border is permitted by the constitution. he doesn t want that to be described as a ruling by trump judges if it goes in trump s favor. this is a terrible thing to have happening. you know, and i think, you know, do you remember when justice gorsuch said what pushed back against trump when he called out so-called judges? and then the washington post reported that trump was so furious he was considering rescinding gorsuch s nomination. you know, trump has control or believes he does. he has control over every branch of government, and so he can do these things with the judiciary, but the judiciary is what we have left. we have the legislative branch of government is silent, and what we have is the judiciary, and it s a very dangerous thing to do. joyce, i want to ask you lastly, you re in birmingham. you teach at the university of alabama law school, and i m sure you ve been following what
the other three sided against him. the same thing happened in clinton v. jones. president clinton had appointed two justices to the supreme court that ruled against him. both of his appointees sided against him. that lifetime appointment is remarkably important and gives justices a lot of freedom. a lot of running room. but is this moment in time different? because you have a president who is demanding loyalty. you have a president who demands loyalty spoech at one point it is record that he even threatened to resingled gorsuch s nomination. this was from 2017. chuck talked about rescinding gorsuch s nomination and then reacted angrily after he was critical of the escalating attacks on the judiciary. the president worried that gorsuch would not be loyal and told aides that he was tempted on pull gorsuch s nomination, and that he knew plenty of other
the other three sided against him. the same thing happened in clinton v. jones. president clinton had appointed two justices to the supreme court that ruled against him. both of his appointees sided against him. that lifetime appointment, katy, is important and gives justices a lot of freedom, running room. chuck, is this moment in time different? because you have a president who is demanding loyalty. you have a president who demands loyalty so much that at one point it s reported that he even threatened to rescind gorsuch s nomination. this is 2017 from the washington post. trump talked about rescinding gorsuch s nomination venting angrily to advisors after the supreme court pick was critical of the president s escalating attacks on the federal judiciary in private meetings with legislators. the president worried that gorsuch would not be loyal and told aides that he was tempted to pull gorsuch s nomination and that he knew plenty of other
and people just brush it off and go on to the next thing. every day as elizabeth mueller said, everything day something else happens that makes us question what does putin have on trump? every single day. something happens that just doesn t make sense. no. it s been going on for two years. it s a thread. we don t understand what motivates, what is behind the benign, sanguine, behavior toward russia. and that is at the end of the day, that s not to be got to bed of the road. what explains what can t be explained in other terms. you mentioned numbness, the numbness that comes to this every day aspect of this presidency. and it s also exhaustion. again, washington post this morning, trump talked of rescinding gorsuch nomination once he was nominated. the reason it s, the body of the reporting in the story, the
frustrated president. people with knowledge of the investigation said it could last another year, pointing to ongoing cooperation from witnesses such as former trump campaign advisor george popadopoulos and former national security advisor mike flynn, in fact investigators said they expect to work through 2018 at least, according to the post reporting. also today, a stunning account of donald trump s very thin skin from the washington post. reporting that donald trump was so angry at his own supreme court nominee neil gorsuch for a perceived slight that he thought about pulling back the pick. earlier this year, trump talked about rescinding gorsuch s nomination, venting angrily to advisors and legislators. all of this as republicans finally celebrate a legislative victory, the tax bill passing the house, on its way to the