the electoral college vote to those who organized or encouraged the mob attack on the capitol. to decline from the outset to investigate would be appeasement, pure and simple, and appeasing bullies and wrongdoers only encouraging more of the same. leading off our discussion tonight is neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor general and msnbc legal contributor. when it's a supreme court case, we turn to you. this is a trump legal filing that was filed today. i didn't quote any of it because it's like all trump legal filings, such a peculiar document. what the committee filed with the court made enough sense to me to present to the audience. but i leave it to you to tell us what we need to know about the trump filing and what the supreme court might choose to do. >> yes, lawrence, i think you're right.