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nobody quite has the wit of justice scalia, you know.i have a sharp pen where i can, so the last thing i would do would be to say, oh, that is really terrible, because i have been known to be pretty, i have been known to be a bit acerbic myself. >> i would put it differently and not put it in those terms but i would say that justice scalia had courage, so it took courage to be a lone dissenter. >> that was the year he wrote that dissent. it was extraordinary, because it was that this was the constitutionality of the independent counsel case. everybody else thought well, it was a very different time in a different view of the law, may be different experiences the country had, and everybody thought well of course the independent counsel statute is constitutional. 8-1 and he wrote the loan dissented everybody else thought it was crazy, and it turns out to be one of the great dissenting opinions of all time, and to have a lot of, not just in terms the way it is written, but a lot of pressings about the difficulties of having an independent c
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circuit and on the supreme court for justice antonin scalia.e faculty at harvard law school, clerked at the supreme court the same turn that justice barrett did. justice barrett, professor feldman wrote, quote, of the 30 some clerks that year, all of whom had graduated the top of their law school classes and gone and done prestigious clerkships before coming to work at the court, barrett stood out. when assigned to work on an extremely complex, difficult case, especially one involving a hard to comprehend scheme, i would first go to barrett to have her explain it to me, end of quote. after practicing law in washington, d.c., justice barrett joined the faculty at notre dame where she was thrice selected distinguished professor of the year. president trump appointed her to the u.s. court of appeals to the seventh circuit which sits in chicago in 2017 and the united states supreme court in 2020. we are honored to have both of you here today. governor cox mentioned how this came about. it was at a meeting last spring where he had convened a lot of
circuit and on the supreme court for justice antonin scalia.e faculty at harvard law school, clerked at the supreme court the same turn that justice barrett did. justice barrett, professor feldman wrote, quote, of the 30 some clerks that year, all of whom had graduated the top of their law school classes and gone and done prestigious clerkships before coming to work at the court, barrett stood out. when assigned to work on an extremely complex, difficult case, especially one involving a hard to...
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but scalia writes a letter to a professor asking about the ambiguity. because of that letter, it does seem to be that scalia lines up in favor of disqualification. >> wow. which is, very, very -- many reasons -- wow, would you want to hear what he had to say. thanks so much to ryan and next, a warning shot. the rnc reporting its lowest cash on hand in ten years, in a decade. this comes just as we're learning just how much trump's legal issues are costing him. majorly falling behind biden in the race for campaign cash. >>> plus, a ph.d. student thought he was studying quote, the chicken from hell, but guess what he wound up discovering. we'll explain. >>> tonight follow the money. the republican national committee reporting its lowest cash on hand figure in a decade. the democrats on the other hand have a nearly three time cash advantage. this comes as we're learning about what president biden and former president trump have in their war chests and how they're spending it so far. harry is here with me and you've been digging into all this. i'm glad you h
but scalia writes a letter to a professor asking about the ambiguity. because of that letter, it does seem to be that scalia lines up in favor of disqualification. >> wow. which is, very, very -- many reasons -- wow, would you want to hear what he had to say. thanks so much to ryan and next, a warning shot. the rnc reporting its lowest cash on hand in ten years, in a decade. this comes just as we're learning just how much trump's legal issues are costing him. majorly falling behind biden...
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can you explain this scalia opinion?the term officer, is it a term that has a special, unique meaning specifically for this particular amendment, or is it the term that has the general meaning, that it has in regular life. and the the rule is that words in law have the meaning that they generally have in life unless the statute or the rule itself changes the meaning, and that's not what is happening here. so in that sense, what scalia is talking about is the word officer means officer, and the president is an officer. this is sort of basic civics 101, and the language of the 14th amendment section 3 doesn't contain special language that opts the president out of that definition. so he's an officer, and his argument that he's not an officer i think is specious. i don't think it's going to go anywhere with the supreme court. >> what if the supreme court ped to argue or decide that donald trump didn't participate in insurrection as defined by amendment 14, article -- or section 3? could they do that? >> they could absolutel
can you explain this scalia opinion?the term officer, is it a term that has a special, unique meaning specifically for this particular amendment, or is it the term that has the general meaning, that it has in regular life. and the the rule is that words in law have the meaning that they generally have in life unless the statute or the rule itself changes the meaning, and that's not what is happening here. so in that sense, what scalia is talking about is the word officer means officer, and the...
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case in point, her great friendship with justice scalia. through her legendary work ethic , and exacting standards, moreover, the justice brought out the very best in her clerks, revealing to us our own potential. i can recall sitting down with her, this will be a familiar story in these speeches, to go over literally every single word and opinion to make sure each one was accomplishing something. and that attention to detail never waned. in the last year of her life i had the great honor of working with her on a book project. even in her final weeks and while hospitalized, she was still marking up my drafts so much, i could barely read the script underneath. more embarrassing yet, here we go again, she also sent back corrections on my cover letters to her. justice ginsburg modeled for her law clerks the importance of lifting up others and paying it forward. what she did for us on countless occasions to advance our careers. and the justice always make sure that we all knew that in every aspect of our lives, she was in our corner, rooting fo
case in point, her great friendship with justice scalia. through her legendary work ethic , and exacting standards, moreover, the justice brought out the very best in her clerks, revealing to us our own potential. i can recall sitting down with her, this will be a familiar story in these speeches, to go over literally every single word and opinion to make sure each one was accomplishing something. and that attention to detail never waned. in the last year of her life i had the great honor of...
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on any justice he chose to replace scalia.as an election year he said. >> the next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact on our country, so, of course, of course the american people should have a say in the course of of the direction. >> no one in modern history had ever actually stolen a supreme court vacancy from a sitting president until mitch mcconnell. and that decision had a profound impact on the future of the country. trump won the election thanks to those votes from evan squelicals interested in a supreme court appointment, and he went onto appoint neil gorsuch to the seat that had been stolen from his predecessor. the next year trump appointed bret kavanaugh to the bench as well, and as yet another presidential election year approached, people started to wonder what would mitch mcconnell do if another vacancy opened up on the court. would he help confirm a third trump justice in an election year? >> we'd fill it. >> i would fill it. on september 18th of 2020 s
on any justice he chose to replace scalia.as an election year he said. >> the next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact on our country, so, of course, of course the american people should have a say in the course of of the direction. >> no one in modern history had ever actually stolen a supreme court vacancy from a sitting president until mitch mcconnell. and that decision had a profound impact on the future of the country....
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justice scalia got this trick named for him by taking dozens of high-end hunting trips for free, and he used this rule to avoid disclosing them. he pretended that a personal invitation from a resort owner whom he had perhaps never met made it, quote, personal hospitality protected by the rule. senator graham and i first sent a bipartisan letter to the supreme court about abuse of the personal hospitality exception back in 2021, and i'd ask unanimous consent to have that letter appended at the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: after that i sent several more letters asking the court to address the scalia trick, and i'd ask those -- one, two, three letters -- to also be appended at the understand of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: the good news is that at march of last year, the committee said it would clarify its regulations on personal hospitality. i'll quote that word again. clarify, because it matters later. and sure enough, when the clarification came out, the judicial conference slammed the door hard
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he clerked for justice scalia. he had a website devoted to him called the scalia shrine. he has written a lot of scholarly articles. murphy, clerked for both justice kagan and gorsuch and murray wrote an op yet in 2017 are you in for the confirmation of justice gorsuch? both of his bosses could not be more different politically they're both driven by the law and not partisan politics. interesting to see his interactions with those justices today. >> bill: this is a verbal machine gun. the lawyers start and start to make their case and they get redirected by any one of the justices. >> absolutely. so i do think that one who has argued before the supreme court before there is a certain level of comfort that has been developed. all three attorneys know the stakes are so high and i'm sure they're all nervous. >> dana: one of the things democrats counted on is all these lawsuits charges against president trump would change republicans' mind and turn republicans against him. that hasn't been the case. david axelrod has said this is not the way to go to try to kick him off the b
he clerked for justice scalia. he had a website devoted to him called the scalia shrine. he has written a lot of scholarly articles. murphy, clerked for both justice kagan and gorsuch and murray wrote an op yet in 2017 are you in for the confirmation of justice gorsuch? both of his bosses could not be more different politically they're both driven by the law and not partisan politics. interesting to see his interactions with those justices today. >> bill: this is a verbal machine gun. the...
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berger, and the founder of the constitutional regionalism that inspired supreme court justice anthony scalia, explaining that the term high crimes and misdemeanors is a limited phrase and it was not intended to be used by these purposes. >> ms. green? >> i ask unanimous consent to enter from the u.s. department of homeland security, april 30th, 2021, dhs announced steps to protect communities from wall construction. >> so ordered. what purpose? >> i need unanimous consent to include an article published by norman eiseman, former impeachment counsel for the house judiciary committee, and others. house republicans have spent months searching unsuccessfully for a smoking gun in the joe biden impeachment investigation, instead of admitting failure. they are now going to another target in their frenzy to impeach anyone, no matter how baselessly homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is being charged. >> i ask unanimous consent to enter a homeland security tweet, october 8th, 2021, consistent with the dhs border barrier plan, at cdp, in coordination with the intent to cancel the remaining
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it was merrick garland's in the scalia using my justices who died at the end of obama. scalia died and they wanted to fill it >> anyway, what merrick garland >> merrick garland and he didn't get it. my, my point being, i apologize while jayson doing this all live here. my point being that mitch mcconnell really helped donald trump fill at least one, if not two, of those seats under circumstances, the democrats really hated democrats really hated. >> he also helped with kevin all too though when his, his nomination was on the brink, i mean, they helped hold it and make sure that that he did not withdraw his nomination and he obviously, in the moments where i've special coverage anyway, it's just remarkable to look at the big picture, what the day of that he's know i take your point. my point is and instead of disparaging mitch mcconnell, donald trump should be sending him a muffin mascot basket. >> and i don't even think he's commented on the fact that he's stepping down from republican you don't i mean, the supreme court, which has been shaped by mitch mcconnell, just d
it was merrick garland's in the scalia using my justices who died at the end of obama. scalia died and they wanted to fill it >> anyway, what merrick garland >> merrick garland and he didn't get it. my, my point being, i apologize while jayson doing this all live here. my point being that mitch mcconnell really helped donald trump fill at least one, if not two, of those seats under circumstances, the democrats really hated democrats really hated. >> he also helped with kevin...
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i do think if you look at the justice scalia perez opion, one of the things he idmost clearly and said all along wi our decision in chevron with heedless of section 706. if you're looking for a special justicion to overturn an opinion i think it's got to be at the top of the list. >> thank you. >> justice kavanaugh ? >> a couple question first on skidmore i want y how i thought about it. you tell me whether this is wrong. that it respects contemporary is --ntemporaneous and consistent interpretations as evidence othproper igal meaning of the statute because that is comm nse in statutory interpretation more generally. if it was contemporaneous and consisnt it is more likely to be correc that is with respect, but the word deference, i would not have usedhe. >> i think you have that acy right. one of the virtues of looking at skidmore thatwa is it is consistent with the principle is court articulated in the crisp number --christopher against smith case, sotimes the industry is the one with a consistent long-term understanding goes l e way back and sheds light on the original meaning. it s
i do think if you look at the justice scalia perez opion, one of the things he idmost clearly and said all along wi our decision in chevron with heedless of section 706. if you're looking for a special justicion to overturn an opinion i think it's got to be at the top of the list. >> thank you. >> justice kavanaugh ? >> a couple question first on skidmore i want y how i thought about it. you tell me whether this is wrong. that it respects contemporary is --ntemporaneous and...
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if you look at some of the things justice scalia said in the beginning whene s enthusiastic about the doctrine, he viewed the fact that agencies flip-flop as being an affirmative virtue. justice kagan raises an important point about humility in times of chevron. that is an important concern for any judge. e flipside is the other concern for any judge's abdication. to the executive branch nng roughshod over limits established in the constitution this case, by congress. i ink we have to find or that is why it's hard to find the right balance between restraint and letting the executive getay th too much. on that front, there was qutions earlier, do judges relyely on chevron? >> i ullove to speak to that. i think that is an important consideration. one of the premises in the first argument was rarely get to chevron eptwo. there are statistics. the most exhaustive survey of over 1000 cases bybarnett and walker we cited on page of the blue brief. if found course were rich except to in 70of the cases. the cato institute brief, you might think things have gotten better because that was a long
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it was merrick garland's and is scalia using my justices who died at the end of obama, scalia died and they wanted to fill it anyway, but merrick garland, when merrick garland did, he didn't get it. my my point being, i i'm doing this all live here. my point being that mitch mcconnell really helped donald trump fill at least one, if not two, of those seats under circumstances, the democrats really hated democrats really hated. >> he also helped with kevin all too though when his, his nomination was on the brink, i mean, they helped hold it and make sure that he did not withdraw his nomination and he obviously, in the moments we have special coverage anyway, it's just a remarkable to look at the big picture, what the day of that he's know i take your point. my point is and instead of disparaging mitch mcconnell, donald trump should be sending him a muffin mascot. >> and i don't even think he's commented on the fact that he's stepping down from republics i mean, the supreme court, which has been shaped by mitch mcconnell, just did donald trump a huge failure. yet i don't know. they would
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next truck when consecutive supreme court judge until then, scalia died. in february 2016, he blocked obama's picked for the post from even getting a hearing for that year's presidential election. and the next just as good fundamentally alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact a on our conference. it was a gamble that paid off when donald trump one with the co support the to quickly want to fill the course with republicans, including 3 supreme court seats. changing the face of the judicial system and america connor was on capitol hill on january the 6th 2021, with an angry mob. stone, the buildings, the push to have proceedings continue with order was restored. but with donald trump facing impeachment for provoking the cried codle block, the heating until after trump left office, then argued it was wrong to impeach him because he left office voted against conviction. but after the vote staggered, colleagues by attacking trump trolling the assault on the hill, the mob was fed lodge. they were provoked by the president and other po
next truck when consecutive supreme court judge until then, scalia died. in february 2016, he blocked obama's picked for the post from even getting a hearing for that year's presidential election. and the next just as good fundamentally alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact a on our conference. it was a gamble that paid off when donald trump one with the co support the to quickly want to fill the course with republicans, including 3 supreme court seats. changing...
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the refusal to replace the late anthony scalia ahead of the 2016 election was a political gamble for the ages that took steely nerves and credibility with his colleagues. mr. trump would not have won without that open supreme court seat as the motivation for millions of voters. and 2017, mr. mcconnell helped neil gorsuch win confirmation by finishing what harry reid started, breaking the filibuster for judicial nominees. wall street journal with high praise for the outgoing republican leader in the senate. do you agree or disagree? fresh meadows, new york, democratic caller. caller: i do agree with them, but i disagree. i think he is a brilliant man. he was very successful in amplifying the republican's cause. i think he won the battles, but i think history will look at him unkindly because i think ultimately, he has lost the war for the republicans. host: in what way? caller: i think he is a catalyst of what we are presently encountering. we battled trump, not being responsible for his actions. in new york, we know about him. i am 63 years old. i saw what happened in atlantic city.
the refusal to replace the late anthony scalia ahead of the 2016 election was a political gamble for the ages that took steely nerves and credibility with his colleagues. mr. trump would not have won without that open supreme court seat as the motivation for millions of voters. and 2017, mr. mcconnell helped neil gorsuch win confirmation by finishing what harry reid started, breaking the filibuster for judicial nominees. wall street journal with high praise for the outgoing republican leader in...
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reliance -- some of the briefing -- those wishing to have him thrown off the ballot, place reliance on scalia. somehow he was a framer of the constitution. he was not. he was just one of nine about 220 years after the constitution came out. they are trying to tag into thoughts people had. the court is not going to be shackled by precedent. if you think they are bound by precedent, read what they did to roe v. wade. they could come up with something that fits the scenario. the off ramp for the court will be to say, there's no process in place that congress has put in place to make this determination. we're not going to get into finding he is an insurrectionist. that's not our job. >> you don't think he will be removed? >> i can't imagine he would be. i fear the ramifications if they do. i remember january 6, too. i can't imagine if you pull him off the ballot. that's probably a good lesson as well for democrats. you gotta beat him. if you beat trump, you beat him at the ballot box. that's probably where the energy should go. >> talk about what's happening in fulton county. willis has acknowled
reliance -- some of the briefing -- those wishing to have him thrown off the ballot, place reliance on scalia. somehow he was a framer of the constitution. he was not. he was just one of nine about 220 years after the constitution came out. they are trying to tag into thoughts people had. the court is not going to be shackled by precedent. if you think they are bound by precedent, read what they did to roe v. wade. they could come up with something that fits the scenario. the off ramp for the...
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he, you know, is a conservative crusader, a former law clerk to antonin scalia who is the patron saintconservatives still on the bench. jason murray also was a law clerk to justice elena kagan who is sitting in earlier to appellate court neil gorsuch on the court. they're known to the justices, just have not argued before the nine, dana. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >>> south carolina is set to deliver joe biden his first official victory of the 2024 campaign, but does he have the key support such as with black voters that propelled him to the nomination in 2020? that's coming up. >>> president biden is ready to claim his first official primary victory tomorrow when south carolina democrats go to the polls. the palmetto state delivered biden his first win back in 2020 and set him on the path to win the white house. this time the president isn't facing a competitive primary. still, a large margin of victory could help jump start the president's reelection campaign as certainly that's what his folks are looking for. joining me now is someone who knows a lot about getting a democratic
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are timeless but also walter burns ian.the union among when ai announced this lecture series, justice scaliapoke at the event. retired judge michael mcconnell and justice brett kavanaugh, who also -- his remarks were on chief justice rehnquist and 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
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. >> laura: joining me now chris landau, former law clerk to justices scalia and thomas and also former ambassador to mexico. chris, how could trump's lawyers make this excessive fines claim under the 8th amendment? >> well, laura, there's two different issues. one is the issue of getting a bond to take the appeal. and he will have to put up some cash immediately for that then there is the broader issue of how do you attack this crazy fine. the 8th amendment as the president said says you shall not have excessive fines. it seems pretty common sense call to say that a fine of, you know defraud the bank said we want to do business with this guy again is excessive this is an argument under the federal constitution take the all the way to the u.s. supreme court if necessary hopefully, laura, the new york state courts fix this mess. new york didn't become the financial capital of the world for nothing. new york courts have historically been very good about making sure business disputes get resolved fairly and appropriately. that is until trump came along. >> now, rachel maddow, chris, had an
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. >> laura: joining me now chris landau former law clerk to justices scalia and thomas.o, mike davis, former law clerk to justice neil gorsuch, founder of the president and president of the article iii project. chris, let's start with you. your reaction and take away from the way that fani willis responded to these questions from the lawyers, co-defendants, in this case about the money transfer, supposedly between her and her special friend on all these trips that they had time to take with all this government work that they had. >> laura, it's just not credible. i mean, the judge is sitting there watching this. i think, you know, this is not lost on the judge in this case. i think the more important point here is this is the jerry springer show, okay? this is not normal that we have these local d.a.s prosecuting, bringing criminal charges against the leading candidate for president. i mean, this has gone off the rails. and i think we as americans -- whether you like trump or not, have to say no, we are not going to let our criminal justice system be abused this way. i t
. >> laura: joining me now chris landau former law clerk to justices scalia and thomas.o, mike davis, former law clerk to justice neil gorsuch, founder of the president and president of the article iii project. chris, let's start with you. your reaction and take away from the way that fani willis responded to these questions from the lawyers, co-defendants, in this case about the money transfer, supposedly between her and her special friend on all these trips that they had time to take...
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caucus to refuse to even meet with obama's supreme court nominee, merrick garland, after the death of scaliad, mitch mcconnell stole the seat for the next president, reality show star donald trump. for whom mcconnell flipped the rules again to ensure that trump would fulfill his role as leonard leo's ignorant bag man by appointing two more federalist society justices to the court. so that samuel alito could finally achieve his and his fellow far right christian nationalist's dream of overturning roe v. wade and clarence thomas could fulfill his sad, self-hating dream of killing affirmative action because it made him feel sad when he didn't get high-paying law firm job offering after yale law school and so clarence could debase himself by writing down, on paper, that the 14th amendment had nothing to do with black freed men. and so mitch mcconnell could retire, knowing that he and donald trump had together created a far right wing judiciary that would inflict pain on this country for generations and he even bragged about it. >> i was shocked that the former president obama left so many vacanc
caucus to refuse to even meet with obama's supreme court nominee, merrick garland, after the death of scaliad, mitch mcconnell stole the seat for the next president, reality show star donald trump. for whom mcconnell flipped the rules again to ensure that trump would fulfill his role as leonard leo's ignorant bag man by appointing two more federalist society justices to the court. so that samuel alito could finally achieve his and his fellow far right christian nationalist's dream of...
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president i will once again appoint rock-solid conservative judges in the mold of justices antonin scaliand the great clarence thomas, who is doing a phenomenal job. [applause] strong. i will stand proudly with our friend and ally, the state of israel. we will stand proudly with israel. [cheers and applause] in our first term, i kept my promise. pga of america and t-mobile are partnering on 5g-powered analytics to help improve player performance. t-mobile's network helps aaa stay connected nationwide... to get their members back on the road. and las vegas grand prix chose t-mobile to help fuel operations for one of the world's largest racing events. now is the time to see what america's largest 5g network can do for your business. ♪ ♪ >> trace: we have brand-new video showing the moment an amtrak train plowed right into an amazon delivery truck, splitting in half. miraculously, the driver lived to tell the tale. matt finn, live with that part of the story. >> this stunning video seems like a wild hollywood stunt, but it's real, and the driver is fortunate to be alive. the crash happened o
president i will once again appoint rock-solid conservative judges in the mold of justices antonin scaliand the great clarence thomas, who is doing a phenomenal job. [applause] strong. i will stand proudly with our friend and ally, the state of israel. we will stand proudly with israel. [cheers and applause] in our first term, i kept my promise. pga of america and t-mobile are partnering on 5g-powered analytics to help improve player performance. t-mobile's network helps aaa stay connected...
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he's argued before them in the past, and during law school, he maintained a website called "scalia shrineich he posted opinions and quotes from his favorite justice. you had a website devoted to your favorite supreme court justice? now, i know i'm a man who has read "the lord of the rings" too many times to count, but i just want to say nerd! [applause] i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i apologize. in their written argument, trump's lawyers pinned their hopes mainly on semantics. "a lotta people say your supporters are anti-semantic but not me. i love the semantics. you know they invented bagels." here's an example. for instance, mitchell claims the insurrection clause applies only to people who took an oath to "support the constitution", but presidents swear an oath to "preserve, protect, and defend" the constitution. the word "support" does not appear. now, i'm not a lawyer. but i wear a suit professionally, so i feel qualified to say that is dumb. it's like saying, "honey, i know i swore 'till death do us part," but we never said whose death. and i personally think me banging my pilates instructo
he's argued before them in the past, and during law school, he maintained a website called "scalia shrineich he posted opinions and quotes from his favorite justice. you had a website devoted to your favorite supreme court justice? now, i know i'm a man who has read "the lord of the rings" too many times to count, but i just want to say nerd! [applause] i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i apologize. in their written argument, trump's lawyers pinned their hopes mainly on semantics. "a...
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without michigan mitch mcconnell come out the day after the untimely death of scalia.mcconnell saved the constitution in my view. las vegas the guy who has been fighting for the first amendment since mcconnell fec in 1992. is he a wonderful, wonderful leader. >> bret: yeah. my point in mentioning that, mollie father time is undefeated and we have a lot of leaders who are on the older side of father time's clock. >> we do and mitch mcconnell is certainly in there as well. is he beloved by washington, d.c. by people in both parties. but he is actually the least popular politician in america. he is under water by something like 40 points with americans outside of washington, d.c. that's more than twice what kamala harris and joe biden are yesterday is a good example why. hugh is absolutely right. he has had some great expenses on free speech and judges. but, yesterday, when they had the meeting with the big four members in the house and the senate, it was reported that mitch mcconnell told speaker johnson to stop talking about the border and to focus on ukraine funding. a
without michigan mitch mcconnell come out the day after the untimely death of scalia.mcconnell saved the constitution in my view. las vegas the guy who has been fighting for the first amendment since mcconnell fec in 1992. is he a wonderful, wonderful leader. >> bret: yeah. my point in mentioning that, mollie father time is undefeated and we have a lot of leaders who are on the older side of father time's clock. >> we do and mitch mcconnell is certainly in there as well. is he...
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a justice scalia saying.hey intend to give the power to forego collecting $450 billion of the taxpayers' money? last year they said no. i find it hard to believe they're not going to say no again. neil: they say no again and he keeps doing it through these executive actions, where does the constitutional line blur? because it's very unfocused right now. >> yeah, that's a good point, neil. what's going to have to happen is that someone's going to have a bring a suit. that was hard in the last case because the supreme court also says, well, no taxpayer can just sue and say, i'm suing because the tax burden has gone up. you have to find someone who is harmed. last year it was the state of nebraska, the state of missouri got involved. you're going to have to find another state that's already involved i think in the student loan business or people who collect loan checks on behalf of the government and they're going to have to bring suit, but it's going to be hard to find a plaintiff who can actually get all the w
a justice scalia saying.hey intend to give the power to forego collecting $450 billion of the taxpayers' money? last year they said no. i find it hard to believe they're not going to say no again. neil: they say no again and he keeps doing it through these executive actions, where does the constitutional line blur? because it's very unfocused right now. >> yeah, that's a good point, neil. what's going to have to happen is that someone's going to have a bring a suit. that was hard in the...
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justice scalia made that point in his opinion. >> ion want to badger you or anything, but you can find ings about each of these cases that may be slightl different fr your case, but what you cannotin is a case that suppor yr proposition that when it is n viewpoint base, government cannot make distinctions when government is only given o a benefit and not restricting any speech. >> i'm certainly happy to embrace the forum analogy that has been t subject of some of these questions. at the end of theay it ends up in the se exact place. two things are important about the limited public forum reasonableness test. it is not rational basis. there is something more goingn there. if you look at the opinions on th sides i don't think anyone on the court thought there was anyone engin in rational si some assessment of whether it is apopriate and some like into intermediate scruty. i know they suggested that it i different. the viewre more likeha they ar different another one is rational basis. the second point, i think that this is critically iortant. there is a nexus environment that exists in t
justice scalia made that point in his opinion. >> ion want to badger you or anything, but you can find ings about each of these cases that may be slightl different fr your case, but what you cannotin is a case that suppor yr proposition that when it is n viewpoint base, government cannot make distinctions when government is only given o a benefit and not restricting any speech. >> i'm certainly happy to embrace the forum analogy that has been t subject of some of these questions. at...
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and general counsel for net choice and university scalia law school and he joins us now. much for being here, karl. so what happened here? how extensive was this cyber attack and is it still ongoing? >> yeah. we are still finding it out. most cyber attacks take about 280 days to actually trace where they're and what happened we have learned this is likely a foreign encounter. the main concern that i'm seeing is these cyber attacks continue to increase and the government is just going to try to pass the buck. less than 0.05% of cyber attacks get prosecuted. that means 99%, 99% of cyber attacks go unprosecuted. so the cyber attacks are going to continue and somebody is dropping the ball and in this case it's the government steve carl, this is separate from the cell phone outage. according to united healthcare, they are blaming a nation state. okay. if you say nation state that sounds like it could be north korea, it could be russia, it could be china. our intel community would know who it is. with you the question is does our administration have the fortitude to go after th
and general counsel for net choice and university scalia law school and he joins us now. much for being here, karl. so what happened here? how extensive was this cyber attack and is it still ongoing? >> yeah. we are still finding it out. most cyber attacks take about 280 days to actually trace where they're and what happened we have learned this is likely a foreign encounter. the main concern that i'm seeing is these cyber attacks continue to increase and the government is just going to...
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it sounds like they are going to bring it back for a vote in a week or so when steve scalia, scalise, that pointed could actually be seated as well. >> absolutely. when i go to congress absolutely i will street impeach him. mayorkas, he failed to protect the american people. he should not be there. and this is why this elections is so important. we have to have a strong majority to start to do the right things. right now they don't have it. this is about saving our country. this is about stopping the nonsense of the left democratic party as they are promoting and putting the american people at risk. >> lawrence: what do you make, mazi, about the argument if you were to impeach mayorkas. >> yes. >> steve: get rid of him, joe biden, who thinks he is doing a good job, thinks mayorkas is, is going to put somebody just like him in that job. and mayorkas says he is not going to go. are the republicans just wasting i their time on that. >> they are not wasting their time on that. they're holding somebody who was responsible accountable very simple. if you fail to do your job. you have to be
it sounds like they are going to bring it back for a vote in a week or so when steve scalia, scalise, that pointed could actually be seated as well. >> absolutely. when i go to congress absolutely i will street impeach him. mayorkas, he failed to protect the american people. he should not be there. and this is why this elections is so important. we have to have a strong majority to start to do the right things. right now they don't have it. this is about saving our country. this is about...
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ginsberg was there and so was scalia, and they both agreed. because it was the right thing. i called the president and speaker the house of pennsylvania and minnesota, wisconsin and other places. actually arizona called me, and gave them all the details of why. they said you are right, but we don't have the courage to say this election is wrong. we can't do it. so they didn't. all i know is president trump is innocent, and that's been proven by the courts. thank you, matt gaetz, for doing what you did. i really appreciate it. >> in it -- in its current form and is not privileged. i know our leadership holds the views that support what were pushing. i sat next to him for seven years and the judiciary committee some pretty assured us where he stands. he was thrilled that so many members had signed on. it's really incredible have 63 original cosponsors to anything in president trump was heartened by his many supporters who are backing his legislative endeavor. >> the former president was acquitted on this, so what makes this different? >> i think the house of representatives ha
ginsberg was there and so was scalia, and they both agreed. because it was the right thing. i called the president and speaker the house of pennsylvania and minnesota, wisconsin and other places. actually arizona called me, and gave them all the details of why. they said you are right, but we don't have the courage to say this election is wrong. we can't do it. so they didn't. all i know is president trump is innocent, and that's been proven by the courts. thank you, matt gaetz, for doing what...
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the metastasization of what happened when justice scalia died. merrick garland to be the nominee, and the senate mitch mcconnell, majority leader at the time, says, no. and it was february. no thanks. we should wait for the presidential election. look where we are now, where legislation can't even get out of either chamber because it would give a win to the president, never mind the real american people who would be helped by both pieces of legislation getting out and getting to the president's desk for a signature. geoff: i want to bring up the focus of laura's report tonight of taylor swift being attacked by right-wing talking heads. suggesting she is part of a conspiracy to help president biden get elected. what is the political utility of targeting the most popular entertainment figure in the world? why would republicans even engage in that enterprise? david: when ronald reagan was president, the republican party three purposes. defendant communism, free-market capitalism, and celebrate an america where a wholesome pop star fell in love with
the metastasization of what happened when justice scalia died. merrick garland to be the nominee, and the senate mitch mcconnell, majority leader at the time, says, no. and it was february. no thanks. we should wait for the presidential election. look where we are now, where legislation can't even get out of either chamber because it would give a win to the president, never mind the real american people who would be helped by both pieces of legislation getting out and getting to the president's...
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so was scalia. they both agreed. because it was the right thing. unfortunately, i tried -- i called the president and speaker of the house of pennsylvania and minnesota and wisconsin and other places, arizona called me and gave them all the details and said you are right but we don't have the courage to say this election is wrong, can't do it so they didn't. all i know is donald trump is innocent. and that has been proven by the courts. thank you. matt gaetz, for doing what you are doing. >> are you bringing this to approve. resolution towards a vote? >> in its current form it is not privileged but i know that our leadership upholds flow views of what we are pushing. >> have you received any assurances from the speakership that they will talk to johnson about it? >> i sat next to him for 7 years in the judiciary committee so i'm sure of where it stands. >> what did -- >> he was thrilled so many members signed on. it is incredible that 63 original cosponsors, anything, donald trump was heartened by supporters who are backing on legislative endeavor.
so was scalia. they both agreed. because it was the right thing. unfortunately, i tried -- i called the president and speaker of the house of pennsylvania and minnesota and wisconsin and other places, arizona called me and gave them all the details and said you are right but we don't have the courage to say this election is wrong, can't do it so they didn't. all i know is donald trump is innocent. and that has been proven by the courts. thank you. matt gaetz, for doing what you are doing....
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as you said, when antonin scalia died insisting that that seat be held open past the november electiont the people decide who should pick the next supreme court justice, and of course that ended up being trump and robbing merrick garland of an opportunity to fill that seat. but then when we saw the tables turned and ruth bader ginsburg died, just six weeks before the election -- >> it was october. >> just weeks away, mitch mcconnell said, you know, actually, you know what? the long tradition i mentioned before, it's different when, you know, it happens on a thursday. he was very hypocritical then and allowed donald trump to replace that seat. he got the one before his presidency and at the tail end of his presidency. i think although he had the power to do that, one of the things that's so important and i talk about in my book is the need for people to exercise restraint when they have power, not to exercise power simply because they can but to show restraint in working with the other side of the aisle and being fair and justice so that the people have confidence in our institutions. >
as you said, when antonin scalia died insisting that that seat be held open past the november electiont the people decide who should pick the next supreme court justice, and of course that ended up being trump and robbing merrick garland of an opportunity to fill that seat. but then when we saw the tables turned and ruth bader ginsburg died, just six weeks before the election -- >> it was october. >> just weeks away, mitch mcconnell said, you know, actually, you know what? the long...
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justice scalia made that same point. >> i do not want to badger you or anything, but you can nd things about each of these cases that might be slightly different from your case. t at you cannot find is y case that supports your prosition, when is not viewpoint based,that government cannot make distinctions, when government is only givingut a benefit and not restricting any speech. >> well, i am certainly happy to embrace the analogy that has been the subject of some of these questis. at the end of the bay, it ends up in the same place as termediate scrutiny. two things are important about the limited public forum reasonableness test. its t rational basis. there is something more going on, if you look at the opinions of christian legal society on both sides, i do not think that anybody thought they were engaged in a rational basis. some lower courts have likened thatto intermediate scrutiny. your questionearlier suggested that it is different. t intermediate scrutiny and reasonableness are realike than differentand neither one is rational basis. this is critically important, in this con
justice scalia made that same point. >> i do not want to badger you or anything, but you can nd things about each of these cases that might be slightly different from your case. t at you cannot find is y case that supports your prosition, when is not viewpoint based,that government cannot make distinctions, when government is only givingut a benefit and not restricting any speech. >> well, i am certainly happy to embrace the analogy that has been the subject of some of these...
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if youook at the language that justice scalia discussed, a situation where the right is one, the legal and practical value would be destroyed and ese claims of absolute immunity falls within that discrimination -- >> explicitly stating that and don'tave communication with anytngn the statute. >> disagree. the doctrine arisees fro article 2 and section 1. it is reenrc by the impeachment judgment clae which refers to trial. wallace facility is talking about a situio where the right not to be tried is diinishishing and is dismissal of an indictmen we have the trial of any of the clauses in which the supreme has found ierck can you tower jurisdiction. >> on the immugs midland asphalt -- >> not presidential -- >> the argument situations where the court said look, er is a speech and debate claim and another claim that doesn't derive fm the constitution but closely akin -- >> in the double jeopardy tri scenario you have twice put in jeopardy so you cannot be tried aiin that regard. in the speech and datsays shall not be questioned, so the language was explicit but doesn't say ex pls italy. >>
if youook at the language that justice scalia discussed, a situation where the right is one, the legal and practical value would be destroyed and ese claims of absolute immunity falls within that discrimination -- >> explicitly stating that and don'tave communication with anytngn the statute. >> disagree. the doctrine arisees fro article 2 and section 1. it is reenrc by the impeachment judgment clae which refers to trial. wallace facility is talking about a situio where the right...
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> laura: joining me now mike davis former clerk for justice neil gorsuch and justice landau justice scalia ambassador to mexico. trump was obviously indicted in his case. biden gets off with he's old and can't remember anything defense. he wouldn't evening answer investigators when they asked did he believed his notes contained classified information, whether he believed he was authorized to possess classified information after his vice presidency or whether he took steps to avoid writing classified information in his notebooks? mike, your reaction to the special prosecutor's decision. >> i think what is important to remember is that it is biden, attorney general merrick garland who made the decision to charge president trump for retaining presidential records he is allowed to have under the presidential records act he had them in the office of former president heavily guarded funded by congress. and garland made the decision not to charge biden for having five sets of stolen classified records moved several times unguarded for years accessible by biden's chinese agent almost certainly use
> laura: joining me now mike davis former clerk for justice neil gorsuch and justice landau justice scalia ambassador to mexico. trump was obviously indicted in his case. biden gets off with he's old and can't remember anything defense. he wouldn't evening answer investigators when they asked did he believed his notes contained classified information, whether he believed he was authorized to possess classified information after his vice presidency or whether he took steps to avoid writing...