Supreme Revenge: Ted Olson (first interview) | FRONTLINE

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  • @rwnorris24
    @rwnorris24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable."
    -Robert Bork
    Former Solicitor General of the United States

    • @twonhilden1582
      @twonhilden1582 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @joegervasi7351
    @joegervasi7351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This poor dudes birthday is September 11. And on 9/11 his wife Barbara Olsen was killed. She was on one of the airliners.

    • @ahamed4152
      @ahamed4152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow did not know that so sad.

    • @ahamed4152
      @ahamed4152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it gets worst had 'She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher's television show Politically Incorrect when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks. Her original plan had been to fly to California on September 10, but she delayed her departure until the next morning so that she could wake up with her husband on his birthday, September 11'

    • @t-bone6347
      @t-bone6347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ahamed4152 It came out during the Moussaoui trial that this guy is a liar. Even the FBI discredit the alleged phone calls he supposedly received from his wife while in flight. Even, American Airlines says she could not have called him, not from cell phones and there were no on board phones

    • @jaym5938
      @jaym5938 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was she? He didn't seem to care much. He went on every network he could to tell us the 'story' of 9/11 "Hijackings and boxcutters". In 2006, under oath, the FBI testified his claim of receiving a call from his wife didn't happen. He lied.

  • @davidellinger1287
    @davidellinger1287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Trail of Tears?" This reporter needs to read on history. The comparison is really hollow.

  • @thequietyodelingyodeler6643
    @thequietyodelingyodeler6643 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the video description explains exactly why she was on that plane...

  • @robertfeinberg748
    @robertfeinberg748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Jefferson was opposed to creating the Supreme Court, and he fought John Marshall over whether the Court should have the power to overturn acts of Congress.

  • @cydoman8014
    @cydoman8014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bork just came across as a man who enjoyed gamesmanship too much. He didn't come across as prudent, cautious or contemplative. He conducted his interviews as if he enjoyed attention more than he enjoyed being a public servant. That made him dangerous to the people. He had an ego so enlarged he tripped over it.

  • @charlesmartin1121
    @charlesmartin1121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I found the person conducting the interview to be bias towards the views of Mr. Olson. Not what I have come to expect from Frontline. And no questions about the controversial 2000 election decision by the Supreme Court, and Mr. Olson's part in that case? Pathetic.

    • @esss.6915
      @esss.6915 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Charles Martin: While it was mildly interesting to allow Olson uninterrupted talking time, I too wd have wished for more depth, more pushback.
      Olson did not even listen to most of Kavanaugh’s accuser’s poignant accusations. I know blacks, admittedly D’s, who met Thomas in person & were repulsed by him.
      I agree w some of his last points. Our process has become ugly. Ugly ppl, IMO, like K, do indeed besmirch the Court. K’s “fighting back” in Olson’s words, was a true bottom.
      I had read some of K’s work, was even briefly impressed he reversed himself after working as GWB’s Secretary, but the R’s demeaned themselves by refusing to be transparent, and before / disallowing the Garland nomination to proceed in regular order. R’s embrace process when it suits them.

    • @bryonkidder6199
      @bryonkidder6199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Intellectual conversation is combative....lmfao
      Sorry for having to break that news to ya....lmao some more
      Grow up

    • @lincolnmaceachern2410
      @lincolnmaceachern2410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There were statutes, timelines for recounts, The Democrats thought they could keep extending things. The Republicans fought back. You lost. Get over it.

    • @charlesmartin1121
      @charlesmartin1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lincolnmaceachern2410 I voted for Ralph Nader in that election. So I didn't have a dog in the 2000 fight. Nevertheless I didn't like some of the tactics used by the Republicans during the Florida dispute, even though it appears Bush won the state by a slim margin. In any case, I could say the same to you now in 2020. Trump lost. Get over it.

  • @thetawaves48
    @thetawaves48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bush v Gore was a disaster.

    • @sheldonengstrom4415
      @sheldonengstrom4415 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it never would've come down to gore v bush if gore would've won his home state of tennessee.
      Glad gore lost

  • @robertfeinberg748
    @robertfeinberg748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bork's name became a verb.

  • @garymingy8671
    @garymingy8671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow , bork fired the special prosecutor ? I forgot that detail...on that Saturday night ? ...bork borked the prosecutor ...that was the Lynch pin ...

    • @crimony3054
      @crimony3054 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He fired the prosecutor and then resigned. Then the others urged him to stay on until a new AG was found. His thinking was that Nixon would just keep firing people, which he would have. Nixon routinely re-shuffled and shook up his cabinets.

    • @DHTCF
      @DHTCF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@crimony3054 he didn't resign immediately, I think. He claimed to have intended to, but to have been persuaded not to.
      That was a poor judgment. I understand why he fired the prosecutor - the President was arguably entitled to have someone carry out his orders - but the appropriate course was then to resign immediately.

  • @jaein7779
    @jaein7779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The man, Robert Bork, defended the Jim Crow laws. You have got to be frackin kidding me.

    • @wilverbal
      @wilverbal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What Jim Crow laws did he defend?

  • @lynndenault2133
    @lynndenault2133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He couldn't understand it? Think about why people were so offended by this pick. Come on

  • @jutsu1
    @jutsu1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What goes around ............

  • @1Cruzer4u
    @1Cruzer4u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BRILLIANT MAN!
    His beautiful wife Barbara was killed on 911. I believe she was on flight 77.

  • @ezouras
    @ezouras 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It is especially interesting when he is asked about Kavanaugh and how the Kavanaugh he know was not the person that Ford testified him to be. He said the same thing about Thomas. What conservative men don't understand is that when men interact with other men- and when they interact with other women - that same man could be vastly different. Abusive men are socially considered to be the "salt of the earth". It does not mean they don't abuse women. For this reason, I sadly feel conservative men will never understand or believe women. Olson will never see the side of conservative men that are abusive - they are smart enough to know not to bring that side out.

    • @kwantieO
      @kwantieO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Our duty is to hear those allegations, but we do not have the obligation to believe. I listened to every word Blasey-Ford had to say, I observed her demeanor, her voice, interactions with her lawyers, and did not believe she was convincing. Thomas and Kavanaugh are both conservative and yet vastly different. The tactics used by the democrats to destroy them were identical except they went to the extreme against Kavanaugh because he was a Trump nominee and a "white man of privilege." Thankful that he fought back!

    • @iowasenator
      @iowasenator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh you mean just exactly how liberal men (and women) didn't believe ALL of Bill Clinton's accusers too?

    • @jimferris9447
      @jimferris9447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Woman InTech - It would have been different had the other people (both male and female) whom she said were there and witnessed her attack would have corroborated it. Most people seem to believe that something happened to her somewhere by somebody, but that she is likely melding the drinking party that night with another night or time that she was attacked, possibly also under the influence of alcohol.

    • @iowasenator
      @iowasenator 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimferris9447 Excellent point.

    • @wilverbal
      @wilverbal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great, now do Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, and Al Franken.

  • @9879SigmundS
    @9879SigmundS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Revenge is a non-virtuous concept, almost evil. Love how PBS equates Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation with revenge. Well done.

    • @jimferris9447
      @jimferris9447 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eddie Brahhh - Why do you love it?

    • @erc9468
      @erc9468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It may be evil, but it is sweet.

    • @9879SigmundS
      @9879SigmundS 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@erc9468 true enough.

    • @markallen6244
      @markallen6244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't see it as revenge. Democrats established the rules of engagement when justice Bork was borked and then sexual misconduct accusations were brought 3 times. Most people don't believe that well established judges were all sexual predators and we didn't know about it until after they were selected and the appointment process started. The precedent to follow was established and now, it will be followed. I moved from being an independent to a republican after strike 3.

  • @ImpreccablePony
    @ImpreccablePony 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A conservative? Accused of sexual harassment? Name a better duo. I'll wait.

  • @jessemery3976
    @jessemery3976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is noone going to comment on how ridiculous his hair is???. How dellusional do you have to be to look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself that looks good??? Lol

  • @roku5510
    @roku5510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish that all men in positions of power would take a class and listen to professionals in this field (working with women who have been sexually assaulted, raped or harassed) and listen to some of the victims and what it’s done to them psychologically and emotionally and then maybe they could learn that no woman is going to testify falsely about assault. I’m not talking about “buyers remorse”. I think there are some women who make a bad decision and have sex and think they’ll get something from it like a promotion, movie part, whatever and when things don’t turn out the way they bargained for then they FEEL taken advantage of and they turn it into something it’s not. That’s very different from sexual assault and workplace harassment.

  • @steph3061
    @steph3061 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m

  • @GK-up6xz
    @GK-up6xz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Olson’s analysis of Kavanaugh’s hearing conduct is weak and almost embarrassing…

  • @thetawaves48
    @thetawaves48 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Merrick Garland forever.

    • @panzer5033
      @panzer5033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would it make you both feel better to know Garland & Kavanagh sided together 96% of the time.

    • @daveware4117
      @daveware4117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Merrick garland got treated the way bork did.
      Pay backs are a bitch

    • @jimferris9447
      @jimferris9447 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dave Ware - That is the only reason Garland didn’t get in. He wasn’t a bad guy. Also, Joe Biden is on tape years earlier stating that he did not support the installation of a Supreme Court Justice the year of a Presidential election.

    • @sheldonengstrom4415
      @sheldonengstrom4415 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So happy garland never got a confirmation hearing.
      Ha ha!!

  • @thetawaves48
    @thetawaves48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The more republicans on the SC, the more power goes to big corporations.

    • @tonywalton1052
      @tonywalton1052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The corona flu shutdowns done by the states hurt small businesses and helped corporations. And the Left screamed for shutdowns.

    • @markallen6244
      @markallen6244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Red Dead Not for me, but I'll answer Yes. Democrats actually support big corporate agendas as you can see by the way things are stacked.

  • @cydoman8014
    @cydoman8014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bork just came across as a man who enjoyed gamesmanship too much. He didn't come across as prudent, cautious or contemplative. He conducted his interviews as if he enjoyed attention more than he enjoyed being a public servant. That made him dangerous to the people. He had an ego so enlarged he tripped over it.