21. Susan, USA reporter: BIDEN. NOT "BRIDEN."

  22. Mayor of Houston: *FARther away

  23. Svante is an awful public speaker.

  24. I believe it’s about what’s right !

  25. Joe has proven to me what genocide is I do not pay my taxes for you to open our borders to let people in who wants to harm me

  26. Every justice should be removed from the bench and charged for treason. They DO NOT represent this country nor us citizens.

    Our reputation is already weak in the eyes of other countries, and this will further show how divided we are as a nation. This is worse than Nixon. Plan to be in war with several countries in the next four years, many deaths, and worse than the greatest depression ever.

    Project 2025 is on it's way and our freedom is gone.

  27. Democrats are destroying America right before our eyes.

  28. There are still justice in this county ❤❤❤

  29. THE JUDGES ARE SCARE AND SO THE COURT SYSTEM IS BROKEN , THE PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE FOR WHO SHOULD BE ELECTED TO BE IN THE SUPREME COURT NOT THE TWO PARTIES BECAUSE THAT WHO THEY REALLY WORKING LOOK WHO JUDGE CANNON WORKING FOR????? COURT SYSTEM NEED A REBOOT!!

  30. What was the vote trump loverin judge

  31. This is an indirect ruling in favor of Trump. It pushes their later ruling well into late next year if not the next presidency after the lower courts hear the case and the appeals process.

  32. I know something else that would stop him… Put his a@@ in prison where he belongs!! Life-long liars & criminals belong with the rest of them and the three oldest brats too! They have all been handed a rich life and don't deserve anything but prison.

  33. The Attorney General should be replaced with a fire breathing pit bull with nine inch fangs. The rip Chris Wray & MAGA Cult FBI agents a gaping new one. Merrick Garland dragged his feet & Chris Wray is MAGA but quiet about it

  34. The Houston mayor as an example of what Texans think?!?!? 🖕🖕🖕🖕

  35. He has the same Qualified Immunity that any and all police get..

  36. The federal government is allowing millions of migrants to enter the country ILLEGALLY and NBC thinks it's Texas' responsibility to house and care for all these migrants by itself…and thinks the democrat states supporting open borders shouldn't share the burden. Propaganda and hypocrisy level 100%

  37. Absolutely no way those amount of numbers can change over night cmon

  38. [3] No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, [1] having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, [2] shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. [4] BUT CONGRESS MAY BY A VOTE OF TWO-THIRDS OF EACH HOUSE, REMOVE SUCH DISABILITY.

    First, the jurisdictional element, [1], specifies which positions are subject to Section 3: a “person . . . who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States.”

    Second, the offense element, [2], defines the conduct prohibited by Section 3. It regulates the conduct of a person satisfying the jurisdictional element who “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same [the United States], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

    Third, the disqualification element, [3], defines the legal consequences or punishment that Section 3 provides. A person who satisfies the jurisdictional and offense elements of Section 3 shall not be “a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state.” The phrase “office . . . under the United States” in the disqualification element is distinguishable from the phrase “officer of the united States” in the jurisdictional element.

    FOURTH, the amnesty element, [4], allows Congress to terminate the disqualification or disability: “Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

    This article does not focus on the offense element [2] and the amnesty element [4]. Rather, to determine whether former-President Trump was disqualified pursuant to Section 3, we will focus on the jurisdictional element [1] and the disqualification element [3].

    Section 3’s jurisdictional element applies to exactly four defined categories of state and federal positions. President Trump clearly does not fit into three of these categories. Trump never swore an oath as a “member of Congress,” “a member of any state legislature,” or an “executive or judicial officer of any state.” Indeed, Trump was the only President in American history to have never held prior state or federal, civilian or military, public office. Therefore, the only way for Section 3’s jurisdictional element to cover President Trump would be if he falls into the fourth category: he took an oath to support the Constitution as an “officer of the United States.” Trump only swore one constitutional oath: as President of the United States. In short, for President Trump to be subject to Section 3 disqualification, he must have violated the offense element and fit within the jurisdictional element. And in order to fit within the jurisdictional element, the President must be an “officer of the United States” for purposes of Section 3.

    The House’s impeachment article, however, did not address this threshold issue. It stated:

    [S]ection 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits any person who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States from “hold[ing] any office . . . under the United States.”

    In fact, Section 3 does not apply to “any person” or even “any person” who committed the conduct provided for in the offense element. Here, the House seemed to assume that the phrase “officer of the United States” was equivalent to the phrase “any person.” Perhaps the House assumed that a President is an “officer of the United States.” Still, the House’s position was not entirely clear.

    After the Senate trial, Trump was not convicted. Therefore, he could not be disqualified from holding future office pursuant to the Impeachment Disqualification Clause. But even after Trump’s acquittal, efforts to disqualify the former President based on Section 3 continue. For example, there is a pending concurrent resolution that would find “President Donald J. Trump ‘as an officer of the United States . . . engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the [United States], or g[ave] aid or comfort to the enemies thereof,’ making him ineligible for future office . . . .” This resolution assumed that the President is an “officer of the United States.”

    We disagree. There is some good reason to think the President is not an “officer of the United States.” President Trump, who swore only one constitutional oath, does not fall within Section 3’s jurisdictional element. Therefore, he cannot be disqualified pursuant to this provision.

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    Its a simple as cooking.
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  40. Poop. The answer is poop.
    I take the same medication as Hunter.

  41. Okay algorithms are multiple equations combined. Trigonometry is three equations combined. Try it. Try harder. Try three not two. Just try the tri part. Its gets easier. I swear.

  42. Pretty much duh,it was obvious the whole time. Power to the exponential quotient of pie. Pi, spelled pie here for ignorance reasons

  43. Olympus has Fallen? Gamer?
    What interesting titles? The White House has fallen too? Wow, quite a movie. Let me put some thought into it, just give me a second. Yeah, I've got.
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  45. I've always thought about Star Wars as a paid program for various rebel alliajces. Alliances, plural, what an odd sounding word. Alliances. Also, Beam Me Up.