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it was not anyone in rehnquist's family. it was not rehnquist's wife.hat's not why he was recusing. he was recusing because he had once worked for attorney general john mitchell, who looked like he was in the line of culpability in the nixon conspiracy, and indeed was. john mitchell, first attorney general in history to be convicted of a crime, sentenced to prison. and justice rehnquist wanted to be nowhere close to that. and clarence thomas is so much closer, so much closer to what this case is about. >> he's so much closer, and he has now demonstrated a pattern of ethical, financial disclosure issues and problems and lapses that have been documented in quite great detail by excellent investigative reporting over the past couple of years. where he has clearly using his position for his own financial benefit, and now he is using his position to potentially protect his wife from criminal conduct. it is shocking when you actually just say the words that a supreme court justice has not recused himself from a case in which his wife may be an unindicted coco
it was not anyone in rehnquist's family. it was not rehnquist's wife.hat's not why he was recusing. he was recusing because he had once worked for attorney general john mitchell, who looked like he was in the line of culpability in the nixon conspiracy, and indeed was. john mitchell, first attorney general in history to be convicted of a crime, sentenced to prison. and justice rehnquist wanted to be nowhere close to that. and clarence thomas is so much closer, so much closer to what this case...
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he clerked for chief justice rehnquist. led the fight against rehnquist's nomination senator joe biden. oh, maybe is he biased. he worked for donald trump. who defeated donald trump which got this guy to lose his job as a prosecutor in maryland? joe biden. this was a terrible choice by merrick garland. >> first of all, wondered why in the world he would put that in a report, his neurological assessment of joe biden and, secondly why merrick garland would release garbage like that in the justice department report. >> laura: not only attacking mr. hur, they are attacking merrick garland. okay. come on, man. i mean, if you are so easily manipulated, maybe it's time to go into another line of work. these are classic enabling behaviors. there are a lot though of enablers out there i don't want to single out anyone. including the gallon camera loopiness has also worried democrat leaders. >> what i saw of that report last night, i believe is, as a former prosecutor, um, the comments that were made by that prosecutor gratuitous, in
he clerked for chief justice rehnquist. led the fight against rehnquist's nomination senator joe biden. oh, maybe is he biased. he worked for donald trump. who defeated donald trump which got this guy to lose his job as a prosecutor in maryland? joe biden. this was a terrible choice by merrick garland. >> first of all, wondered why in the world he would put that in a report, his neurological assessment of joe biden and, secondly why merrick garland would release garbage like that in the...
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he clerked for chief justice rehnquist, who led the fight against rehnquist's confirmation. senator joe biden. oh, maybe he's biased. okay. he worked for donald trump, who? donald trump, which got this guy to lose his job as a prosecutor in maryland. so but this was a terrible choice by merrick garland. first of all, wondered why in the world he would put that in the report. his neurological assessment of joe biden. and secondly, why merrick garland would release garbage like that in the justice department report. >> now they're attacking her. they're attacking merrick garland. okay. i mean, come on. >> i mean, if you're so easily manipulated, maybe it's to go into another line of work. >> these are classic enabling behaviors. >> there are a lot, though, of enablers out there. i don't want to single out anyone. >> there are so many, including the gal whose own on camera lumpiness has also worried democrat leaders. >> i saw of that report last night, i believe is, as a former prosecutor, the comments that were made by that prosecutor gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate.
he clerked for chief justice rehnquist, who led the fight against rehnquist's confirmation. senator joe biden. oh, maybe he's biased. okay. he worked for donald trump, who? donald trump, which got this guy to lose his job as a prosecutor in maryland. so but this was a terrible choice by merrick garland. first of all, wondered why in the world he would put that in the report. his neurological assessment of joe biden. and secondly, why merrick garland would release garbage like that in the...
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judge michael mcconnell and justice brett kavanaugh, who also -- his remarks were on chief justice rehnquistnd the nondelegation doctrine. >> judge kavanaugh's seat. >> i like the trendline on this by the way. >> thinking about the conversations, you have been a judge for a few years. how has your service as a judge furthered your sense of pluralism in american government? >> there is a deep connection between respect for pluralism and the rule of law. i have thought a lot over the past four or five years about the role of a judge. the role is to uphold the law. when judges are upholding the constitution, statutory limits on the administered of agencies, which is a big part of my job i , think that leave space for pluralism. that leaves an opening for liberty, it keeps the government within its limits. i think there is an important connection between pluralism of the rule of law. therefore the power of judicial review. >> a criticism of judges is that their work is not rule of law enough that they treat their job as a value judgment on behalf of the american people. as the supreme court is t
judge michael mcconnell and justice brett kavanaugh, who also -- his remarks were on chief justice rehnquistnd the nondelegation doctrine. >> judge kavanaugh's seat. >> i like the trendline on this by the way. >> thinking about the conversations, you have been a judge for a few years. how has your service as a judge furthered your sense of pluralism in american government? >> there is a deep connection between respect for pluralism and the rule of law. i have thought a...
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then he clerked for chief justice william rehnquist, who joe biden voted against confirmation. this guy has donated to republicans. he's a partisan, and the only job he had was to indict or not indict. and to add all this, the only thing he didn't add is the legal disclaimer this is a political ad in support of donald trump. it was a total cheap shot. i think biden made it worse, no question about it, and axelrod is right, it plays into the master narrative, the negative narrative of joe biden, but i think people have to stop for a minute and say what kind of hell appointment was this by merrick garland to put a partisan trumper in charge of this and what was this guy doing editorializing way out of his league, way out of his depth, way out of his purview or job, and picking the most damaging political attack he could wage on joe biden. i think it smells. >> all right, i wanted to ask you, john. in hearing this from paul, you look at this, and you have got a former president who is facing 91 criminal charges against him. but you have a current president who is facing this issue
then he clerked for chief justice william rehnquist, who joe biden voted against confirmation. this guy has donated to republicans. he's a partisan, and the only job he had was to indict or not indict. and to add all this, the only thing he didn't add is the legal disclaimer this is a political ad in support of donald trump. it was a total cheap shot. i think biden made it worse, no question about it, and axelrod is right, it plays into the master narrative, the negative narrative of joe biden,...
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herr, long time republican who clerked for justice rehnquist and other right wing justices left conservatives with something they could use when the facts didn't play out in their favor. in other words, herr did exactly what bill barr did, and merrick garland let him. and then, there's the contrast. in biden's case. he didn't attempt to withhold classified documents from their rightful owner, namely the federal government. with trump, it's the opposite. and it's not just that trump took classified documents, which he did, or that he refused to turn them over to the government, which he wouldn't. he also directed his staff to hide those documents and then to destroy the evident of those acts. add to that, he lied to his own lawyers about the documents putting them in legal jeopardy for then lying to the government. while trump was rightfy indicted for his actions, there's still a question of whether he may be able to riggle out of any accountability given the trump appointed judge assigned to the case, aileen cannon, has been slow walking bringing the case to trial. yesterday, judge cannon was
herr, long time republican who clerked for justice rehnquist and other right wing justices left conservatives with something they could use when the facts didn't play out in their favor. in other words, herr did exactly what bill barr did, and merrick garland let him. and then, there's the contrast. in biden's case. he didn't attempt to withhold classified documents from their rightful owner, namely the federal government. with trump, it's the opposite. and it's not just that trump took...
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not one of us, but the fact that he's acquitted is construed by many, including chief justice william rehnquist. in his book on the subject as one of the first times in american when congress trying to vindicate the principle of judicial independence. so i guess if you want to be an optimist. you can draw that lesson out of chase's acquittal. i'm not quite as much an optimist. i think that two thirds threshold is virtually impossible to overcome. the higher up you go in terms of the the power structure of government. so jefferson was really disappointed by the failure of that chase and his conclusion was that impeachment was a mere scarecrow of a thing. it yeah i think that's i mean they did get one person john so john pickering was a federal judge i believe from new hampshire. i may get the state wrong. i'm sorry. i do that pickering's problem that he was developing mental instability and so he would engage in fits and tantrums the charges that he was on the bench and and so he became an easy target and pickering was in fact impeached by the house and convicted and removed from the senate, des
not one of us, but the fact that he's acquitted is construed by many, including chief justice william rehnquist. in his book on the subject as one of the first times in american when congress trying to vindicate the principle of judicial independence. so i guess if you want to be an optimist. you can draw that lesson out of chase's acquittal. i'm not quite as much an optimist. i think that two thirds threshold is virtually impossible to overcome. the higher up you go in terms of the the power...
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. >> this may well be the single most historic decision of the rehnquist court. >> both men believe they should be next president of the united states based on the law and the politics. >> i think there is expectation the court will act very quickly. >> the u.s. supreme court has just released its ruling. >> the recounts will not continue. it's an all-out victory for the bush camp. >> you see some of our msnbc veterans and that was dan abrams and pete williams in front of the court and boy, did they act quickly. we'll show you the time line. the florida supreme court had the recall count on december 8th. three days later, december 11th, the court heard oral arguments and a day after that they rushed out their decision. that's five days total from appeal to decision. so the supreme court knows how to act quite quickly even on complex, high-stakes presidential conflicts when it wants to. here, even though they don't need to act that quickly because there's not a handoff of presidential power coming up. it's not going toward january 20th, but here they are on a much slower side. think about
. >> this may well be the single most historic decision of the rehnquist court. >> both men believe they should be next president of the united states based on the law and the politics. >> i think there is expectation the court will act very quickly. >> the u.s. supreme court has just released its ruling. >> the recounts will not continue. it's an all-out victory for the bush camp. >> you see some of our msnbc veterans and that was dan abrams and pete...
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justice rehnquist, we should know, recused himself in usa versus nixon. that's right because of his connections are some of the figures in the watergate scandal that's our kaitlan. one last question. a judge in illinois ruling that trump engaged in insurrection on january 6, saying trump is now ineligible to appear on that state's ballot we're waiting for the supreme court to weigh in on colorado too. >> we are calling it's going to affect colorado, illinois, and may now those are the three states courts in colorado and illinois say that trump is ineligible to be voted for in their primaries. maine, it was there the people who run the elections there saying that what is happening in illinois a little bit different though, because the way this decision yesterday came in is it empowers the state to figure it out and says, if the supreme court overturns what we're doing here, sure will take him off the ballot. we won't count his votes. >> but the way it's set up is the supreme court now has the stakes raised for them not only to make a decision whether state
justice rehnquist, we should know, recused himself in usa versus nixon. that's right because of his connections are some of the figures in the watergate scandal that's our kaitlan. one last question. a judge in illinois ruling that trump engaged in insurrection on january 6, saying trump is now ineligible to appear on that state's ballot we're waiting for the supreme court to weigh in on colorado too. >> we are calling it's going to affect colorado, illinois, and may now those are the...