material. they cannot, however, cross the line from legal obstruction to illegal obstruction. now, that line is very vague. it talk about corrupt intent. and it s so easy for a partisan prosecutor to say that legitimate sixth, fourthth, fifth amendment defenses that are supposed to be raised by defendants have morphed into illegal obstruction of justice. . sounds to me like it may be another bragg indictment, another indictment that doesn t pass the shoe on the other foot test. that would never, never be directed against a political friend but only a political enemy. and it really endangers our system of justice, which is supposed to be politically neutral, not politically motivated. so i fear for our system of law enforcement. i fear for it as a liberal democrat who voted against president trump. i don t care about politics.
on the other foot test. if you are good to be a serious academic pic, you always have to pass the shoe on the other foot test. you have to say the same thing you d be saying if the political dimensions were shifted. if it was a democrat being impeached by the republicans. unless you are can pass that test you are not legit. levin: since the house of representatives has denied this president but past presidents who have faced in hageman s have had basic fundamental fairness and with witnesses, transparencies, and not secret testimony in the dungeon or wherever taking place. would it be your argument that he has a case now? i think will be a mistake to bring the case now. i think he would have a better shot of getting judicial review if he waited and established a better record and found a clearer violation. right now we don t even have an impeachment. if the impeachment goes forward without any of the four
how i know that question because many of them took that view when bill clinton was being impeached. they fail what i call the shoe on the other foot test. if you re serious academic you must always pass that test. you must say the same thing you would be saying if the political dimensions were shifted, if it were a democrat being impeached by republicans unless you can pass that test you re not a legitimate academic. what you think would be her position now that since they have denied this president and others have had basic fundamental fairness in terms of witness and representation, not secret testimony in the dungeon or wherever it s taking place. i think it would be a mistake to bring the case now. i think he would have a better shot at getting judicial review if you waited and established a better record and found a clear violation. right now we don t even have an impeachment. if the impeachment goes forward without any of the four criter
bill clinton was being impeached. they fail what i call the shoe on the other foot test. if you re serious academic you must always pass that test. you must say the same thing you would be saying if the political dimensions were shifted, if it were a democrat being impeached by republicans unless you can pass that test you re not a legitimate academic. what you think would be her position now that since they have denied this president and others have had basic fundamental fairness in terms of witness and representation, not secret testimony in the dungeon or wherever it s taking place. i think it would be a mistake to bring the case now. i think he would have a better shot at getting judicial review if you waited and established a better record and found a clear violation. right now we don t even have an impeachment. if the impeachment goes forward without any of the four criter
were a lalapalooza of hearsay and opinion, this, today, but truly theater of the absurd. three liberal law professors who wore their visceral hatred of trump on their sleeves. and turley was the lone voice of reason who warned these democratic congressmen, if this is impeachment driven by rage, not reason, if you continue, if you persist, this will do enormous damage not just to the nation butyo future presidents, one-by-one, he went through all of the allegations from bribery, extortion, obstruction, tone campaign finance, and he disassembled all of them. but it doesn t matter. democrats won t listenem because law and logic to them is irrelevant. what did so well, turley, is to make it clear that these experts don t pass the shoe on the other foot test. p if this were hillary clinton being impeached, these experts would say exactly the opposite