In a segment on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, CNN analyst Scott Jennings confronted host Bill Maher over the latter's criticism of President Donald Trump's comments regarding the Constitution. Maher cited Trump's ambiguous answer about needing to uphold constitutional duties, but Jennings countered by emphasizing the importance of understanding the context of Trumpâs words. Jennings noted that the American public, including Republicans, do not support a governance style that undermines due process or operates without constitutional bounds, promoting a discussion on constitutional interpretations.
BILL MAHER: I mean, maybe it should. But that's not what we're talking about. We're saying, what does it say? I mean, if you were the founding fathers and you were writing the Fifth Amendment, or the Fourteenth Amendment, because both of them use the word person. They knew the difference between the word person and the word citizen. It says no person. Shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process. That's the fifth amendment. The 14th says, no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, property without due process. So, isn't it clear?
SCOTT JENNINGS: Well, that's not the country they live in. They live in a country where this guy had been to immigration court ...
BILL MAHER: You talk about creative means, but creative can just Kind of morph right into, we're just going to do whatever I want. And I don't think, as you said, those polling numbers even among Republicans...
SCOTT JENNINGS: ...what he said was not the summation of everything that he believes. He made a point that we have to think about the context and the implications.
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