now if you re paying attention any attention to liberal you comments made post-verdict you would have noticede hear thu were hearing not so subtle warnings of maga uprising. trump and his maga followersi are digging in, trying to tear w down the system. he s perfectly willing to call out the mob, basically, and them attack all these people and threaten their safety. there s going to be violence, b there s going to be trouble. this is wrong. there s going to b herbee some maybe some violence. and this president, former president, should not have done what he did. i don t think he has a problem with the concept of violence. seems now, why would they all say this seems almost coordinated? after all, they won the battle,s at least convicting trump.e flas that was their dream. so what s their motive for, fanning the flames now? well, since they can t credibly argurediblgue thate that you reu than you were four years ago, they need more than just lawfare to win november. and ev
at reversal. joining me now, saul eisenberg, fox news contributofr ,former deputy independent counsel, and chris landau, former supreme court lawnd clerk and former ambassador to mexico. chris let s start with you here. you re an appellate litigator. you ve argued many cases before the supreme court. what is the appellate process? state first in a possible federal move as? well. sure. well, in new york, like manys l states has a three tiered justice system. the trial court, wheret coon the conviction was just or the jury very good just held. then there was intermecourt in court of appeals. you have an appeal as of right to that court, and thenk you have a state supreme court in new york. it s called the court courppeals tses on that takes cm on a discretionary basis. and then you cane go to the u.o supreme court if you have federal issues. but i thin be k right now we gos to be talking not about just the eventual appeal going now i to drag on well beyond the election. i think the
and does the how are the compelling federal interests in having a candidate for president of the united states break free of the constraints, judge merchan. i mean, there should be.e it seems to me a basis for a federal claim that a state cannot hold a candidate for president. united states basically hostage hostage in a new york courtroom. saul. this is a fascinating question. and i know we ve all talkefascid about this. you ve had so much experience e in litigatioxperiein youn in yor as well. the court does not like to touch political questions. they re very concerned about the reputation. the court certainly justice roberts is all of them. but in this case this is extraordinary and historic. does that give impetus to the court to step in where they might not have wanted to and in another event? i think it would be an incredible long shot ifcredib