Legal AF YouTube interview with Lisa Graves (30 minutes)

From the YouTube blurb:

On Court of History, Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Lisa Graves, author of Without Precedent, about how Chief Justice John Roberts helped build a Supreme Court that shields corruption, empowers Trump, and dismantles the Constitution. From Bush v. Gore to Trump v. United States, Graves exposes the right-wing network and billionaires behind America’s judicial takeover. 

This video just floored me as they talked about how the right has carefully constructed the framework and milieu that has made it possible to change our democracy into an autocracy headed to a dictatorship. 

As I listened I noted that the dismantling of our democracy has been a long term project much as some of our great scientific achievements were designed. Built piece by piece, tested and then adjusted, then tested some more. Putting the right amoral people in the right places . And always the lubricant of vast amounts of money was in the mix.

The construction of this project did not focus on just the presidency but all three branches of the federal government plus state and local governments and the press which is now mostly a corporate mouthpiece. Frightening! to say the least.