wanted to order the doj to prosecute his enemies. hillary clinton and james comey. that of course failed fantastically what his white house counsel refused the request. so, once out of office trump took matters in his own hand. in march, trump sued hillary clinton, the democratic national committee, james comey and a whole host of other characters. accusing them of being part of a conspiracy against him. in what he refers to as the trump russia conspiracy. this is all circa 2016. all of these people, according to, trump made up evidence against him in an attempt to deny him to russia hillary clinton and her, quo cohorts, orchestrated in unthinkable plot. trump sought $24 million in damages. that s not an insignificant amount of money. and he chose to file that lawsuit roughly 70 miles from his palm beach home, because the judge presiding in that jurisdiction just so happen to be his appointee. that judge whom we all come to know very well over the past few weeks, of course,
independence. whether one ultimately believes that the federal courts are increasingly partisan, or whether one s focus narrowly on public confidence in the courts as part of our democracy, the trend line is clear, it sloping downward toward a real crisis of the federal judiciary, with decisions like cannons nudging us along incrementally. does that worry? it does worry, me alex. there s no question. but i tend to look at things sometimes a glass has full i think the opportunity for merrick garland in this investigation is trump s got home ice. here he has a judge he appointed. but what if a criminal tried came from that. it s a very sphere setting for president trump special master, a judge he appointed, and would ve out of that, setting a criminal charge came. then i think the american public would have confidence in it. i get your point, i think there is a lack of confidence in a lot of institutions in our country. sadly, in my field is a lack of confidence. and that s unfor