appeals court judge named michael luttig. michael luttig has this scary piece published at cnn. and you might remember michael 's name as the very conservative celebrated appeals court judge who was reportedly considered by previous republican congress -- for a supreme court judge. he is a lawyer for whom trump lawyer john eastman clerked. and it was judge looted who mike pence cited overtly on january six last year, when mike pence wrote the memo saying he was not going to go along with his cockamamie plan for him throughout the election results and declare trump the winner, even though biden had won. well, judge luttig today warns that, as a country, we are not fully appreciating the danger of what is happening here. and what is still happening here. i'm going to give you the lead to what he argued today. he said, quote, nearly a year and a half later surprisingly few understand what january 6th was all about. fewer still understand why former president donald trump and republicans persist in their long disproven claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. much less

>> before i get to that, let me reiterate what you just said about judge luttig. he is a conservative's conservative. he served as a federal judge on the fourth circuit for 15 years. he was seriously considered by george w. bush to be chief justice of the united states, and if not that, to take the seat that sam alito took. so he is authentically a conservative. he's not a radical. he's not an ideologue, but he's a principled conservative. now, he points out in his piece that there is this strangely named independent state legislature doctrine. it's cleverly named because it sounds innocuous. state legislatures are independent. but it's made up. the doctrine supposedly is that when a state legislature, regardless of the state's constitution, regardless of anything that the state's highest court might say, when the state legislature has rules laid down, even if the rules say, for example, we will disregard the popular vote or whoever won it, we are simply going to come in and name our own slate, that that's the last word. it really would give the state legislature

ted cruz said michael luttig was, quote, like a father to me. this is like merrick garland writing an article saying that the democrats, in fact, put microchips in vaccines. with an important distinction, that would just let it is actually true, that's how seismic something like this is. to have a really ribbed conservative say this. and what he said is really quite astounding. he said, basically, that the republican claims in 2020, we're just a blueprint for 2024. it started in 2020 with this bogus independent state legislature idea that they tried to pedal to the supreme court, they couldn't get the supreme court to bite. and then judge luittig explains how they then pivoted to this alternate slate of electors idea, which is of course, not a thing. there's no alternate slate of electors. it's like having alternate facts or something like that. i think judge luttig is drawing a lot of attention to this is coming from an in conservative quarter. i think all americans should understand that there's nothing more precious than our right to vote, an

can a judge luttig who is not just respected, but revered among mitch mcconnell? be put in 2023 and put what he has penned which is the reform of the counting so you ain't think he can do anything and garner support legislatively. >> my ni breaking through the political roadblock and they hold eye constituency, or if he lacks validity and he's a powerful witch hunt. it's to set a powerful narrative. recall, we first heard from police officers who were beaten any bludgeoned and we understood in the moment. first bring in nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, james clyburn, those who had access to information about the real security threat that day, and then provide the nation with evidence that jamie rankin has suggested exists about the complicit, whether it's financial ties or planning or whatever it might be, and then subpoena kevin mccarthy and ask him to testify, and if he does want, hold him in contempt by the house and make the referral to the department of justice. create the compelling moment where the american people say, you know what? there are political actors hi

. >> neil, former federal judge michael luttig, he is a conservative icon. he's written an ipad to hold the republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election. he actually advised mike pence about the january 6th certification of biden. in any scenario, at any point in history, an op-ed like this should be a big, big deal. we saw similar letters, op-eds, warnings from other op-eds and warnings from the entire trump presidency. it didn't change anything. so will this? >> i sure hope so. i can't emphasize this enough, judge ludwig is as conservative as it gets. ted cruz and john eastman, both words former law clerks at the same time. ted cruz said michael alluded was quote, like a father to me. this is like merrick garland writing an article saying that the democrats, in fact, put microchips in vaccines. with an important distinction, that would just let it is actually true, that's how seismic something like this is. to have a really ribbed conservative say this. and what he said is really quite astounding. he said, basically, that the republican claims in 2020,

american people and i want to ask you about these primary contests and i want to ask you about judge luttig'sments and you can explain who he is to the republicans, the old republicans because even though he advised mike pence, clearly the david perdues and the big lie advocates aren't listening to him. he talked about trump trying to use the government to overturn the election like this. trump invoking these emergency powers would have been unprecedented in all of american history. he said this in "the new york times" at this moment there's no other way to say it. this is the clearest and most present danger to our democracy, trump's efforts to overturn his defeat. they're preparing now to lay the groundwork to overturn the election in 2024 where trump is designate to lose the vote for the presidency and when i try to explain who he is to my democratic friends and you take dick cheney as an ideological space on the spectrum and this is sort of his legal analog. >> yes. >> that is how conservative he is in the legal world, right? >> yeah. no. >> explain what it means in the context of the pri

harris or do anything else with the electoral count to flip the results in their favor, judge is luttig basically sounding the alarm that this is not just some sort of right hearing, some rage wedge issue that republicans are pursuing, because they like it as a culture war thing that upsets the liberals. this is something that they have a plan for for 2024. and there are not going to be too many more hurdles in the way toward that mission. to that in, the washington post tonight is reporting that among the things that january 6th investigation in congress is looking at is a number of different ways that trump and his administration people around him try to get him to use the emergency powers of the president, which technically, at least, are very limited thing. but how he tried to use them or considered easing him to overthrow the election. the post reporting tonight that three days before biden's inauguration, marjorie taylor greene texted white house chief of staff and told him that some republican members of congress believe that the only path for president trump to change the electi

bush's appointed 4th circuit judge michael luttig called judge jackson, quote, eminently qualified, and, quote, a highly credentialed and experience in the law as any nominee in history, end of quote. two dozen conservative and former republican-appointed officials said, quote, we are united in our view that she is exceptionally well qualified, given her breadth of experience, her demonstrated ability and personal attributes of intellect and character, we think that her confirmation on a consensus basis would strengthen the court and the nation in important ways, end of quote. and the international association of chiefs of police said, quote, during her time as judge she has displayed her dedication to ensuring that our communities are safe, and that the interests of justice are served. judge jackson's years of experience have shown that she has the temperament and qualifications to serve as the next associate justice of the united states supreme court, end of quote. after my one-on-one meeting with judge jackson last week, i was convinced that she is extraordinarily qualified and prepa

bush's appointed 4th circuit judge michael luttig called judge jackson, quote, eminently qualified, and, quote, a highly credentialed and experience in the law as any nominee in history, end of quote. two dozen conservative and former republican-appointed officials said, quote, we are united in our view that she is exceptionally well qualified, given her breadth of experience, her demonstrated ability and personal attributes of intellect and character, we think that her confirmation on a consensus basis would strengthen the court and the nation in important ways, end of quote. and the international association of chiefs of police said, quote, during her time as judge she has displayed her dedication to ensuring that our communities are safe, and that the interests of justice are served. judge jackson's years of experience have shown that she has the temperament and qualifications to serve as the next associate justice of the united states supreme court, end of quote. after my one-on-one meeting with judge jackson last week, i was convinced that she is extraordinarily qualified and prepa