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WATCH: MSNBC Contributor Wants Every Pre-1965 Law Scrapped, Rails Against ‘White Males’

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April 1, 2025

MSNBC contributor and author Elie Mystal appeared on “The View” Tuesday in order to promote his new book that calls for all laws passed prior to the Civil Rights Act in 1965 to be scrapped.

In “Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America,” Mystal argues for a thorough rejection of American history and tradition, arguing that it is steeped in “white supremacy” and “racism.” Therefore, all laws passed prior to 1965, including those that influence immigration and citizenship, should be deemed “unconstitutional,” according to Mystal.

I set out to start to kind of try to write Project 2029,” Mystal explained. “When Republicans come into office, they come in with a sledge hammer. They come in smashing things that I hold dear. When Democrats come into office, they come with like superglue and tape. And, so they try to put things back together. So, I thought about writing ten Constitutional Amendments that would be super cool if we had. But, I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ We need to smash the things that they like.”

He then reiterated that the left needs to “smash” everything that actual Americans value, arguing such laws are “holding this country back.”

“And, so I came up with ten laws that we could just get rid of — not reform, not update for the modern era. Ten things that we can smash if we ever are allowed to get power again that would make this country better tomorrow.”

Co-host Sunny Hostin seemed intrigued by Mystal’s plan, particularly in regards to the Immigration and Nationality Act. She then asked for Mystal’s thoughts on the law and whether the Trump Administration will be successful with its plans for mass deportations.

“Yes, absolutely. One of my premises for the book is that every law passed before the 1965 Voting Rights Act should be presumptively unconstitutional. Because before the 1965 Voting Rights Act, we were functionally an apartheid country,” the MSNBC contributor replied without hesitation. Not everybody who lived here, could vote here. So, why should I give a [expletive] about some law that some old white man passed in 1920s like, the Immigration and Nationality Act?”